Director - New Initiative & Partnerships - Health Financing Program

We are on the lookout for the position of a Director-New Initiative and Partnerships.

- The manager will be a core member of Health Financing program in India, working in collaboration with a team based across the NHA and SHAs in supporting one of the largest insurance schemes in the world. The successful candidate will lead the program's efforts in developing a robust learning and partnership agenda including, but not limited to, driving new initiatives focused on capacity building at the state and national levels, developing a monitoring and evaluation framework for ongoing and prospective engagements, and developing and executing on a collaborative research and knowledge-sharing agenda with other institutional partners in the Health Financing ecosystem.

- The Director, New Initiatives and Partnerships will report to the Senior Program Manager (program lead) on the Health Financing team and work closely with teams at the NHA and SHAs as well as the Health Financing global team.

Responsibilities :

- Support the strategy and growth of the Health Financing portfolio in India, identifying and initiating partnerships with government, academic and implementing partners to operationalize new workstreams.

- Work closely with program lead and teams at the NHA and SHA to identify new and innovative approaches for technical and management capacity building and spearhead their formulation into specific initiatives.

- Spearhead research and learning initiatives to identify challenges in insurance policy and implementation, design strategies for improvement, and test and scale outcomes.

- Work closely with teams at the state and national levels to develop a robust monitoring and evaluation framework that will inform the execution of existing initiatives and development of new initiatives.

- Develop innovative approaches to capacity building, ensuring skills transfer and government ownership in all projects.

- Lead engagement with institutional partners in the AB-PMJAY ecosystem in India, identifying and executing on opportunities for collaborative learning.

- Work with the program lead to organize and facilitate learning exchanges, workshops and trainings for practitioner to practitioner exchange, to strengthen capacity and knowledge sharing on priority technical topics.

- Document and disseminate approaches and learnings through local and global platforms, including through workshops, conferences, and development of case studies.

- Support donor engagement with new and existing donors, including developing workplans and budgets, writing and presenting narrative and financial reports, and representing and communicating the health financing work.

- Establish and maintain effective and collaborative working relationships and engagement with India and global teams, local institutional partners, and technical/academic institutions at national and state levels, and ensure maximum coordination of resources and effort.

Other responsibilities as needed.