Program Manager, Providing Access to Safe Drinking Water Project, Bhopal, India 40 views

Organization: Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI)
Country: India
Field location: Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh
Office: Clinton Health Access Initiative Bhopal
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Program Manager, Providing Access to Safe Drinking Water Project
Country : India
City : Bhopal
Type : Full Time
Program (Division) : Country Programs – India
Overview
The Clinton Health Access Initiative, Inc. (CHAI) is a global health organization committed to saving lives and reducing the burden of disease in low-and middle-income countries, while strengthening the capabilities of governments and the private sector in those countries to create and sustain high-quality health systems. For more information, please visit http//www.clintonhealthaccess.org
CHAI is an Equal Opportunity Employer, and is committed to providing an environment of fairness, and mutual respect where all applicants have access to equal employment opportunities. CHAI values diversity and inclusion, and recognizes that our mission is best advanced by the leadership and contributions of people with diverse experience, backgrounds, and culture.
CHAI, in partnership with its India affiliate William J Clinton Foundation (WJCF), works in close partnership with and under the guidance of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) at the Central and States’ levels on an array of high priority initiatives aimed at improving health outcomes. Currently CHAI works across projects to expand access to quality service, prevention, diagnostics, care, and treatment for HIV/AIDS, Hepatitis-C, tuberculosis, vector borne diseases, nutrition, anaemia, pneumonia, diarrhoea, sexual and reproductive health, cancer, oxygen, COVID-19, AMR, immunization, disease surveillance, and safe drinking water.
Talent is the fundamental driver of CHAI’s success in helping save lives and reduce the burden of disease. CHAI’s organizational values reflect its relentless endeavour of hiring, nurturing, empowering, and celebrating diverse and high calibre individuals who come together to work as cohesive teams. CHAI places a high premium on providing its staff with an enabling environment that encourages entrepreneurship, humility, respect, equal share of voice and fosters high impact innovation to address some of the most challenging healthcare issues.
Program Overview: Nutrition Program, Access to Safe Drinking Water
Since 2016, WJCF has been working to reduce the prevalence of malnutrition amongst young children and anemia amongst women of reproductive age group in Madhya Pradesh. To that end, WJCF, under the leaderships of State Departments, has been implementing a comprehensive set of interventions to address supply and demand side challenges in public funded services. To illustrate, the GoMP has introduced wholly nutritious complementary food for ~3 million children and ~ 2 million pregnant women and has accelerated the introduction of improved iron folic acid (IFA) formulation with an assured delivery mechanism.
While improving efficiencies of health and nutrition related services is critical to improving nutrition outcomes, access to safe drinking water is critical to the success of these interventions. Fluoride contamination of drinking water is particularly challenging issue in several districts. Excess intake of fluoride causes fluorosis causes corrosion of enamel and swollen gums (in children between 1-4 years) and consistent intake of fluoride causes skeletal degeneration, which retards absorption of calcium. Fluoride intake also reduces the absorption of key micronutrients such as iron and calcium, thereby increasing the risk of anaemia to the exposed population, particularly pregnant women.
To address this issue, a unique community entrepreneurship-based model in setting up and running a Community Water Treatment Plant (CWTP) was successfully piloted in one of the fluoride affected block of MP
The Public Health Engineering Department (PHED) of the State under flagship “Jal Jeevan Mission” plans to scale up the CWTP (Community Water Treatment Plant) model in other fluoride affected habitations of the state through Self-help Groups (SHGs)/rural entrepreneurs. WJCF is supporting this ambitious plan by providing technical and program management support to the Government of Madhya Pradesh.
Role Overview
In order to drive the aforementioned scale up, WJCF is seeking a highly motivated and entrepreneurial individual for the role of Program Manager. The Program Manager will report to the Deputy Director in Bhopal and will work with stakeholders and PHED officers to drive the scale up by providing managerial, analytical and operational support. The candidate will also work with the State Rural Livelihood Mission to support identification of community-based organizations/groups (like Cluster Level Federation, Village Organization, Self-Help Groups etc.) to operationalize the CWTPs.
The ideal candidate would have rich implementation experience in the field of health/sanitation, community-based livelihoods and would also have strong stakeholder management abilities. CHAI places great value on relevant personal qualities: resourcefulness, responsibility, tenacity, independence, energy, and work ethic. CHAI places great value on relevant personal qualities: resourcefulness, responsibility, tenacity, independence, energy, and work ethic.
Responsibilities
Strategic Leadership & Donor Management
Lead the overall portfolio and program for Access to Safe Drinking water and drive the strategic roadmap for ‘Access to Safe Drinking Water’
Lead all donor communication and reporting as per the requirement of the project
Develop donor portfolio and design donor outreach strategies for sourcing funds for scaling up the model in other geographies
Support in developing business models (financial modelling) aimed at increasing efficiency of the entire CWTP vis a vis keeping the system sustainable
Establish linkages at the relevant national level forums/think-tanks and participate in workshops, seminars, webinars etc.
Program Operations
Provide research and analytical support to the department to aid identification of sites and SHGs/entrepreneurs for setting up CWTPs
Mapping water treatment technology landscape to better inform the department’s decision making to identify suitable technology
Identifying innovative models for promoting access to safe drinking water by involving community
Liaison with the State and district level officials for efficient and timely execution of the project
Establishing convergence with the other line departments like Tribal Welfare, National Health Mission, Women and Child Development, Education etc. for efficient operations of the CWTPs
Map relevant government welfare schemes (with budgetary outlays corresponding utilization data) at national and state level
Develop Standard Operating Procedure (SOPs) incorporating the best practices on how to effectively manage CWTPs
Design IEC collaterals and event calendars for conducting awareness generation sessions among the communities
Provide handholding support to the SHGs/entrepreneurs and build their capacities for efficient operationalization and management of the CWTPs
Program Monitoring
Support Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) through conducting baseline/end line surveys
Develop monitoring frameworks, tools and reporting templates for bringing in efficiency and ensuring transparency in operations
Monitoring operations of the CWTPs and ensure submission of regular reports and analysis to PHED and SRLM leadership
Manage the field team comprising of staff at Bhopal office and field coordinators
Travel to various project blocks at a short notice as required by the Department/Program Manager
Perform other responsibilities as requested by program or country leadership
Qualifications
Master’s/Bachelor’s degree in management, economics, engineering, computer science, statistics, operations research economics or allied areas
Minimum six years of relevant work experience in the public sector including engaging with state, district, and block officials
Experience of managing projects involving promoting access to safe drinking water to vulnerable communities will be an added advantage
Experience of managing projects involving livelihood generation or entrepreneurship building particularly in rural areas is preferred
Strong data analytics and communication (written and verbal) skills
Entrepreneurial mind-set, including ability to work independently, self-motivate, managing teams and propose and implement new initiatives
Motivated to travel frequently to meet the needs of the program and deliver impact effectively
Proficiency in Microsoft Office, particularly Excel, PowerPoint and Word. Experience on data analysis tools such as SPSS, Tableau etc. can be an added advantage
Ability to think strategically, handle ambiguity, and solve problems in a fast-paced, limited-structure
Experience of working in Madhya Pradesh will be an added advantage
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