Project Officer

**About Swaniti**

Swaniti Initiative aims to strengthen public service delivery by working with state and local governments across South Asia with a strong focus on India. Our interventions have included strengthening scheme implementation by identifying current gaps and limitations, providing research support to Hon’ble Members of Parliament about best practices in moving forward, and developing data-technology tools that can back decision-making processes. With flagship initiatives like Supporting Parliamentarians in Analysis and Research in Constituencies (SPARC) and Leadership and Engagement Associate in District (LEAD), Swaniti has supported constituency development and district development planning in various parts of the country. At present, along with working with 200+ Hon'ble Members of Parliamentarians for policy making, are working as advisors to state governments to ensure the delivery of schemes to the last mile. Major verticals of our work are climate and sustainability, social protection, and livelihood.

**About the Position**

We are looking for a passionate and experienced professional who is keen on taking up a leadership role in the development sector. The Project Officer shall represent Swaniti and will lead projects in close coordination with District Administration for goals like health care services and facilities, unemployment reduction, livelihood generation, improving educational outcomes, and poverty reduction. The Project Officer would have quantifiable targets on how to most effectively manage projects. The key component of the role would be to strategically identify projects and ensure the appropriate monitoring and impact assessment are done. The Project Officer will also have to demonstrate the ability to manage relations with government departments effectively. With the support of the Team Lead, the PO would be expected to formulate and implement an end-to-end strategy, while maintaining consistent liaising with the district administration.

**Roles and Responsibilities**:

- ** Stakeholder Relationship Management and Sectoral focus**:

- Analyse the health services delivery mechanisms and take initiatives with the district administration tofix thee gaps in if the public health systems of the district
- Conduct Gram Sabhas and PRA exercises in all mining-affected villages in the district in order to prepare a list of projects to be taken up under the DMF for better performance of the district on health indicators and integrate it into Annual Action Plans.
- Coordinate or combine the resources of health care institutions, social service organizations, public safety personnel, or other agencies to enhance community health.
- Design or use monitoring tools, like screening, lab records, and vital information, to recognize health risks.
- Develop tools to address behavioral causes of diseases.
- Facilitate or control prevention programs in specialized areas such as aerospace, work-related, infectious disease, and environmental medicine.
- Assess the effectiveness of recommended risk reduction actions or other interventions.
- Recognize groups at threat of specific preventable diseases.
- Prepare precautionary health reports which include problem explanations, analyses, alternate solutions, and suggestions.
- Deliver details about potential health risks and possible treatments to the media, the public, other healthcare experts, or local, state, and national health regulators.
- Manage or coordinate the work of doctors, nurses, statisticians, or other staff members.
- Design, implement or assess health service delivery systems to enhance the health of specific communities.
- Facilitate the approval of the Annual Action Plans in the Managing / Executive Committee and Governing Council of DMF
- Oversee the implementation of the approved projects, through regular field visits and raise flags at the appropriate level if there is any case of any discrepancy.
- Promote community-based monitoring tools like Social Audits of projects executed under the
- DMF underlining health practices and services
- Documentation of initiatives, observations, recommendations, success stories, and impact at periodic intervals.
- Operate in full coordination with the PMU Team, line departments, and the verticals of the Swaniti Initiative.

**Institutionalizing Systemic Changes**
- The Project Officer will be expected to function as a resource person to the district and come up with recommendations that may support the government in initiating and institutionalizing required structural changes.

**Project Planning, Implementation, monitoring, and Evaluation**
- Conceptualize a wide range of impactful projects and implement the same for the achievement of the goals at the district level.
- Collaborate with different verticals of Swaniti Initiative in formulating, strategizing, implementing, and evaluating action research projects.
- Develop an impact evaluation matrix for the projects to ensure appropria