District Coordinator
RIZ Consulting
PKR 100,000 • Published Date: • Multiple Cities (Remote)
Description
Purpose:
Coordinate day-to-day project activities in the assigned district and serve as the main contact for participating practitioners. The District Coordinator will support practitioner identification, engagement, training and activation, follow up on service delivery and reporting, and ensure that operational problems are addressed promptly. The position will maintain complete district records and keep the Project Coordinator informed of progress and support needs.
Responsibilities
District planning and coordination
Prepare a district implementation plan based on approved activities, practitioner allocations, targets and timelines.
Maintain a practical schedule for practitioner visits, onboarding, reporting follow-up and commodity support.
Map participating facilities and their catchments to ensure that coverage follows the approved geographic allocation.
Coordinate with relevant district stakeholders through arrangements agreed by the Project Coordinator.
Review progress regularly and identify activities that need additional support.
Maintain an action log showing problems, agreed responses, responsible persons and completion dates.
Practitioner identification and engagement
Identify potential practitioners and collect the information required for eligibility screening.
Check that credentials, professional registration, contact details and facility information are complete, referring questions to the Project Coordinator.
Support facility assessments using approved tools and coordinate technical review where required.
Explain the project’s requirements to practitioners, including free services, reporting, quality standards, referral responsibilities and incentive arrangements.
Facilitate completion of approved engagement agreements and support HR manager in maintaining an individual file for each practitioner.
Keep the district practitioner register up to date, including engaged, active, inactive, suspended and proposed replacement providers.
Document reasons for non-participation or inactivity and recommend follow-up or replacement through the approved process.
Training and activation
Prepare practitioner nominations and communicate approved training dates, venues and attendance requirements.
Follow up on attendance and collect training completion or certification records.
Help practitioners complete operational onboarding, including provider identification and reporting-system access.
Confirm that each facility has the required commodities, referral contacts and approved free-service signage before recommending activation.
Follow up on missing requirements and ensure that practitioners understand when they are authorized to begin project-supported services.
Practitioner support and service continuity
Maintain regular contact with active practitioners and visit facilities according to the agreed schedule.
Identify problems affecting service delivery, including commodity shortages, reporting difficulties and gaps in referral arrangements.
Provide operational guidance using approved instructions and refer clinical questions to qualified technical personnel.
Support inactive practitioners in addressing practical barriers to participation.
Monitor whether approved free services and complaint-contact information remain clearly displayed.
Coordinate and document issues requiring PMU assistance and follow up until a response is received.
Commodity coordination
Coordinate receipt, distribution and resupply of commodities through authorized arrangements.
Maintain signed receipt and issue records, stock balances and batch or expiry information where required.
Review facility stock needs against documented consumption and anticipated demand.
Report stockouts, shortages, damaged supplies or unexplained discrepancies promptly.
Reporting and monthly invoice support
Help practitioners understand reporting requirements and submit complete service records on time.
Follow up on missing reports and incomplete information before the monthly reporting deadline.
Respond to M&E and Finance queries by obtaining clarification or missing evidence from practitioners.
Maintain an organized district archive linking practitioner files, service records, visit logs and commodity documentation.
Ensure that each service is updated in EMR by the PP and incase of non-reporting, District coordinator will update the record himself.
Monitoring and corrective action
Review district progress against the approved work plan and practitioner participation targets.
Identify persistent service or reporting gaps and discuss their causes with practitioners.
Prepare practical corrective actions with the Project Coordinator.
Coordinate access and records for M&E monitoring and PFPP or third-party verification visits.
Follow up on monitoring findings and keep evidence of complete actions.
Ensure that efforts to improve performance respect voluntary client choice and do not encourage inflated reporting or pressure on clients.
Payment follow-up, if required
Help practitioners provide required payment details, if needed, and supporting documentation.
Refer payment concerns (if any) to the Project Coordinator and Finance, and share confirmed updates with practitioners.
Refer sensitive complaints through designated confidential channels and protect complainant identities.
Service Quality:
Ensure that practitioners follow approved family planning standards, including counselling, informed consent, voluntary method choice, privacy and appropriate referral.
Coordinate clinical assessments and advice through appropriately qualified professionals, ensuring that staff work within their professional competence.
Establish a supportive supervision approach that identifies service-quality gaps and helps practitioners address them.
Ensure that approved services are provided free of charge and that facilities display the required information and complaint contacts.
Ensure that service targets and incentives (if any) do not encourage coercion, inappropriate procedures, method bias or denial of services to eligible clients.
Requirements:
A Bachelor's degree in a relevant discipline, with 3-5 years of experience in district-level health project implementation, practitioner coordination, field monitoring, and reporting. Experience in family planning or reproductive health programmes would be a strong advantage.
Cities
Faisalabad, Pakistan | Jhang, Pakistan | Kasur, Pakistan | Pakpattan, Pakistan | Sahiwal, Pakistan | Toba Tek Singh, Pakistan (Remote)
Experience
3 Years
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Required Skills
- attention to details
- Confidentiality
- Accountability
- Pressure Handling
- Service Quality and Safeguarding
- Practitioner Support and Supervision
- Commodity and Logistics Management
- Organizational Skills
- Problem Solving
- Time management
- Program Coordination
- Result- oriented
- Agility
- Report Writing
- Analytical Skills
- Interpersonal skills
- Communication Skills
- Data Collection and Reporting
- Stakeholder Engagement
- Project Management