Field Organizer

Job Description

Title: Field Organizer

Company Name: KMSS

Vacancy: 2

Age: At most 35 years

Job Location: Dhaka

Salary: Tk. 22000 - 23500 (Monthly)

Experience:

• At least 1 year
• The applicants should have experience in the following business area(s): NGO

• Diploma in Medical Technology
• Bachelor/Honors

• Bachelor's degree from recognized university/ Diploma in Medical Faculty/ Medical assistant (04 years)
• Any third division/class in an academic career will lead to ineligibility.

• At least 1 year
• The applicants should have experience in the following business area(s): NGO

• Age At most 35 years

Experience:

• Minimum 01 years’ experience in a relevant field/ managerial role

Other requirements for the above post:

• Community mobilization and outreach activities
• Organizational Values, Vision, Mission and Policies
• Computer skills-MS Office
• Communication skills
• Presentation skills
• Field reporting
• Maintain high morale with integrity and honesty
• Organizing and planning skills
• Local networking and relationship building skills

Age: Not exceeding 35 Years.

Job Context

• Khulna Mukti Seba Sangstha (KMSS) is a Bangladeshi development organization, has been working in the public health sector for more than two decades since 1997 and currently implementing different projects in 7 districts in the country.
• As a partner of BRAC, KMSS is implementing the program titled "Integrated Tuberculosis Care and Prevention, for Enhancing Case findings, health System Strengthening and Sustainability" funded by GFATM.
• Tuberculosis program is implementing at 2 City Corporations (Ward No 6-8, 10, 11, 16 DNCC & 30-37, 43 DSCC).
• Location: The position will be based at the field level (Dhaka)

Major Responsibilities:

a) Prepare monthly work-plan to implement the project activities

b) Perform community mobilization for ACF (active case finding), organize outreach centers, collection of samples and transport them to the nearby facilities for Xpert/ Truenat/ Microscopy testing through extensive field visit

c) Ensure treatment initiation, regular follow-up of ongoing patients and ensure quality DOT by monitoring Shasthya Shebika/ DOT provider/ community health workers

d) Perform contact investigation (CI) of bacteriologically-confirmed pulmonary TB patients (both DS-TB and DR-TB)

e) Refer contacts of index cases to the physician for screening the eligibility of TPT and ensure enrolment

f) Guide community health workers/ volunteers to identify Child TB presumptive in the community and refer them to the facilities for testing

g) Ensure HIV screening of TB patients in the respective working area

h) Ensure referral of microscopy positive TB cases to molecular diagnostic sites for re-testing

i) Ensure referral of retreatment cases for Xpert/ Truenat testing and link them with the DR-TB treatment initiation centers

j) Ensure ambulatory treatment initiation at community level as early as possible in coordination with UH&FPO and MODC

k) Organize courtyard meetings, TB campaigns, special outreach centers for key and vulnerable populations to enhance case detection

l) Update private sector mapping including formal and informal healthcare facilities/ providers and visit them in a regular basis to enhance presumptive and case referral

m) Ensure incentives for Shasthya Shebika/ DOT providers and social support for eligible TB presumptive and patients

n) Maintain regular coordination, communication, and liaison with upazila/ union level stakeholders including HA, HI, CHCP etc.

o) Contribute in the preparation of monthly/ quarterly reports and submit them in due time

p) Practice and promote the organization’s gender policy and support implementation of gender equality and women empowerment at all levels

q) Ensure the safety of team members from any harm, abuse, neglect, harassment and exploitation to achieve the organization’s goals of safeguarding implementation. Act as a key source of support, guidance and expertise in safeguarding for establishing a safe working environment

r) Practice, promote and endorse the issues of safeguarding policy among team members and ensure the implementation of safeguarding standards in every course of action

s) Follow the safeguarding reporting procedure in case any reportable incident takes place, and encourage others to do so

t) Accept relocation of the workstation or transfer anywhere based on the need of the project

Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)

a) No. of case notification

b) No. of reports preparation

c) No. of outreach centers organized

d) No. of quality DOT organized

e) No. of TPT enrollment

f) No. of HIV/ COVID-19 screening of TB patients

Reporting and dissemination:

a) Ensure disease reports weekly, monthly and quarterly timely, accurate and complete reporting as per the agreement

b) Ensure any other report to BRAC and NTP as and when necessary

Job Location: Dhaka North City Corporation & Dhaka South City Corporation Area