EAII Advisors Regional Coordinator

This position is with EAII Advisors, Evidence Actions technical partner in India.

Position Overview

Job Title: Regional Coordinator

Employment Status: Consultancy (11 months)

Position Location: based at Rohtak, Haryana (covering 3 districts: Rohtak, Sonipat, and Jind)

Number of positions: 1(one), for Rohtak region

About the Position:

The Regional Coordinator will report to the State Program Manager and will be required to work in close coordination with various team members from the state team. The RC will represent EAII s IFA Supplementation and NDD programs at the regional/district level and provide technical support in the effort to strengthen the implementation of the IFA program under the Anemia Mukt Bharat and NDD as per the operational and financial guidelines. The RC will work closely with the region/ district/ block officials of the state government departments - Health, Education, Women and Child Development, and other stakeholders for optimum utilization of the existing platforms for better interdepartmental coordination and strengthening of the program.

Responsibilities:

RC will be the contact person for regional/district/block level officials and will maintain good working relationships with senior officials of the regional/district administration and of associated departments (Health, Education, WCD, and other stakeholders). Their interaction with these officials will be guided and have approvals from the state office.

Represent Evidence Action in Regional Review Meetings, District Coordination Committee meetings/District Health Society meetings for IFA, NDD and other district/ block level meetings of WCD, Health and Education.

Ensure that regional review/district coordination committee meetings are convened regularly, including discussion and decisions around IFA supplementation and NDD programs.

Advocacy at district and block level for expansion of IFA and NDD programs for children enrolled in private schools and out of school category in assigned districts

Work closely with the Health Department at districts for the inclusion of budgets and IEC strategy in the annual Program Implementation Plan (PIP) under the National Health Mission.

Interact and liaise with regional, district and block representatives of development partners and any other stakeholder as guided by the state team.

Provide support to the department of Health on other school health programs, as and when guided by the state team.

Coordinate with state team members and the tele-calling unit at the state office on different requirements of the regions/districts as assigned.

Travel to various locations in the districts and blocks of allocated regions for around 15 working days in a month, as per organization s guidelines and program requirements.

Coordinate the need assessment of drugs with concerned departments to support timely drug requisition at district/block level, and work with districts/ blocks towards timely drug upliftment to avoid stock-outs, monitoring supply and distribution up to the last mile.

Facilitate rollout of training cascade and monitor training on IFA supplementation and NDD program for children and adolescents at district and blocks, and identify training opportunities of different programs to orient, train, and sensitize officials and staff of concerned departments on IFA supplementation and deworming and its benefits.

Work with districts to identify, plan, and execute different IEC activities as appropriate and per budgets available, with the objective of integrating IFA and NDD components in related program IEC while ensuring standard messages.

Support state team in conducting program process monitoring, including training monitoring and undertaking extensive field visits for independent monitoring at schools, AWCs, community level. Sharing of observations and feedback with concerned officials for necessary corrective actions.

Coordinate and follow up with districts/block officials of nodal and concerned departments to ensure monthly report submission at all levels and HMIS reporting data is completed as per agreed cascade and timelines.

Support district and block officials in development, customization of presentations, data analysis related work for NDD and IFA program.

Share regular daily status reports with the state team for all progress in their assigned area. Document program progress, success stories, learning experiences related to NDD and IFA program

Prepare a monthly/quarterly district-specific action plan based on the field visit and available data- including major bottlenecks and key action points in consultation with SPM. Any other task assigned by the state team as per the program requirement

Perform all duties as assigned from time to time by the State Program Manager/state team, coordinate with other colleagues, support to other program staff and undertake field visits as per requirement.

Essential Qualifications, Experience and Competencies

Graduate/postgraduate in health, social work, sociology, psychology, management or its equivalent with at least 3-5 years of professional experience in the development sector preferably in the field of Public Health or Maternal/Child Health, nutrition, school-based interventions, adolescent program, with government or NGOs.

Ability to set priority and handle multiple task with ease

Detailed-oriented and accurate in work performance

Experience in program implementation at district, bock and community level

Experience of collaboration and coordination with government officials of Health, Education and WCD departments at regional, district and block levels

Good communication skills in Hindi and English

A valid driving license and a vehicle (2/4 Wheeler). (Please note that organization will not be providing any dedicated vehicle as per the policy. Consultants are responsible to make arrangements for their own vehicle).

Computer skills, MS office, google forms, digital application for real time data collection etc.

Understanding of state geography and local dialect is preferred

Strong coordination, relationship building, and follow up skills

Experience of working with District and Block level government officials of the Department of Health/WCD/Education

Experience of capacity building of government stakeholders at district level and below

Experience in preparing and managing presentation and reports consisting of varied data sets

Passionate to bring social change