District Coordinator

Job Description

Title: District Coordinator

Company Name: RDRS Bangladesh

Vacancy: 01

Age: Na

Job Location: Anywhere in Bangladesh

Salary: --

Experience:

• At least 3 years
• The applicants should have experience in the following business area(s): NGO, Development Agency

• Masters

• Master’s in social sciences/relevant discipline

• At least 3 years
• The applicants should have experience in the following business area(s): NGO, Development Agency

• At least 3 years of program management experience (preferably with a health program) experience in NGO/INGO

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

Context and summary of the position:

RDRS Bangladesh anticipates implementing a health project in Rangpur. This announcement is for an anticipatory position, and onboarding will be contingent upon the signing of the contract with the donor.

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, and service continuity during outbreaks and emergencies, community referrals, and data-driven decision-making for that district. The District Coordinator will ensure timely implementation of the approved work plan, ensure quality of services, and monitor progress by supporting MOHFW health workers and managers. S/he will also document program lessons and prepare program progress reports as per the 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 the time supporting field implementation at the 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.

Key Areas of Accountability:

Program Implementation

• Work with union, upazila and district-level facilities of DGHS and DGFP, Union Parishad and other relevant departments and stakeholders to implement activities

• Work closely with MOHFW health workers and managers to ensure Management and implementation

• 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 for facility-level managers

 Coordination

• Facilitate multi-sectorial coordination at the district and upazila level (with key relevant sectors)

• Participate in Monthly coordination meeting at the district and Upazila level and ensure participation at union parishad meetings.

• 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 levels

• Ensure troubleshooting 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 supervisors and ensure coaching and motivation through supervisory visits and feedback.

• Supply of guidelines, tools and rollout of the activities at community and facility level

• Facilitate that all field findings are recorded, feedback prepared and shared accordingly, ensured execution of feedback/action items ensured by doing follow-up visits

• Facilitation of appropriate recording and documentation of activities performed by health workers or providers at all levels

• Cultivate and find out gaps & develop feasible mechanism for improvement and introduce into system related to recording and reporting 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 plans

• Attend meetings of GoB (Health & FP)

• Arrange visits 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 logistic support by communicating through the proper channel.

• Ensure that all expenditure incurred in accordance with budget line and budget limit

Other Activities 

• Conduct/perform any other responsibility when asked for the interest of the program

• Emergency official notification/clients’ management

• Acquire knowledge on Gender and organizational Gender Policy and act accordingly

• Weekly 2 holidays,Mobile bill

• Other benefit will be paid as per organizational policy & availability of project budget