Apply by: 25th Nov 2024
Organization Profile
History: Inspired by the life and philosophy of Mahatma Gandhi, and equipped by their medical training in India, and subsequent, training in public health and research at the Johns Hopkins University, the doctor couple Abhay and Rani Bang, founded Society for Education, Action and Research in Community Health (SEARCH) in 1986. SEARCH is a Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) working in the poorest, semi-tribal district, Gadchiroli, in the state of Maharashtra, (India), 1000 km away from Mumbai.
Vision: SEARCH’s vision is ‘Aarogya-Swaraj’ which means ‘People’s Health in People’s Hands’, by empowering individuals and communities to take charge of their own health, and thereby, help them achieve freedom from disease as well as dependence.
Mission: Mission of SEARCH is service, training, empowerment and research in health of the communities as expressed in its name.
Headquarters: Of SEARCH is ‘Shodhgram’, located 17 km from the district headquarters of the Gadchiroli district. The campus, spread over 47 Acres, is modeled over a mix of Gandhian Ashram, tribal village and modern facilities. It has more than 80 buildings including hospital, research center, training centers, training hostels, library, administrative offices, guest houses, tribal museum, community centers, mess cum dining facilities, residential facilities for 120 staff, solar plant, playground, organic farm and a small lake.
With a team of 170+ professionals and 100+ Community Health Workers, SEARCH has emerged as one of the most reputed and credible grass root service and research organization in India. SEARCH strives to make important breakthroughs to solve public health problems in India and around the world, over past 40 years by:
1. Serving 2500 villages and providing health services to 25,00,000 people through the hospital. OPD with various specialist services as Obstetrics & Gynecology, Mental Health, General Medicine, Neurology, Infectious diseases, Infertility, Urosurgery, Spine problems, unique morbidities such as snake bites. Annually serving 45,000 patients
2. Home-based mother, newborn & child care in 88 villages.
3. Prevention and deaddiction program for tobacco and alcohol across the district serving 1500 villages and 12,00,000 population.
4. Life skill and reproductive health education for youth and women across Maharashtra. Over last 28 years 1,00,000 youth and adolescent were trained.
5. Conducting rural health care research to improve rural health services and evidence-based advocacy to influence policy. The organization has contributed significantly to the field of healthcare research with over 70 publications, fostering evidence-based practices and advancing knowledge in the domain.
6. Training of trainers from different parts of the country and abroad for implementation of the Home-based newborn care program. HBNC is India’s national policy implemented through 8 Lakh ASHA across the country.
7. ‘NIRMAN’, the social leadership development program for youth across India.
8. Mental health services to patients at hospital, block and village level.
9. Provide primary care to 100,000 tribal individuals in 230 villages through community health workers.
10. Mobile Medical Unit to provide diagnostic, preventive, curative, and referral services in tribal villages in 230 villages serving more than 20,000 patients annually.
11. Spine and Joint health care to reduce musculoskeletal pain, burden and disability in Gadchiroli.
12. Ambulance services to 100 villages attending annually 350 emergency calls as obstructed delivery, accidents, snake bites, cerebral malaria, acute gastroenteritis.
13. Tuberculosis Control Programme in 87 villages: SEARCH’s tuberculosis control program operates across 87 villages, facilitating early detection, treatment, and prevention efforts to combat the spread of the disease.
Job Specifications:
1. Position: Assistant Grants Officer
2. Reporting: Lead- Grants and Resource Mobilization
3. Location: Shodhgram, HQ of SEARCH
Job Description:
1) Identify the need for funds, programs, goals and targets.
2) Assist in developing processes and tools for resource mobilization.
3) Assisting in writing funding proposals involving the team leaders.
4) Submission of the proposals, follow up & communication with the prospective donors.
5) Working with Finance & Accounts teams to help fulfill due-diligence requirements.
6) Ensuring the formal process of partnership, agreement signing
7) Coordinating with program leaders for compilation of data, development and submission of regular reports to Donors as well as facilitate the development of Annual Report of SEARCH.
8) Ensuring timely and correct submission of utilization certificates and activity reports to concerned donors.
9) Undertake program monitoring & evaluation visits as part of the M & E division and provide feedback
10) Assisting in preparing the annual report of SEARCH.
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