Upazila Coordinator

Job Description

Title: Upazila Coordinator

Company Name: Resource Integration Centre (RIC)

Vacancy: 01

Job Location: Noakhali

Employment Status: Full-time

Educational Requirements:
∎ Masters in Social Science- or any discipline.

Experience Requirements:
∎ At least 7 year(s)

Job Responsibilities:
∎ Program Implementation:
∎ Preparing Upazila DIP as per WP and breakdown quarterly for implementation
∎ Develop Upazila DIP setting projection along with budgets, micro level activities and sharing of final UZ DIP with stakes
∎ Supervision of activities and ensure timely implementation following protocols, guidelines and directives.
∎ Analysis, Progress review sharing and re-planning
∎ Capacity building of GOB field level staffs at upazila below level.
∎ Developing training plan for GO, NGO field workers in.
∎ Organizing training, workshop, orientation for capacity development of GoB and other stakes.
∎ Community entry and ensure community engagement
∎ Facilitate entering in community following SCI strategy and ensuring community engagement.
∎ Ensure and follow up of Community Micro Planning Meeting and execution of action points.
∎ Coordination and advocacy with UH&FPO to activate CG and CSG meetings through CHCP.
∎ Strengthening LGI on MNH issues
∎ Facilitate strengthening functional linkage between MOH and UP.
∎ Facilitating UP for their active engagement in MNH issues
∎ Follow up of implementation of the action points generated in participatory planning.
∎ Facilitate to make UH&FWC-MC functional.
∎ Strengthening strategically located facilities
∎ Participate in facility assessment at upazila below levels and service improvement planning (participatory planning)
∎ Identify opportunities to engage communities including LGI for addressing the gaps.
∎ Social Accountability
∎ Ensure all the steps as per guideline for SA approaches
∎ Regularly follow up implementation of SA activities in the facilities
∎ Monitoring and quality assurance:
∎ Close monitoring and observation of FWV/Paramedic, FWA/CHW, HA, CHCP activities:
∎ Monitoring and follow up of community and facility-based activities of FWV/Paramedic and FWA/CHW, HA and CHCP
∎ Conducting JSV and DQA with GOB officials and recording and sharing of field observations & coordination.
∎ NNHP/MH checklist/FP compliance monitoring checklist fill up, KOBO toolbox, Activity Tracking sheet, eMIS trouble shooting, QMIS data collection.
∎ Establish referral mechanism.
∎ Administrative, financial and reporting:
∎ Financial and administrative activities
∎ Prepare UZ progress report in prescribed format with GoB and project source documents.
∎ Ensure appropriate Financial and Administrative Management in compliance with organizational policy and guideline
∎ Track burn rate and Budget vs Actual analysis.
∎ Advocacy, Coordination, communication and liaison:
∎ Maintain communication, liaison and effective coordination with UZ & below level MOH&FW official & LGI
∎ Attending all meeting/seminar/WS held at upazila & below
∎ Facilitation of organizing joint events and observe at union and UZ level.
∎ Mobilize civil society, community leaders, Community Support Group and other elite for necessary support to ensure quality implementation of activities.
∎ Strengthening MIS system and reporting (MEL):
∎ Ensuring all sort of MIS forms and formats are available at each service delivery point.
∎ Field visit and support respective workers at service delivery points and ensure utilization of MIS form accordingly.
∎ Monitoring at field level and ensure that all workers submit MIS form and report accordingly.
∎ Ensure collection of all supplementary forms from field workers and facilitate to incorporate in monthly MIS report.
∎ Discussion with Manager-MIS for Identification of weakness and gaps of MIS system and working together for improvement
∎ Prepare and submit training report as per prescribed format for ToT/training/Orientation/Workshop for his/her respective area.
∎ Collection, tracking, reporting and monitoring of QI, HMIS, PMIS and other activities in facilities
∎ Conduct project designed periodic assessments in facilities
∎ Conduct situation analysis and local level planning of facility at union and upazila level
∎ Ensure routine up to date HR and Training data of facility service providers in to the government system and report into the project MIS routinely
∎ Take part and facilitate facility module of eMIS training, LMIS/eLMIS and HRIS
∎ Provide time to time technical support and facilitation to ensure sim-less implementation of eMIS at facilities
∎ Routinely monitor the implementation status of eMIS and take necessary action for smooth implementation at facilities
∎ Routine Coordination with service providers (FWV, SACMO) through arrangement of or take part in different forum (e.g. fortnightly/monthly meetings) and individually to address issues and take initiatives to solve the issues
∎ Conduct data quality assessment or review of reported data and ensure follow up action to address those. Document the whole process
∎ Routine documentation of and send the case study, success stories and lessons learned from his/her respective working facilities. Capture and send quality photographs relevant with the stories.
∎ Take day to day implementation lead and follow up of open MRS at upazila level facilities
∎ Routine coordination with UFPA and statisticians regarding collect reports and get up to date information of HMIS
∎ Archiving of all hard copies and soft copies of different reports and documents of his/her respective area.
∎ Collection of GPS data of different facilities and establishments.
∎ Participate and involve in learning initiatives.
∎ Routine Coordination with Community Health Workers (FWA, CSBA, HA) through arrangement of or take part in different forum (e.g. fortnightly/monthly meetings) and individually to address issues and take initiatives to solve the issues
∎ Assist the FWAs and HAs and coordinate with their supervisors for planning and implementation of PRS with 100% coverage of his/her upazila.

Additional Requirements:
∎ Age at most 45 years
∎ Minimum of Seven years' experience in working with GoB health and Family Planning sectors.
∎ Fluency spoken and written in English language is essential
∎ Able to drive Motorcycle and having valid driving license.
∎ Able to understand inform choice, right base approach, SRHR , privacy and confidentiality maintain.
∎ Good knowledge and understanding of the public health systems/GoB health and Family Planning systems, and National Health Service strategy of Bangladesh.
∎ Excellent interpersonal, communication and presentation skills and experience with developing working relations with government, civil society, local government and other development partners.
∎ Minimum 07 years’ working experience in relevant field and at least 5 years in related to GOB Health, Family Planning, LGI in any National/International development organization.
∎ Expert in Microsoft Word, Excel, Power Point, E-mail and Internet browsing.
∎ Extensive knowledge on GoB health and Family Planning eMIS system.

Salary:
∎ 44,099/= Monthly. Yearly Increment, 2 Festival bonus and T&DA as per organization’s policy

Job Source: Bdjobs.com Online Job Posting.

Application Deadline: 22 Sep 2022

Company Information:
∎ 30 Aug 2022
∎ Resource Integration Centre (RIC)
∎ Address : House # 20, Road # 11 (New), Dhanmondi R/A, Dhaka-1209.
∎ Web : www.ric-bd.org
∎ Business : A national level development organization.

Category: NGO/Development