Job Description

ABOUT SNEHA

A secular, Mumbai-based non-profit organization, SNEHA believes that investing in women's

health is essential to building viable urban communities. SNEHA is 450+ person strong, innovative

and progressive organization that works on health and nutrition in urban slum pockets with

women and their families. SNEHA follows the life- cycle approach to health and nutrition, by

intervening at critical junctures (adolescence, preconception, conception, pregnancy, postnatal,

infancy and toddlerhood, family planning) to ensure improved health and nutritional outcomes for

women and children living in some of Mumbai’s most vulnerable and deprived slums and in the

Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR) as well.

SNEHA recognizes that, in order to improve urban health standards, our initiatives must target

both care seekers and care providers. We work with communities residing in informal settlements

to empower women and communities to be catalysts of change in their own right and collaborate

with existing public health systems and health care providers to create sustainable improvements

in urban health. We have currently 11 programs running across SNEHA which are Maternal and

Child Health (MCH), Public System partnerships (PSP), Empowerment, Health and Sexuality of

Adolescents (EHSAS), Prevention of Violence against Women and Children (PVWC) (e) SNEHA

Centre, SNEHA Shakti, Healthy Cities Project (HCP), Palliative Care, Livelihood Generation, Central

Operations, Research and IM.

ABOUT THE PROGRAM

Public System’s Partnerships – Building Bridges

SNEHA’s Public System Partnerships Program works in partnership with Public health system and

vulnerable communities towards strengthening primary healthcare, establishing maternity

referral linkages and empowering Mahila Arogya Samiti groups across seven Municipal

Corporations of Mumbai Metro Politian Region to ensure better outcomes for pregnant mothers

and newborns. The main purpose is to impact Maternal and Child health indicators in urban slums.

PURPOSE OF THE ROLE

The Program Coordinator is expected to oversee implementation of planned activities in assigned

municipal corporations. The role also expects building strong rapport with the administrative

officers and the health care providers for better cooperation and support in implementing the

interventions. creating high level advocacy documents such as policy paper, presentations and

manuals. He/She is expected to build the teams capacity in planning and implementing the program

objectives and deliverables.

Job Location: Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC)

ROLES & RESPONSIBILITIES

Networking and partnership:

---Strengthening Partnership with different officials at various levels through meetings,

interactions and continuous follow ups with Health posts, Maternity homes, Peripheral

and Tertiary care hospitals in BMC for strengthening referral system, primary health

care and community mobilization for improving maternal and newborn health.

---Preparing plan of implementation with the Stakeholders

---Strengthening and establishing the regional maternity referral links and co-coordinating

the periodic regional referral meetings.

---Ensuring the timely and coordinated intervention on issues raised in the referral

meetings

Monitoring and supervision:

---Executing and monitoring the project plan

---Monitoring the work plans and deliverables of program officers on daily basis

---Monitoring the performance of Program Officers and Community Organizers through

periodic field visits and observations

---Conducting timely appraisals of the subordinate staff members

Capacity building of team and health care providers:

---Organizing and conducting training programs for various levels of health care

providers and ensuring the availability of skill trainers

---Strengthening and establishing the regional maternity referral links and co-

coordinating the periodic regional referral and action group meetings.

---Ensuring the timely and coordinated intervention on issues raised in the referral

meetings

---Capacity building of the Program Officers and Community Organizers

---Regular field visits for the observations and monitoring of the field activities

---Conducting monthly review/feedback meetings with the field team

Documentation and reporting:

---Documenting project events and meetings

---Periodic collation of data and writing reports

---Participate in senior management team meetings

---Working on tasks assigned by the senior management

---Working within the framework of the organization’s policy.

---Working in other related aspects of the project as and when required

---Managing budget utilization and reporting

---Supporting the Associate Program Director to implement, monitor and evaluate

strategic plans and systems

---Presenting information, analysis and stories about the projects and partners to

different audiences, including funders

---Handling finances and administrative responsibilities

Location: Thane, Maharashtr

Eligibility Criteria

Not Specified

Desired Candidate Profile

Graduation - Graduate-Other

Organization Details

• Organization Name:SNEHA (Society for Nutrition, Education and Health Action) Ngo
• About Organization:A secular, Mumbai-based non-profit organisation, SNEHA believes that investing in women's health is essential to building viable urban communities. SNEHA is 450+ person strong, innovative and progressive organization that works on health and nutrition in urban slum pockets with women and their families. SNEHA follows the life-cycle approach to health and nutrition, by intervening at critical junctures (adolescence, preconception, conception, pregnancy, postnatal, infancy and toddlerhood, family planning) to ensure improved health and nutritional outcomes for women and children living in some of Mumbai’s most vulnerable and deprived slums and in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR) as well.