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Planning Lead

Date Posted: Jul 16, 2026

Salary: Negotiable

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Job Summary

Planning Lead

Role Purpose

The Planning Lead is responsible for orchestrating the center planning, resource allocation, and logistical operations for a large-scale registration initiative. This role ensures seamless registration workflows by working together with regional operations, forecasting deployment needs, designing staff training programs, and proactively managing risks to guarantee successful execution.

Key Accountabilities

Center & Resource Planning: Design comprehensive site deployment plans, master timelines, and resource allocation schedules to ensure operational readiness.
Forecasting & Contingency: Lead demand forecasting, data modeling, and scenario planning to meet key registration milestones.
Cross-Functional Alignment: Partner with regional Operations Heads and coordinators to synchronize planning with local ground realities.
Capacity Building: Create and implement end-to-end training strategies for field trainers, supervisors, and officers.
Infrastructure & Transition: Develop infrastructure transition roadmaps to move equipment and operations to new locations with zero downtime.
Vendor Logistics: Coordinate directly with external partners to ensure secure, error-free, and timely transport of biometric devices and hardware.
Risk & Stakeholder Management: Act as the primary planning liaison with the National ID (NID) authority. Identify operational bottlenecks and maintain a robust RAID (Risks, Assumptions, Issues, Dependencies) log.
Data & Analytics: Deliver data-driven insights and operational metrics to optimize ongoing planning processes.
Financial Oversight: Manage budgets for site setups and device relocation, tracking variances and ensuring cost-effective resource utilization.

Job Description

Qualifications & Experience

Education: Bachelor’s degree in operations management, Logistics, Business Administration, or a related field.
Experience: 4–5 years of hands-on experience managing logistics, project planning, or large-scale deployments (e.g., National ID rollouts, elections, censuses, mass events or FMCG).
Key Skills: Strong proficiency in risk mitigation, budget management, stakeholder communication, and project governance under tight deadlines.

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Company Overview

ABH Partners

Addis Ababa, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

2 Current Jobs Openings

Established in Ethiopia in 2007, ABH Partners PLC operates as a multi-diversified business organization serving the requirements of our clients in Research, Evaluations, Consultancy and Program Management, Education and Capacity Building, Workforce Management, and Supply of Medical Equipment and Pharmaceuticals. Through all our services, we are providing local talent of global standards to enable impactful societal change in Ethiopia. ABH’s consultancy pillar consists of a growing and diversified portfolio of its service offering. It includes technical assistance, recruitment, and deployment of technical consultants for projects and programs implemented by governments, implementing agencies, and other development partners.

Our Focus areas:

Health, Nutrition, WASH, Social Sciences, Environment, Human Resource, Leadership and Governance, Finance, Medical Equipment, Pharmaceuticals, and Digital Technology.

Our Services:

Designing and implementing quantitative and qualitative research, evaluations, and surveys. Managing field data collections:-
- Primary and Secondary Data Analysis and Interpretation.
- Report and policy briefs preparation.
Implementation of development programs and projects, Third-party monitoring.
Undergraduate and graduate studies and Short-term trainings.
Recruitment and placement of employees, payroll management, skilled labor supply,
Grant/fund administration, and project or program hosting.
Importing medical equipment, supplies, and pharmaceuticals

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Location Addis Ababa, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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Employment Type: Contract
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Shift: Full-time
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Career Level: Senior Level
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Positions: 1
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Experience: Mid-Level / Experienced | Experience: 4 - 8 years
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Education Qualification: Masters
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Apply Before: Jul 26, 2026