About the Organization
Public Health Resource Society is a national level resource organization currently working directly in the states of Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, Odisha, Assam, and Delhi and committed to the mission of building capacities for public health action towards ‘Health for All’. Using a rightsbased approach, it has contributed to the on-going work of strengthening public health systems in these and other states through its partnerships with institutions. Our areas of work involve women and child health and nutrition, tribal health, and health systems strengthening. Our core strategies include model demonstration, community-based research, and program implementation along with advocacy. The organisation maintains a specific focus on working with vulnerable and marginalized communities using participatory principles.

Job Description/Responsibilities
The Programme Coordinators will be responsible for overall management of the project at the state level. This would include state level coordination with the concerned government departments, planning, implementation, monitoring & supervision, and management of data. In specific following are the roles and responsibilities:

• Overall responsible for managing and implementing the programme at the state level
• Support in recruitment of programme management and implementation team
• Engage with the health and WCD departments at all levels - Work closely with the state and implementation teams in developing programme action plan and ensure its effective rollout
• Conduct weekly meetings and monthly review meetings in coordination with the national team
• Support the capacity building coordinator in developing resource materials for training purposes
• Ensure capacity building of the project staffs
• Prepare monthly, quarterly, and annual reports with support of MIS officer and ensure its timely submission.
• Undertake field visits to guide the team for quality implementation of the projects.
• To monitor the performance of the project team members and take appropriate measures for improving the level of performance of the project staffs.
• Use the data to support the programme.
• Perspective and capacity building of programme team on nutrition and health
• maternal and child nutrition, infant and young child feeding, the relationship between nutrition and health, and nutrition-related government schemes and programmes
• Undertake regular field visits It is expected to spend 40%-50% of the time in the field
• Any other tasks assigned by the supervisor.

Education Qualification/Required Skills & Experience

• PhD/ Master’s in Public Health or allied field- Social Work/Social Studies from a reputed institution
• Minimum 10 years of experience of working in an NGO focusing on Nutrition/Health/Sanitation related programmes at block/district level.
• Should have managed projects independently in similar position.
• Must have experience in working in tribal dominated district/blocks.
• Should be proficient in MS Office - Willingness to spend 50% of the time in the field
• Must have good communication skills, especially in- English, Hindi, and Odia.
• The candidate must have good report writing and documentation skills.

How to apply: Interested candidate must send their resume along with a cover letter to orissa@phrnindia.org with subject line- Application for the post of Programme Coordinator - Bhubaneswar.
Last date of application 20th March 2026