About PCI India

PCI India, a registered Indian society, has been working in India for the past 25 years. We drive interventions to transform the lives of communities at scale by solving complex development problems. In the past year, PCI India reached more than 1.7 crore, i.e. 17 million people across 15 States in India.

Our Vision and Mission

Vision – A happy, healthy, safe and a sustainable world for all.

Mission – Rooted in community realities, we co create and scale sustainable solutions to complex development problems.

Our Values

• Excellence – Quality in everything no matter how small, is paramount.
• Respect – There is inherent value in all people for who they are and what they contribute.
• Collaboration – Only through collaboration we can address complex development problems.
• Boldness – Boldness requires disruptive thinking backed up by courage and conviction.
• Creativity – Creativity ensures dynamic responsiveness, relevance and impact.
• Integrity – Integrity is non-negotiable in both personal and professional domains.

PCI is an Equal Opportunity Employer

PCI is committed to providing equal opportunity to all working for it and in creating an inclusive work environment. We respect the diversity of our people and follow a fair, non-discriminatory approach in terms of gender, age, nationality race, caste, religion, community, marital status, physical challenge, and sexual orientation.

We promote diversity in the workplace and ensure a culture of zero tolerance to any form of discrimination, abuse or harassment whether sexual, physical or psychological. PCI provides equal opportunity in recruitment, appraisals, promotion and career progression. Our people policies are fair, objective and non-discriminatory and everyone is expected to adhere to them.

Position Name: State Program Manager

Reporting to: Associate Director-Social Mobilization  

Number of Positions: 1

Location: Raipur

Key Roles and Responsibilities

Program Management

• Provide strategic lead to the Social Mobilization (SM) component in LF elimination program
• Engaging Chief Secretary, Secretary Health, MD-NHM and District Magistrates in LF elimination program
• Supervise and guide the Assistant Program Managers
• Coordinate with the government at state level for smooth placement of human resource from NHM prior to MDA campaign
• Help the state in designing and implementing strategy to enhance drug compliance in urban area, among adult male, never treated and underserved population.
• Support Government to develop Social Mobilization plan for the state and districts, prior to MDA
• Collaborate and negotiate with the leads of different social mobilization channels at state level to get their support in LF social mobilization.
• Maintain a data base of potential field level staff to be hired for MMDA Campaign.
• Ensure quality implementation of SM plan for MDA campaign
• Guide and support the field team District Mobilization Coordinator and MSG supported cadres prior and during the MDA campaign to deliver quality results
• Facilitate session on refusal conversion during state training of trainers to build the capacity of district trainers.
• Guide the field team to facilitate for quality training of Drug Administrators (DA) on refusal conversion.

Partnership Building

• Work closely with the state leads of government and partner agencies and provide inputs on social mobilization
• Take part in state task force meeting, steering committee meetings, partners meeting and any other relevant meetings at state and district level
• Pushing social mobilization agenda with the help of partners at state and district forums
• Share regular updates with the MD-NHM, PS-Health and Director/Additional
  Director-Health
• Coordinate with LF partners including WHO
• Collaborate and negotiate with the leads of different social mobilization channels.
• Undertake joint field visits with Government, WHO and other development partners for regular learning.

Program growth opportunities

• Facilitate growth opportunities for the benefit of the program
• Leverage program and platforms for growth opportunity

Documentation and Research

• Engage actively in any research conducted by the measurement team for the program
• Ensure high level documentation of best practices from field and contribute to knowledge bank of the organization
• Lead report writing for Government/donor and others as appropriate

Qualification 
Post Graduate degree in Public Health, Rural development or any other relevant fields

Experience

• A minimum of 7 years of relevant professional experience in public health, including a minimum three years of state level experience in leading health programs
• Experience of building and nurturing government relationships
• Experience of designing and executing social mobilization program

 Skills and Competencies

• Understanding of the development sector and critical cross cutting themes such as gender and advocacy
• Possess leadership skill and is decisive, action oriented and adaptable
• Strong networking and relationship building skills
• Ability to work against tight timelines
• Excellent knowledge of MS office
• Fluency in verbal and written English, Hindi and local language
• Willingness to travel to the field and

• Candidates with prior experience of working in the above states would be preferred

What can you expect in PCI:

• A warm, inclusive and happy work
• Performance driven reward
• Best of class benefits with competitive
• Health Insurance coverage for self, spouse &
• Group Terms Life Insurance and Group Accident Insurance for
• All other statutory
• Regular Recognition of performance and PCI Value display in work
• An empowering organisation structure which values individual’s skills, competencies and
• Opportunities to operate in cross functional
• Higher responsibilities and larger roles are merit
• Young Talent Programs for developing future
• Leadership roles for women is encouraged and given preference in selection and