Latest Jobs: Regional Coordinator
Applications are being accepted for qualified applicants in the department of Mercy Corps International to fill the vacant post published in the daily newspaper of Classified Source on the date of 11 December, 2023.
Mercy Corps International
Date Posted: | :: | 11 December, 2023 |
Department: | :: | Mercy Corps International |
Category | Sector | :: | INGO |
Newspaper: | :: | Classified Source Newspaper |
Education: | :: | MBBS |
Total Vacancies: | :: | Details in attached ads |
Vacancy Location: | :: | Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan |
Job Type: | :: | Full Time |
Expected Last Date: | :: | 19 December, 2023 |
Vacant Positions: Regional Coordinator
- REGIONAL COORDINATOR
Currently, the Mercy Corps International Lahore is searching for a Regional Coordinator.
JOB Description: Regional Coordinator
- Provide overall management and supervision in planning and implementing field activities in consultation with the Project Manager
- Coordinate regularly with field teams and district health authorities to ensure effective and efficient implementation of the project activities.
- Responsible for reviewing the reported programmatic and financial data related to the activities conducted in the assigned districts.
- Responsible for arranging meetings, maintaining communication, and troubleshooting problems where required with the local health and other departments as well as with the other stakeholders in close coordination with the Project Manager
- Responsible for coordinating and attending meetings of district coordination related to the project activities, especially Quarterly Review Meetings in all assigned districts.
- Provide technical and managerial support to the field teams in the completion of program activities and be responsible for the management and verification of programmatic and financial reporting (monthly/quarterly) of project districts.
- Provide technical and managerial support to the project assistant and data management officer in delivering quality tasks.
- Conduct periodic, and as and when required, monitoring and supervision visits to assigned project districts and provide written feedback on their visits to DFS and ensure follow-up of important issues in subsequent visits.
- Provide support to field teams in maintaining and updating R&R tools, contact register, stock register and chest camp record sheets, and other records through on-job orientations.
- Ensure availability of ATT medicines at all health facilities during regular monitoring visits
- Ensure participation in the planning and implementation of at least one PPM activity in the district monthly!
- Support field staff in the selection of venues for PPM activities (Community events and Chest Camps) in coordination with the District TB Coordinator to ensure the effectiveness of these activities and to get maximum yield.
- Responsible for physical verification of ‘under treatment’ and ‘treatment completed’ TB patients during monitoring visits.
- Ensure field team conducts ‘in person’ contact screening of 100 percent registered bacteriologically positive TB patients
- Conduct mapping of the doctors, labs and pharmacies in the respective districts, as per guidelines, aiming to achieve the targets of NFR including Program Optimization.
- Identify and share with the Project Manager training needs of the field team, PPM doctors, paramedics, and lab technicians.
- Conduct training of the PPM doctors paramedics and pharmacy focal persons for Program Optimization
- Responsible for submitting quality field visit reports within 5 working days to the Project Manager including all important issues/achievements that were observed/discussed during monthly monitoring visits so that timely action can be taken to address any urgent matter.
- Ensure participation in monthly program review meetings (at SR level) and share monthly programmatic data with Project Manager
- Ensure that all target districts have written PPM plans and active monitoring systems
- Conduct regular meetings, briefings and debriefings within the team in consultation with the Project Manager
- Assist Project Manager in developing technical documents related to program reporting
- Responsible for the capacity building of the field teams in the areas of project monitoring, planning, implementation and technical know-how of ECF activities in PPM
- Ensure timely reporting as per the Global Fund guidelines and procedures to the Project Manager
- Work closely with the Project Manager for the preparation of district targets, quarterly achievements, and finalization of quarterly progress reports
- Work with the Project Manager for review and analysis of the performance of the onboard hospitals, doctors, labs, and pharmacies
- Assess knowledge and skills of project staff to identify strengths, weaknesses and gaps
- Work with the Project Assistant to document best practices, lessons learnt, recommendations and ways forward.
- The position will require frequent monthly travel to the project sites and liaison with various governmental and non-governmental implementing partners at the district level
- Conduct him/herself professionally and personally in such a manner as to bring credit to Mercy Corps and in no way jeopardize its humanitarian efforts.
- Any other task or responsibility as assigned by the Project Manager.
How to Apply?
Before the Closing Date: 19 December, 2023, interested candidates should submit their CVs (necessary documents as per the attached adverts). In the subject line of the job application, the applicant must explicitly state the job title. Mercy Corps International ensures that all equally competent male and female candidates, including physically handicapped individuals, are given the same opportunity.