Senior Program Manager – Operations

The goal of this program is to strengthen delivery of healthcare for over 170 million people by reliably and sustainably powering 25,000 public health facilities in remote, rural, climate and socio-economically vulnerable regions across 11 states in India by 2026.

Healthcare today, without considering the potential services to the un-catered populations in the world, is the 5th most polluting industry. The proposed program can help improve the quality of health services in a decentralized manner, while also making it a less carbon intensive sector. This program can prove to be the low hanging fruit for achieving SDG13 and SDG3 via SDG7. We believe that provision of 100% renewable energy and green building infrastructure for healthcare facilities, will democratize the much needed health services in the remote regions within India and account for future pandemic preparedness.

The Role:

SELCO Foundation is looking for a highly motivated individual who is passionate about working in the overall sustainable energy sector for last mile communities. The broader goal is to use decentralized renewable energy to facilitate good health, improved well being, last mile delivery of health services, reduced mortality etc. through the integration of climate inclusive technologies into the healthcare services.

As the Senior Operations Manager, you should have a good sectoral understanding, local ecosystem awareness, and proven experience in operational management, coordination between multiple stakeholders ; who is able to adapt to diverse situations and organizational requirements. The Operations Manager is also expected to focus on formulating an operational strategy, improving performance, procuring material and resources as well as securing compliances within the organization.

The role requires an approach which challenges the set paradigms and comes up with end to end solutions for ensuring smooth functioning employing resourcefulness and innovation in implementation and monitoring of problems.

Key responsibilities for the position:

• Anchoring and managing (end to end) the operations for the EnergyForHealth Team at SELCO foundation.
• Providing meaningful direction and necessary support to the team for developing strategy, operations in planning, execution and monitoring of the ongoing programs.
• Understanding SELCO’s healthcare approach, focus themes and different sustainable energy technologies / equipment.
• Developing a prospective operational plan by mapping the needs of the community around DRE based interventions to enhance health services, current level of engagement with the community, stakeholders’ involvement etc.
• Developing an operational plan with contingencies and alternative approaches to meet the organizations target.
• Enhancing the operational procedure, systems and principles in the areas of information flow and management, enhanced management reporting and looking for opportunities to expand systems where required.
• Preparing annual budgets and unlocking finances for renewable energy-based interventions through banks, MFIs, central and state govt. schemes.
• Effectively tracking, analyzing and sharing reports on weekly / monthly / quarterly performance of the programs by capturing key learnings and challenges. Overall monitoring and evaluating the quality of implementations.
• Regularly organizing and facilitating training workshops for the teams to develop their skills, building their capacity on an individual and team level.
• Creative problem solving for operational challenges and escalating where required.
• Ensuring operational and assessment processes and guidelines are adhered to.

Who can apply:

• Minimum 12 years of work experience,supporting operational management and leadership ; work experience in the Healthcare sector is preferred.
• Understanding of the communities, overall public healthcare ecosystem will be preferred.
• Expertise on rural health systems and awareness on Government policies as well as knowledge and understating on grassroots problem identification, clean energy-based enterprises etc.
• Ability to evaluate quality of solar components, electrical components and the various health equipment provided by vendors.
• Strong operational skills that reflect the ability to perform and prioritize multiple tasks seamlessly with excellent attention to detail.
• Experience in budgeting and forecasting.
• Strong communication skills, both written and oral.
• Willingness to learn, grow and develop at personal and professional front, at a rapid pace with a steep learning curve.
• Ability to work in an interdisciplinary and multicultural environment.
• Willingness to travel extensively in difficult terrains within and outside the State as and when required

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