Job Description

About ARMMAN

ARMMAN (https://www.armman.org) founded in 2008 by Dr. Aparna Hegde, is a non-profit

organization committed to minimise preventable morbidity and mortality of mothers and children in India. Pregnancy and motherhood are not diseases and it is our belief that no mother, neonate, infant or child dies for want of care. This desire is captured in our name ARMMAN, which stands for ‘wish’ in Hindi. It is an acronym for ADVANCING REDUCTION IN MORTALITY AND MORBIDITY OF MOTHERS, CHILDREN AND NEONATES.

Our Vision: A world where every mother is empowered and every child is healthy

ARMMAN leverages mHealth technology to create scalable, cost-effective, gender and equity-sensitive, non-linear, systemic solutions to reduce maternal and child mortality and morbidity in 20 states of India. Our integrated 360 degree approach leverages deep mobile penetration to work with pregnant women and under-5 children along with supporting

health workers and systems for early identification, referral, and treatment of risk factors, resulting in improved health outcomes. We create at-scale programs with proven impact by using our unique “tech plus touch” model and building enduring partnerships (with national

& state governments, partner NGOs & health facilities) that leverage existing health worker networks & health infrastructure.

We have reached 27 million women and their children, and trained 235,000 health workers in 20 states, with a planned pan-India expansion in 5 years, along with adoption of multimedia and ‘fit for purpose approach’ whereby women & children with high risk conditions and those facing equity issues will be supported with targeted content & long -term handholding.

Role Overview:

We are looking for the role of Regional Manager for two mhealth programs, Kilkari and Mobile Academy. Both the programs are running across 18 States/UTs of India with expansion in other states is in pipeline. As Regional Manager, you will be responsible for end-to-end management of program across the states. You will be responsible for documentation, coordination and managing

the program in coordination with state officials and ARMMAN program team.

Kilkari is a mobile health education service that provides pregnant women, new mothers, and their families with timely, accessible, accurate and relevant information about Reproductive, Maternal, Neonatal and Child health. It aims to improve families’ knowledge and uptake of life-saving

preventative health practices. Mobile Academy is a Reproductive Maternal Neonatal and Child health training course designed to refresh ASHA (frontline health workers) workers’ knowledge of life-saving preventative health

behaviors, and improve the quality of their engagement with new and expecting mothers and their families.

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Program management and implementation of activities in accordance with the mission and

vision of the organization.

• Develop and retain cordial and excellent relations with assigned states at the state and

below state level. Assist Senior/State Program Managers in developing advocacy framework

and create a strong relation with the senior state NHM officials.

• Support SPMs and Senior SPMs during state level meeting with stakeholders to make

communication easy and transparent regarding programs’ issues and decisions on services.

• Develop Regional level CB and IEC implementation plans for assigned states and support

State teams in implementing the same.

• Design and assess Capacity Building needs for the region and coordinate with National

Program Team for development of Capacity Building Modules and IEC materials.

• Assessment of effectiveness of CB and IEC plans at regional level and sharing the same at

national level.

• Support research, M&E activities being implemented in the region.

• Coordinate with M&E and research teams for study plans, and dissemination at regional

level.

• Regular analysis of KMA data for each state and the region and sharing the same with the

states and National team.

• Conduct regular program review with internal teams and support teams in developing

monthly/ quarterly plans.

• Produce accurate and timely reporting of program status throughout the programs’ lifecycle.

• Implementing and managing changes and interventions to ensure program goals are

achieved.

• Analysing program risks basis data and proposing mitigation strategies to the organization.

• Responsible for developing annual plans for the assigned states and submission of the same

(HR, program cost, resource requirements etc).

• Quarterly/ monthly review of the plans and submission of the detailed report to SPD and the

National Team.

Qualification & Skills:

• Degree in MPH/ Social science from a reputed institution/ University.

• Minimum 10 years of experience of working in the social sector/ development programs. At

least 3 years of experience of working at state level or regional level.

• Technologically proficient in MS Office, SPSS, social media and internet applications.

• Excellent verbal and written English & Hindi language communication skills. Strong writing

and editing skills, able to read and interpret data/documents.

How To Apply:

• Interested candidates please send the application with your updated resume to

careers@armman.org

• Please use “Application: Regional Manager – Kilkari & MA” as the subject line for the

application mail

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