State Project Lead, Meghalaya (Maternal Anemia Reduction)

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About the Organization

PATH is a global nonprofit dedicated to achieving health equity. With more than 40 years of experience forging multisector partnerships and with expertise in science, economics, technology, advocacy, and dozens of other specialties, PATH develops and scales up innovative solutions to the world’s most pressing heath challenges.

Job Description

PATH is seeking a State Project Lead on third party payroll (Randstad) for this project with travel to intervention districts. Districts will be finalized in discussion with key stakeholders.

Job Responsibilities

• Provide vision, overall leadership, and oversight to the program including design and implementation, conceptualization and lead project activities in collaboration with National Project Lead.
• Work in close coordination with the State and district health society on anemia and maternal health in project geographies. Facilitation of deliverables in the project, obtain necessary government approvals and from relevant government authorities as appropriate to address the proper implementation.
• Monitor the technical aspects of ongoing project activities through field visits, meetings with government officials, field level healthcare providers and partners.
• Ensure successful project delivery including full implementation from initiation to deployment. Driving the project to achieve the project objectives.
• Monitor and anticipate the evolving needs of key project requirements in the region, and position PATH to respond to those needs by providing technical and strategic inputs to drive the program.
• Managerial oversight and monitoring of the program. Lead in developing project strategy and work plan, progress reports, and other required deliverables
• Develop and implement robust context-appropriate systems for data collection, quality assurance, analysis and reporting on activity outputs/outcomes and program quality.
• Develop and maintain databases for capturing programmatic data and maintenance of queries and programs for analysis and related reports. Maintain documentation, prepare reports, document case studies, presentations, and best practices.
• Collaborate with finance and strategy/partnership teams to ensure that programs are aligned with the organization’s overarching goals.
• Travel to project district and blocks for monitoring and provide technical inputs
• Lead dialogue/partnership with donors/funders, non-profit organizations, academic institutions, consulting organizations, and others for potential partnerships for the program.
• Represent the project work to the donors, state and district officials, civil society, and private sector stakeholders
• Establish and maintain strong working partnerships with all project partners and stakeholder
• Model PATH’s values and people philosophy.

Education Qualification/Required Skills & Experience

• Education: MBBS/ BHMS/ BAMS/ BDS or equivalent with Post-graduation in Public Health from reputed university.
• Experience: 6 years of experience in public health along with 3-4 years specific experience of leading Maternal health centric programs development. Experience of work in the domain of anemia will be added advantage.
• Professional experience working with donor organizations, civil society, and government organizations. Experience in working with the development sector/ INGOs would be preferred.
• Prior experience in team management and leading large-scale health initiatives.
• Experience in a similar role is highly desirable.

Other Skills/ Abilities

• Leadership: Management skills, ability to create synergies, interpersonal skills to fulfil the diverse technical and managerial requirements of the project
• Communication: Excellent ability to articulate oral and written technical information clearly and effectively to both technical and non-technical audiences and demonstrated track record of producing high quality, well-written deliverables in a timely fashion.
• Professional proficiency in English, Hindi, with good oral and written communications skills required. Understanding local languages like Khasi/ Garo/ Pnar will be added advantage.
• Project Management: Strong organizational skills, with the ability to manage multiple tasks and timelines effectively.
• Technical Proficiency: Proficient in MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook) and web-based research tools.
• Stakeholder Engagement: Demonstrated ability to collaborate with government counterparts, donors, and development partners at national and state levels.
• Willingness and flexibility to work on a wide range of tasks and travel up to 30 to 50% of the time.

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