District Coordinator

Job Description

Title: District Coordinator

Company Name: PDO (Peace & Development Organization)

Vacancy: 1

Age: Na

Job Location: Patuakhali

Salary: --

Experience:

• At least 5 years
• The applicants should have experience in the following business area(s): NGO

• Master of Science (MSc) in Public Health

• Master’s degree in Public Health and other relevant qualifications.

• At least 5 years
• The applicants should have experience in the following business area(s): NGO

• Minimum 5 years of relevant experience in development programme management, including at least 3 years in a senior technical / managerial / coordination role.

• Demonstrated experience leading integrated Health, Nutrition, and Food Security programmes

• Strong track record in partnership with health sector and donor reporting.

• Excellent coordination, negotiation, and representation skills.

• Strong knowledge of the Bangladesh health system

• Strong communication, interpersonal and presentation skills

• Written and verbal fluency in English is preferable

• Computer skills: Word, PowerPoint, Excel, email and web browsing

• Demonstrable experience in working closely with the GO, NGO and other departments.

Location and working condition: Patuakhali (District HQ), with 70% travel in and around district and Upazila area.

Reporting: Executive Director and Award Manager ( Donor Part)

Duration: Duration of the contract will be up to June 30, 2026 (renewable subject to donor funding

About the Organization:

PDO (Peace & Development Organization) is a local Non-Government Organization (NGO) based in 610, Town Kalikapur, Baro Chowrasta, Patuakhali-8600. It was established in January, 1976 with the initiation of a group of educated likeminded social workers with an aim to promote the socio-economic and cultural status of the rural poor and vulnerable people emphasizing the women and children though concretization, capacity building, institution building, capital formation, and imparting felt-need based problem solving. PDO is working at education, health, environment, agriculture and various consultancy sector. For details: pdobd.org.

Summary of the position:

District Coordinator-is responsible for improving MNCH-N outcomes by strengthening the existing Health System. The District Coordinator will work closely with the District level, sub-district level and union level managers of MOH&FW to strengthen the health service delivery, service utilization, service continuity during outbreaks and emergencies community referral, data driven decision making for that district. The District Coordinator will ensure timely implementation of approved work plan, ensure quality of services and will monitor progress by supporting MOHFW health workers and managers. S/he will also document program lessons and prepares program progress reports as per monitoring and reporting plan laid out for the project. The position will be based in targeted districts. S/He will spend at least 70% of time supporting field implementation at District and Upazila level. The District Coordinator will also mobilize support to formal and informal private sector and non-governmental organizations to support integrated MNCH-N services.

Responsibilities:

Program Implementation

• Work with union, Upazila and district level facilities of DGHS and DGFP, Union Perished and other relevant departments and stakeholders to implement project activities
• Work closely with MOHFW health workers and managers to ensure Management and implementation of field level RHIS activities
• Ensure timely implementation of all activities outlined in the approved district work plan.
• Provide monitoring and supervision support to GOB health workers
• Ensure progress of activities
• Regular reporting

Training , capacity building and events management

• Identify training needs for on the job and refresher trainings and arrange such trainings for MNCH-N
• Facilitate management and follow-up of capacity building and training events
• Strong analytical skills with ability to promote and support data-driven decision-making to facility level managers

Coordination

• Facilitate multi-sartorial coordination at District and Upazila level (with key relevant sectors)
• Participate in Monthly coordination meeting at District and Upazila level and ensure participation at union perished meeting
• Coordinate with management for timely implementation of activities.
• Coordinate with stakeholders for smooth operations
• Document lessons learned and best practices and provide feedback and dissemination in relevant coordination and review meetings

System Strengthening

• Ensure that quality data is generated and uploaded at all level
• Ensure trouble shooting of the system takes place.
• Organizing training for GO, NGO staffs and service providers working at community level as well as facility level
• On the job training and supportive supervision for supervisor and ensure coaching and motivation through supervisory visit and feedback.
• Supply of guidelines, tools and roll out the activities at community and facility level.
• Facilitate that all field findings are recorded; feedbacks prepared and shared accordingly, ensured execution of feedback/action items doing follow up visits.
• Facilitation of appropriate recording and documentation of activities performed by health workers or providers at all level.
• Cultivate and find out gaps and develop feasible mechanism for improvement and introduce in system related to recording and report and MIS system.

Monitoring

• Monitor the activities and ensure smooth operations
• Strengthen the capacity of supervisors and mentors workers and organise joint visits.
• Monitor the planned activity of the implementing partners.
• Track progress against project indicators and address bottlenecks through regular follow-up

Representation, Communication & Reporting

• Coordinate development of team action plans/ Work pan.
• Attend meetings of GoB (Health & FP).
• Arrange visit for internal and external visitors.
• Prepare Programmatic reports and ensure its timely onward transmission.
• Advocacy with local stakeholders.
• Ensure the MIS report and documentation supported with valid source.

Administration and Finance

• Ensure the logistic support by communicating through proper channel.
• Ensure that all expenditure incurred in accordance with budget line and budget limit.

Others Activities

• Conduct / perform any other responsibility when asked for the interest of the Program.
• Emergency official notification/clients management

• As per organization policy and donor allocation.