Senior Program Officer- Business Development

Heifer International

Senior Program Officer- Business Development

Job ID 260

Business Development / Fundraising  India   Andhra Pradesh 

Description

Heifer International is an equal opportunity employer.  All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, status as a protected veteran, among other things, or status as a qualified individual with disability.

Function
Heifer International in India is working with Women Small Holder Farmers to build sustainable livelihoods through agriculture and livestock value chains that would become an important part of their family income to close the Living Income Gap. Heifer International is working with private sector partners in a new project located in Andhra Pradesh, India aimed at strengthening Farmer Producer Organizations (FPOs), small and medium enterprises (SMEs), supporting their increase in revenue, and enabling women smallholder farmers to close the living income gap. Heifer is focused on the long-term development of inclusive, pro-poor, market systems in Andhra Pradesh.

The role of the Senior Program Officer- Business Development will be to lead Heifer’s project activities on connecting the producer-owned cooperatives and self-help groups with financial institutions. S/he will lead development and execution of the overall strategic vision, goal, and objectives of the access to finance component.

Essential Character Traits
Emotionally intelligent, honest, positive attitude, highly motivated and inspirational leader, superb listener and communicator, relationship builder, energetic and positive, team builder, strives for a shared vision, impact-driven and innovative, organized, having strong business acumen, pro-active, respect for procedures and norms, curious, analytical, committed to holistic sustainable development.

RESPONSIBILITIES & DELIVERABLES

A. Project Management: Support project partners in the effective implementation of the enterprise, market and value chain related activities, functions, and objectives of the project (35%)

• Assist project partners in staff selection and staff capacity building and orientation.
• Assist project partners in various trainings, farmer’s field trips, exchange visits, study reports.
• Assist project partner in the implementation of the project activities.
• Assist project partner to ensure quality passing on the gifts and other resources.
• Assist the partner in the implementation of the exponential POG with quality.
• Assist project partner to develop/produce market-oriented quality products.
• Assist partner in following PMD-pro tools and framework.
• Support the partner to implement the feedback/changes suggested by the Heifer team.
• Reviewing the project progress (physical and financial) with partner staff monthly.
• Participating in ongoing partner activities on regular basis for quality control and improvement
• Documentation and sharing of the best practices.

DELIVERABLES       

• Ensure staff selected are trained per Heifer’s process. Training is delivered following the training module schedule.
• Ensure project activities are completed on-time and on-budget as per the PIP.
• Ensure activities and training in the field are supervised and follow-up instructions are given.
• Exponential POG, and PSRP is completed following the process as per schedule.
• Ensure physical passing on of the gifts and assets are tracked, quality is ensured, and achieved within approved time period.
• Ensure PMD_Pro tools - project planning, designing, project charter, RACI, Issue Log, PIP, Gantt Chart, project closing - is used across the project.
• Ensure activity-based reforecast and fund request is jointly reviewed and submitted to RPO and CPO as per the schedule.
• Ensure all project progress reports (physical and financial) are reviewed and submitted as per the

Senior Program Officer-Animal Well-Being

 Heifer International

Senior Program Officer-Animal Well-Being

Job ID 261

Program / Project Support  India   Andhra Prasesh

 

Description

Heifer International is an equal opportunity employer.  All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, status as a protected veteran, among other things, or status as a qualified individual with disability.

FUNCTION
Heifer International in India is working with Women Small Holder Farmers to build sustainable livelihoods through agriculture and livestock value chains that would become an important part of their family income to close the Living Income Gap. Heifer International is working with private sector partners in a new project located in Andhra Pradesh, India aimed at strengthening Farmer Producer Organizations (FPOs), small and medium enterprises (SMEs), supporting their increase in revenue, and enabling women smallholder farmers to close the living income gap. Heifer is focused on the long-term development of inclusive, pro-poor, market systems in Andhra Pradesh.

The Senior Program Officer-Animal Well-Being will report to the Project Director and will lead and facilitate the well-being of all animals through the adoption of improved animal management, productivity practices and standards in the State and assigned program area to ensure animal health, animal husbandry and product quality assurance is achieved. He/She will be responsible for ensuring that Heifer participants in the project have knowledge and skills on how to maximize their animals’ productivity and reduce the cost of production. The Senior Program Officer - AWB will work in close collaboration and coordination with the Program/Project Managers to ensure successful, innovative, efficient, and effective functioning of all enterprise hubs in the program. He/She will be working in collaboration with project partners and will be responsible for capacity building, monitoring, and reporting related to project activities in the area.  

ESSENTIAL CHARACTER TRAITS
Accountable, humble, flexible, enthusiastic, dependable, creative and team player.

