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 3,000+ 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’ International Development Division (IDD) is seeking a Project Senior Manager to act as Country Program Manager of the USAID Local Health System Sustainability (LHSS) project country activities in Latin America and the Caribbean, including Honduras and Peru. The LHSS project under the USAID Integrated Health Systems IDIQ helps low- and middle-income countries transition to sustainable, self-financed health systems to support universal health coverage. The project works with partner countries and local stakeholders to reduce financial barriers to care and treatment, ensure equitable access to essential health services for all people, and improve the quality of health services. Led by Abt Associates, the five-year project works collaboratively with local partners to sustain strong health system performance, supporting countries on their journey to self-reliance and prosperity. In more than 18 countries in Latin America, the Caribbean, Africa, Asia and Ukraine, LHSS leads USAID’s health system strengthening support to improve the governance, financing, and expansion of equitable access to quality health care.
Working under the supervision of the regional manager, the Country Program Manager will provide home office technical and management support for activities in at least two countries in Latin America, in addition to other country or global technical activities. The country program manager will provide technical contributions and management support to interventions in health financing and public financial management for health.
Core Responsibilities
Technical
- Provide technical oversight for project deliverables such as qualitative and/or quantitative studies, technical reports, work plans, annual reports, blogs, and other knowledge products.
- Lead the preparation of the Annual work-plan including providing technical and managerial direction for the development of ideas for interventions and coordinating inputs from technical experts and international partner organizations and overseeing work plan, budget, and activity monitoring, evaluation and learning (AMEL) plan finalization.
- Represent the country program internally and externally, including participating in LHSS global project meetings and initiatives, developing presentations, and overseeing knowledge management and communication products to disseminate achievements.
Management
- Provide strategic and managerial direction and leadership over health system strengthening country programs with annual budgets totaling over $5 million.
- Be a primary point of contact for select country programs with USAID/Washington and for the Peru-based LHSS Chief of Party and Honduras-based LHSS country representative.
- Support recruitment of senior technical staff of country activities by reviewing job descriptions and participating in interviews.
- Supervise program management officer(s) for assigned country programs.
- Lead LHSS country activity management teams, including setting agendas and managing home office and country office coordination meetings, and providing direction to technical project team members and management oversight to finance and operations staff to ensure high quality project implementation, reporting and client responsiveness.
- Manage international subcontractor scopes of work and budgets.
- Responsibility over budget management of the country programs.
- Apply judgment to troubleshoot implementation in close collaboration with LHSS country team members; exercise initiative to refer complex problems to the right channels.
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
- MA/MS in public health, global health programs, international development, business or other applicable subject, with 10 or more years of experience OR a more advanced degree with 8 or more years of experience is strongly preferred
- Previous international experience in one or more of the following topics: health financing, health system strengthening, human resources for health, health policy, health supply chain management, migrant health, and HIV/AIDS/PEPFAR funded programs
- Demonstrated management skills and ability to coordinate multiple activities and teams simultaneously
- Excellent communication (written and verbal) and interpersonal skills
- Strong attention to detail and positive attitude; highly flexible team player
- Superior professionalism, reliability, and integrity
- Ability to travel to Peru or Honduras for up to two weeks at a time (when public health environment allows)
- Ability to work independently with minimal oversight and as part of a team
- Language skills: professionally proficient written and spoken Spanish and English required.
- Experience working in Latin America preferred
- Experience working on donor-funded global health or public health projects or multilateral organizations. Experience working on USAID-funded projects preferred
What We Offer
We foster an environment where you can Thrive Your Way. Our innovative total rewards programs are designed to help balance your work and personal life. The approach toward your wellbeing centers around comprehensive benefits, flexible schedules, and professional development.
Abt Associates is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity employer committed to fostering a diverse workforce. Abt Associates provides market-competitive salaries and comprehensive employee benefits. Local candidates strongly encouraged to apply.
This position offers an anticipated annual base salary range of approximately $91,500 to $146,250, and may vary by ten percent depending on candidate geographic location. Salary offers are made based on internal equity and market analysis.
Disclaimer: Abt Associates will never ask candidates for money in exchange for an offer of employment.
About Us
The International Development Division focuses on improving the lives and economic well-being of people in lower and middle-income countries. We command technical expertise in health, agriculture, climate change, food security and governance-as well as in international evaluation. Our multi-layered health portfolio includes policy, health promotion and disease prevention, health finance, and health systems management. In partnership with government clients and local experts, our high-quality programs in Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Middle East are known for impact and innovation.
At Abt Associates, we are committed to creating a lasting culture of equity, diversity and inclusion and recognize that in order to achieve full participation, our practices must be free of prejudice, discrimination, and bias that result in inequitable outcomes. We are actively working to advance equity for everyone, and while we still have much work to do, we know that racial and cultural diversity are an asset to our business and the communities where we live and serve. Our ongoing commitment is focused on creating business practices that advance racial and social equity, investments in community impact programs for the benefit of Black, Indigenous, and people of color (BIPOC), and expand upon project work related to racial equity and social justice.