Clinton Health Access Initiative - Associate - Immunization

Overview

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Programme Overview:

India's Universal Immunization Programme (UIP) is one of the largest public immunization programmes in the world. It caters to 27 million infants and 30 million pregnant women. The programme provides access to vaccines against 11 Vaccine Preventable Diseases (VPDs) at the national level and against one VPD at the sub-national level.

Under the strong leadership of the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare (MoHFW) and state governments, the immunization ecosystem has demonstrated a proactive commitment to achieving universal immunization coverage in the country in recent years. This includes health system strengthening efforts towards the introduction of new vaccines, rolling out of data systems, digitization of vaccine cold chain and inventory management, and health worker capacity building. MoHFW plans to scale up a digitized beneficiary management system (UWIN) for Routine Immunization, introduce new vaccines in the UIP, and reduce Zero-dose children.

Project Background:

WJCF's immunization program supports the MoHFW's UIP at the national level and in the focus states of Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, and Uttar Pradesh. The programme also supports national and state governments on broader operational aspects such as planning, capacity building and systems improvements for immunization service delivery.

In Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, and Uttar Pradesh, the programme provides catalytic support for achieving and sustaining 90% FIC. The programme focuses on setting up effective program management & review mechanisms, identifying pressing challenges as well as best practices in RI, enhancing impact of well performing interventions, developing & deploying effective solutions to pressing challenges and undertaking multi-year planning for long term immunization systems strengthening.

Position Summary:

The Associate, Immunization will be responsible for implementing program strategy at the state level. They will be based in Lucknow and will create sophisticated analytical models and progress trackers. The Associate is expected to be innovative in designing creative solutions for complex public health problems in limited-resource settings. The role also involves supporting the portfolio implementation lead and state team manager in prioritizing and planning efforts, tracking progress, management of a variety of stakeholders, and creating high-impact reports and presentations. The Associate will report to the Implementation Lead, Immunization.

We seek a highly qualified and motivated individual with strong analytical, quantitative, and strategy development skills. The successful candidate will have excellent communications skills, be able to function independently with flexibility in a dynamic and ambiguous environment, be self-motivated, thrive in challenging environments, and have a strong commitment to excellence. A successful candidate will also to be adept at coordinating the operations of cross-functional and multi-location teams. We place great value on personal qualities such as: resourcefulness, responsibility, tenacity, independence, energy, and work ethic.

Responsibilities:

- Develop comprehensive plans for piloting new approaches and interventions for improvement in immunization service delivery, program review mechanism, demand generation, and data systems strengthening in Uttar Pradesh.

- Help the team devise specific strategies and interventions to reduce the number of Zero Dose children in identified geographies.

- Develop purposive insights, visualizations, tools, templates, and planning aids that support in program management and progress tracking.

- Provide analytical and programmatic support to the team and to the state RI Cell on RI strengthening.

- Quickly analyze large data sets to provide insights to internal and external stakeholders.

- Develop and socialize the dashboard and customized performance reports to be utilized for routine program review meetings, planning, and decision-making.

- Support capacity building of key functionaries on relevant competencies for sustained ownership and delivery.

- Capacitate and mentor field team members on identified aspects that aid their growth journey while helping them contribute more effectively.

- Work independently and in groups to comprehensively execute planned immunization support interventions.

- Travel on short notice to various parts of the state and often to national destinations as well.

- Undertake any other duties as requested by the programme leadership.

Qualifications:

- Minimum 4 years of experience in a demanding result driven environment in the private or public sector, with increasing levels of responsibility and leadership.

- Master's degree in business administration, management sciences, economics (pure or applied), finance, or public health with exceptional problem-solving solving skills and analytical capabilities.

- Demonstrated success in developing relationships and coordinating various stakeholders/interests (public sector engagement would be highly relevant).

- Exceptional diplomacy and interpersonal skills with demonstrated ability to build strong professional relationships with a range of stakeholders in a challenging, multi-cultural environment.

- Excellent oral and written communication skills, including ability to create persuasive presentations and written reports.

- Demonstrated experience managing complex projects involving multiple teams, including priority setting, planning, performance review and management; and influencing with limited authority.

- Ability to balance and find productive trade-offs between various opposing parameters (e.g.: personal style, incentives, timeframe).

- Functional knowledge of statistical packages such as R, SPSS, and Stata, data visualization packages including Power BI, Tableau, and Google Studio, advanced knowledge of Excel such as Macros, Power Query, and Visual Basic, and functional knowledge of programming languages such as Python, JAVA, C++, etc.

- High emotional intelligence, patience, and thoughtfulness even in high-pressure, stressful situations.

- Fluency in English and Hindi.

Preferred:

- Prior experience of working in management consulting, Investment banking and/or public health especially governance, systems strengthening, financing and /or management of operations at sub- national level, or similar fast-paced, output-oriented environments.

- Strong experience engaging with government officials and multilateral organizations.

- Knowledge of health systems strengthening and/or development/social sector consulting experience.

- Prior experience in leading and publish qualitative and quantitative research.