RESPONSIBILITIES & DELIVERABLES

A. Facilitate the well-being of all livestock through the adoption of improved animal management and productivity practices and standards in the program (60%)

• Promote scientific Backyard Poultry practices in rural farmers for the increase in income and nutrition of the family.
• Ensure quality and timely animal healthcare delivery (prevention and treatment).
• Ensure good husbandry practices (breeding, nutrition, housing, feeding, watering, and waste management and other ecological production methods etc.).
• Ensure regular supply of quality inputs.
• Ensure good quality output products.

Cluster Lead, Routine Immunization Access

 The Clinton Health Access Initiative, Inc. (CHAI)

Cluster Lead, Routine Immunization Access

 

India

Type Full Time

Program (Division) Country Programs - India

Additional Location Description Patna, Bihar

 

Overview

The Clinton Health Access Initiative, Inc. (CHAI) is a global health organization committed to saving lives and reducing the burden of disease in low-and middle-income countries, while strengthening the capabilities of governments and the private sector in those countries to create and sustain high-quality health systems that can succeed without our assistance. 

 

CHAI, in partnership with its India affiliate William J Clinton Foundation (WJCF), works in close partnership with and under the guidance of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) at the Central and States' levels on an array of high priority initiatives aimed at improving health outcomes. Currently, CHAI works across projects to expand access to quality care and treatment for HIV/AIDS, Hepatitis-C (HCV), tuberculosis, cancer, and immunization.

 

Background:

Through the prioritized implementation of high impact public health interventions like immunization, access to safe drinking water, improved neo-natal and infant care and access to effective treatment for pneumonia and diarrhea, India has reduced its infant mortality rate (IMR) from 89 in 1990 to 32 in 2017 and Under-five Mortality Rate (U5MR) from 126 in 1990 to 39 in 2017. India’s Universal Immunization Program (UIP) is one of the largest public immunization programs in the world. It caters to 26.3 million infants and 30 million pregnant women annually through 9 million planned sessions. The program provides access to vaccines against 11 Vaccine Preventable Diseases (VPDs) at the national level and against two VPDs vaccines at the sub-national level.

 

Under the strong leadership of the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare (MoHFW) and state governments, the entire immunization ecosystem has demonstrated proactive commitment for achieving universal immunization coverage in the country in recent years. Strategic projects in this direction include but are not limited to introduction of new vaccines, rolling out of data systems, strengthening of national immunization centres such as Immunization Technical Support Unit (ITSU) and National Cold Chain & Vaccines Management Resource Centre (NCCVMRC) and successful piloting of initiatives for bolstering health worker capacity building. Coupled with these initiatives, MoHFW launched Mission Indradhanush (MI) in 2014 and Intensified Mission Indradhanush (iMI) in 2017: catch up and system strengthening campaigns to target underserved, vulnerable, resistant, and inaccessible populations. iMI has resulted in an increase of 6.7% in full immunization coverage (FIC) after the first two phases in prioritized districts. However, the government and partners recognize the need for further efforts in this direction to reduce the 802,000 infant deaths and 989,000 under-five deaths that occur annually in the country.

 

Uttar Pradesh (UP), the most populous state of India, contributes more than 20% (5.7 million) to India’s annual birth cohort. UP has the highest infant mortality (64 deaths per 1,000 live births) and under five mortality rates (78 death per 1,000 live births) in the country. UP’s  FIC  went up from 51.1% in 2015-16, to 65.3% in 2018 through concentrated efforts and catch up campaigns (MI and iMI) in 60 out of 75 districts. However, wide variations in coverage exist across regional and social categories. In 2018, UP accounted for 25% of under-immunized children in India & 9.5% of world’s under-immunized children. Improvements in UP’s FIC are essential to national and global improvements in immunization coverage, as an increase in UP’s FIC from 65 to 90% could increase India’s FIC by 6 percentage points, and the global FIC by 1%. The government of Uttar Pradesh (GoUP) is currently rapidly implementing a new strategic roadmap for holistic improvement of immunization outcomes in the state.

 

Program Overview:

CHAI in partnership with its India affiliate, William J. Clinton Foundation's (WJCF) has been working in India since 2004 in close partnership with and under the guidance of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) at the central and state levels on an array of high priority initiatives aimed at improving health outcomes. Currently, CHAI/WJCF programs, supports government initiatives on HIV/AIDS, Hepatitis-C, tuberculosis, cancer, immunization, and health financing. Additionally, CHAI/WJCF supports many state governments on large-scale programs to arrest childhood and maternal mortality due to malnutrition, anemia, diarrhea and pneumonia, and helping increase access to quality family planning services.

