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Programme Manager(s) – Health Grants
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- Building a portfolio of civil society partners working in community health with a focus on comprehensive primary care.
- Building and managing a team to focus on civil society partnerships across the country as our work in Health matures.
- Developing grant proposals for multiyear grants, conducting thorough due diligence ensuring timely disbursals.
- Guiding the creation of a partners’ forum for sharing partner NGO learnings and experiences from the ground in community health and engagements with the government.
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- Bachelor’s degree required; Master’s degree preferred.
- Work experience: 14 to 20 years
- Experience of working in public health and/or community health – at least 5 years.
- Demonstrated ability to work with diverse stakeholders, including NGOs, donors, and subject matter experts.
- Experience in public systems (Health) engagement, prior experience in grant-making is desired.
- Willing to travel across the country 40-50% of the time.
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Medical Officers
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- Responsible for the medical operations & lead the medical team at the Health Center including the delivery of services, the pharmacy and the lab.
- Community health work: Outreach and visits to the local community, nearby settlements, guide and mentor the community health workers.
- Collaborate with the public health system in the local area as well as develop and execute a local plan that focuses on the health of the population in the target settlement.
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- MBBS, preferably with a background in Family/Community Medicine.
- 5 to 10 years of work experience who can work with us in underserved communities.
- The ability to speak both Kannada and Hindi is essential.
- The ability to work across any of our health centres in Bengaluru is preferred.
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Nurses
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- Provide nursing care as per the defined protocol, assist the doctor & support the community.
- Handover of patient as required to referral hospitals.
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Karnataka registered, BSc Nursing / Diploma (GNM) with 3 to 5 years experience. |
Community Health Lead
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- Manage a team of Community Health Associates who engage with the settlements that the Health Centres intend to serve.
- Engage actively with the community and function as the bridge between the community, the Health Centres and referral hospitals.
- Help the Community Health Associates conduct awareness campaigns as well as door-to-door engagement to explain concepts of basic health & hygiene practices, nutrition, vaccinee awareness, etc.
- Work through the Community Health Associates to mobilise the community to seek medical help at the health centres.
- Design, monitor and manage effective implementation of various health programmes launched by the Health Centres/government in the community.
- Proactively communicate, counsel and participate in health promotion interventions in the community.
- Maintain positive relations with the team at the Health Centres, government health officials, and the community.
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- Experienced with 5 years or more as a Community, Public Health Resource Person
- Fluent in English, Kannada and Hindi
- Master’s in Public Health and/or MBBS
- Effective communication skills with community, patient, doctor and others in the Health Centres
- Good understanding of the community to be able to connect & promote health programmes, health, hygiene & nutritional practices, dispel any myths and hesitancy towards any health/medical practice
- Be able to influence the required health and hygiene behaviour
- Able to work full time with the willingness to travel to multiple locations where the Health Centres are located
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Pharmacists
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- Follow the defined protocol for managing the pharmacy and dispensing of medication.
- Engage actively with the patient on medications, dosage, route of administration, possible side-effects & precautions.
- Setup and use the required systems to ensure compliance with appropriate regulations.
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Karnataka registered Diploma/Bachelor of Pharmacy with 3+ years as a Pharmacist. |
Lab Technicians
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- Execute all clinical & laboratory activities as per the defined protocols.
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Bachelor/Diploma in Medical Laboratory Technology with 3+ years as a Lab Technician.
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Health Research Lead |
- Get a deep understanding of the state of public health, determinants of health, health institutions, and health mechanisms in the country through extensive reading/research and through connecting with various players - government functionaries, NGOs, public health experts, etc.
- Understand and prioritize areas for research.
- Formulate research questions, design and conduct research on public and community health, focusing on the health needs of vulnerable and underserved communities.
- Program manage end to end all community health-based research studies including working with different internal and external stakeholders.
- Support the fieldwork to gather primary information.
- Do detailed analysis of the research data to arrive at conclusions.
- Document the work in health, good practices and lessons learnt through our work.
- Create mechanisms for disseminating the results of our research work.
- Support any other task related to the research work, as required.
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- 14+ years of experience in health research and program management.
- Experience in managing field-level programs focused on the vulnerable population is a must
- Ability to handle data, create proformas for data collection, provide appropriate inputs on dashboard creation for monitoring work, organize, plan, and facilitate work across different teams and workstreams.
- Knowledge of statistical tools and software to analyze data and arrive at results.
- Fluency in written and spoken English is essential.
- Fluency in Hindi and Kannada is an additional desirable skill.
- Master’s degree in Public Health or Social Work is desirable.
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