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Infrastructure Professionals Enterprise, Global (IPE Global) is a leading development sector consulting firm offering services in Health, Urban Infrastructure Development, Policy, PPP, Government and Public Sector (GAPS), Education, Rural Development and Environment and Climate Change areas.
IPE Global has successfully implemented over 300 projects in 20 countries across Asia, Middle East, Africa and Europe and has worked with over 500 government agencies across the world. IPE Global clients include multilateral and bilateral agencies such as the World Bank, DFID, ADB, UNDP, UNICEF, JICA, DANIDA, European Commission (EC), Africa Capacity Building Foundation (ACBF); national, state and local government; public sector undertakings (PSUs); and private sector organizations.
Description:
The Project Sector Wide Approach to Strengthen Health (SWASTH) in Bihar (Government of Bihar initiative supported by DFID, UK)
SWASTH is one of the biggest and ambitious health sector reforms programme being undertaken globally. It provides development professionals unique opportunity to be part of a large scale health reform initiative aimed at improving health and nutritional status of people in Bihar, particularly the poorest and excluded.
Consortium of Care International, UK, Options Consulting UK and IPE Global are setting up a Technical Assistance and Support Team (B-TAST) with support from DFID, UK to assist the Department of Health (DoH), Social Welfare Department (SWD) and Public Health Engineering Department (PHED), Government of Bihar in successfully implementing SWASTH in Bihar.
SWASTH’s goal is “to improve the health and nutritional status of people in Bihar, particularly the poorest and excluded’, and thereby accelerate the state’s progress towards the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).
Its purpose is “increased use of quality, essential health, nutrition, water and sanitation services especially by poorest people and excluded groups’.
Objective:
To improve planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation and bring convergence across the three nodal departments. SWASTH will enable the GoB to take a holistic view of the resources available to tackle health, nutrition, water and sanitation and identify expenditure and reform priorities. DFID fund will help the state to increase funding on key areas that are not fully supported through state or national schemes/resources. B-TAST will support analysis of key constraints, improve systems and capacities so that the available resources can be effectively used.
The programme offers professionals unique opportunity to develop and sharpen their techno- managerial skills and capacities by being part of a complex and challenging health system reform process. In addition, IPE Global offers an attractive compensation package matching the experience and qualifications of candidates.
Designation Environment Specialist
Duration: Term Till June 2014, with possible extension
Location: Patna, Bihar
Qualifications:
Graduate/PG degree in Civil Engineering, Environmental Management or other related fields.
Experience:
8-10 years of professional experience working on issues related to the environment.
Alternatively CVs may be emailed to the below mentioned email address with name of the position clearly mentioned in the subject line.
Compensation IPE Global is an employee owned company with best in the industry compensation packages.
Last date to apply: March 5, 2012
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for subsequent rounds.
Contact details:
IEP Global
A - 10, 2nd Floor,
Green Park Main,
New Delhi - 110016
Phone : (91-11) 4075 5900, 2656 8608
Email: hr@ipeglobal.com
Website: http://www.ipeglobal.com/