 

CHAI/WJCF’s India immunization program supports the MoHFW’s UIP at the national level and in the focus states of Madhya Pradesh, Bihar, and Uttar Pradesh. CHAI/WJCF provides catalytic support to NCCVMRC, based out of National Institute of Health and Family Welfare (NIHFW), on national projects for improving availability and efficacy of vaccines and efficiency of vaccines systems. CHAI/WJCF also supports national and state governments on broader operational aspects such as planning, capacity building and systems improvements for immunization service delivery.

 

In Bihar, CHAI/WJCF will provide catalytic support to GoB for achieving and sustaining 90% FIC. CHAI/WJCF will help in 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.

 

Role Overview:

 

CHAI seeks a highly motivated and entrepreneurial individual with outstanding credentials for the key role of Cluster RI Lead. The role would entail leading the immunization system strengthening & coverage improvement activities in a cluster of priority districts and blocks within Bihar, through a multi-functional team. The candidate will lead efforts to diagnose area specific challenges and drive intensive efforts for RI improvement. The ideal candidate would have rich implementation experience in Immunization, excellent stakeholder management abilities, and have demonstrated excellence in leading high caliber teams for impact. CHAI places great value on relevant personal qualities: resourcefulness, responsibility, tenacity, independence, energy, and work ethic.

 

Responsibilities

• Lead, guide and mentor a high-powered multi-functional implementation team capable of delivering impactful solutions in swift timelines
• Develop strong understanding of the Routine Immunization coverage gap and related challenges within the priority geographies and enable creation of RI coverage improvement action plans
• Enable identification of key interventions to be undertaken by the multi-functional team to solve geography specific challenges
• Undertake operational planning for the activities to be undertaken by the team and monitor progress effectively
• Build trust-based relationships & identify synergies with district & block level health leadership, partner organizations, civil society organizations and other stakeholders for improving routine immunization performance in identified geographies
• Provide advisory and capacity building support to immunization program managers at the district/block levels on effective immunization programme management
• Identify and document local innovative solutions to enhance immunization service delivery
• Support the development of comprehensive & systematic insights on the immunization context in Bihar
• Travel across the priority geographies on a regular basis and to other parts of the state as and when required
• Undertake any other duties and responsibilities as assigned by the Implementation Lead

Qualifications

• Post graduate in the field of Social science, Public Health, Community Medicine, Management Sciences, or other allied fields
• 10+ years of experience in Routine Immunization/ Public Health programmes in governmental/non-governmental organizations
• Strong understanding of different components of RI like microplanning, vaccine logistics management, cold chain, headcount survey and RI reporting
• Prior experience in organizing and facilitating Immunization capacity building at the district and sub district level
• Prior experience in diagnostics, assessments or monitoring for immunization/public health programmes
• Strong stakeholder management and coordination skills
• Excellent team management skills, with the ability to organize workload across multiple team members and geographies
• Entrepreneurial mind-set, including ability to work independently, self-motivate, and propose and implement new initiatives
• Motivated to travel frequently to meet the needs of the program and deliver impact effectively
• Excellent analytical (qualitative and quantitative) and communication (written and verbal) skills
• High level of proficiency in Microsoft Office, particularly Excel, PowerPoint and Word
• Fluency in English and Hindi

Preferred:

• Strong understanding of public health/immunization context in Bihar

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Finance and Administrative Officer

Heifer International

Finance and Administrative Officer

Job ID 255

Accounting and Finance  

India   

 

Description

Heifer International is an equal opportunity employer.  All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, status as a protected veteran, among other things, or status as a qualified individual with disability.

FUNCTION
The Finance and Administrative Officer will be responsible for providing substantive support for accounting aspects of the Heifer Country Office.  This position will be accountable for the maintenance of accounting-related systems, implement accepted methods of accounting and assure proper internal controls and perform guided assessments of controls related to financial activities, reporting and compliance.  This position will apply critical thinking to manage the business of the Country Office, in a fast-paced, ever-changing environment. The Finance and Administrative Officer will apply, reinforce general accounting standards and Heifer's policies and procedures.

ESSENTIAL CHARACTER TRAITS
Financial acumen; Tech-savvy; Action oriented; Plans and aligns; Optimizes work processes; Ensures accountability; Drives results; Collaborates; Communicates effectively; Courage; Instills trust and Nimble learning.

