State Director

IHAT PURPOSE AND PRIORITIES

India Health Action Trust (IHAT) was instituted in 2003 and our vision is to meaningfully impact the lives of vulnerable and marginalised people by addressing health and social inequities. The Trust is working towards reducing inequities by developing comprehensive and sustainable programmes to improve population health. Since its inception, IHAT has working closely with the Government of India and state governments, including Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Karnataka, Delhi and Bihar to achieve public health goals. Our work is focused in areas of prevention and control of HIV and Tuberculosis, in achieving significant improvements in Reproductive, Maternal, Neonatal and Child Health, improved Nutrition among mothers and children, Tuberculosis, primary healthcare and strengthening health systems. We use program science to optimise and scale public health programs while partnering with the governments and communities.

ROLE PURPOSE

The State Director will be the overall technical and administrative lead for epidemiological appraisals and situation assessments, program design, delivery, monitoring and evaluation of identified priority public health areas identified for the state of Madhya Pradesh in consultation with the state and in alignment with the vision and strategic direction of the organization. Currently, all programs in Madhya Pradesh function under the overarching umbrella of the Innovation Hub, the outcome of a Memorandum of Understanding between the National Health Mission, MP and IHAT, with the Institute for Global Public Health as a technical partner. The incumbent will be responsible for leading all the programs in the state of Madhya Pradesh, and provide technical, strategic support and management accountabilities including overseeing all technical aspects and performance quality of the program management of the team, and leveraging government, corporate and donor resources while exploring new opportunities.

DIMENSIONS OF THE ROLE

• Provide overall leadership at the state level to strengthen public health outcomes by identifying and addressing the gaps in service availability, quality and utilization to improve health service delivery both at facilities and community level.
• Collaborate with IHAT leadership to support the HFW / NHM-GoMP in addressing the key public health challenges and areas of interventions, develop innovative solutions and support strategic plan to improve population health outcomes of Madhya Pradesh in the area of RMNCHA, communicable diseases and health systems strengthening; and to increase the availability, quality and utilization of critical MNCH and comprehensive primary health care services across the continuum of care in the tribal areas of Madhya Pradesh.
• Support the IHAT leadership to create interface with Government of India, State Government and its agencies, academic institutions and national organizations for IHAT’s MNCH, Communicable diseases, primary healthcare and Health Systems Strengthening.
• Oversee overall operational management, planning, and controls including budget utilization of individual grants. Collaborate with the Finance Director in submission of the financial reports to the donors.
• Review progress of projects against work plan and monitoring indicators, and report to the senior management.
• Provide strategic direction of project activities to ensure alignment with the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU)
• Strategy building for the state programs, building and strengthening partnerships and identifying funding partners for the new initiates.
• Guide direct reports in building effective and accountable teams, ensuring members of the team receive appropriate training and guidance in organizational approaches and standards.
• Any other work assigned by the management.

EDUCATION QUALIFICATION

Master’s degree in medical sciences preferable Community Medicine, or Master’s degree in Social Sciences with Public Health / MBA Health management / MHA / MPH.

EXPERIENCE

CRITICAL COMPETENCIES

KEY RELATIONSHIPS

Internal : Senior Management Team, State / Divisional Programme Team, District Program Manager

External : National and State Government, donors, academic and research Institutions, funding partnerships.

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