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Position Name: Assistant Program Manager – NTD

Reporting to: State Program Manager

Number of Positions: 5

Location: Lucknow, Ranchi, Patna and Raipur

Duration: Two Years

About PCI India:

Project Concern International (PCI) India, a registered society under the Society Registrations Act, has been working in India since 1998. With the vision of building a happy, healthy, safe, and sustainable world for all, PCI deploys community mobilization strategies to co-create and scale sustainable solutions to complex social issues and improve development outcomes.

PCI’s deep community connect built over decades equipped it to discover the root causes of social and developmental challenges faced by the marginalized communities. PCI drives interventions to transform the lives of communities at scale by partnering with governments, private sectors, and development organizations. Over the last two decades, we have designed efficacious and scalable solutions to complex development problems such as improving child dietary diversity, gender-based violence, etc. which have been scaled-up by the government through its own resources. We are recognized as a high-quality technical partner to the state and national governments, having a partnership with the governments and/or the government-led institutions at national level and with the states of Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Odisha, Tripura, etc. Currently, we have presence in more than 13 states, directly reaching out to more than 7 million lives through our interventions focused on health, nutrition, women economic empowerment, gender, adolescents, social protection, and emergency response.

Please visit our website to learn more about our values, mission, vision and our work in India.

About Elimination of Lymphatic Filariasis and Visceral Leishmaniasis Project:

PCI-India provides technical support to NVBDCP in elimination the two vector borne diseases Lymphatic Filariasis (LF) and Visceral Leishmaniasis (VL). The project is focused on demand generation through social mobilization efforts leveraging several existing platforms and channels like State Rural Livelihoods Missions, Panchayati Raj Institutions, Education, Civil Supply and Front-Line Workers. The project is operational in all 133 LF endemic districts where mass drug administration campaign is going on. For VL elimination program the project will focus on handholding support to the existing government machinery.

Key Roles and Responsibilities

Program Management

Assist the State Program Manager to operationalize Social Mobilization (SM) component in LF and VL elimination program.
Assist State Program Manager to develop State MDA Calendar
Develop training plan for VBD staff and consultants at state and district level
Prepare State and divisional directory of leading University, Social work dept, Colleges having NCC, NSS and Scouts and guides.
Assist State Program Manager to develop sensitization plan for other development dept like PRI, Education, State rural livelihood mission, Civil supply and Local NGOs.
Communicating with stakeholders such as Municipal Commissioner, Ward Parshad, IMA, IAP regarding project needs and goals
Support SPM in forming NGO coalition at state level to get their support in NTD elimination program
Supporting and coordination with the local Media during MDA
Sensitization of District Magistrate and other dept head on LF/VL.
Coordinate guide the team of District Mobilization Coordinator and Social Mobilization Coordinators.
Identify local level partners, support, and facilitate the partnership in the implementation of planned activities for LF/VL elimination
Engage CSR to get HR, IEC Support or any other such support for LF and VL elimination.
Engage Div commissioner, District Magistrates, DDC and other administrative officers in LF/VL elimination program
Coordinate with Government at Division and District level for smooth implementation of Social Mobilization Plan for LF and VL elimination.
Assist State Program Manager to designing and developing State Social Mobilization Plan and IEC materials.
Support District administration and VBD officials to develop Social Mobilization plan for the district prior to MDA
Collaborate and negotiate with the Divisional Health, Panchayat, and different social mobilization channels at district level to get their support in LF/VL social mobilization.
Maintain a data base of potential field level staff to be hired for Mass Drug Administration (MDA) Campaign.
Ensure quality implementation of Social Mobilization plan for MDA and IRS campaign
Facilitate session on Social Mobilization and IPC district training of trainers to build the capacity of district trainers.
Guide the field team to facilitate for quality training of Drug Administrators (DA), Indoor Residual Spray (IRS) and Active Case Detection (ACD) teams.
Coordinate with district VBD team for uniform and adequate IEC material for MDA and IRS in the field.
Develop engagement plan of private service providers for LF and VL elimination.

Partnership Building

Work closely with the division and district leads of government and partner agencies and provide inputs on social mobilization
Take part in Monthly Divisional Commissioner meeting, divisional health partner forum meeting,
District health Society meeting, District task force meeting, partners meeting and any other relevant meetings at division and district level
Share regular updates with the Divisional Commissioner, Additional director health & FW, CMO and district VBD Staff.
Coordinate with LF and VL partners- WHO, CARE, GHS & C-FAR especially for MDA, IRS and ACD.
Collaborate and negotiate with the leads of different social mobilization channels.
Undertake joint field visits with Government, WHO and other development partners for regular learning.

Program growth opportunities

Facilitate growth opportunities for the benefit of the program
Leverage program and platforms for growth opportunity

Documentation and Research

Ensure high level documentation of best practices, impact and success stories from field and contribute to knowledge bank of the organization
Lead report writing for Government and others as appropriate

Qualification

Post Graduate degree in Public Health, Rural development, or any other relevant fields

Experience

A minimum of 4 years of relevant professional experience in public health, including a minimum 2 years of state/division level experience in leading health programs
Experience of building and nurturing government relationships
Experience of designing and executing social mobilization program
Experience in implementation of public health/ community-based project
Experienced in data management, team management, stakeholder engagement
Excellent communication skills and networking with ability to foster long term relationship.

Skills and Competencies

Understanding of the development sector and critical cross cutting themes such as gender and advocacy
Possess leadership skill and is decisive, action oriented and adaptable
Strong networking and relationship building skills
Ability to work against tight timelines
Excellent knowledge of MS office
Fluency in verbal and written English, Hindi and local language
Willingness to travel to the field and
Candidates with prior experience of working in the above states would be preferred

APPLICATION PROCESS:

Interested candidates can apply for the Position of Assistant Program Manager – NTD by 27th October 2022, 5:00 pm.

PCI India is an equal opportunity provider and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion (creed), gender, gender expression, age, national origin (ancestry), disability and/or marital status. Due to the heavy inflow of resumes, only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

*Female candidates are encouraged to apply.

To apply for this job please visit projectconcernindia.org.