Project Coordinator

Role overview

Bahaar Foundation is rolling out a large-scale Community Health Entrepreneur (CHE) initiative across Punjab with a goal of developing 10,000 to 12,000 CHEs over the next two years, with approximately one CHE for each village. The program is designed to enable local women to act as first-contact health access points in their communities, delivering preventive, promotive, and basic curative support alongside government and private partners.

As the district-level operational lead, the Project Coordinator will drive CHE activation, onboarding, training coordination, field supervision, stakeholder alignment, and performance tracking. The position calls for strong on-ground leadership, practical problem-solving, and regular interaction with communities, CHEs, and public systems.

Each coordinator will be responsible for around 500 to 600 CHEs within the assigned districts and will help maintain strong field engagement, service delivery, and implementation quality in coordination with government bodies and partner organisations.

Role details

Position: Project Coordinator

Number of positions: 2

Locations: Ludhiana and Patiala

Work location: District HQ

Reporting to: Project Director

Employment type: Full-time / contractual

Working days: 6 days per week

Travel requirement: Up to 20 days per month

Key responsibilities

• Work with SRLM teams, Panchayats, SHGs, and local partners to find eligible women who show entrepreneurial potential and acceptance within their communities.
• Lead block-level mobilisation, orientation, and screening activities to support high-quality CHE selection.
• Oversee documentation, onboarding, and early-stage operational readiness for newly selected CHEs.
• Help new CHEs become field-active within the expected timelines and ensure they clearly understand programme expectations, reporting systems, and community engagement processes from the beginning.
• Ensure every selected CHE completes the 7-day foundational training and later refresher training as required by the programme.
• Coordinate training delivery with Training Managers, district partners, and resource persons.
• Track attendance, participation, learning outcomes, and participant feedback during training sessions.
• Support practical, field-based mentoring and learning activities wherever needed.
• Make sure training leads to active field work and service delivery.
• Act as the main operational support contact for CHEs in the assigned district.
• Carry out regular field visits and provide supportive supervision to review CHE engagement, service delivery, awareness activities, and reporting quality.
• Help maintain smooth use of digital reporting and data collection tools.
• Encourage regular household outreach, awareness creation, and service uptake.
• Resolve issues related to community mobilisation, service delivery, digital reporting, confidence building, supplies, and other operational concerns.
• Identify inactive or underperforming CHEs and implement structured support to reactivate them.
• Develop and maintain strong relationships with district and block health officials, ICDS supervisors, SHG leaders, Panchayats, and other local stakeholders.
• Represent Bahaar Foundation in district- and block-level review meetings.
• Coordinate with partners, training institutions, and government stakeholders to strengthen local convergence and support systems for CHEs.
• Build community acceptance and improve the visibility of CHE services.
• Keep accurate district-level records and databases related to CHEs and programme activities.
• Track performance indicators such as onboarding, training completion, service delivery, reporting, household outreach, retention, and awareness activity outcomes.
• Share progress updates, field visit observations, issue escalations, and operational reports on time with the Project Director or PMU.
• Contribute to monitoring, evaluation, and learning work through data checking, field insights, and operational feedback.

Qualifications and experience

• A graduate degree in Social Work, Public Health, Rural Development, or a related field is required; postgraduate qualification will be considered an advantage.
• At least 5 years of professional experience in community development, public health, women’s empowerment, or livelihood programmes.
• Minimum 3 years of experience in field coordination across multiple blocks or districts.
• Previous work with ASHA, ANM, SHG, or community health/livelihood workers is preferred.

Skills and personal attributes

• Strong coordination, field management, and problem-solving abilities.
• Good communication skills in Punjabi and Hindi; English is preferred.
• Comfortable travelling extensively for field work, up to 15–20 days per month.
• Confident using digital tools, mobile applications, and MS Office for reporting.
• Genuine interest in community health and women’s empowerment programmes.
• Self-driven, resourceful, and able to work independently.
• Strong interpersonal ability to build trust with grassroots women and local officials.
• High resilience, flexibility, and commitment to deep field engagement.
• Accountable, with a strong sense of ownership over field outcomes.

Compensation and benefits

Salary will be competitive and aligned with experience and sector benchmarks. Travel and fieldwork expenses will be reimbursed as per organisational policy. The role also offers the opportunity to contribute directly to one of Punjab’s largest women-led grassroots health entrepreneurship initiatives.

How to apply

Applicants should email their resume/CV along with a short note of interest to brajesh@bahaarfoundation.org. The subject line should clearly mention the role being applied for. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for the next stage of interaction or interview.

Additional information

The organisation invites candidates to join in strengthening rural healthcare through a village-level women-led health entrepreneurship model. The Bahaar Foundation website is mentioned for more information, but no external link is provided here.