District Manager

Job Description

Title: District Manager

Company Name: Jhpiego Bangladesh

Vacancy: Not specific

Job Location: Cox's Bazar

Employment Status: Full-time

Educational Requirements:
∎ MBBS degree and Master in Public Health would be preferred

Experience Requirements:
∎ 6 to 7 year(s)

Job Context:
∎ Position Reports to: Team Leader
∎ Location: Cox`s Bazar District
∎ The District Manager to provide technical assistance for access to and scale up of Maternal and Family planning services in the host community in the Cox`s Bazar district of Bangladesh. S/he will also work closely with GoB District Health and Family Planning managers and officials, GoB service providers, community leaders, and community-based health providers.

Job Responsibilities:
∎ Provide technical assistance in improving PPFP services to achieve project goals, objectives and targets in host communities of Cox's Bazar district
∎ Facilitate and conduct landscaping and training activities in Cox's Bazar district as needed
∎ Support the MOHFW to avoid potential stock-outs of commodities, instruments and equipment which are critical to FP/ PPFP service provision
∎ Coordinate and facilitate discussions with the local health and FP managers and service providers and others at the division/ district and upazila and Union level to develop scale up plan
∎ Develop functional and effective PPFP service delivery models by integrating PPFP into ANC, delivery, postnatal and immunization service delivery points
∎ Provide ongoing technical assistance at the district level in response to issues or problems encountered during implementation
∎ Conduct facility visits to ensure selected facilities are adequately set up to provide PPFP services
∎ Work with government trainers within the health system to train healthcare providers on PPFP service delivery
∎ Provide mentoring and supportive supervision to newly trained healthcare providers to ensure transfer of learning and quality PPFP service delivery
∎ Conduct PPFP counseling orientations with community health workers, immunization providers and their supervisors
∎ Facilitate review meetings with community health workers, immunization providers and their supervisors to review progress, exchange learnings and resolve challenges as needed

Additional Requirements:
∎ Technical expertise in FP and/or Maternal, Newborn, and Child health services
∎ A minimum of 6-7 years of mid-level experience in providing technical oversight in FP or maternal health projects or community-based programs
∎ Experience working in district and upazila levels and ability to communicate with local community
∎ Strong leadership and technical capacity to support project implementation/community activities
∎ Ability to work in a complex environment with multiple tasks, short deadlines and under pressure
∎ Work based in Cox's Bazar district with frequent field travel at district

Application Deadline: July 24, 2019

Company Information:
∎ Jhpiego Bangladesh
∎ Address : House- 10B (3rd Floor), Road- 90, Gulshan-2, Dhaka-1212, Bangladesh
∎ Web : www.jhpiego.org

Category: Medical/Pharma

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