Regional Coordinator - Rajasthan

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DescriptionEvidence Action- India ProgramPosition OverviewJob Title: Regional CoordinatorEngagement:Consultancy (11 months)State:RajasthanNumber of positions:Two, one at each zoneJob Location: Kota Zone (Kota+Baran+Jhalore) & Jodhpur Zone (Jodhpur+Jaisalmer+Barmer)Last date for submission of applications:January 22, 2023About Evidence ActionEvidence Action aims to be a world leader in scaling evidence-based and cost-effective programs to reduce the burden of poverty for hundreds of millions of people in the poorest places. Last year Deworm the World reached 280 million people with deworming medications, partnering with governments to launch, scale, and sustain mass school-based deworming programs, including in India. Meanwhile, Dispensers for Safe Water provided 4M people across rural Africa with clean water, saving thousands of young lives. The approach relies on an innovative and human-centric design to deliver clean water at the source. These serve as just two examples of the work Evidence Action is undertaking.In addition to running these scaled programs, Evidence Action leverages its unique Accelerator to develop the next generation of programs. These programs are rigorously tested to ensure exceptional scale, cost-effectiveness, and clear evidence of impact. In 2019 we launched an ambitious new strategy, intending to double our impact over the next five years, with much of that impact coming from new programs identified and scaled through the Accelerator.Evidence Action has a presence across 7 countries, with major offices in Nairobi, Kenya; Delhi, India; and Washington, D.C. Evidence Action’s programs have been recognized by GiveWell, the Skoll Foundation, the Life You Can Save, Giving What We Can, and covered in the Economist, NPR, and the New York Times.In India, Evidence Action’s technical partner EAII Advisors provides technical assistance to select state government’s ministries of health, education, and women and child development to implement the school and Anganwadi based National Deworming Day program and Iron and Folic Acid (IFA) supplementation program to improve children’s health, education, and long-term development. In the long term EAII Advisors aims to expand to provide technical support to more state governments and on other public health & nutrition issues too.EAII Advisors invites applications for the position ofRegional Coordinator to be based at the office location in Kota & Jodhpur Zone, Rajasthan.About the Position:The Regional Coordinator will report to the State Program Manager and will be required to work in close coordination with various team members from the state team. The RC will represent EAII’s IFA Supplementation and NDD programs at the regional/district level and provide technical support in the effort to strengthen the implementation of the IFA program under the Anaemia Mukt Bharat and NDD as per the operational and financial guidelines. The RC will work closely with the region/district/block officials of the state government departments – Health, Education, Women and Child Development, and other stakeholders for optimum utilization of the existing platforms for better interdepartmental coordination and strengthening of the program.Responsibilities:Advocacy

• RC will be the contact person for regional/district/block level officials and will maintain good working relationships with senior officials of the regional/district administration and of associated departments (Health, Education, WCD, ICDS, and others). Their interaction with these officials will be guided and have approvals from the state office.
• Represent Evidence Action in Regional Review Meetings, District Coordination Committee meetings/District Health Society for IFA, NDD and other district/ block level meetings of ICDS, Health and Education.
• Ensure that regional review/district coordination committee meetings are convened regularly, including discussion and decisions around IFA supplementation and NDD programs.
• Advocacy at district and block level for expansion of IFA and NDD programs for children enrolled in private schools and out of school category in assigned districts
• Work closely with the Health Department at districts for the inclusion of budgets and IEC strategy in the annual Program Implementation Plan (PIP) under the National Health Mission.
• Interact and liaise with regional, district and block representatives of development partners and any other stakeholder as guided by the state team.
• Provide support to the department of Health on other school health programs, as and when guided by the state team.
• Coordinate with state team members and the tele-calling unit at the state office on different requirements of the regions/districts as assigned.
• Travel to various locations in the districts and blocks of allocated regions for around 15 working days in a month, as per organization’s guidelines and program requirements.
• Coordinate the need assessment of drugs with concerned departments to support timely drug requisition at state/district level, and work with districts/ blocks towards timely drug procurements to avoid stock-outs, monitoring supply and distribution up to the last mile.
• Facilitate rollout of training cascade and monitor training on IFA supplementation and NDD program for children and adolescents at district and blocks, and identify training opportunities of different programs to orient, train, and sensitize officials and staff of concerned departments on IFA supplementation and deworming and its benefits.
• Work with districts to identify, plan, and execute different IEC activities as appropriate and per budgets available, with the objective of integrating IFA and NDD components in related program IEC while ensuring standard messages.
• Support state team in conducting program process monitoring, including training monitoring and undertaking extensive field visits for independent monitoring at schools, AWCs, community level. Sharing of observations and feedback with concerned officials for necessary corrective actions.
• Coordinate and follow up with districts/block officials of nodal and concerned departments to ensure monthly report submission at all levels and HMIS reporting data is completed as per agreed cascade and timelines.
• Support district and block officials in development, customization of presentations, data analysis related work for NDD and IFA program.
• Share regular daily status reports with the state team for all progress in their assigned area. Document program progress, success stories, learning experiences related to NDD and IFA program
• Prepare a monthly/quarterly district-specific action plan based on the field visit and available data- including major bottlenecks and key action points in consultation with SPM. Any other task assigned by the state team as per the program requirement
• Perform all duties as assigned from time to time by the State Program Manager, coordinate with other colleagues, support to other program staff and undertake field visits as per requirement.

