YRGT1111

Zoho; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 600,000 - 900,000; Full time

Job summary

YRGMERF in Bengaluru seeks a City Coordination Officer to support the Urban Ecosystem Against Future Disease Threats project. You will implement activities in coordination with stakeholders and report to the City Coordinator based in Hyderabad.

You will collaborate with a multidisciplinary team, strengthen IHIP reporting, and help map risks and respond to outbreaks across peri-urban wards. The role emphasizes ethics and data protection while building healthcare provider capacity.

Qualifications

• Post-graduate degree in development studies, public health, or social sciences.
• Minimum 3 years in urban health or urban livelihood programs.
• Fluency in Kannada is essential.

Responsibilities

• Implement project activities in coordination with stakeholders and report to the City Coordinator.
• Work closely with other department staff to ensure coordinated response during outbreaks.
• Support reporting and documentation across urban clinics and peri-urban wards.
• Engage RWAs and communities for mock drills and IHIP reporting.
• Ensure adherence to ethics, safeguarding, data protection, and financial policies.

Skills

Disease surveillance

One Health

Stakeholder management

AV content design

Telangana health systems

Multidisciplinary teamwork

Kannada fluency

Education

Post-graduate degree in development studies, public health, or social sciences

Tools

Video editing tools

Job description

YRGaitonde Medical Educational & Research Foundation (YRGMERF)

Project

JSI

Experience Required

5years

Compensation

Remunerationwill reflect the candidate’s experience and skills, subject to the approvedbudget

About YRG MERF

Establishedin 1993, YRGMERF is a pioneering non-governmental organisation in India,committed to transforming lives through integrated healthcare, inclusivepartnerships, and forward-looking research. Grounded in the values of integrityand sustainability, we address both immediate and evolving societal challengesempowering communities to attain equitable and lasting health outcomes. Weprovide comprehensive services across prevention, care, support, and treatment,particularly for those affected by HIV and other infectious diseases.

YRGMERFis anticipating a project to strengthen the Urban Ecosystem Against FutureDisease Threats by implementing a framework for urban-peri-urban coordination.This project if commissioned will require a team of below positions to supportthe coordination, implementation and monitoring of several components.

Key Responsibilities of CityCoordination Officer

The City Coordination Officer willbe responsible for implementation of the project activities in coordinationwith stakeholders. Will report to City Coordinator based in Hyderabad. Willwork closely with other team members.

Project Implementation Support

• Rapid mapping of environmental risks and peri-urbanjurisdictional "grey zones" to prepare a comprehensive baseline of currentsurveillance system and activities, role of various stakeholders.
• Will beresponsible to support One Health Activities in high priority wards and greyzones in peri-urban areas of the selected municipal corporations.
• Supports in conducting a needsassessment for targeted upskilling sessions for healthcare providers on IHIPreporting, outbreak investigation, and response.
• Supportimplementation of private sector mapping to improve IHIP reporting,participation in outbreak response activities.
• Supports inimplementation of rumour sentinel activities by identifying them, skilling themto address such issues under the guidance of MSU and MSVC
• Works closelywith other department staff to ensure that there is coordinated response duringany outbreak in the priority wards and selected peri-urban areas.
• Supportsimplementation of IHIP reporting across other clinics managed in the urbanareas in addition to UPHCs in these selected corporations.
• Supportsimplementation of engagement of RWAs in the selected geographies so that theyparticipate in mock drills, community IHIP reporting.
• Ensures thatall project activities comply with YRGMERF’s organisational policies on ethics,safeguarding, data protection, and financial management

Reporting and Documentation

• Ensures thatthe IHIP reported events are coordinated well with other department, thefeedback closure loop is updated with MSU in specific geographies.
• Works closelywith other departments to ensure that the JRRT activities are updated with MSU
• Ensures that best practices aredocumented and shared with the Program Associate.

Additional Duties

• Undertake anyother responsibilities assigned by the supervisor in support of projectobjectives.
  

Requirements

• Goodunderstanding of the work related to disease surveillance, One HealthActivities
• Ability to learnfast and work with senior and experienced subject experts
• Knowledge oflatest tools for designing case studies, testimonial videos, other AV products
• Understandingof Telangana Health Systems is must
• Ability to workin a multi-disciplinary team and manage time for multiple tasks
  

Qualifications and Experience

• Post-graduatedegree in development studies, public health, or social sciences
• Minimum 3 yearsof experience in urban health, urban livelihood program
• Very goodunderstanding of role of various stakeholders in a corporation is critical forthis position
• Experience managingstakeholders for community engagement, implementation of health activities isessential
• Must be fluentin Kannada language.
• Own two-wheeler with validdriving licence is strongly preferred.

Benefits & Work Environment

• 24 days of annual leave, in addition topublic holidays.
  
• Health insurance coverage
• Opportunity to work in a collaborativeand inclusive environment.
  
• Scope for learning and professionaldevelopment.
  

YRGis an equal-opportunityorganisation. At YRG, we are committed to supporting inclusion and diversity aspart of our values. We celebrate employee’s differences in abilities, sexualorientation, ethnicity, faith, and gender. Our team are people with differentstrengths, experiences, and backgrounds, who share a passion for improvingpeople's lives.