Senior Program Manager - Public Health

The Senior Program Manager for Public Health is expected to identify unmet public health needs through secondary and primary research, scout, support and scale up sustainable energy access programs and technologies in order to enhance essential services under healthcare. Identify innovations to solve such needs, lead the deployment process for such innovations and coordinate monitoring of the impact on public health.

The role requires expertise in public health systems, key stakeholders across different geographies and the medical technology landscape. Understanding of Decentralized Renewable Energy (DRE) and its integration within healthcare technologies while catering to the underserved communities. This position will lead the program in rolling out high impact healthcare technologies. She/He will be responsible for identification, implementation, monitoring and reporting of program activities and supplementary operations related to scaling of DRE driven health technologies.

The Senior Program Manager for Public Health position requires understanding of the enabling impact of DRE on health services, technical expertise in biomedical engineering/medical technology with an understanding of energy efficient healthcare technologies such as point - of - care diagnostics, therapeutic and medical devices and biomedical equipment that can impact public health. The candidate should be familiar with public healthcare delivery systems and have the ability to develop positive, professional working relationships with govt and partners.

Who can apply:

• Minimum of 10 years of work experience in the Renewable Energy sector or Public health or/and in the Engineering -Technical and Technology background is preferred.
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in medical sciences or health management is required, such as MBBS + DPH/MPH/ MBA health care.
• Experience working with government programs and systems for large scale public health programs especially health systems strengthening is preferable.
• Knowledge of regulatory mechanisms, certifications and quality assurance of healthcare devices are essential.
• Interest in DRE driven healthcare technologies and project implementations aimed at improving energy reliability and quality of life for underserved communities.
• Prior experience of working with agencies that deploy sustainable energy driven and energy efficient innovative healthcare technologies would be an added advantage.
• Strong skills that reflect the ability to perform and prioritize multiple tasks seamlessly with excellent attention to detail.
• Willingness to learn, grow and develop at personal and professional front, at a rapid pace with a steep learning curve.
• Ability to work in an interdisciplinary and multicultural environment.
• Willingness to travel extensively in difficult terrains within and outside the State as and when required

Key responsibilities for the position:

• Design programs that solve for unmet public health needs by taking into account the various actors, organisations and processes needed to make a sustainable impact.
• Build a team of health and medical technology professions to run research, deployments and monitoring activities on the ground.
• Anchoring and managing (end to end) the technology division of the EnergyForHealth program at the foundation.
• Deploy high impact healthcare technologies/medical equipment at the various health facilities. Develop and share knowledge and expertise in technical aspects for scaling of sustainable energy driven technologies in public health settings.
• Recommending solar power system and providing the techno commercial feasibility study based on the field survey.
• Provide support in the selection, design, planning, implementation, and monitoring. Conduct Technical market research for relevant healthcare technologies for various geographies across the 25000 health facilities.
• Ensure quality assurance, continuous quality improvement (CQI), conduct the technical evaluation of the proposals and prepare technical reports related to the program to ensure design outputs meet design input requirements.
• Supervise troubleshooting activities on the technical issues across the program.
• Liaison between beneficiaries and vendors for material procurement, technology customization as required.
• Identify and develop success stories under the program as case studies for wider dissemination of DRE driven technology for healthcare.
• Build strong relationships with public health champions, grassroots stakeholders such as NGOs and medical technology providers.
• Compile periodic (biweekly, monthly, quarterly, half-yearly, and annual) technology scaling reports and provide relevant technology driven information for internal and external reporting purposes.
• Work closely with the director on setting program priorities, directions, and responding to requests for technical support from govt. and partners.
• Represent the organization’s efforts to the broader public health community of researchers, policy makers etc., through outreach activities such as conferences, webinars and roundtables.