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Sr Program Officer – Health and Medical

Operation Blessing – Gurugram, India

Operation Blessing (OB) India is seeking an experienced Senior Program Officer – Health and Medical to provide leadership to the project and position the organization with all relevant organizations and important stakeholders in and around project locations. She/he will be responsible for closely monitoring the implementation of the programme activities, ensure optimum and timely utilization of resources and maintaining high standards of integrity. She/he will also be responsible for community mobilization, assessment, planning, implantation, reporting, networking, and resource tapping.

The successful candidate will have the following qualifications

  • Master’s degree in social science with public health experience/Community Health/ Master’s in Community Health
  • Must have minimum of 5 years in health program management which could be in clinic management, community mobilization. preventive health education and disease surveillance at community level.
  • Knowledge of basic concept of epidemiology and biostatistics and understanding of health information system
  • Computer literate (thorough understanding of MS Outlook, MS Word, good understanding of MS Excel and MS Access).
  • Extensive working knowledge of cross-cultural environments and customs
  • Strong decision-making and analytical skills
  • Ability to take initiative, be innovative, work independently, and function as a team player.
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English.
  • Ability to travel locally as assigned up to 50% of the year.

If you’re interested to apply for this role with Operation Blessing India, please fill the form and we will get back to you.

A FAMILY’S CRY FOR HELP
DEOGARH DISTRICT, JHARKHAND – Meet Dular Murmu, a 30-year-old woman from Pandanatan village of the Deogarh district in Jharkhand, India. She belongs to the Santhal tribe, the third largest tribe in India. The occupation of the Santhals revolves around the forests in which they reside. Their basic needs are fulfilled from trees and plants of the forests. They are also engaged in hunting, fishing and cultivation for their livelihood. Dular lives with her husband and three children. Her husband works as a daily wage labourer. Her family became an outcast in the village due to caste issue and were prohibited to fetch water from the community wells. ​