Position: Senior Program Manager – VPD/Polio Surveillance
Location: New Delhi
An international non-governmental organization (NGO) working in partnership with national and state governments to strengthen health systems and improve access to high-quality, evidence-based health services. The organization provides technical assistance across public health priorities through practical, scalable solutions, implementation support, and capacity strengthening.
The Senior Program Manager – VPD/Polio Surveillance will provide strategic, technical, and programmatic leadership for implementation of the VPD–Polio Surveillance initiative, overseeing surveillance system strengthening, capacity building, outbreak preparedness and response, private-sector engagement, community-based surveillance, digital monitoring, and documentation of implementation learning.
The role will engage closely with government stakeholders, healthcare providers, private-sector partners, community platforms, frontline workers, and other relevant stakeholders to strengthen surveillance sensitivity, improve timely reporting, and support rapid identification and response to suspected VPD cases.
Roles and Responsibilities
• Lead overall project implementation in coordination with national and state governments, senior health officials, development partners, and other key stakeholders.
• Lead strategic planning, annual and quarterly work planning, and implementation prioritisation to achieve project objectives.
• Ensure timely completion of project milestones, targets, and deliverables in line with approved work plans.
• Lead high-level meetings, reviews, and consultations with government leadership, state headquarters/directorates, project donors, and other relevant stakeholders.
• Lead the preparation, review, and timely submission of quarterly, biannual, annual, and donor reports, ensuring quality, accuracy, and compliance with agreed reporting requirements and deliverables
• Build and maintain strategic partnerships with government departments and development partners to strengthen VPD–polio surveillance.
• Oversee programme performance, review progress against targets, address implementation bottlenecks, and drive corrective actions.
• Oversee capacity building, supportive supervision, and field monitoring to improve surveillance quality and implementation effectiveness.
• Oversee digital monitoring systems and surveillance data to track performance, identify gaps, and inform programme decisions.
• Undertake strategic field visits and engage with state and district teams to assess progress and strengthen implementation.
• Perform other duties assigned by the supervisor in support of programme and organisational objectives.
Abilities/Skills:
• Strong understanding of public health surveillance and disease surveillance systems.
• Strong understanding of VPD surveillance, case detection, reporting, outbreak preparedness, and response.
• Strong program management, implementation and coordination skills.
• Strong stakeholder engagement and communication skills.
• Good documentation, report writing, presentation, and knowledge-management skills.
• Proficiency in MS Office and digital data/monitoring systems.
• Willingness to undertake field travel as required.
Qualifications and Experience
• Master's degree in Public Health, Epidemiology, Community Medicine, Health Management, Social Sciences, or a related field.
• Minimum of 10 years of relevant professional experience in public health, immunisation, disease surveillance, or health systems strengthening at the national and/or state level.
• Prior experience in vaccine-preventable disease surveillance, polio surveillance, immunisation programmes, outbreak preparedness, or response will be preferred.
• Demonstrated experience in programme management, implementation planning, monitoring, and achievement of project milestones and deliverables.
• Experience working with government health systems, including state and district health authorities and relevant immunisation and surveillance stakeholders.
• Experience engaging private healthcare providers and community-based platforms.
• Familiarity with digital surveillance tools, data monitoring systems, dashboards, and programme reporting mechanisms.
• Strong skills in stakeholder coordination, technical documentation, report writing, presentation, and communication.
Organisation is an equal opportunity employer and offers a highly dynamic and enabling work environment.
Please find the link below to apply:
Interested applicants are encouraged to apply on the below mentioned link :
Indiahr42@gmail.com
Due to the high volume of applications, only shortlisted applicants will receive a response from Organisation HR.