Project Lead

Project Lead Anti Microbial Stewardship

About Americares India Foundation Americares is a health-focused relief and development organization that responds to people affected by poverty or disaster with life-changing health programs, medicine and medical supplies. Each year, Americares reaches more than 90 countries and all 50 U.S. states with over $600 million in innovative health programs and quality medical aid. Our programs help communities prepare for, respond to and recover from disasters; increase access to critical medicine and medical supplies; improve and expand clinical services, and; prevent disease and promote good health in vulnerable communities. Americares has offices in the United States, El Salvador, India, Liberia, Nepal, the Philippines, Sierra Leone and Tanzania. Since it was established in 1979, Americares has provided more than $12 billion in aid to 164 countries. Americares creates unparalleled leverage for donors: more than 97 percent of our expenses support local health programs - for every $10 donated we can provide $200 in aid. Americares India Foundation is a public charitable trust, registered in 2006. We are health-focused relief and development organization that responds to people affected by poverty or disaster with life-changing health programs, medicine and medical supplies. When disaster, poverty, disease, or policy causes health crises, we deliver medicines, medical supplies and humanitarian aid to a trusted network of NGOs, hospitals and health care providers across India. We also create and support programs that increase capacity, improve quality and provide more access to health care for underprivileged populations across India.

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AMERICARES CORE VALUES:

We create global community, treating people as they want to be treated.

We respond effectively and responsibly, putting plans into practice.

We embed ethics and equity in our work and workplace.

We are better together; partnership is at our core.

We ask and listen, to create sustainable solutions for a healthier tomorrow.

We commit to quality, growing and improving to ensure individuals and communities thrive

REPORTS TO: MD & Country Director

LOCATION: Mumbai

Americares India Foundation shall be initiating a multistate project aimed To reduce the spread of antimicrobial resistance in health facilities and to promote overall infection prevention and control in mid-size hospitals. The three-year project will be implemented across 10 medium size hospitals across India and will aim to build a model for AMS at such institutes. To begin with we are looking to recruit a Project director for three-year period.

ABOUT AMERICARES

Americares is a humanitarian and global health organization that saves lives and builds healthier futures for people in crisis in the U.S. and around the world. Every day, Americares puts critically needed medicines and supplies in the hands of frontline health workers and develops innovative, sustainable health improvements in their communities. We are the leading nonprofit for delivering donated medicines and medical supplies to health Projects around the world. We leverage this core competency with emergency preparedness, response and recovery efforts, and Projects that improve health outcomes. Our Projects increase access to care in more than 90 countries every year.

POSITION SUMMARY

The Project Director will be responsible for the overseeing the entire portfolio of the Antimicrobial Resistance Project and supervising all Project activities and ensuring quality implementation of the Project across ten hospital facilities. Responsibilities will also include oversight of infection prevention control (IPC) and antimicrobial stewardship (AMS) activities including training and capacity building, collaboration with multiple stakeholders and will be responsible for the overall delivery and implementation of the Project. The Project Director will report to the MD & Country Director in Mumbai. In addition to direct Project responsibilities, she/he will support Project teams on Project development, Project management, strategic planning and monitoring and evaluation. The candidate must have a strategic mindset as well as be able to lead and develop their subordinates.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

Support Project teams in implementing hospital-based IPC and AMS baseline assessment

Assist Project managers in evaluation of baseline assessment and reporting to hospital leadership to identify key priorities for intervention

Work with Project teams on developing a facility specific action plan for implementation of IPC and AMS interventions

Oversee the implementation of collaborative, evidence-based training and capacity building

Ensure the quality of Project and deliverables as needed by the donor and various stakeholders involved

Assist with donor and internal reporting requirements

Assists in drafting reports; generate reports and presentations

Share best practices on project monitoring and evaluation

Assists in interpreting the results and impact of project activities, conveying that information to Project teams and senior leadership, and facilitating internal dissemination for critical Project and policy decision

Prepares materials for presentations and briefings and deliver formal and informal presentations, as assigned

Assists in the development of M&E guidance (tools, templates) to facilitate performance measurement

QUALIFICATIONS:

Required Skills/Experience:

Health sciences graduate (MD/MBBS/Microbiology etc) and Master's Degree in Social Sciences/ Public Health with 10+ years of related work experience

Proven experience as Project director or other managerial position with NGOs or other organizations implementing health Projects

Experience with delivery and implementation of antimicrobial stewardship and infection prevention and control Projects

Experience in metrics and measurement with respect to Project design and project implementation monitoring

Proven ability to work well with multiple stakeholders and diverse teams and to bring teams to consensus on recommendations for technical practices

Experience in health Project survey design and development

Proficiency in Microsoft Office suite, including Word, Excel (with Macro), and PowerPoint

Excellent writing and communication skills

A commitment to excellence and demonstrated attention to detail

Ability to work independently and as a part of a team, with balanced focus on personal accountability and team goals

Demonstrates initiative and follow-through and is self-motivated in the completion of deliverables in a dead-line driven environment

Experience in conducting quantitative and qualitative study analysis

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