Job Description for Manager - Health

Job Description for Manager – Health

Nature of Job:

As a health program manager, your role encompasses the comprehensive management of health projects. This involves close collaboration with team members to ensure smooth project operations. You are an essential participant in various health-related need assessments, playing a crucial role in identifying and addressing community health needs. Additionally, you will be responsible for coordinating and actively participating in health camps, events, programs, and a wide range of health initiatives. Managing a few projects. Your role contributes significantly to the enhancement of community well-being and the effective implementation of health-related endeavors.

Roles & Responsibilities :

Blood Donation Camp Coordination: Organize and oversee the smooth execution of blood donation camps, ensuring proper logistics, volunteer coordination, and public awareness.
Training Schedule Management: Coordinate and manage the scheduling of training sessions, ensuring alignment with organizational goals and participants’ availability.
Need Assessment: Conduct thorough assessments of healthcare needs within the community, identifying gaps and opportunities for improvement.
Hospital Relations: Establish and maintain positive relationships with hospitals and healthcare institutions, fostering collaboration for community health initiatives.
Local Government Interaction: Engage in regular communication with local government officials to align health initiatives with governmental policies and regulations.
Guest and Meeting Management: Facilitate guest invitations, manage their participation in events, and ensure seamless execution of meetings related to health programs.
Logistics Support: Provide logistical support for various health-related activities, including venue arrangements, equipment setup, and resource allocation.
Report Preparation: Skillfully compile comprehensive reports that meticulously outline the outcomes, impact, and advancement of health programs. These reports serve as valuable resources for well-informed decision-making.
Passion for Development: A strong passion for the development sector and a genuine concern for the well-being of our beneficiaries are prerequisites for this role.
Entrepreneurial Spirit: Exhibit an entrepreneurial mindset with a focus on results. Be self-assured, proactive, and capable of driving your own initiatives, while also collaborating seamlessly within a team environment.
Networking and Project Design: Develop and nurture individual networks, comprehend their needs, and devise fitting projects within the framework of Nirmaan’s scope.
Partnership Exploration: Actively seek out partnerships with expert organizations to enhance the ongoing growth and refinement of projects.
Travel: Be prepared to travel to various locations within the city to fulfill work requirements.
Stakeholder Relations: Cultivate positive relationships with corporate entities, government bodies, and all relevant stakeholders.
Adaptable and Versatile: Display a willingness to undertake additional responsibilities as assigned by the chief functionary, pertaining to projects or specific issues.

These expectations further define your role as a health program manager, encompassing a range of skills, attributes, and commitments that contribute to the effective management and impact of health-related initiatives within the organization. Your role is integral to enhancing community health, fostering collaboration, and ensuring efficient coordination for various health-related initiatives. Roles and responsibilities within an organization can evolve and expand over time based on the changing needs, growth of the organization, and the dynamic nature of the tasks at hand. Flexibility and adaptability are key attributes in any role, allowing individuals to embrace new challenges and contribute effectively to the organization’s development. As the organization and its projects progress, your responsibilities may shift, new tasks may emerge, and your role may continue to develop in response to these changes. It’s important to be open to these adjustments and to approach them with a proactive and positive attitude.

Desired Competencies :

Strong operational and team management skills that can be tailored to lead staff, training partners, etc.,
Excellent organizational, planning and time management skills including the ability to design training schedules and operational centre timetables.
Strong financial management skills including managing budgets and using staff and centre resources flexibly to meet the needs.
Sharp focus on outcomes and how to shape interventions to achieve the maximum impact for the students/ beneficiaries.
Able to undertake need assessments for the existing & new projects.
Can implement new processes and ways of working across an operational staff team.
Can-do attitude and willingness to use own initiative to solve ground-level problems
Need to travel to the field, based on the need of the organization

Key Competencies :

Communication: Demonstrated highly developed written and oral communication skills including the ability to publicly represent the Institute at all levels. Displays the ability to communicate effectively in a variety of settings and can assimilate complex instructions easily. Ability to communicate with all levels of management and staff to establish productive relationships; superior consultation, diplomacy, influencing and negotiating skills; ability to explain complex concepts in layman’s language.
Strategic Thinking and Decisive Judgment: Proven ability to design, implement, manage and make sound business decisions; ability to analyze issues and use logic and reasoning to identify strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions and approaches to problems.
Learning & Knowledge Sharing: Demonstrated knowledge of media production, communication and dissemination techniques and methods; demonstrated high level of business acumen and project management capability.
Teamwork: Promotes collaboration and facilitates teamwork across the Institute and its external service providers; is tactful, diplomatic and works with integrity, honesty and respect for others.
Client Orientation: Display exceptional listening and analytical skills to understand clients’ needs and concerns and the ability to respond promptly and effectively to these needs.
Drive for Results: High level of self motivation and standards with the ability to multi-task; balancing “analysis” with “doing”;
Organization and Planning: proven project management capability and knowledge; ability to develop goals and plans; allocate resources accordingly and prioritize work to meet deadlines and budget.
Leadership: Supports and encourages performance by motivating individuals and teams to achieve high performance; clarifies and defines the goals and strategies for the Institute and successfully communicates this to all.

Education Qualifications :

BSc/ Bio-Technology/ Any medical degree

Preferred Experience :

8 experience into relevant Job role – preferably in health.