Plan is an international humanitarian, child-centered development organization with no religious, political or government affiliations working in 70 countries across the globe with its headquarters in the UK. Plan works with over one million children, their families and communities in 50 developing countries around the world, implementing projects at the grass root and national level in health, education, water and sanitation, income generation and cross cultural communication. Plan is registered with the United Nations following recognition in 1989 and has consultative status with the United Nations Economic and Social Council and UNICEF.
Plan Bangladesh is going to implement a project on Human Resources for Health in Bangladesh (HRH) funded by Canadian International Development Agency. The goal of the project is to improve maternal and neonatal health status of disadvantaged women, girls and boys in Bangladesh. The project aims at increasing awareness of and access to skilled birth attendants at the community level through supporting government's strategy for increasing the number of trained Community Skilled Birth Attendants (CSBAs). The project will be implemented in nine districts of Rangpur, Dhaka and Barisal divisions. We are inviting applications for the following positions in this project:
Project Coordinator - Human Resources for Health
Based Dhaka + Consolidated Monthly Salary Tk. 56,348.00 + 4 years' employment contract.
Reporting to the Project Manager, you will be responsible for assisting implementation of behavior change communications (BCC) and referral linkage development component of the HRH project through partners. On a regular basis, you will ensure technical supports and monitor the partners engaged in piloting of BCC activities to promote skilled birth attendants services at the community level and develop functional referral linkage for maternal and newborn complications; increase knowledge and skills of government and NGO health workers in behavior change communications on maternal, neonatal, children health and reproductive health issues. Alongside you will prepare budget and manage resources; provide supports for capacity building of partners including relevant local govt. bodies; prepare reports and project documentation; and maintain a health network that includes GO, NGOs and other organizations. For this role, you should have MPH plus at least three years' experience in partner management focusing health programs. Facilitation skills, strong computer literacy and good communication skills both in Bangla and English are essential requirements. The position requires extensive field visits.
Application Deadline: 14 July 2012
To apply, please send your signed CV with a covering letter and completed Plan's Job Application Form to People & Culture Officer, House-CWN (B) 14, Road-35, Gulshan-2, Dhaka-1212.
The Job Application Form can be downloaded from www.bdjobs.com. Only short listed candidates will be called for interview. Any form of persuasion in the selection process will automatically disqualify the candidacy.
Plan is an equal opportunities employer
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