Lead Workforce Development

WHO ARE WE : Instituted on August 16, 2016 Tata Steel Foundation (TSF) is a wholly owned subsidiary of Tata Steel Limited mandated with the responsibility of executing CSR for Tata Steel. A Section 8 company, TSF is rapidly growing multilocational organization spread across Odisha, Jharkhand, Maharashtra, West Bengal, Punjab and Delhi-NCR with over 1600+ people. With a vision to create an enlightened and equitable society, we are committed towards playing a larger role in India’s sustainable development by embedding wider economic, social and environmental objectives through its programmes.

Employment Type : Fixed-Term Contract

Reporting Relationship : Lead Workforce Development >

State Program Head

No. of Positions : 2

Location : Ranchi (for Jharkhand) / Bhubaneswar (for Odisha)

Purpose of the Role : To plan, facilitate and lead comprehensive capacity-building initiatives, including innovative training methodologies, in the domains of RMNCH+A, Nutrition and Infectious diseases through close collaboration with and support to government public health

systems at all levels in the state, with the aim to foster public health leadership, effect a systemic change and improve public health delivery in the state by government functionaries at all levels.

Key Deliverables : The Lead (Workforce Development) shall undertake activities represented by, but not limited to, the following to directly support the work of state program head.

• Develop / Customize / Adapt comprehensive training packages for senior and mid-level state government officials responsible for anchoring public health, and frontline healthcare providers, with the view to improve training outcomes, competencies, and skills of all stakeholders.
• Support the state health department in adoption and implementation of more effective and innovative training methodologies to ensure better training outcomes in the state.
• Collaborate with partners and government departments to identify specific training and capacity gaps amongst stakeholders at all levels, design and implement appropriate public health training interventions through relevant state government departments.
• Leverage subject matter experts from relevant institutes to support the state government in the domain of public health training across all levels.
• Mentor and build the capacity of project team with the view to improve project outcomes.
• Contribute to all state-level reviews of the state government in terms of evidence-based project findings, systemic training gaps identified, and suggested training solutions at all levels.
• Establish a robust training feedback mechanism through state government systems to continuously evaluate the effectiveness of the training programs at all levels and suggest necessary improvements for incorporation by the state government.
• Guide District and Block project team on capacity building of district and block public health functionaries at all levels.
• Any other duty as assigned by State Program Head.

Minimum Qualification :

Post Graduate in rural development / social work / development studies or equivalent from reputed institutions.

Minimum Work experience in years : 6-15 Years of relevant experience. Preference will be given to candidates who have experience of anchoring public health training for government health functionaries at state / national level.

Technical Competencies :

Behavioral Competencies :