Position: Program Manager – Vaccination

Organization: AIF

Location: Delhi and Mumbai 

Key Roles & Responsibilities:

• Supervise the vaccination programme in the AIF priority states. PMs will also be responsible for coordinating the programme in the priority states and the urban locations.

• Coordinate with variousstate partners, including the state and district government departments, and municipal corporations to roll out the vaccination programme

• Support with documentation and development of agreements and reports for various partners and donors.

• Setting weekly goals in coordination with various stakeholders –NGO partners, hospitals, government, community and donors – and ensuring goals are met in time

• Support in finalizing and implementing the Operational Plan for communication strategy and campaign for the vaccination program in the priority states.

• Coordinate with the NGO mobilization partners for visibility and branding of AIF’s vaccination programme

• Implement the vaccination program on the ground as per the micro plan for the most in-need communities

• Support in undertaking joint visits to the vaccination sites by various partners, donors and AIF staff.

• Assess and identify locations in need of vaccination support keeping the most unreached communities in mind

• Work with government and other agencies implement end to end vaccination plans, including awareness, micro plan and monitoring plan.

• Financial management ensuring spending projections and forecasts

• Develop and follow partnership, procurement, recruitment and monitoring plans

• Monitor/track spending across projects, reviewing projections and progress regularly

• Reporting project progress both internally and to the external stakeholders, including an end of project report

• Ensure project documentation is audit-ready

• Any other activities that the Vaccination lead may assign

Skills & Competencies:

 Experience of working in humanitarian emergency programs, preferably in public health

• Post Graduate Degree (preferred) in public health, disaster management, Social Sciences or Management or equivalent field experience

• Experience of Routine immunization/ immunization drives • Previous experience of managing projects and primarily related to COVID19 response

• Understanding of core humanitarian principles

• Proven analytical skills and problem-solving skills

• Excellent results-orientation and time management skills

• Ability to execute plans speedily and adapt to changing needs

• High level of team management and interpersonal skills and exhibits self-awareness

• Proven track record of developing and encourage new and innovative solutions

• Excellent written & verbal communication skills; sound representational abilities

• The capacity and willingness to be highly flexible and accommodating in difficult and sometimes insecure working circumstances

• Willing to travel extensively to and within various locations as mentioned above.

• High personal and professional integrity

Relationships:

Position reports into: Lead - Vaccination

Other: Salary commensurate with experience