RESPONSIBILITIES & DELIVERABLES

A. Support the Country team in accounts management to ensure compliance. (25%)

• Facilitate accurate and timely transactions that will feed into donor reporting, dashboards and other key donor deliverables
• Record all transactions in the accounting system; coordinate with team members to complete all accounting procedures to produce monthly financial statements in accordance with local GAAP or IFRS
• Complement ongoing documentation and implementation of industry standards in accounts management and compliance

B. Ensure regulatory and organizational compliance of accounting transactions within the country program offices and support global consolidation of financial statements. (25%)

• Facilitate requests related to independent external audits and other agreed-upon procedures providing financial information and follow-up
• Reconcile all transactions in the accounting system to the general ledger and financial reports
• Register and maintain fixed assets in the accounting system.
• Manage the staff expenditure and reimbursement process.
• Ensure adequate documentation for payments to vendors and partners, checking the accuracy of invoices and other supporting documents
• Accountable to support responses to queries on the status of payments, accounts, expenditures and obligations and resolve any discrepancies.

C. Provide support on pre- and post-award financial and accounting management to ensure compliance with donor agreements. (25%)

• Support processes for project budgeting and reforecasting
• Support review of budget requests for timely processing of fund releases
• Monitor project burn-rates
• Monitor compliance with grant agreements
• Support preparation of accurate and timely donor reporting, dashboards and other key donor deliverables
• Ongoing documentation and implementation of industry standard grant management and compliance procedures
• Preparation and maintenance of accurate and timely periodic reporting, dashboards and other key deliverables to senior management
• Regular and timely expenditure review
• Monitor donor agreement reporting dates and respond to compliance inquiries related to donor request
• Assist in providing administrative and accounting support to staff and project partners through trainings and field monitoring.
• Support partner/cooperatives in the submission of reports.
• Assist in monitoring project partners to ensure implementation of Heifer Partner’s policies and program impact

D. Provide administrative support to fixed asset, inventory, supply chain and logistics processes. (20%)

• Manage day to day office administration 
• Manage procurement and all purchases related to goods and services, including quotations, comparative tables, contracts and ensure compliance based on Heifer’s or the Donor’s standards.

Senior Project Manager

 Heifer International

Senior Project Manager

Job ID 254

Program / Project Management  India   Odisha

 

Description

Heifer International is an equal opportunity employer.  All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, status as a protected veteran, among other things, or status as a qualified individual with disability.

FUNCTION
Heifer International is partnering with Cargill Inc. on the upcoming USAID project in India and Kenya. This anticipated five-year-multi-country activity will require the expertise of a qualified full-time Senior Project Manager for Heifer International India’s role on the project, which is implementing an innovative and market-driven solution that will inform research and development to increase access to safe, affordable, and high-quality animal-source nutrition and prevention of emerging zoonoses, transboundary animal diseases. 

The Senior Project Manager will have wide-ranging responsibilities; including, but not limited to the following:  

• Responsible for management and coordination of project activities in India to achieve the agreed impact.
• S/he provides leadership, technical, and administrative oversight to the project team to ensure high quality programming and alignment with the prime and consortium members.

Please note that this position is contingent on award.

ESSENTIAL CHARACTER TRAITS

Heifer International India is looking for a self-motivated and result oriented person to fill in the position of the Senior Project Manager

RESPONSIBILITIES & DELIVERABLES
A. Project Technical Management, and Private and Public sector linkages, partnerships (40%)

• Manage the implementation of the various project studies and activities to drive the project towards the achievement of the planned outcomes and following USAID compliance regulations for implementation.
• In collaboration with the project team, lead the review, preparation, and development of training curriculum and materials on biosecurity and farm management as well as animal health and nutrition-related issues
• Mobilize CAVES and technical experts as appropriate as well as arranging their trainings on biosecurity, improved animal health and husbandry as well as farm management practices.
• Provide overall coordination in designing, engagement and implementing partnerships that will entail the provision of specialized biosecurity/ animal health advisory services, agro-inputs and training to address the commercial needs of various animal health/production value chain actors within the Project.
• Establish traceability systems with evidence of certain practices or inputs, which will allow farmers or input suppliers to secure accreditation or achieve market benchmarks, increasing their competitiveness in the market and potentially opening new market channels.

DELIVERABLE        

• Comprehensive capacity building of CAVES on animal nutrition and farm management undertaken.
• Training deployed through CAVES to producer organizations- targeting poultry and dairy farmers on biosecurity and farm management practices towards increasing household income.
• Revised and USAID approved training manuals and guides.
• Feasibility study highlighting key socio-economic factors that affect the position of smallholder farmers to sustainably adopt the product including determining appropriate price points for sustained use.
• Developing and deploying a data management system/ Animal Health Production information system.
• Early warning and response systems developed and embedded into extension systems operational in the determined Counties.
• Quality Assurance and accreditation system established for feed input suppliers to producer organizations in the determined counties.

Project Planning, Administrative Management, Budgeting and Reporting (25%)

• Develop an overall project operational plan aligned to the project results framework that will guide in project implementation.
• Development and implementation of project work plans per Prime and donor requirements
• Per prime and USAID requirements maintain monthly budget projections aligned to the project