Position Summary:

WJCF is looking for a highly motivated individual with outstanding credentials for the role of State Lead (SL) leading the program in Nagaland.

Successful candidate will have excellent problem solving, communications, Government stakeholder management and project management skills. Candidate should be able to function independently and flexibly, be self-motivated, and can thrive in challenging environments. He/she must be able to take programmatic decisions and have a strong commitment to excellence. Reporting to the Technical lead and working closely with other Government Stakeholders, the State Lead is expected to lead and manage execution the C19RM project at the State.

We place great value on relevant personal qualities: resourcefulness, teamwork, interpersonal skills, responsibility, tenacity, energy, and work ethic. Overall, SL would be expected to support in – planning, Implementing, analysing, coordinating, reviewing and documentation of various interventions that have been undertaken under the project.

• In close coordination with the central team at Delhi (National Program Management Unit – NPMU), lead the project in Nagaland, through strong program management and ensuring implementation of programmatic strategies and achievement of program objectives
• Develop strong relationship with the respective State (MD-NHM, STO, STDC, State NCD Dept) and District (CMHO/DTO) officials for the effective and coordinated implementation of project activities
• Engage and facilitate necessary support for availability of drugs, diagnostics and necessary manpower support required for the project interventions
• Ensure timely hiring of the field implementation staff for the project
• Develop State specific implementation and a supportive supervision plan for the project and respective activities to be undertaken in close coordination with implementation team
• Contribute to developing and implementing a strategy for synthesizing and disseminating key results, programmatic lessons learned, and other project outputs
• Advocate with States and District officials on the results and lessons from the project and drive decisions on scaling up such activities
• Track project progress regularly and feed into the various progress reports for the purpose of internal consumption as well as government departments
• Represent WJCF and the Project at the State level and guide the District Supervisors to address implementation challenges.
• Identify training needs and design, plan and conduct training programs, workshops, meetings and campaigns in coordination with central team.
• Develop field level strategies in alignment with overall project objectives and ensure communication and process adherence by the field teams.
• Review and analyse district wise performance and provide inputs to partner organisations to achieve targets, provide quality services and report results
• Contribute to the development of outcome and impact monitoring processes as and when required
• Align the implementation to the Project’s Monitoring & Evaluation framework and ensure coverage of each project component and all project indicators.
• Regularly analyse the data captured in the MIS and provide a summary of findings and recommendations while ensuring data quality. Work with the project and field teams to address gaps, if any.

• Masters or Bachelor’s degree in Public Health, Management or a related field
• Minimum of 6 years of professional experience in designing and leading initiatives for implementing the Program.
• Experience in working & managing Public-Private Partnership (PPP) models would be an added advantage.
• Experience in working with State Ministries/departments and its partners including large, funded donor projects.
• Experience in designing and implementing new operational initiatives from project initiation to final stages.
• Experience in managing and building capacity across the project stakeholders
• Languages: Excellent written and spoken command of English and the local languages
• Good moderation, facilitation, and training skills.
• Demonstrated ability to liaise and negotiate with State Government.
• Excellent analytical skills.Ability to work in a team and good interpersonal skills, good organizational skills, ability to deal with various stakeholders.
• Ability to work independently with a minimum of supervision and work under time pressure and meet deadlines.
• Ability to perform a variety of conceptual analyses required for the formulation, administration, and evaluation of projects.
• Should be willing to travel extensively for project purpose within the respective state