Job Description
Title: Deputy Programme Manager, Health and Nutrition, HCMP
Company Name: BRAC.
Vacancy: Not specific
Job Location: Cox's Bazar (Cox's Bazar Sadar, Ukhia)
Employment Status: Contractual
Educational Requirements:
∎ MBBS and MPH in Medicine, Public Health from a reputed university in Bangladesh.
Experience Requirements:
∎ At least 5 year(s)
Job Responsibilities:
∎ Clinic management:
∎ Ensure implementation of Minimum Essential Health Service Package by Health Sector, Cox’s Bazar in all the BRAC Health facilities through regular field visits
∎ Ensure service availability in all the BRAC health facilities according to the Health Sector guidelines by making commodities and logistics available
∎ Planning and supervising the human resources in the hospital facilities team including recruitment, training, performance management and evaluation, staff development, internal communications, etc.
∎ Ensure the delivery of high-quality health services, including employment clearances, and medicine availability
∎ Monitor clinical practice in relation to in-person occupational health clinical reviews and examinations
∎ Monitor the regular activity of all the facility staff according to guidelines
∎ Prepare work plans for all the facility staff
∎ Supervisory:
∎ Supervise all the PHC and HP managers through regular field visit and distribute work to the doctors, nurses, and other staff of the HF according to the resource availability and effectiveness
∎ Manages the work and results of all staff working in the medical service, including where appropriate occupational safety staff or remote staff supervised by the medical service
∎ Monitor day-to-day activities and supervise the work of PHC and HP Managers and provide on job technical assistance
∎ Follow up the requisition given by facility in charge and communicate with warehouse properly to prevent stock outs, expiry and damage.
∎ Performs mid-year, year-end performance evaluation of staffs in unbiased way for the staff satisfaction, motivation and the programme development.
∎ Undertake annual planning including the planning and preparation of budgets and prepares reports on budget performance and results.
∎ Ensure the development, generation and reporting of relevant key performance indicators documenting health support performance including responses to audit and MEAL requests on health performance.
∎ Ensures timely recruiting and training of all new staff, and effective performance management.
∎ Ensures effective continuous professional development of staff and their career management
∎ Operational:
∎ Review annual work plan thoroughly and plan for staffing, roster and others for smooth ongoing work plan to meet donor requirement
∎ Address MEAL findings and work on monitoring reports to mitigate the service gaps and ensure quality through proper management
∎ Ensure staff accountability by regular checking of staff’s efficiency, potentiality and work on capacity development, and motivation
∎ Monitor under and over-spent budgets and plan for the smooth expenditure in coordination with project indicator and annual work plan accordingly
∎ Check stocks regularly and monitor balance equality and logistic availability
∎ Provide medicine and logistic requisition on time and ensure availability
∎ Ensure effective coordination and communication within the program
∎ Maintain good communication with community staff and community health volunteer to achieve qualitative and quantitative indicators to prevent dropout of SRH, NCD, EPI services and ensure patient satisfaction
∎ Provide assistance in preparing work plans, reports and requisitions also participate in night duties or roster duties on need base accordingly
∎ Provides 24/7 operational oversight of facilities providing incident management, and timely decisions that directly impact facility operations
∎ May have to manage work authorization for ongoing, active maintenance and construction work by maintaining accurate records of work and regularly updating the status
∎ Administration:
∎ Organize monthly management and technical staff meeting to review the progress
∎ Attends in the Health sector and other working groups and sub sector meetings in alignment with the decision of management
∎ Contribute to decision-making, strategic planning, and implementing to extend service modality in alignment with the Health Sector and RRRC
∎ Takes administrative decisions like- staff promotion, transfer, and termination by discussing and communicating with supervisor and senior management.
∎ Oversee the provision of recommendations or determinations related to medical entitlements
∎ Perform the completion of sick leave, including where required liaison with individual staff members and their healthcare providers to ensure effective sick leave management
∎ Perform the development and implementation of return-to-work programs
∎ Advisory, liaison and representation:
∎ Undertake regular coordination with the Office of Management, CIC, other stakeholders (UN, International and national NGOs), contributes to the development of BRAC healthcare policy, and ensures alignment of policy and practice in health care services
∎ Represent the medical service at events and meetings with other stakeholders (Health sector, working groups), CICs and other relevant organizations
∎ Oversee other organizations health and medical services for the betterment in the service delivery and find the scope to improve the service quality of BRAC health facilities
∎ Work closely with other sectors of BRAC (WASH, Protection, Education, Livelihood, DRR) for a better integrated Health and Nutrition programme implementation at filed level
∎ Briefs and advises senior management on all healthcare matters relevant to the workplace, including health policies, continuity, risk management, and representation at crisis response and related works
∎ Ensure effective occupational health representation at the local occupational health and safety committee
∎ Safeguarding:
∎ Ensure the safety of team members from any harm, abuse, neglect, harassment and exploitation to achieve the program’s goals on safeguarding implementation. Act as a key source of support, guidance and expertise on safeguarding for establishing a safe working environment
∎ Practice, promote and endorse the issues of safeguarding policy among team members and ensure the implementation of safeguarding standards in every course of action
∎ Follow the safeguarding reporting procedure in case any reportable incident takes place, encourage others to do so
Additional Requirements:
∎ Age at least 18 years
∎ Both males and females are allowed to apply
∎ KNOWLEDGE: SPHERE Standards, BRAC’s values and mission, development sector, global development scenario to identify funding trends, clinical and medical services, nutrition services.
∎ SKILLS: Strategic communication, relationship building.
∎ COMPETENCIES: Facilitating group meetings, developing work and project plans, setting priorities, meeting deadlines
∎ Person with disability are encouraged to apply
Salary: Negotiable
Compensation & Other Benefits:
∎ Festival Bonus, Health & Life Insurance, Health & Wellness Facility, Paternity/ Maternity leave and others as per Organisation policy.
Job Source: Bdjobs.com Online Job Posting.
Application Deadline: 29 Dec 2023
Company Information:
∎ 19 Dec 2023
∎ BRAC.
∎ Address : BRAC
75 Mohakhali, Dhaka-1212, Bangladesh
∎ Business : brac is an international development organisation founded in Bangladesh that partners with over 100 million people living with inequality and poverty globally to create sustainable opportunities to realise potential.
Working at brac is not like any other job. It is a platform where you can bring about real change for people who need it the most. We are not just dreaming of a better world, we are building it. Join us to find the way.
Category: NGO/Development
: BRAC believes that everyone we work with including our staff, programme participants, partners, and the communities have the right to be protected from all forms of harm, abuse, neglect, harassment, and exploitation including sexual exploitation and abuse (SEA). We uphold human dignity and inclusion for all, regardless of age, race, religion, gender, disability, ethnic origin, or socio-economic condition. As an equal-opportunity employer, we actively encourage applications from gender-diverse individuals and people with disabilities.Selected candidates will have to go through a rigorous reference and background checking process which may include police verification.
