Programme Manager, Coordination

icddr,b is a Bangladesh-based international health research institute that strives to solve key public health problems through high-quality scientific research and innovation. icddrb as a values-based organization encourages women and people with disabilities.

The USAID’s Alliance for Combating TB in Bangladesh (ACTB) Activity is working to establish a dynamic, strategic, and fresh approach to accelerate Bangladesh’s fight against TB. The solutions will be aimed at creating an environment aligned with the universal health coverage (UHC) vision and focused on defined priority areas – increased TB detection, decentralized DR-TB management, improving detection and management of child TB, expanded prevention, and others. 

The Programme Manager, Coordination will report to the Deputy Chief of Party with frequent communications with the Technical Lead and the Chief of Party. The position holder will be responsible for coordinating and collaborating all the planning, organizing, and implementation of the field activities of USAID’s ACTB to ensure high-quality field implementation of the project activities within the strategy of icddr,b as well as organizational values and guidelines. S/he will be involved to:

• Coordinate with local authorities for various aspects of the project;
• Supervise and monitor project implementation;
• Report progress to the central management team (CMT) periodically;
• Ensure the response from the CMT query/conditions while project implementation;
• Follow-up project activities and provide data and feedback to the supervisor regarding activities conducted among identified TB patients;
• Liaise with staff from local and national implementing partners from different organizations especially those who are related to the project;
• Process for recruitment and extension of contracts;
• Implement, monitor and coordinate/supervise program planning evaluating quality assurance in community setting projects;
• Match field site demographics and protocol requirements to identify target locations/households for activities;
• Create a work plan (allocation of locations and duties) for the implementation of the intervention project;
• Supervise the creation of tools and materials for implementation in collaboration with the CMT;
• Monitor activities and provide guidance, if required;
• Train implementation team to carry out the implementation of intervention project across the entire field site;
• Monitor progress of implementation team;
• Provide input and guidance to the implementation team, if required;
• Collect and analyze data from the community and implementation team, coordinate with the Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MEL) team.
• Coordinate all field staff for multiple activities i.e. training logistics, building capacity
• of implementers; IT hardware, imported products; Oversee the payment procedure at field level at local staff;
• Develop and implement the TB related guidelines for smooth implementation of projects.
• Review existing systems, processes, and complaints / concerns from internal stakeholders;
• Identify potential areas for improving systems and processes;
• Recommend changes / new initiatives to the USAID’s ACTB management;
• Recommend action plans to improve processes and optimize costs (e.g. Petty cash, Overtime, assets allocation, training for field and divisional staff etc);
• Carry out any other relevant tasks, assigned by the project management.

Required qualifications and experience:

• Masters in any discipline;
• At least 08 years of experience in public health-related projects in national/international organizations;
• Candidates with experience in handling USAID-funded projects will be given preference.

Source: https://career.icddrb.org/vacancy-preview/12001