Position: Program Coordinator/ Sr Program Coordinator
Location: Madhya Pradesh – Chhindwara, Shajapur, Gwalior, Damoh,Rewa
Maharashtra – Nanded, Akola, Sholapur,Wardha
Reporting to: State Program Officer
About the Organisation
Jhpiego is an international, non-profit health organization and an affiliate of Johns Hopkins University, dedicated to improving the health of women and families in developing countries. For over 50 years, it has focused on providing high-quality, low-cost health care solutions, training health workers, and strengthening health systems.
Jhpiego has been working in India since the 1980s in close partnership with national and state governments. With deep technical expertise and strong on-the-ground execution, Jhpiego helps design, test, and scale practical solutions and innovations that fit real-world systems across 11 thematic domains (Maternal and Newborn Health, Reproductive Health, Nutrition, Immunization, Comprehensive Primary Health Care, Human Resources for Health, TB and Infectious Diseases, Global Health Security, Women's Cancers, Non-Communicable Diseases, Digital Health).
About the Program
Jhpiego is implementing a multi-state initiative to strengthen the quality of Antenatal Care (ANC) services in collaboration with state governments. The program focuses on improving maternal and newborn health outcomes by addressing key gaps in service delivery. The intervention adopts a comprehensive approach built on four core pillars: competency strengthening of healthcare providers, ensuring availability of essential commodities, promoting continuity of care across the pregnancy continuum, and enhancing community engagement.
Through targeted capacity building, supportive supervision, digital innovations, and system strengthening, the program aims to improve early identification and management of high-risk pregnancies, increase adherence to ANC protocols, and enhance service utilization.
The goal is to reduce low birth weight, prevent avoidable maternal deaths, and improve overall quality of care at public health facilities.
About the Position
The Sr/ Program Coordinator will be responsible for supporting in implementing GDM national guidelines. We are hiring for the position of Sr/ Program Coordinator GDM. The Sr /Program Coordinator will work under the supervision of State Program officer for GDM program at the district level. Working closely with District /Divisional Health Authorities, and facility teams, the coordinator will ensure effective rollout, monitoring, and integration of Quality ANC services within existing health systems.
Roles and Responsibilities
• Support nodal officers in district and blocks in GDM trainings, logistic procurement, GDM program implementation, logistic management and program supervision.
• Support ANMs and CHOs in GDM data entry in RCH portal (ANMOL), monitor the data using ANMOL dashboard. Frequent travel to blocks and VHSND sessions in the intervention districts.
• Support district authorities in scaling up GDM services up to HWCs and below.
• Support ANMs in GDM monthly data reporting.
• Conduct monthly meeting of ANMs and supervisors and participate in block and district review meetings and work towards resolving the programmatic and administrative issues.
• Plan and conduct regular visits to the health care facilities and VHSND sessions for program supervision and monitoring.
• Coordinate with district and block officials to promote implementation of each component of GDM program in the field.
• Maintain training data base and analyze the training data for further improvement.
• Conduct GDM data analysis and use this for program improvement.
• Perform other duties as assigned by the supervisor to achieve program goal.
Qualifications and Experience
• Bachelor’s degree in any stream or Master’s degree in Science/Social Work.
• Familiarity with the Indian health system, key stakeholders and relevant government policies/ strategies particularly NCD Program is desired.
• 8-10 years’ relevant work experience in public health programs preferably with community health components.
• Experience in working with projects and knowledge of health and training issues desired.
Skills and Competencies
• Demonstrate ability to coordinate several activities simultaneously.
• Attentive to details and able to produce documents and coordinate activities with minimum supervision to a professional quality.
• Comfortable with working in a multicultural team.
• Able to manage/ prioritize work from several sources. Ability to handle pressure of deadlines.
• Excellent organizational required.
• Fluency in spoken and written Hindi and English required. Hindi typing skills desired.
• Willingness and flexibility to work on a wide range of tasks.
• Perform other duties as assigned by the supervisor.
• Proficient in MS Office
Jhpiego is an equal opportunity employer and offers highly dynamic and enabling work environment.
Jhpiego offers competitive salaries and a comprehensive employee benefits package.
Please find the link below to apply:
https://jobs-jhpiego.icims.com/jobs/7843/program-coordinator--sr-program-coordinator--mp-%26-maharashtra/job
Due to high volume of applications, only shortlisted applicants will receive a response from Jhpiego HR