Job Description

Job Title : Program Coordinator (KMC)

Organisation : PRAYATN SANSTHA

Job Location : Tonk, Rajasthan

Last Date : October 31, 2024

Apply here : https://forms.gle/Bucerwdo6p3FXmtR8

The program Kangaroo Mother Care is jointly run by Prayatn Sanstha and Ansh.

About Prayatn Sanstha

PRAYATN is a voluntary organization was founded to enable people to respond to and change their situation of inequality and injustice. We focus on education and awareness, community involvement and collective action as the driving force of social and economic change. Our core strategies include development and strengthening of community-based institutions; capacity building of different stakeholders including beneficiaries and duty bearers and convergence with programs of government and other civil society organizations. We work on multiple themes in Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and Odisha.

Website: https://prayatn.org/

About Ansh

Ansh, a Charity Entrepreneurship incubated charity, is dedicated to saving new-born lives by building healthcare capacity in government district hospitals in India. Our mission is to create a scalable and cost-effective model that implements Kangaroo care and other impact focused new-born care practices such as breastfeeding counselling, monitoring of danger signs, IPC (Infection Prevention and Control) measures, counselling in best new-born care practices and closely working with the hospital on making these services long-term and sustainable.

Website: https://www.ansh.health/

About the Intervention:

Kangaroo Mother Care is a highly cost-effective and scientifically proven intervention for saving new-born lives. Kangaroo Care has three components:

1. Skin-to-Skin Contact: Skin-to-skin contact with the mother regulates the infant’s body temperature, reducing hypothermia

2. Close Monitoring: Monitoring mothers and new-borns for danger signs

3. Exclusive Breastfeeding: Exclusive breastfeeding provides benefits to

Main model components are:

• Recruit health workers to act as dedicated Kangaroo Care counsellors for mothers

• Provide training to clinicians and nurses on supporting and managing kangaroo care and other components of the program

• Follow up with mothers after discharge to ensure continued behavioural change and monitor the new-born for any danger signs

Position Overview

This position would be highly critical to building programs in the Tonk district of Rajasthan from ground up. The program coordinator will help scope health facility, liaise with health and government stakeholders and work alongside Prayatn at the district level. Once we set up our programs this role will assist in the coordination, support and overall management of the program.

Key Responsibilities

The role of the Program Coordinator can be defined as:

• Network and liaise with Government functionaries, and other key players at the various levels in the program area such as civil societies, local bodies and program champions towards ensuring synergy.

• Prepare monthly rosters for nurse shifts by the last working day of every month

• Contribute to hiring, training and reviewing nursing staff

• Manage a team of 10-12 nurses and ensure that they are following the program guidelines

• Identify potential beneficiaries for screening by doing multiple rounds to the labour and delivery room everyday

• Track deaths, readmissions, referrals, critical cases and KMC Champions

• Ensure that babies meet the discharge criteria set by the government and our KMC program

• Ensure that babies who are exhibiting danger and distress signs are referred as per protocol and receive necessary medical attention

• Ensure that follow-ups are conducted in a timely manner

• Oversee & Ensure Infection Prevention and Control processes by Nursing and Hospital staff

• Manage and track Inventory

• Help the nurses with firefighting and troubleshooting any patient care issues they may encounter

• Help nurses counsel challenging families

• Ensure accuracy and completeness in all documentation and data management processes.

• Strengthen and enhance the quality of all program components through continuous and close coordination and coaching of the nursing team, and problem solving the operational challenges at the healthcare facility.

• Share information, data and issues with your line manager and help improve the quality of data collected at the healthcare facility and on the phone.

Who Should Apply?

If you are a creative, self-motivated thinker who enjoys working in a fast-paced work environment, someone who strongly values the importance of effective and innovative pedagogy along with high impact work.

• Masters in Social Work / Social Science / Public Health and Bachelors in Nursing

• Minimum 3 years of progressively responsible professional experience in supporting implementation of maternal or child health or nutrition programs at the district level

• Demonstrated experience of working with data-driven NGOs

• Excellent knowledge of local language (Hindi)

Skills and Competencies

Stakeholder Management: ability to identify, engage, and manage relationships with individuals and groups who have a direct or indirect interest in the organisation's activities, goals, or outcomes

Communication Skills: ability to exchange information in a clear, respectful, and timely manner and adapting to needs of a diverse range of stakeholders

Project Management: ability to plan, execute, monitor, control, and close projects by defining clear objectives, allocating resources, and coordinating the efforts of team members and stakeholders to achieve specific goals and meet specific success criteria

Knowledge of Postnatal and new-born care: understanding and experience in application of principles, practices, and guidelines related to the care and well-being of mothers and new-borns during the postnatal period

Data Collection and Management: a proven track record of collecting and managing data, preferably within a public health setting and an ability to identify and use the right data collection methods and instruments for the context.

Benefits

• Work in a mission-driven, impact-focused organizations with strong values

• The program is poised to be scaled up to multiple districts, so there are plenty of opportunities for personal impact

• Work closely with our beneficiaries on the ground and be able to witness your impact

Salary and Association:

Salary: 6 lakhs per annum

Contract: 6 Month Consultancy (extension contingent on performance)

Hiring Process

We will be reviewing applications on a rolling basis and progressing candidates to the next stage. The final cut-off dates for each stage beyond which we won't assess any candidates for that stage are below:

Application Deadline: 31st October 2024

Screening Call: 8th November 2024

Test Task Deadline: 12th November 2024

Interviews: 14th-15th November 2024

Expected start date: 20th November 2024

About Company

Prayatn Sanstha is a registered (Registration No. : 241/1992-1993?(21-05-1992)? non-governmental organization(NGO) working in Rajasthan, India. Established in the year 1992?, Prayatn Sanstha works in the area of Children, Civic Issues, Dalit Welfare, Education & Literacy, Health & Nutrition, HIV/AIDS, Human Rights, Land Resources, Legal Awareness & Aid, Micro Finance (SHGs), Panchayati Raj, Rural Development & Poverty Alleviation, Urban Development & Poverty Alleviation, Vocational Training, Water and Sanitation, Womens Development & Empowerment, Youth Affairs, etc. The organization works towards the promotion of sustainable development.

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