State Head – Uttar Pradesh

Jhpiego Inc.; Uttar Pradesh; On-site; INR 1,500,000 - 2,100,000; Full time

Job summary

Jhpiego is seeking a State Head for Uttar Pradesh to provide strategic, technical, and operational leadership for its portfolio in the state. You will guide programme planning, manage partnerships with state government and stakeholders, and ensure accountability for results, budgets, and donor commitments.

The role requires close collaboration with Jhpiego country leadership, technical and operations teams, and partners to advance public health priorities and scale up impactful interventions

Qualifications

• MBBS, MSc Nursing, or MBA, along with an MPH or another relevant Master’s degree.
• Overall, 12–15 years (3-5 years in leadership role) of progressively responsible experience in public health, health systems strengthening, or programme implementation.
• Substantial experience in programme leadership and management, including team supervision, government engagement, partnership development, and oversight of donor-funded programmes.
• Experience working with state health departments, National Health Mission, and other government or development-sector stakeholders is strongly preferred.
• Experience in more than one relevant public health area—such as comprehensive primary health care, digital health, NCDs, maternal and newborn health, family health, or human resources for health—will be an advantage.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic direction for Jhpiego’s Uttar Pradesh portfolio and translate priorities into clear programme plans.
• Lead and oversee programmes across primary health care, health systems strengthening, digital health, and more.
• Ensure approaches are technically sound, equitable, and focused on quality of care.
• Review progress, risks, and results; guide adaptive management with programme leads.
• Promote documentation and dissemination of effective practices to inform government decisions.
• Engage with government departments, donors, and partners to strengthen state health outcomes.
• Oversee budgeting, reporting, and compliance, ensuring donor requirements are met.

Education

MBBS, MSc Nursing, or MBA with MPH

Job description

Overview

Jhpiego is an international, non-profit health organization and an affiliate of Johns Hopkins University, dedicatedto improving the health of women and families. For over 50 years, Jhpiego has focused on providing highquality,affordable health care solutions, training health workers, and strengthening health systems.Jhpiego has been working in India since the 1980s in close partnership with national and state governments.With deep technical expertise and strong implementation capacity, Jhpiego helps design, test, and scalepractical solutions and innovations across thematic areas including maternal and newborn health, reproductivehealth, nutrition, immunization, comprehensive primary health care, human resources for health, TB andinfectious diseases, global health security, women’s cancers, non-communicable diseases, and digital health.

About the Program

Jhpiego’s Uttar Pradesh portfolio works in partnership with the Government of Uttar Pradesh and otherstakeholders to strengthen health systems, improve the quality and reach of essential health services, andsupport evidence-informed and sustainable public health improvements. The portfolio spans comprehensiveprimary health care, health systems strengthening, digital health, non-communicable diseases, maternal andnewborn health, family health, and human resources for health, in line with government priorities and availableprogramme funding.

About the Position

The State Head – Uttar Pradesh will provide strategic, technical, programmatic, partnership, and operationalleadership for Jhpiego’s portfolio in the state. The position will guide programme planning and implementation,support strong partnerships with state government and other stakeholders, oversee team performance andprogramme quality, and ensure accountability for results, budgets, donor commitments, and organizationalpolicies. The State Head will also contribute to programme development, resource mobilization, strategicpositioning, and the development and dissemination of evidence to inform state health priorities. The rolerequires close collaboration with Jhpiego’s country leadership, technical teams, operations teams, governmentcounterparts, donors, and implementation partners.

Responsibilities

1. State Strategy, Program and Technical Leadership

• Provide strategic direction for Jhpiego’s Uttar Pradesh portfolio, translating organizational priorities, government strategies, and donor commitments into clear programme plans and deliverables.
• Provide leadership and oversight across relevant programmes, including comprehensive primary healthcare, health systems strengthening, digital health, non-communicable diseases, maternal and newborn health, family health, and human resources for health.
• Ensure programme approaches are technically sound, evidence-informed, responsive to state priorities, and focused on equitable access, quality of care, and sustainable health-system improvements.
• Review implementation progress, programme quality, risks, and results; guide adaptive management and timely corrective action with programme leads and technical teams.
• Promote documentation and dissemination of effective practices, innovations, implementation learning, and evidence that can inform government decisions and wider programme improvement.

Jhpiego | State Head – Uttar Pradesh

2. Government Engagement, Representation and Partnerships

• Lead Jhpiego’s engagement with relevant Government of Uttar Pradesh departments and institutions, including the health department, National Health Mission, directorates, medical education institutions, and other relevant agencies.
• Build and maintain constructive working relationships with senior government officials, donors, academic and research institutions, professional bodies, civil society, private-sector stakeholders, and development partners.
• Represent Jhpiego in state-level reviews, technical working groups, partner meetings, policy forums, and other relevant platforms.
• Provide technical inputs and implementation support to government-led planning and review processes, reinforcing government ownership and alignment with state and national priorities.
• Identify opportunities for collaboration and convergence across programmes and partners to support coordinated implementation and scale-up.

