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Project Overview:

India continues to face significant challenges in improving maternal and newborn health outcomes, particularly in high-burden states. Madhya Pradesh, with one of the highest maternal mortality ratios in the country, requires urgent and sustained interventions to address key drivers such as anemia in pregnancy, preeclampsia, diabetes, inadequate antenatal care, and limited access to quality reproductive health services.

WJCF has a long-standing partnership with the Government of Madhya Pradesh, supporting health systems strengthening across multiple domains. Over the years, we have worked extensively on SRMNH initiatives, including improving family planning uptake, enhancing maternal and newborn care, and piloting innovative service delivery models. Beyond SRMNH, WJCF has supported Madhya Pradesh in areas such as digital health, immunization, tuberculosis, and recently in developing a comprehensive maternal mortality reduction roadmap.

Building on this foundation, WJCF is planning to work with the state to further strengthen SRMNH services through evidence-based strategies, robust monitoring systems, and multi-stakeholder collaboration. This includes addressing and management of eclampsia, maternal infections, anemia and other maternal health risks through innovative treatment models, and piloting scalable service delivery approaches to reduce maternal mortality and improve health outcomes for women and children.

Position Summary:

The District Coordinator will support the implementation of WJCF’s maternal health strengthening initiative in Madhya Pradesh. The role will focus on improving the quality, coverage, and monitoring of maternal health services at the district and facility levels, with particular emphasis on high-priority maternal health risks such as postpartum haemorrhage (PPH), anemia in pregnancy, preeclampsia/eclampsia, maternal infections, and related complications.

The District Coordinator will work closely with the Program Officer, district health officials, public health facilities, frontline health workers, and other stakeholders to ensure effective field implementation, data-driven monitoring, capacity-building, and coordination. The role will require regular field engagement, structured follow-ups, and strong collaboration with government counterparts to support timely, outcome-oriented implementation of project activities.

WJCF seeks a proactive and resourceful professional with strong field management skills and the ability to work collaboratively with diverse stakeholders. The ideal candidate will have a postgraduate/graduate with 3–5 years of relevant experience in public health, and familiarity with maternal health programs. Fluency in Hindi and willingness to travel extensively within Madhya Pradesh are essential.

• Support implementation of project interventions related to maternal mortality reduction, including strengthening care pathways for PPH, anemia, preeclampsia/eclampsia, maternal infections, antenatal care, and other priority maternal health risks.
• Collaborate with the Program Officer, state program team, and district health leadership to plan, coordinate, and implement project activities across public health facilities in the assigned district.
• Plan and conduct regular field visits to health facilities, including district hospitals, CHCs, PHCs, HWCs, and other relevant service delivery points, to monitor implementation, identify bottlenecks, and support corrective actions.
• Support training and capacity-building initiatives for healthcare providers and frontline workers, including medical officers, staff nurses, ANMs, CHOs, ASHAs, lab technicians, pharmacists, and other relevant facility-level personnel.
• Facilitate routine mentoring and handholding of facility-level teams to improve adherence to maternal health protocols, quality of antenatal care, timely risk screening, referral linkages, documentation, and follow-up mechanisms.
• Coordinate district-level data collection, reporting, and analysis related to maternal health indicators, ensuring accuracy, completeness, timeliness, and alignment with government reporting systems and project requirements.
• Support validation of facility-level data through periodic reviews, field verification, and triangulation with available government records, registers, digital platforms, and program monitoring tools.
• Assist in routine monitoring, supervision, and performance review processes by preparing district-level updates, progress summaries, issue trackers, and action-taken reports for review by the Program Officer and government counterparts.
• Engage with district and block-level government stakeholders, including CMHO, DPM, BPMs, BMOs, facility in-charges, RMNCH+A teams, and other relevant officials to ensure alignment and sustained project momentum.
• Facilitate coordination between facilities and district teams to strengthen referral systems, continuity of care, follow-up of high-risk pregnant women, and timely response to maternal health complications.
• Build and maintain effective working relationships with government officials, health administrators, partner organizations, facility teams, and community-level stakeholders to support collaborative implementation.
• Identify field-level gaps and implementation challenges and escalate them in a timely manner to the Program Officer, along with practical recommendations for resolution.
• Undertake additional responsibilities, as required, to support effective, timely, and outcome-oriented implementation of the maternal health project in Madhya Pradesh.

• Bachelor’s or Master's degree in public health, social work, nursing, life sciences, hospital administration, health management, development studies, or a related field.
• Minimum 3 years of relevant work experience in public health program implementation, health systems strengthening, maternal and child health, RMNCH+A, community health, or government health programs.
• Prior experience working with government health systems at division, district or block level.
• Strong understanding of public health service delivery systems, particularly in rural or semi-urban contexts.
• Willingness to travel extensively within the assigned district and occasionally to state-level review meetings or trainings.
• Good communication, coordination, and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to work with multiple stakeholders, including government officials, facility staff, frontline and workers.
• Basic proficiency in MS Office, especially Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.
• Fluency in Hindi is essential; working knowledge of English is desirable.

Last Date to Apply: 11th July, 2026