Address 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.
About the Project
There have been persistent efforts focused on improving Primary Healthcare (PHC) and overcoming the hurdles of low coverage and poor quality of health services through several Digital Health interventions. However, majority of these initiatives are designed with very specific clinical or administrative purposes and lack a comprehensive ecosystem approach resulting in multiple applications and digital portals in use for their health system. This cascades into poor accountability and performance, time and resource wastage, lack of continuum of care, and low coverage of health services, resulting in poor health outcomes. PATH is supporting the state of Maharashtra with digitization of primary level of care and health service delivery in select districts. The project intends to demonstrate end to end digitization in healthcare and develop a digital saturation model at district level, leveraging fit for purpose digital solutions/interventions through the use case of improving reproductive, maternal and child health service delivery indicators. The district saturation model will include coverage across rural & urban areas and service delivery across public and private sectors. The focus will be on digitizing healthcare facilities, community health initiatives/programs and deploying innovations for accelerating service delivery across continuum of care. The project aims to form a digitally competent health workforce, improve access to health and systems-level data for resource planning and management, enable creation of longitudinal health records for patients, and enable interoperability of digital systems across healthcare facilities. This will result in data-driven decision-making leading to improved access and service coverage, citizen empowerment, quality care, and enhanced healthcare provider accountability. These positive health outcomes, complemented by favorable policies, governance support, local leadership, and partnerships, will accelerate Universal Health Coverage (UHC).
Responsibilities:
- Responsible for overall project management, implementation and supervision of project activities
- Manage project teams and other stakeholders at the national, state and district levels.
- Lead project activities including project planning, project management, operations, stakeholder engagement and documentation.
- Track and manage project activities and deliverables to achieve agreed outcomes. Further, identify and develop mitigation strategies to manage project interdependencies.
- Effective tracking of key project milestones and multiple streams of work, adjust project plans and/or resources to meet project deliverables.
- Communicate and report project activities, timelines, impacts and implications to project team members, stakeholders and staff through appropriate forums.
- Plan, supervise and review landscaping activities and preparation of State Digital Health Roadmap
- Supervise capacity building and IEC-BCC plans for the project in coordination with team members.
- Closely work with the tech partners for customization and contextualization of Comprehensive Primary Health Care application, implementation of digital health solutions, troubleshooting day-to-day issues
- Use and evaluate effectiveness of project management tools, processes and methodologies, and make recommendations for continuous improvement.
- Lead and support meetings with the government, donor, tech partner and other stakeholders
- Interface with National Health Authority for ABDM-related activities
- Travel to project sites for implementation and supervision of project activities
- Lead the development of District Saturation model and support efforts for its inclusion in Global Initiative on Digital Health Transformation Toolbox
Education Qualification, Experience and Required Skills
- 10-12 years of experience and demonstrated skills in public health program management (experience in digital health projects essential)
- BTech/MTech or Master’s degree in management or public health from a reputable graduate school.
- Experience of working with national, state and district level government health departments and INGOs
- Technical knowledge and field experience of planning and implementation in public health programs, especially RMNCH
- Familiarity with Indian public health system, flagship initiatives in health sector and relevant government policies/ strategies particularly NHM, Ayushman Bharat Health & Wellness Centers, ABDM, National Health Programs etc.
- Demonstrated management and leadership skills, including the ability to manage and lead projects and initiatives.
- Demonstrated experience in leading people and projects at a strategic and operational level with accountability for financial and people management functions.
- Proven ability to multi-task and collaborate with senior staff, colleagues, donors, partner organizations, stakeholders, local institutions, and others.
- Ability to work in a complex environment with multiple tasks, short deadlines, and an emphasis on quality.
- Excellent analytical, communication, presentation and report writing skills.
- Excellent skills in facilitation, team building and coordination.
- Demonstrated ability to multi-task and thrive in fast-paced, high-pressure situations.
- Excellent command over MS Office applications, especially MS Word, MS Excel, and MS PowerPoint
- Extremely detail-oriented, with the ability to communicate effectively.
- Strong interpersonal and organizational skills.
- Proven effectiveness while working in a team-based environment, but capable also of working independently.
- Experience in working with senior stakeholders and government officials.
- Excellent organizational and time management skills with the ability to priorities workload and competing demands and conflicting priorities.
- Excellent verbal communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to interact with and influence a variety of stakeholders to achieve mutual understanding and agreed outcomes.
- Strong attention to detail and effective time management skills.
- Demonstrated experience in using Project Management tools.
Location: Delhi
PATH is dedicated to building an inclusive workforce where diversity is valued.
PATH is an equal opportunity employer. Every qualified applicant will be considered for employment.
PATH does not discriminate based on race, color, religion, caste, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, age, national origin, marital status, disability status, political ideology, military or protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.
