Program Officer

Antara Foundation; Barwani; On-site; INR 400,000 - 600,000; Full time

Job summary

Antara Foundation is looking for Program Officers to lead and implement health initiatives in Madhya Pradesh. This role involves planning and executing programs at the block level, maintaining strong relationships with government and community members, and managing data-driven decision-making. Candidates should have 2-5 years of relevant experience and strong communication skills in Hindi and English. The Foundation is committed to improving maternal and child health outcomes and encourages applications from passionate individuals ready to make an impact.

Qualifications

• 2-5 years of work experience in development organizations or corporate settings.
• Adept at handling large volumes of data and managing diverse stakeholders.
• Ability to work independently and lead initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Plan and implement interventions at the block level.
• Conduct field visits and monitor programs routinely.
• Develop relationships with government officials and community members.

Skills

Grassroots working experience with FLWs

Strategic and analytical thinking

Data-based problem-solving approach

Effective communication in Hindi & English

Openness to learning

Exceptional interpersonal skills

Team player

Job description

Barwani, Betul, Chhindwara, Damoh, Khargone + 2 locations

The Antara Foundation (TAF) envisions a world where every mother and each child deserve an equal start to a healthy life. We support the public health system deliver solutions at scale, by partnering with government and communities to improve maternal and child health outcomes. Interventions of The Antara Foundation follow two closely integrated paths: to help the government system deliver better quality health care to the community and to support the community to mobilize and seek better health outcomes.

We are a young, energetic, and passionate team, working across 9 districts, 38 blocks, 5,700 villages, with 20,000 FLWs, and reaching 379,000 women and 650,000 children in central India. Over the next few years, we see ourselves spreading across multiple locations in India to implement our solutions and to create an impact at scale.

For more information visit antarafoundation.org.

We are looking for

• Program officers who are passionate, bubbling over with ideas, strategic in approach, hard-nosed with data and enthusiastic to learn.
• We seek someone with 2-5 years of work experience in other development organizations, corporate organizations, or management consulting. This person should be adept in handling large volumes of data, managing diverse stakeholders and leading initiatives on their own.
• Will be responsible for running our program end-to-end in 1 block (covering 150-200 villages, pop: >1.5 lakhs). S/he will be the leader of their area and expected to work under the principle of ‘freedom with responsibility’. We take pride in our culture, which resonates with nonhierarchic, ownership, humility, high performance and having fun.
• We look for someone who will fit in our culture, is passionate to play an important role in shaping TAF’s future, and above all excited at the prospect of working for a larger cause and saving tens of thousands of lives.

Locations

We accept rolling applications and candidates may be placed at any one of our intervention districts in Madhya Pradesh based on the requirement (Seoni, Damoh, Barwani, Khargone, Chhindwara, Betul, Morena).

Role specifics

As a Program Officer, your role will include (but not limited to) the following-

• Plan and implement our interventions end-to-end in an integrated manner at the block level.
• Independently plan activities, trouble-shoot issues and conduct extensive field visits on daily basis to different areas of the block; monitor the program routinely
• Continuously ideate and analyse data to improve program delivery and introduce new initiatives
• Maintain strong relationships and work closely with village/block/district government officials to ensure quality delivery and sustainability of the program
• Develop trust and bonds with frontline workers and community to ensure quality delivery and sustainability of the program
• Contribute to overall organizational needs and vision outside the field and collaborate with team members from different locations/departments

Skills:

• 2-3 years experience of working at the grassroots with FLWs and community
• Strategic and analytical thinking
• Data based, problem solving approach
• Clear written and oral communication in Hindi & English
• Open to learning
• Exceptional inter-personal skills
• Ability to work well in a multi-disciplinary team environment, good team player