Program Officer

Core Responsibilities

• This position is responsible for planning; organizing, conducting, monitoring program s training activities
• Capacity Building of supervisors, ICDS, sevikas and Madatdnis
• Develop a good rapport with the Sevikas and supervisor
• Support community volunteers to lead collective actions in the community
• Crosschecking of data collected from system and ensure data entry in Commcare application
• Formation of parents group and monthly meeting with parents
• Role: The Program officer will be responsible for undertaking activities with the ICDS staff s, Health system staff s and groups of community volunteers for maternal and child health intervention. S/he will be responsible for achieving the program deliverables and key result areas on ICDS services.
• Experience: Minimum 4 years of relevant experience in community development thematic area
• .Provide on-field mentoring support in the management of SAM and MAM children
• Establish referral linkages for child health and nutrition services by bringing about convergence between health and nutrition services departments
• Initiate and strengthen community engagement processes to forge ownership of Child Health and Nutrition in the ICDS beneficiaries
• Facilitating sessions with stakeholders for Maternal and child health, Government services and community development issues.
• Any other activities assigned to fulfil programmatic outcomes and goals e.g community events, any research data required from community for any program related research work.
• Conducting home visits of SAM/MAM children
• Observation of home visits, sessions, filled diet audit forms and give inputs / feedback to sevikas
• Promote Adoption of SAM/MAM children by volunteers.
• Coordinating with Sevikas for ensuring growth monitoring, SAM/MAM management.
• To coordinate with local groups of youth, CBO s and NGO s to network to collaborate our activities jointly or independently.
• Coordination and liasoning with ICDS, health department and other stakeholders
• Documentation of project activities, meetings, events timely
• Implementation of protocolized meetings with stakeholders, events, activities as per budget
• Manage data and ensure data entry daily.
• Contribute to the organizational culture and work of SNEHA to an appropriate degree
• Interest in different themes like community development, child health and nutrition and maternal and new-born health
• Familiarity with government systems, ministries, departments and informal settlements in Mumbai
• Negotiation skills.
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