3. Programme Development and Resource Mobilisation

• Identify emerging public health priorities, health-system gaps, and opportunities for Jhpiego to contribute to state health goals.
• Work with New Program Development colleagues, technical teams, and country leadership to define programme opportunities, develop concepts, and prepare high-quality proposals, budgets, and implementation plans.
• Cultivate relationships with current and prospective donors, funders, government stakeholders, and technical partners to support new programme opportunities and organizational growth.
• Contribute to Jhpiego’s strategic positioning in Uttar Pradesh and ensure proposed initiatives are contextual relevant, evidence-informed, feasible, and aligned with organizational strategy.

4. Programme Operations, Grant Management and Compliance

• Oversee state-level programme planning, implementation schedules, budgets, expenditure reviews, forecasting, resource allocation, and delivery against agreed milestones.
• Work closely with finance, human resources, procurement, administration, and other support teams to ensure timely and effective programme operations.
• Ensure compliance with Jhpiego policies, donor requirements, approved work plans, financial procedures, and applicable organizational standards.
• Monitor grant performance, implementation challenges, and operational risks; elevate issues appropriately and work with relevant teams to identify mitigation measures.
• Ensure timely and high-quality technical reporting, donor deliverables, presentations, and inputs for organizational reviews, audits, and assessments.

5. Team Leadership and People Development

• Lead, mentor, and support a multidisciplinary state team, ensuring clear roles, priorities, performance expectations, and accountability.
• Provide guidance and coaching to programme leads and staff; support performance management, capacity development, and professional growth.
• Foster a collaborative, inclusive, respectful, and high-performing work culture that values integrity, learning,innovation, and results.
• Promote effective coordination across programmes and functions, address implementation bottlenecks, and maintain communication with country leadership.

6. Monitoring, Evaluation, Learning and Reporting

• Ensure programmes have clear results frameworks, indicators, review mechanisms, and approaches for tracking outputs, outcomes, and contribution to impact where feasible.
• Promote the use of reliable programme and health-system data for decision-making, performance improvement, and communication of results.
• Work with monitoring, evaluation, and learning colleagues to review progress, identify gaps, document lessons, and inform programme adaptation.
• Support evaluations, implementation research, knowledge products, case studies, and dissemination of evidence in collaboration with government and technical partners.

7. Other Duties

• Take responsibility for issue resolution or escalation as required, minimizing disruption to programmedelivery.
• Ensure adherence to Jhpiego’s organizational policies, ethical standards, safeguarding requirements, and applicable donor guidelines.
• Perform other responsibilities assigned by the supervisor that are consistent with the position and organisational objectives.

Required Qualifications

Qualifications and ExperienceMBBS, MSc Nursing, or a degree in a relevant health or allied health discipline, or an MBA, along with anMPH or another relevant Master’s degree. Overall, 12–15 years (3-5 years in leadership role) of progressively responsible experience in public health,health systems strengthening, or programme implementation. Substantial experience in programme leadership and management, including team supervision, governmentengagement, partnership development, and oversight of donor-funded programmes. Experience working with state health departments, National Health Mission, and other government ordevelopment-sector stakeholders is strongly preferred. Experience in more than one relevant public health area-such as comprehensive primary health care, digitalhealth, NCDs, maternal and newborn health, family health, or human resources for health-will be anadvantage.

Preferred Qualifications

Skills and Competencies

Technical and Programmatic

• Strong understanding of public health and health-system priorities in India, including primary health care andstate-level programme implementation.
• Ability to provide strategic direction, guide programme design and implementation, and maintain technicalquality across a diverse portfolio.
• Strong programme planning, monitoring, data interpretation, adaptive management, grant oversight, andreporting skills.

Leadership and Management

• Demonstrated ability to lead multidisciplinary teams, develop staff, manage competing priorities, and driveresults.
• Ability to analyse complex implementation challenges, make sound decisions, and develop practical,context-sensitive solutions.
• Experience with work planning, budgeting, resource allocation, risk management, and compliance oversight.

Partnership and External Engagement

• Proven ability to build trusted working relationships with government, donors, academic institutions,technical agencies, and development partners.
• Strong communication, negotiation, facilitation, and presentation skills, including confidence representing anorganization in senior-level forums.
• Ability to identify opportunities for collaboration, programme development, and resource mobilization.

Organizational Contribution

• Commitment to Jhpiego’s mission, values, organizational policies, and high standards of integrity andaccountability.
• Ability to work collaboratively across technical, programme, and operations teams in a dynamicenvironment.