Job Description

THE ROLE

The role of Program Officer will be as follows.

 Planning and implementing project activities in coordination with Program Coordinator )PC( and field team

 Building and sustaining effective rapport with different stakeholders including health facilities staff and community members.

 Planning large community mobilization events like campaigns with different creative ideas

 Planning and organizing trainings of the health post staff of different cadres )Community Health Volunteers/ASHAs(

 Assisting PCs in planning trainings of maternity home and peripheral hospital staff

 Maintaining documentation related to all the activities and trainings

 Assisting PCs in collating data for periodic reports for funders, Municipal Corporation officials and for internal circulation

 Assisting PCs in arranging regional referral and action group meetings

 Trouble shooting at the facility level and community level

 Capacity building of the community organizers, Health committees and Community Health Volunteer/ASHA

 Planning and conducting regular meetings of the field staff

 Conducting periodic ANC clinic observation and feedback meetings with Health Post staff, Link workers and beneficiaries to plan the strategies to improve the access to health post services

 Supporting PC in establishing referral linkages between HP and Maternity Home

 Any other role assigned by the program Coordinator

 These positions report to the Program Coordinator, and will be based in the BMC, City and Eastern/western region

RESPONSIBILITIES

1. Visit to health posts and ensure Review and feedback meeting with health post staff and beneficiaries

2. Visit to Maternity home and peripheral hospital to understand referral documentation status and challenges.

3. Organize and conduct events with the health post staff with the support of community volunteer and health post staff

4. Ensure accuracy in the data and data management

5. Supervision and capacity building of the field staff and support

MANAGEMENT &REPORTING

1. Understanding the project domain

2. Keeping focus on goals to ensure outcomes

3. Effective team management

PERSON SPECIFICATION REQUIREMENTS

Essential

 Educational qualification: Graduate degree

 At least 3 years’ work experience in the social sector

 Good command over English and Hindi

 Flexibility in time management.

 Ready to travel in Mumbai.

 Interest in Maternal and Newborn health

 Effective training and communication skills

 Self-driven and an eagerness to take initiative

 Excellent documentation skills

 Ability to manage change and diversity

 Enthusiasm for community engagement and networking

 Sound values and work ethics

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Desirable

Familiarity with services provided by health facilities

Experience in community mobilization.

Negotiation skills.

APPLICATIONS Applications to be sent via email to damini.pandey@snehamumbai.org with Subject line: “Program Officer, Public system partnerships”

Location: MCGM, Maharashtra

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.