Project Manager-IFA Adherence Project

About the Position
Job Title: Project Manager
Number of positions: 1
Location: Patna
Grade:E
Salary Range: Competitive salary commensurate with experience
Type: Project Based (January 2025 to 31 March 2026)
Project Behavioural interventions for end-to-end anemia programming for PLWs ( IFA Adherence Project)

Qualification required: Post-graduate degree from a recognized university or institution.

Experience required:
I. The candidate must have at least 8 years of experience, of which at least 3 years at a Project Officer level.
II. The candidate should have experience working with the communities in rural areas, especially with poorer and marginalized communities. Experience working with community platforms like SHGs will be an added advantage.
III. Candidates with experience working on themes like MNCH and Gender Empowerment will be preferred.
IV. Experience of traveling and working in Bihar is essential. Preference will be given to candidates located in Bihar.
V. Familiarity with projects using principles of human-centered design and other innovative methods will be an added advantage.
VI. Excellent communication skills (both spoken and written) in Hindi are necessary for this position, and familiarity with local dialects such as Bhojpuri, Magahi, or Maithili will be an added advantage. The ability to prepare and send regular progress and monitoring reports will be an added advantage.

Application closure date: 22nd December 2024

About the Role

The Project Manager will lead the entire implementation and operations, including the management of the project implementation team, coordination with the partner organisation on field requirements, coordination with the technical team of PCI India in Bihar, convergence with concerned government departments, and monitoring of project activities. S/he will support the budget holder and the project in-charge in synthesizing knowledge from the field, coordinating with the partner organization, submission of donor reports and updates, evaluation-related work, etc.

Key roles and responsibilities :

1. Detail work plan development based on the approved project proposal, discussions with the donors, the partner organization and stakeholders, and with other project teams in Bihar of PCI India.
2. Coordinating with stakeholders to secure their buy-in and support for implementing the project activities. Securing necessary permissions where necessary.
3. Recruiting, inducting, training, and monitoring the performance of the project team members at the district and block levels.
4. Support the senior team in coordination with project partners for smooth implementation of the project over the 4 phases. Take the lead in coordination with partners for field activities in the project geography.
5. Managing the day-to-day operations of the project covering, but not limited to, field team management, stakeholder management, performance management, budget management, report preparation, problem resolution, and participation in knowledge sharing/learning workshops.
6. Support the senior team in procurement of specific services such as design research, prototype development, analysis of user testing findings, and other specific activities like liaison with departments as necessary.
7. Regular travel to the project areas for monitoring the project activities.
8. Updating the supervisor and senior management at PCI on the project progress and performance on a regular basis, analysing the performance indicators, and taking corrective actions/measures to ensure the achievement of project objectives as per the agreed timelines.
9. Other tasks may be assigned by the supervisor from time to time.

Reporting to:- Senior Director-Social and Behavior Change Communication

About the Project:

PCI has been implementing a project supported by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to design, test, implement, and evaluate impactful interventions focussing on women of reproductive age, to ensure increased uptake of and adherence to IFA supplements in identified geographies of Bihar, and develop recommendations for delivering the strategies at scale.
The project will be designed and implemented collaboratively with partner organisations that have expertise in behavioral sciences and product design for over 24 months. The project has four phases, i.e., user research and human-centred design (HCD) ideation, live prototyping and testing, onboarding for implementation, and implementation and evaluation. A behavioural science-informed HCD process would be used for identifying the barriers to IFA consumption and adherence and ideating, co-designing, and testing for solutions around it. This would be done by using experimental methods to uncover non-conscious drivers of behavior, say-do gaps, and stated and revealed decisions. It would also entail incorporating hypotheses development and testing at multiple stages, through the design ideation process.

What can you expect in PCI
A warm, inclusive and happy work environment.
Performance driven reward mechanism.
Best of class benefits with competitive remunerations.
Health Insurance coverage for self, spouse Children.
Group Terms Life Insurance and Group Accident Insurance for Self.
All other statutory benefits.
Regular Recognition of performance and PCI Value display in work
An empowering organisation structure which values individual s skills, competencies and potential.
Opportunities to operate in cross functional role.
Higher responsibilities and larger roles are merit based.
Young Talent Programs for developing future leaders.
Leadership roles for women is encouraged and given preference in selection and training.
Recruitment Process
1. Applications will be shortlisted based on the specified criteria mentioned in the Job Description.
2. Shortlisted candidates will appear for a written assignment (if required).
3. Group Discussions may be part of the interview process for certain positions.
4. The process could also include presentation of the assignment.
5. Shortlisted candidates will be invited to attend one or more rounds of panel interview/s.
The complete process usually takes 2 to 3 weeks. Those moving to the final round of interviews will be hearing from the People Culture team. We prefer in person meetings but in case of location distances, we are happy to meet you virtually.

After the final round, if you are not selected for the position advertised, we will inform you over a mail. However, we invite you to apply to other open positions. We always look forward to engaging with talent that add value to our endeavours in various capacities.

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