Project Implementation

• Coordinate with state team members and the tele-calling unit at the state office on different requirements of the regions/districts as assigned.
• Travel to various locations in the districts and blocks of allocated regions for around 15 working days in a month, as per organization’s guidelines and program requirements.
• Coordinate the need assessment of drugs with concerned departments to support timely drug requisition at state/district level, and work with districts/ blocks towards timely drug procurements to avoid stock-outs, monitoring supply and distribution up to the last mile.
• Facilitate rollout of training cascade and monitor training on IFA supplementation and NDD program for children and adolescents at district and blocks, and identify training opportunities of different programs to orient, train, and sensitize officials and staff of concerned departments on IFA supplementation and deworming and its benefits.
• Work with districts to identify, plan, and execute different IEC activities as appropriate and per budgets available, with the objective of integrating IFA and NDD components in related program IEC while ensuring standard messages.
• Support state team in conducting program process monitoring, including training monitoring and undertaking extensive field visits for independent monitoring at schools, AWCs, community level. Sharing of observations and feedback with concerned officials for necessary corrective actions.
• Coordinate and follow up with districts/block officials of nodal and concerned departments to ensure monthly report submission at all levels and HMIS reporting data is completed as per agreed cascade and timelines.
• Support district and block officials in development, customization of presentations, data analysis related work for NDD and IFA program.
• Share regular daily status reports with the state team for all progress in their assigned area. Document program progress, success stories, learning experiences related to NDD and IFA program
• Prepare a monthly/quarterly district-specific action plan based on the field visit and available data- including major bottlenecks and key action points in consultation with SPM. Any other task assigned by the state team as per the program requirement
• Perform all duties as assigned from time to time by the State Program Manager, coordinate with other colleagues, support to other program staff and undertake field visits as per requirement.

RequirementsEssential Qualifications, Experience and CompetenciesEssential

• Graduate with 3-5 years of experience in the development sector preferably in the field of Education or Maternal/Child Health, nutrition, school-based interventions adolescent program, with government or NGOs.
• Experience of collaboration and coordination with government officials of Health, Education and WCD departments at regional, district and block levels
• Ability to set priority and handle multiple task with ease
• Detailed-oriented and accurate in work performance
• Experience in program implementation at district, bock and community level
• Good communication skills in Hindi and English
• A valid driving license and a vehicle (2/4 Wheeler). (Please note that organization will not be providing any dedicated vehicle as per the policy. Consultants are responsible to make arrangements for their own vehicle).
• Submission of copy of driving license is a must.
• Computer skills, MS office.

Desirable

• Understanding of local dialect is preferred
• Strong coordination and follow up
• Experience of working with District and Block level government officials of the Department of Health/WCD/Education
• Experience of capacity building of government stakeholders at district level and below
• Experience in preparing and managing presentation and reports consisting of varied data sets
• Passionate to bring change

Disclaimer:The duties and responsibilities described are not a comprehensive list and that additional tasks may be assigned to the employee from time to time.BenefitsCompensation:Competitive and commensurate with the individual’s credentials, experience, and previous pay scale.All contracting arrangements will be made through EAII Advisors Private Limited. EAII is an equal opportunity employer. Employment at EAII is based solely on an individual’s merit and qualifications directly related to professional competence. EAII does not discriminate against any employee or applicant because of race, caste, creed, colour, religion, gender, origin, disability, marital status, or any other basis protected by law.All candidates applying for the position should upload a resume along with cover letter mentioning current and expected salary.We may end this search process earlier than the specified close date in case of exceptional candidates. Due to resource constraints, we will only be able to contact shortlisted candidates.