National Program Officer - New Delhi, India - Jhpiego

Jhpiego

Verified Company

New Delhi, India

1 week ago

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Deepika Kaur

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Description

Overview:

Jhpiego is a nonprofit global health leader and Johns Hopkins University affiliate that is saving lives, improving health and transforming futures.

We partner with governments, health experts and local communities to build the skills and systems that guarantee a healthier future for women and families.

Jhpiego translates the best science and practice into moments of care that can mean the difference between life and death for women and families.

The moment a woman gives birth; the moment a midwife helps a newborn to breath. Through our partnerships, we are revolutionizing health care for the world's most disadvantaged and vulnerable people.

In India, Jhpiego works across various states in close collaboration with national and state governments, providing technical assistance in the areas of family planning, maternal and child health, strengthening human resources for health, and non-communicable diseases.

These programs are funded by USAID, Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited, UNICEF, World Health Organization, University of Manitoba, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Children's Investment Fund Foundation (CIFF), MSD for Mothers and othersJhpiego intends to respond to the urgency and magnitude of the second wave of COVID-19 in India while identifying areas and modalities of implementation aligning it to the country and state's response to the surge.

Reaching Impact, Saturation, and Epidemic Control (RISE) is a global project funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and led by Jhpiego.

RISE works with countries to achieve a shared vision of attaining and maintaining epidemic control, with stronger local partners capable of managing and achieving results through sustainable, self-reliant, and resilient health systems.

USAID RISE program in capacity building and optimizing knowledge sharing platform amongst the facilities for standardized management and work towards building sustainability and healthcare workforce resilience.

This position requires technical expertise, public health experience, strong coordination skills, understanding of Indian public health system and ability to develop positive, professional working relationships with various government counterparts and other development partners.

This position will report to Associate Director / Deputy Chief of Party-RISE (Immunization).

Responsibilities:

Support Associate Director/ Deputy Chief of Party
RISE (Immunization) to develop strategies for project implementation in the selected intervention states, monitoring of RISE Immunization work and coordination with donors, development partners and other stakeholders.
Work closely with national and state teams to develop annual work plan for projects and provide support in implementation and monitoring of project immunization activities as per agreed plan and timelines.
Backstop project teams in providing technical assistance to RISE state officials, State & Hub officials and provide handholding support and build capacity of project teams in implementation to achieve project goals.
Meet regularly with MoHFW officials, state Government/National Health Mission (NHM) officials, Hub level officials, medical colleges, etc., for smooth management of immunization & Biomedical Waste Management projects and respond to the requests in a timely manner.
Facilitate development of financial proposals jointly with state officials for incorporation in the state's NHM Program Implementation plan (PIP).
Coordinate with state teams to ensure timely and quality state, donor and HQ reporting.
Facilitate RISE project immunization & Biomedical Waste Mangement activities including trainings, onsite coaching, workshop planning, logistics planning and management to ensure smooth project implementation.
Backstop and guide the program team to develop and produce documents like situation analysis reports, assessment reports, success stories, gap analysis plans, procurement plans etc. as per the program need and local context.
Facilitate documentation of immunization & BMW project results, successes, challenges and lessons learned.
Work with Research team in development of research proposals, scientific papers and submissions to international and national conferences.
Work with Monitoring & Evaluation (M&E) team at national and state level to establish systems for tracking progress, indicators and deliverables according to agreed workplans to ensure state and donor requirements are met.
Represent Jhpiego at national and statelevel meetings involving government and development partners.
Frequent travel to the state and districts as per the project's requirement.