Associate Director - Vector Borne Diseases

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About the Organization

The Clinton Health Access Initiative, Inc. (CHAI) is a global health organization committed to our mission of saving lives and reducing the burden of disease in low-and middle-income countries. We work at the invitation of governments to support them and the private sector to create and sustain high-quality health systems.

Job Description

We are seeking a highly motivated individual with outstanding public health credentials and demonstrated management abilities to lead the VBD team’s efforts across multiple grants and workstreams. The Program Director will lead the VBD TSU in Delhi and state teams in Maharashtra and Karnataka, and provide overall technical oversight over the VBD portfolio. They will be the principal interface with donors, NCVBDC leadership and program partners on behalf of the project, and will therefore need exceptional people skills and ability to align multitude of stakeholders. They will have demonstrated analytical skills and problem solving in complex environments to effectively shape policy and implementation decisions.The Program Director will report to the Director, NCVBDC for functioning of the TSU and to Deputy Director, TB and VBD at WJCF for project delivery.

Job Responsibilities

Program Management and Leadership

• Lead the design, development and execution of coherent programmatic multiyear strategies aimed at streamlining WJCF’s approach towards VBD programming and fundraising.
• Develop cross-program collaborations and conceptual linkages in a resource constrained and rapidly evolving context.
• Develop VBD portfolio’s conceptual and programmatic linkages with thematic areas of climate change, one health, and disease surveillance.
• Lead structured program performance reviews and develop an accountability culture within teams.
• Oversee program tracking of progress, analyzing data, and making recommendations for improvements based on evidence.
• Lead structured program monitoring processes across teams including Gant chart management and productive team meetings.
• Drive development and review of key program reports for internal and external stakeholder consumption including donors, government and WJCF leadership.
• Facilitate fundraising and business development efforts through grant writing, proof reading and desk reviews of key documentation.
• Build project implementation capacity and skills within program team ensuring timely execution of activities, compliance to WJCF policies and protocols, and responsiveness to government needs.

Relationship Management

• Lead development of key relationships between governmental, donor entities, nongovernmental organizations and health service delivery points in collaboration with country leadership.
• Facilitate engagement with key government Program Managers/ division heads to gather input and ensure alignment and buy in across all programmatic activities.
• Establish and build strong relationships with key global team program counterparts ensuring effective representation of WJCF and showcasing lessons.
• Develop and maintain a comprehensive stakeholder matrix for the portfolio of programs supported ensuring stakeholder needs are identified, negotiation avenues and mapped and healthy relationships are maintained.
• Guide program team in navigating complex stakeholder relationships and favorably influence decision making in a professional and collaborative manner.
• Build a productive cadence of engagement with internal and external stakeholders and guide program leads in replicating this across activities implementation processes.

Strategic communication

• Regularly update key stakeholders on program progress, challenges, and successes through detailed reports and presentations.
• Lead effective internal and external communication approaches aligned with WJCF’s communication policies and tailored to audiences to achieve transformational impact and influence decision making.

People Management

• Build team resilience, creativity, adaptability, and teamwork in project execution.
• Foster a collaborative and innovative team environment, ensuring that each team member understands their roles and responsibilities within the context of the broader organizational goals.
• Provide hands-on guidance and expertise in technical matters, sharing your deep knowledge to assist the team in overcoming technical challenges and making informed decisions.
• Actively engage with each direct report to understand their individual career aspirations and professional development objectives.
• Continuously monitor progress of direct reportees, provide constructive feedback, and identify opportunities for skill enhancement and career growth.
• Be a role model and team player who demonstrates exceptionally high performance and harnesses the same from a diverse, talented and dynamic team.
• Proactively identify and address programmatic, team management and performance management matters that arise.
• Develop and maintain feedback mechanisms to ensure effective staff and team performance.

Financial Management

• Oversee effective execution of program plans in accordance with donor and WJCF reporting requirements.
• Lead collaborative resource allocation decisions and ensure evidence informed prioritization of team activities with a lens of transformational impact.
• Manage program budget planning, tracking, and reporting, oversee budgets and resources for various projects, ensuring that they are used effectively and efficiently to achieve desired outcomes.
• Lead the development and review of financial and donor reports on project budget execution.
• Build collaborative working environment between activity leads, operational teams and finance liaisons.

Problem Solving

• Directteams in proactively managing program related risk and identifying sensitive issues and escalate as needed.
• Ensure compliance to WJCF’s approach to problem solving, promoting  effective consultation, use of data and scenario reviews before developing insights and recommendations.
• Lead, demonstrate and drive critical thinking skills, building the team’s capacity to handle difficult or unexpected situations in the workplace.
• Lead risk assessment exercises and build teams to exercise emotional intelligence and self-awareness.

Technical Expertise

• Lead subject matter development among program leads ensuring thorough grasp of key program principles.
• Develop a reading culture and challenge program teams to spotlight their work during internal and external WJCF engagements.
• Lead knowledge management and sharing of best practices at national and global convenings.

Education Qualification/Required Skills & Experience

• MBBS and MD or post-graduate degree in public health, public policy, management or development.
• Minimum 15 years of professional experience in demanding, results-oriented environments in public health with senior managerial or leadership positions.
• Demonstrated experience in VBDs at national or state level will be an asset.
• Proven record of developing and maintaining strong and effective partnerships, and, shaping policy and project decisions with senior government and donor officials
• Experience in leading teams in similar assignments i.e. providing high end technical support in public health directly to department will be a plus
• Experience in concept note/proposal development.
• Strong written and oral communication skills including development of analyses/ presentations for varied project audience/stakeholders
• Proven track record of working in challenging multi-stakeholder environments & ability to build relationships with a range of stakeholders and drive immediate results
• Entrepreneurial mind-set, including ability to work independently, self-motivated, and propose and implement new initiatives.

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