Position: Program Officer

Organization: People to People Health Foundation(PPHF)

Location: Kolkata

Apply: https://pphf.in/vacancies/program-officer

POSITION SUMMARY:

The Program Officer will provide overall program coordination support for planning and organizing and implementing program activities with community, project partners, key stakeholders and government at the state level. S/he will assist in designing implementing, monitoring, and documenting new, high quality health programs. The role requires program facilitation on public health areas. The role also requires the ability to multi-task and handle complex and competing priorities.

Main responsibilities include but are not limited to:

1.     Support planning and coordination of a project related activities.

2.     Assist in implementation, monitoring and documentation of program activities and review reports

3.     Develop, guide, assess, and monitor program activities

4.     Assist in develop training modules and materials for building capacity of health care professionals.

5.     Build capacity through formal and informal training

6.     Facilitate program activities (training and meetings)

7.     Collect monitoring data and prepare monthly/quarterly reports

8.     Assist in training and community mobilization activities.

9.     Assist in writing technical reports, project reports, presentations, briefs and articles

10.  Support in program scale up or expansion, increasing visibility and communicating the impact of program to partners and stakeholders

11.  Any other activities assigned by supervisor

Requirements:

1. Minimum 5 years of similar experience in the field of public health with government, private sector and/or NGOs.
2. Bachelor’s level degree required, in public health or social sciences, public policy, international development or a related field.
3. Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
4. Excellent organizational, planning and coordination skill
5. Demonstrative ability to multitask
6. Strong computer skills
7. Fluency in English, Hindi and Bengali and excellent writing skills.