• Work closely with Chief of Party (CoP)-NISHTHA to develop strategy for project implementation in all the North East intervention states.
• Work closely with CPHC/HSS team at ICO- Jhpiego, and the 8 North East State teams to develop annual work plan for the program and provide support in implementation and monitoring of program activities as per agreed plan and timelines.
• Work closely with State team leads of Jhpiego the national, regional and state government counterparts [including National Health System Resource Centre (NHSRC), Regional Resource Centre- North East States (RRC-NES)] to develop, implement, monitor state specific CPHC project activities including development of roadmaps, work-plans, activities, reports, etc.
• Provide leadership and supervision to 8 North East state teams for the implementation of NISHTHA workplans.
• Backstop project teams in providing technical assistance to state governments for operationalization of Health Wellness centers in the state and for creating training ecosystem
• Meet regularly with RRC-NES officials and state Governments/National Health Mission (NHM) officials for smooth project management in the states and respond to the requests in a timely manner.
• Facilitate development of financial proposals for operationalization of HWCs jointly with state officials for incorporation in the state s NHM Program Implementation plan (PIP).
• Establish an innovative ecosystem for co-designing, incubating and testing local solutions to address key intractable barriers that impede the delivery of CPHC in the states. Lead implementation and scale up of innovative solutions.
• Provide handholding support and build capacity of project teams in implementation of Comprehensive Primary Health Care and Health System Strengthening to achieve project goals.
• Coordinate with state teams to ensure timely and quality state, donor and HQ reporting.
• Facilitate project activities including trainings, on-site coaching, workshop planning, logistics planning and management to ensure smooth project implementation.
• Backstop and guide the program teams to develop and produce documents like situation analysis reports, assessment reports, success stories, gap analysis plans, procurement plans etc. as per the program need and local context.
• Facilitate documentation of project results, successes, challenges and lessons learned.
• Work with Monitoring Evaluation (ME) team at national and state level to establish systems for tracking progress, indicators and deliverables according to agreed work-plans to ensure state and donor requirements are met.
• Represent Jhpiego at national, regional and state-level meetings involving government and development partners.
• Frequent travel to the state and districts as per the project requirements.

• Ability to lead a diverse technical team.
• Ability to develop productive working relationships with other agencies, stakeholders and other organizations including government counterparts.
• Strong written and oral communication skills in English and Hindi.
• Proficiency in writing technical and programmatic documents such as training materials and reports.
• Ability to multi task and work under multicultural environment.
• Ability to handle a variety of assignments under pressure of deadlines.
• Proficiency in computers - Microsoft Office.
• Ability and willingness to travel up to 40% of his/her time.
• Ability to work with a diverse technical team.
   

Preferred Qualifications
Jhpiego is an Affirmative Action / equal opportunity employer and offers highly dynamic and enablingwork environment.

Due to high volume of applications, only shortlisted applicants will receive a response from Jhpiego HR.
Jhpiego offers competitive salaries and a comprehensive employee benefits package.