District Coordinator

Job description

JOb Purpose

The incumbent will lead the implementation and execution of Sindh Deworming Initiative in 7 districts of Karachi. District Coordinator will be liaising with different government stakeholders from the health, education and administrative departments for a smooth process leading up to the campaign. The District Coordinator will keep close coordination and assist with the implementation, monitoring and troubleshoot on-field issues in day-to-day operations as well as during Mass Drug Administration Activity (MDA).

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Assist in strengthening the liaison with the district to co-develop a model and its modalities for deworming.
• Coordinate with District Management Committee for MDA and ensure smooth execution of training, logistics and drugs management during deworming campaign.
• Collect relevant data from district stakeholders to assist in the planning phase of the campaign
• Build liaison between district governments to ensure all of the arrangement made before the deworming campaign.
• Coordinate with local community sensitization channels for dissemination of deworming day communication messages in-line with provincial govt. guidelines.
• Coordinate, assist and monitor drug, material storage and its distribution to the training venues and subsequently to teachers and health workers.
• Coordinate and assist the district government and Third-Party Independent Monitoring Firm for monitoring and validation of data.
• Coordinate, monitor and assist the reporting through the reverse cascade
• Assist District Management Committees for the development of micro plan, district level training and drug distribution plans.
• Execute daily reporting mechanism; Ensure backup of reporting forms and completion of regional online database and reporting sheets.
• Ensure the attendance sheets of training sessions and supervision forms are collected, duly filled, signed and approved from the respective provincial/district health offices or master trainers and its timely submission to IRD finance.
• Oversee and ensure complete payment disbursement to trainee.

REQUIRED KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS & ABILITIES (KSA)