Salary: INR 6,00,000per annum
Contract: 6 months, with a probation period of 1 month. Contract extension contingent on performance.
Location: Dholpur General Hospital
Application: Please apply via our website https://www.ansh.health/monitoringandevaluationcoordinator
About Ansh
Our main intervention is Kangaroo Care, a highly cost-effective and scientifically proven intervention for saving newborn lives. Kangaroo Care has three components:
- Skin-to-Skin Contact: Skin-to-skin contact with the mother regulates the infant's body temperature, reducing hypothermia
- Close Monitoring: Monitoring mothers and newborns for danger signs
- Exclusive Breastfeeding: Exclusive breastfeeding provides benefits to the infant's immune system and helps in weight gain
We run two KMC programs in both of our hospitals:
- KMC in Postnatal Care (PNC) Ward Program for Stable Low Birth Weight and Preterm Newborns
- Early Initiation of KMC in Special Newborn Care Unit (SNCU) Program for Unstable Low Birth Weight and Preterm Newborns
Main model components are:
- Repurpose some space in the health facilities and create dedicated space for Kangaroo Care
- Recruit health workers to act as dedicated Kangaroo Care counselors for mothers
- Provide training to clinicians and nurses on supporting and managing kangaroo care and other components of the program
- Follow up with mothers after discharge to ensure continued behavioral change and monitor the newborn for any danger signs
Position Overview
Ansh seeks a dedicated and experienced professional to join our team as aMonitoring and Evaluation (M&E) coordinator. The Monitoring & Evaluation (M&E) Coordinator plays a crucial role in ensuring the quality, effectiveness, and impact of Ansh's KMC program. This position involves collecting, analyzing, and reporting on program data, conducting on-site monitoring, and providing recommendations for improvement. This position will be responsible for implementing, and managing Ansh's comprehensive M&E systems to track and assess the performance and impact of Ansh's neonatal care programs at the district hospital, ensuring data-driven decision-making, continuous improvement, and accountability. The successful candidate will be a detail-oriented individual with strong analytical and communication skills.
Monitoring and Quality Assurance
You will be responsible for monitoring and ensuring the quality of our programs. This will involve working closely with our nursing staff and program coordinators on ground to record quality data on our effectiveness and impactfulness.
Key Responsibilities
- Collect and manage data from various sources, including Dimagi, hospital records, and program coordinators.
- Oversee and report on all program activities, including but not limited to, identification of low birth weight babies, proper registration, vital signs reporting, discharge, telephonic follow-ups, and counseling in neonatal care.
- Ensure data accuracy, completeness, and consistency.
- Analyse program data to identify trends, patterns, and areas for improvement.
- Observe KMC practices, counseling sessions, and weighing procedures.
- Interview mothers and healthcare providers to gather qualitative data.
- Identify and report systemic issues impacting program outcomes.
- Conduct baseline and end-line skill assessments for mothers to evaluate the effectiveness of counseling.
- Monitor data quality to ensure accuracy and reliability.
- Conduct random checks to verify data reported by nurses.
- Identify and address data inconsistencies and errors.
- Collaborate with program coordinators and hospital staff to support program implementation.
- Participate in weekly M&E calls to discuss monitoring findings and develop action plans.
- Contribute to the development and implementation of program evaluation plans.
Requirements
- Prior experience in a healthcare setting
- Knowledge of word processing, spreadsheets, data entry, and databases like MS Word, Excel, and data collection software
- Familiarity with principles and current approaches to monitoring and evaluation using both quantitative and qualitative methods
- Working knowledge of tools, methods, and concepts of quality assurance
- Excellent knowledge of local language (Hindi)
- Value Alignment
Skills and Competencies
- Critical Thinking: the ability to analyze, evaluate, and synthesize information to make sound and logical decisions.
- Observation Skills: Keenly observe the happenings in the hospital to report events relevant to Ansh's KMC program
- People and communication skills: ability to exchange information in a clear, respectful, and timely manner and adapting to the needs of a diverse range of stakeholders
- Knowledge of Postnatal and newborn care: understanding and experience in the application of principles, practices, and guidelines related to the care and well-being of mothers and newborns during the postnatal period
- Information Management Skills: the ability to systematically analyze, design, development, operate, maintain, and organize the databases as well as manage information for research
- Research and Data Collection: the knowledge and ability to use research tools to produce useful insights and the ability to ethically and systematically gather relevant data
Hiring Process
If this all sounds exciting, please fill out the form (https://forms.gle/RYQaUJsumtza7keZ7) to confirm your interest in the role. We will be reviewing applications on a rolling basis and progressing candidates to the next stage. The final cut-off dates for each stage beyond which we won't assess any candidates for that stage are below:
Application Deadline: 10th August
Screening Call: Till 15th August
Test Task Deadline: Till 19th August
Interviews: Till 21st August
Expected start date: 26th August
