Program Manager Collaboration

Azim Premji Foundation; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 700,000 - 1,100,000; Full time

Job summary

Azim Premji Foundation in Bengaluru seeks a seasoned health program professional to build a portfolio of civil society partners and hospitals focusing on comprehensive primary care.

You will engage with NGOs, donors and subject matter experts, develop multiyear grant proposals, conduct due diligences, and ensure timely disbursals.

This role requires travel 40-50% and a passion for strengthening public health systems.

Qualifications

• Experience in public health or community health preferred.
• Ability to work with NGOs, donors and subject matter experts.

Responsibilities

• Build a portfolio of civil society partners and hospitals in community health with focus on primary care.
• Engage with pioneer health institutions and stitch together value-in-itself grants with learning potential.
• Develop multiyear grant proposals, conduct due diligences, and ensure timely disbursals.
• Share partner learnings with the team and capture insights for dissemination.
• Help partners track effects of their work aligned with Azim Premji Foundation Health unit framework.
• Facilitate and manage a network for partners in community health and engage with the public health system.

Skills

Public health experience

Stakeholder management

Grant-making exposure

Job description

Under Health theme, we support organisations in the community health, palliative care and others. We also support public spirited hospitals in strengthening and upgradations.

Responsibilities:

• Building a portfolio of civil society partners / hospitals working in community health with focus on comprehensive primary care.
• Engaging with pioneering institutions in select sectors of health care and working with them to stitch together value-in-itself grant, which has potential learning and replication values in those spheres.
• Developing grant proposals for multiyear grants, conducting thorough due diligences, and ensuring timely disbursals.
• Sharing partner learnings and experiences from the ground with the broader team. Capturing insights and lessons learnt regularly in easy to disseminate forms.
• Helping partners to track and capture effects of their work in alignment with the overall framework in Azim Premji Foundation – Health unit.
• Facilitating and managing a forum/network for partners working in community health and engaging with the public health system.

What do we look for:

• Experience of working in public health and/or community health for at least 5 years.
• Demonstrated ability to work with diverse stakeholders, including NGOs, donors and subject matter experts.
• Desirable: Experience in public systems (Health) engagement, prior experience in grant-making.
• Travel: Only those who are willing to travel 40-50% of the time should apply.