SAJIDA Foundation is a value-driven, non-government organisation. It embodies the principle of corporate philanthropy, with 51% shareholding of Renata Ltd, one of the fastest growing pharmaceutical and animal health product companies in Bangladesh. The organisation founded by Mr. Syed Humayun Kabir in 1993 aims to empower communities, catalyze entrepreneurship, build equity, and establish enterprises for good with an overarching vision of ensuring Health, Happiness, and Dignity for All. SAJIDA`s portfolio comprises of community centric development programmes on women`s livelihood and health, climate change and urban poverty, a premier microfinance operation which serves more than 780K+ members through 400 offices, and six specialised healthcare enterprises.
The Health Programme Lead will provide technical leadership for SAJIDA Foundation`s health portfolio, ensuring that programmes are evidence-based, clinically sound, ethically delivered, and designed for effective implementation and scale.
Job Location: Dhaka (with frequent field travel)
Department: Development Programme
Reports to: Director, Development Programme
Key Responsibilities

1. Strategic and Technical Leadership

• Provide strategic direction for health programmes in alignment with organisational priorities and national health strategies.

• Lead development and improvement of programme models, technical approaches, implementation strategies, and scale-up plans.

• Ensure integration of evidence-based and context-appropriate public health interventions across programmes.

• Support incorporation of innovative and technology-enabled solutions to strengthen service delivery, referral systems, data use, and programme management.

• Provide technical oversight to ensure programme quality, effectiveness, and compliance with donor and organisational standards.

2. Programme Management and Implementation

• Oversee implementation of health projects to ensure timely delivery, quality performance, and achievement of programme targets.

• Support development of implementation plans, budgets, and operational strategies.

• Monitor programme progress and identify implementation bottlenecks, risks, and corrective actions.

• Ensure effective coordination between technical, operations, MEAL, finance, and field teams.

• Strengthen systems for supportive supervision, field monitoring, quality assurance, and documentation of lessons learned.

3. Partnership and Stakeholder Engagement

• Maintain effective working relationships with government authorities, other stakeholders across development sector.

• Represent SAJIDA Foundation in technical working groups, coordination forums, and external engagements.

• Support strategic collaboration and partnership development for resource mobilisation and programme expansion.

• Facilitate coordination with local government and health system actors to strengthen ownership and sustainability.

4. Proposal Development and Technical Writing

• Contribute to development of concept notes, technical proposals, donor reports, presentations, and strategic documents.

• Review programmatic documents to ensure technical quality, coherence, and alignment with donor expectations.

• Support identification of funding opportunities and contribute to fundraising efforts.

5. Monitoring, Learning, and Knowledge Management

• Promote data-driven programme management and use of evidence for decision-making.

• Support development and review of indicators, results frameworks, and programme monitoring systems.

• Ensure documentation of best practices, innovations, implementation learning, and impact stories.

• Contribute to organisational learning, technical capacity building, and knowledge-sharing initiatives.

6. Team Leadership and Capacity Building

• Provide leadership, mentorship, and technical guidance to programme teams.

• Support capacity strengthening of technical and field staff through coaching, training, and performance support.

• Foster a collaborative, accountable, and solution-oriented work environment.