Chief of Party, HETA Tanzania at Abt Associates

Chief of Party, Health Facility Electrification and Telecommunication Alliance (HETA) Tanzania
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, United Republic of
Job Identification 102879
Job Category Program Delivery
Locations Abt Associates, Dar es Salaam, TZ
Job Schedule Full time
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Job Description
The World at Abt
Solving
the world’s most pressing issues and improving the quality of life for
people worldwide is what we do every day at Abt Associates. Creating a
more equitable world is no small task, but we are driven by big
challenges.

We are a team of 4,000+ people in over 50 countries
working in unison and focused on the bigger picture. Only by sharing
our commitment, energy, and innovation do we affect change and push the
boundaries of what’s possible. We welcome diverse ideas, backgrounds,
and viewpoints – joining Abt means access to exceptional thinkers at the
top of their game.

To thrive at Abt is to embrace flexibility
and collaboration. Our open culture allows you to balance your work and
personal life as needed to optimize personal well-being. Creating a
more equitable world starts from within – we look after people around
the world, and we’ll do the same for you.
Ready to embrace rewarding and meaningful work? Now’s your chance.

The Opportunity
Abt
Associates seeks a qualified Chief of Party (COP) for a Health Facility
Electrification and Telecommunication Alliance (HETA) activity. The
activity will advance sub-Saharan Africa’s goals to improve the health
and well-being of communities by drawing on private sector capacity and
resources to provide rural and semi-rural health facilities with clean,
reliable electricity generation and Internet connectivity. The activity
will address the challenges in health electrification through a
market-based approach, leveraging technical and financial resources.
These efforts will complement USAID’s Global Health Strategy and the
USAID Climate Strategy through the promotion and uptake of cleaner,
renewable energy solutions that sustainably power health facilities,
advancing better health while mitigating air pollution and creating
employment and business opportunities.

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As
Chief of Party, you are responsible for leadership of the HETA project
in Tanzania and ensuring the effective implementation of the project.
You will represent the HETA project in the country and be responsible
for coordination among key local stakeholders including national,
regional, and local government, private sector partners, other
implementing partners and donor agencies. You will ensure the project
achieves results including project deliverables and targets in an
effective and compliant manner.

You will promote collaboration
with other similar projects, government decision makers, and
stakeholders to ensure the alignment of this project with their
priorities and guidelines. This activity will focus on both the public
and private sectors.

This position will be based in Dar es Salaam and cover activities nationwide.

Core Responsibilities

• Provide
  management leadership (programmatic, financial and administrative) for
  the project ensuring full alignment with national and international
  standards.
• Oversee the implementation of the project ensuring the achievement of all project deliverables and targets in a timely manner.
• Effectively
  represent Abt and the project and build and maintain excellent,
  productive relationships with government counterparts, private sector
  partners, relevant civil society organizations and donor agencies and
  serve as a leader in the energy and health community.
• Provide vision and guidance to the project staff.
• Identify obstacles and risks related to implementation in a timely manner and implement strategies to overcome them.
• Ensure implementation of accountability mechanisms to foster quality and ensure client’s rights and choice.
• Supervise and oversee the work of project staff, project partners and subcontractors.
• Exercise sound financial management skills including effective project spending.
• Uphold
  the standards of Abt Associates to lead a high performing team; ensure
  strict compliance to USAID and Abt’s policies, regulations and internal
  controls.
• Guide the learning agenda for the project, use lessons
  learned to modify project approaches and strategies, and disseminate
  findings.
• Lead the development of the strategy for scale up of the project.
• Create strong partnerships with other implementing partners working in the energy and health sectors.
• Review technical materials to ensure high quality products.
• Effectively liaise with headquarters departments to support project operational success.
• Prepare and consolidate information for client and internal reports and conduct preliminary reviews.
• Ensure proper oversite over procurement.

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What We Value

• Bachelor’s
  Degree + Twelve years of relevant experience, or Master’s Degree + Ten
  years of relevant experience, or PhD+ Eight years of relevant experience
• Master’s Degree in relevant field.
• At
  least 10 years of relevant experience, including 5 years in managing
  complex energy or health programs or programs of similar scope and size.
• Experience engaging private sector partners
• Proven
  experience in administration, financial management, award compliance,
  sub-award management, and tracking project performance and costs.
• Excellent management and organizational skills to lead teams to deliver high quality program results.
• Demonstrated
  strategic vision for the energy and/or health sector, leadership
  qualities, depth and breadth of technical and management expertise and
  experience.
• Excellent professional reputation and a proven
  success interacting with host country government agencies, counterparts,
  donors, and international experts.
• Proven ability to gather data and document program activities, successes, and lessons learned.
• Excellent oral and written communications skills in English. Local languages an advantage.
• Experience with USAID or other donors.

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