Program Coordinator

Program Coordinator-Akola -Maharashtra.

**WHO WE ARE**

YosAid Innovation Foundation improves outcomes and strengthens health systems in India by promoting innovative healthcare practices and skills among the patients and their families. In collaboration with healthcare institutions and the government, YosAid Innovation Foundation provides healthcare training and actionable skill building to patients and family caregivers on health behaviours and information.

**WHAT YOU WILL DO**

The objective of this role is to develop a constructive, interactive, continuous and adaptable knowledge-building system for the population accessing public healthcare. As Program Coordinator, you will play a critical role in managing the engagement of the Care Companion Program with our partners.

**1. Manage end-to-end operations of YosAid program at identified hospital partne**rs**:

- Support Program Manager & Senior Program Associate in the implementation and maintenance of the Care Companion Program. The operations of our program are divided into different phases that include both on-site implementation (extensive travel is required) and off-site support. You will be closely involved in each of these phases.
- Be the primary coordinator for a set of partners, which include public hospitals. This will require people management, analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Attend the review meetings held at hospital and district level for building connections, rapport for smooth implementation of the program.

**2. Monitoring of the CCP in partner hospitals**
- Quantitative Monitoring: Actively monitor the output data for the assigned hospitals and work along with the program manager to address the operational challenges identified during the monitoring process.
- Qualitative Monitoring: Conduct class quality audits for a randomly selected set of hospitals every month.

**3. Support training of the trainer activities at identified hospital partners**:

- Support the Master Trainers/Lead Trainers in delivering the ToT modules for the different content areas in the local language
- Identify the need for booster training sessions and coordinate its logistics

**4. Program Iterations/Product Testing**:

- Work with our in-house team of designers and content creators to implement our experimental design activities in the hospital partners
- Gather feedback on the experiments conducted by the team, supporting them in making various operations/content decisions.

**WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR**
- The position requires heavy project based travel to various healthcare facilities (DH, WH,SDH, GH, SS,GMC and DD office liaisoning) in a few districts in the given state. Travel may be for an extended duration and sometimes require relocation to another region of the state.
- You will be located in the district Akola of your work location
- Healthcare or management background (MPH, MHA, MBA, BPT, Bachelors in nursing), MSW or freshers with relevant experience of government working are also encouraged to apply.
- 6 months to 3 years of relevant work experience with problem solving skills, a team player and an excellent communicator. Freshers with a good academic record and training experience in the govt. the health system during their course will be considered.
- Required to manage relations with government staff in a sensitive manner at the same time ensuring their training outcomes are met.