Program Coordinator/Senior Program Coordinator

Indian Institutes of Public Health (IIPHs); Nalanda; On-site; INR 500,000 - 750,000; Full time

Job summary

PHFI invites applications for a role to support the Doctors’ Mentoring Programme aimed at strengthening emergency maternal and newborn care at district hospitals in Bihar. The incumbent will coordinate medical colleges, district hospitals, and government health officials to plan and implement structured training and mentoring activities.

Responsibilities include data collection, field coordination, logistics, and reporting to ensure timely implementation across districts.

Qualifications

• BSc Nursing or AYUSH degree required.
• Minimum 3 years' experience in health sector.
• Desirable: experience in Bihar and public health settings.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate with medical colleges and district hospitals to plan and execute mentoring visits.
• Support planning, coordination, and execution of training programmes and workshops.
• Assist in clinical skills development, competency assessments, and OSCE-based evaluations.
• Monitor facility readiness, infrastructure gaps, and progress against action points.
• Manage logistics for trainings, travel, venues, and training materials.
• Prepare mentoring visit reports, progress updates, and documentation for stakeholders.
• Engage with Principals, Medical Superintendents, HoDs, and other faculty for scheduling and follow-ups.
• Maintain effective liaison with civil surgeons, district health officials, and hospital administrators.

Skills

Coordination with stakeholders

Written & verbal communication

Data management

Documentation & presentation

Team collaboration

Education

B.Sc. Nursing or AYUSH

Job description

Brief On The Organization

The Public Health Foundation of India (PHFI) is working towards building a healthier India. It is helping to address the limited institutional and systems capacity in India by strengthening education and training, advancing research and technology and facilitating policy and practice in the area of Public Health. PHFI is headquartered in New Delhi with national presence through its constituent units of regional Indian Institutes of Public Health (IIPHs) and Centers of Applied Research in core public health themes. The Foundation, established in 2006 as a public private initiative, is governed by an independent board comprising of senior government officials, eminent Indian and International academic and leaders, civil society representatives and corporate leaders. For more information, please visit the website www.phfi.org.

Project Brief

The Training Division at PHFI, has been involved in building capacity of healthcare professionals in clinical and public health domains, both in India and abroad, by way of contact-based courses, online courses and training workshops. Till date, over 46,000 healthcare professionals have been trained across the country. The training division is also working with 18 State Governments who have adopted these initiatives for training of their medical officers and healthcare professionals. The Public Health Foundation of India, with support from the Gates Foundation, is implementing a mentoring model to strengthen emergency obstetric, newborn, and pediatric services at district hospitals in Bihar. The program aims to strengthen emergency maternal, newborn and pediatric care at district hospitals in Bihar through mentoring of doctors by the medical colleges. Under the program, faculty (mentors) of government medical colleges from Obstetrics & Gynecology, Pediatrics, Anesthesia, and Community Medicine departments conduct quarterly mentoring visits to the assigned district hospitals. Visit involves hospital round, facility readiness assessments, OSCE-based skill evaluations, case reviews, bedside mentoring, clinical audits, and structured feedback to mentees and hospital authorities. Each medical colleges have been paired with 2-3 district hospitals, covering 20 selected district hospitals with plans for scale-up across the state.

Job Summary

The incumbent will support the effective implementation of the Doctors’ Mentoring Programme aimed at strengthening emergency maternal and newborn care services at district hospitals through structured training, clinical mentoring, and capacity building of healthcare professionals. The position will facilitate coordination between medical colleges, district hospitals, and government health officials; support the planning and implementation of training and mentoring activities; assist in clinical skills development and competency assessments; and monitor progress in addressing facility-level gaps. The role will also involve field-level coordination, logistics management, data collection, documentation, reporting, and stakeholder engagement to ensure the quality and timely implementation of programme activities across assigned districts and medical colleges.

Deliverables

• Training and Capacity Building
• Assist faculty members and clinical experts from assigned medical colleges in developing technical content and PowerPoint presentations for training and mentoring sessions.
• Facilitate training sessions on emergency maternal and newborn care, manikin-based simulation, standard clinical protocols, and relevant clinical guidelines.
• Support the conduct of knowledge and skills assessments using OSCEs and manikin-based simulation
• Coordinate and facilitate training of nursing and other paramedical staff at district hospitals based on identified training needs.
• Support faculty in ensuring the quality and consistency of training and mentoring activities.
• Coordination of training and clinical mentoring activities
• Coordinate with Principals, Medical Superintendents, Heads of Departments (HoDs), and faculty members of assigned medical colleges to plan, schedule, and facilitate training and mentoring visits to district hospitals.
• Liaise with Civil Surgeons, Medical Superintendents, Deputy Superintendents, specialists, Medical Officers, District Programme Managers, Hospital Managers, and other relevant stakeholders to facilitate on-site training and mentoring and following up on implementation of mentor’s recommendations
• Provide logistical and operational support to faculty mentors during district hospital visits.
• Undertake follow-up visits and facilitate communication between medical college mentors and district hospital teams.
• Establish and maintain effective working relationships with faculty members, district health officials, hospital administrators, and other programme stakeholders.
• Facility Assessment and Gap Monitoring
• Support the assessment of gaps in infrastructure, human resources, equipment, drugs, consumables, and other essential supplies at assigned district hospitals.
• Maintain records of facility assessments, agreed action points, and progress updates.
• Facilitate follow-up with district-level officials and hospital authorities to support improvements in service readiness and delivery.
• Programme Planning and Implementation
• Support the Programme Lead in planning, coordinating, and implementing project activities across assigned districts and medical colleges.
• Prepare, update, and disseminate schedules for training programmes, mentoring visits, workshops, review meetings, and other programme activities.
• Support other district teams in undertaking training and mentoring visits
• Ensure timely arrangements for travel, venue, training materials, and other logistical requirements.
• Ensure timely submission of bills and claims to finance department as per norms
• Identify operational challenges during programme implementation and communicate them to the Programme Lead for timely resolution.
• Monitoring, Documentation, and Reporting
• Collect, compile, and maintain data on training programmes, mentoring visits, participant attendance, competency assessments, and facility-level progress.
• Prepare mentoring visit reports, progress reports, meeting minutes, and other programme-related documents.
• Maintain updated records of programme activities, identified gaps, follow-up actions, and implementation status.
• Provide regular updates to the Programme Lead on progress, achievements, field-level challenges, and pending activities.
• Participate in programme monitoring, review, and evaluation activities as required.
• Travel as required.
• Any other task as assigned by the PI.

Qualification

Essential

• B.Sc. Nursing or a degree in AYUSH.

Desirable

• M.Sc. Nursing in Obstetrics and Gynecology (OBG), Pediatric Nursing, or Community Health Nursing, with a minimum of two years of work experience in public health.

Experience

Essential

• Minimum 3 years’ experience of working in health sector.
• No. of years of experience may be relaxed for candidates with masters degree

Desirable

• Experience of working in Bihar and knowledge of local language
• Work experience in health systems development, capacity building, project management, and liaison with the diverse stakeholders desirable.

Skills & Competencies

• Ability to coordinate effectively with diverse stakeholders
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Basic data management and data analysis skillsDocumentation and presentation skills
• Ability to work collaboratively with diverse stakeholders.

Salary

Annual Salary (CTC) will commensurate with available skills and fitment of the incumbent as per the selection process.

Last Date of Receipt of Applications: 27 October 2026.

Women are encouraged to apply!