District Support Manager

• Support rollout of district specific SOPs and workplans at district and sub-district levels.
• Coordinate with government officials at the district and block levels, and allied
• departments for smooth implementation.
• Ensure alignment of field activities with project timelines, targets, and indicators and
• regular updating of project MIS in coordination with other data sources
• Facilitate district-level review meetings and follow-ups with the sub-district teams and
• timely participation in district and block meetings.
• Implement and execute supportive supervision activities at the facility and household level  
• and ensure timely meeting of targets and program achievements

• Supervise Implementation support Officers and provide handholding and supervisory
• support for effective implementation of program activities.
• Monitor district performance against key indicators (enrolment, utilisation, SBCC reach).
• Conduct periodic field visits and provide implementation feedback to state team.
• Identify bottlenecks and escalate issues with actionable recommendations.

• Support organisation of trainings, orientations, and refresher sessions for block teams
• and frontline workers.
• Coordinate district-level SBCC and awareness activities in collaboration with state teams.
• Ensure contextualisation of materials and messages for district needs.
• Participate in the trainings and implementation of sample-based surveys planned as per
• the project deliverables
• Lead and drive the quality assurance surveys at the districts level

• Compile and submit monthly and quarterly district progress reports.
• Ensure data quality, completeness, and timeliness from blocks.
• Support documentation of best practices, learnings, and case studies.
• Participate in state level review meetings

• Act as district-level interface between CKD, government officials, NGOs, and partners.
• Support district participation in state and national dissemination events.

As job descriptions cannot be exhaustive, the selected candidate may be required to undertake other duties that are broadly in line with the above key responsibilities.

• Monthly district progress reports
• Field visit and supervision notes
• Management of implementation support officers at block level
• District-level training and SBCC implementation reports
• Issue tracker and resolution updates

• Postgraduate/graduate degree in Public Health / Social Sciences / Development / Management
• 10+ years of experience in social development/ public health or nutrition programmes
• Experience working with district government systems preferred
• Experience of working with government officials at the district level and supporting the ongoing programs
• Experience of managing large scale implementation, MIS and teams

• This will be a fixed term contract.
• The contract will be initially for a period of one year, extendable thereafter, based on performance. CKD is a fast-growing organization with a large portfolio of programmes across India and there could be opportunity for long term association for exceptionally good candidates on mutually agreed terms.