State Team Lead

About the Company

IPE Global Ltd. is a multi-disciplinary development sector consulting firm offering a range of

integrated, innovative and high-quality services across several sectors and practices. We offer

end-to-end consulting and project implementation services in the areas of Social and Economic

Empowerment, Education and Skill Development, Public Health, Nutrition, WASH, Urban and

Infrastructure Development, Private Sector Development, among others.

Over the last 26 years, IPE Global has successfully implemented over 1,200 projects in more than

100 countries. The group is headquartered in New Delhi, India with five international offices in

United Kingdom, Kenya, Ethiopia, Philippines and Bangladesh. We partner with multilateral,

bilateral, governments, corporates and not-for-profit entities in anchoring development agenda for

sustained and equitable growth. We strive to create an enabling environment for path-breaking

social and policy reforms that contribute to sustainable development.

IPE Global is ISO 9001:2015 certified and has a multi-disciplinary team of 1100+ professionals,

bringing together the right skills and technical expertise for enriching lives in poor and developing

countries. Our experts work closely with programme stakeholders and clients to co-design

solutions for complex socio-economic issues.

For more details, please visit www.ipeglobal.com

Role Overview

State Team Lead

State Team Lead will be responsible for overseeing the implementation of the Maternal Cash schemes and comprehensive SBCC initiative within the state, ensuring alignment with the overall project goals and deliverables. She/he will lead the coordination with all stakeholders for design and rollout of interventions aimed to strengthen initiatives focused on maternal and child nutrition.

Key Responsibilities

Strategy development, government liaising & technical support

• Lead the development and support the execution of the overall project strategy at the state level, ensuring compliance with the approved project deliverables, budget and work plan.
• Ensure timely development of SOPs, job aids, training modules for various project interventions
• Ensure that project activities are designed and approved at the state level through the appropriate authorities.
• Represent the project/organisation and participate in state-level monitoring and coordination meetings.
• Establish and maintain a robust monitoring and technical support mechanism at the state level.

Project management.

• Oversee the coordination, management, supervision, and monitoring of all project activities at the state level.
• Analyse project performance trends, identify implementation challenges, and take timely corrective and coordinated actions to ensure achievement of deliverables and result.
• Ensure state level reporting, enable visualization through dashboards for better evidence-based programming for the state officials.
• Facilitate knowledge creation and management processes by enabling documentation of lessons learned, success stories, and best practices by responsible team members
• Maintain effective communication and coordination with team members and key stakeholders to ensure cohesive implementation and timely issue resolution.
• Actively participate on monthly review meetings at the national and state level with the project teams

External engagement

• Facilitate dissemination campaigns at the state level for sharing program insights and learnings with relevant national and local stakeholders.
• Coordinate with the nodal departments in the State for improving inter-sectoral coordination and project implementation.
• Identify, establish and foster external partnerships with local CSRs or funding agencies that will contribute to the overall success of the project.

As job descriptions cannot be exhaustive, the state team lead may be required to undertake other duties as determined by the Project Director that are broadly in line with the above key responsibilities.

Qualification & Experience

Essential

• Advanced university degree in Management/ Public Health/ Public Policy/Social Sciences/Economics with minimum 15 years of experience in managing large projects/ programmes preferably Maternal and Child Health programs.
• At least 4-5 years of experience of working in the state with the government officials as technical support or direct implementation experience through donor funded programs.
• Proficient in local language (writing, reading and speaking).
• Experience in developing robust monitoring and reporting systems for state level evaluations and impact assessments.
• Demonstrated experience building and leading strategic partnerships with key stakeholders from diverse sectors including NGOs, government, and the private sector.
• Sound understanding of program data and proficiency in using MS Word, Excel, and Power Point.
• Excellent presentation and communication skills especially for donor engagement and high-level representation of the project and organization.
• Ability to take up exhaustive travel within the state, at least 10 days in a month and to other parts of the country if required

Desirable

• Experience in implementing large scale cash transfer programmes or direct benefits transfer.
• Good operational understanding of women and child development, health and family welfare and rural development sectors and programmes.
• Preference will be given to those who have previous experience of working with demanding clients, private foundations, and corporates.

Contract Type and Period

This will be a fixed term contract.

The contract will be initially for a period of one year, extendable thereafter, based on performance, for a likely period of 5 years. IPE Global is a fast-growing organization with a large portfolio of programmes in India/South-East Asia and Africa and there could be opportunity for long term association for exceptionally good candidates on mutually agreed terms.

Compensation

Compensation package will be commensurate with qualification & experience and last salary drawn.