Program Officer

PATH is a global nonprofit dedicated to achieving health equity. With more than 40 years of experience forging multisector partnerships and with expertise in science, economics, technology, advocacy, and dozens of other specialties, PATH develops and scales up innovative solutions to the world’s most pressing heath challenges.

PATH is currently for a Program Officer on Third Party Payroll, Randstad

PATH strives to build a world where innovation ensures that health is within reach for everyone. We start by thinking about people. What do children, women, and men need to be healthy? Similarly, what do health workers, managers, and decision-makers need to do their jobs well? How can the information, products, or services that are needed for health best be obtained—not just for today, but for the future?

Innovators are developing new information, products, and services that hold great promise for global health. But this promise can’t be realized if solutions can’t be delivered. Health systems—that is, the organizations and people whose primary intent is to promote, restore, or maintain health1—are weak in many countries and represent a challenge to achieving health equity. There is an urgent need for energy, support, and creativity to ensure that health systems can deliver effective health interventions.

This focus on systems is a core component of PATH’s overall mission to improve the health of people around the world by advancing technologies, strengthening systems, and encouraging healthy behaviors. Our systems work both informs and is informed by our work with technology and behavior change. PATH strengthens health systems to improve the health of people around the world. PATH’s health systems vertical is engaged with the following themes:
Primary Health Care Pandemic Preparedness and Surveillance Devices and Diagnostics Supply Chain Management Healthcare Economics and Financing Technology and Innovations Private Sector Engagement Anti-Microbial Resistance and Global Health Security Climate Change Quality Improvement

About the position

PATH is seeking Program Officer position for implementation and roll out of the supply chain strengthening project under TIS vertical. The PO will work with the national and state teams to provide technical assistance and handholding. support for strengthening supply chain across intervention geographies.

**Responsibilities**:

- Support in designing, planning, integrating, and implementing supply chain strengthening activities across intervention states.
- Work closely with national and state teams to develop, implement, and monitor state-specific project activities including the development of roadmaps, work plans, activities, reports, etc.
- Support in assessment of ‘As-Is’ supply chain systems for drugs, diagnostics, commodities at primary healthcare level, in selected intervention states
- Support in designing ‘To-be’ supply chain model to address the gaps and needs in supply chain management in the value chain of primary healthcare system
- Coordinate with private sector partners, intervention states on day-to-day basis to track the progress and roll out of activities in line with approved work plan/proposal.
- for strengthening supply chain management by building short term and long-term solutions.
- Facilitate in development of various technical resources, project documents and reports.
- Facilitate development of resource materials including SoPs, template, assessment tools etc.to build supply chain processes in the intervention states.
- Support in development of training resource materials for capacity building of external and internal stakeholders on supply chain management in health sector
- Scout for innovative solutions in addressing the supply chain management for drugs and commodities within the Indian health care system and pilot test these innovations in selected geographies.
- Work closely with various team members of the Technology, Innovation, and System strengthening teams as well as the project teams for the integration and implementation of the given projects in a timely manner.
- Assist the program lead in the coordination and execution of the program partnership and related program work.
- Support the team in coordinating the project management process internally within PATH & external stakeholders.
- Undertake other tasks which may be assigned from time to time by the national or state leadership.
- Available to travel to states up to 20-30% of the time.

Required Experience and qualifications:

- Master/ PG degree in Public Health or Health Management/ Supply Chain Management/ Logistics management
- At least 3-5 years of experience in the public health sector focusing on planning and implementation of public health programs and research.
- Experience in health supply chain management or providing technical assistance/consulting for public health supply chains at national/state level is desirable.
- Previous experience