Openings – National Health Systems Resource Centre (NHSRC)

The last date for receiving applications is 10th / 28th July 2023

National Health Systems Resource Centre (NHSRC), New Delhi, has been set up under the National Health Mission (NHM) as an autonomous registered society, to channelize technical assistance and capacity building support to the states for strengthening the public health system. The NHSRC is also mandated to contribute to health policy/programme design and evaluation.

Since its inception in 2006, NHSRC has been a repository of knowledge and a Center of Excellence for its agenda. This organization has professional linkages with a plethora of domestic and international bodies involved in the field of Public Health. There have been a number of personnel who have served with NHSRC and gained invaluable experience enabling them to graduate to the next rung of professional ladder. Vast exposure to Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, and its processes is a unique feature of NHSRC.

If you have a commitment to health equity and excellence of work, here is a unique chance to work with a team committed to shaping the public health landscape in India. The Consultant position offers you an opportunity to participate in the process of strengthening health systems, improving health care service delivery and enabling positive health outcomes, through hands-on implementation assistance at National, State and District levels. Working with a transdisciplinary team, you can discover, adapt, co-create and disseminate solutions to multiple challenges related to service delivery systems, universal primary health care, human resources for health, community processes, health financing, quality of care, public health planning and health promotion.

This is an opportunity to support health systems strengthening at scale, learn from district and sub district implementation, undertake knowledge translation, and enable realization of the vision of universal health coverage.

NHSRC intends recruiting Short Term Consultant -Knowledge Management Division purely on Contractual basis.

The last date for receiving applications is 10th July 23

1. Senior Consultant – Child Nutrition (Micronutrients) (MOHFW)

Terms of Reference

National Health Systems Resource Centre (NHSRC), New Delhi on behalf of Ministry of Health & Family Welfare is seeking applications from qualified candidates for the above mentioned post purely on contractual basis.

Reporting to: Additional Commissioner, Child Health, MoHFW

Roles and Responsibilities: To assist Child Health Division in monitoring implementation of Child Health
programme interventions under the National Health Mission (NHM) with respect to following thematic areas:

1. Provide technical assistance and programmatic support to the thematic areas for strengthening and implementation of micronutrient supplementation programmes under Child Health Division, i.e. IFA supplementation and Vitamin A supplementation.

2. Assist in appraisal of State PIPs, compilation of quarterly/monthly reports shared by the States and preparation of national reports.

3. Assessment of progress against approved plans through use of data available and reports (desk reviews).

4. Conduct periodic field visits to States to monitor the progress and support to ensure that the approved plans as per APIP have been implemented for micronutrient supplementation programmes in the refined time period.

5. Assist CH Division in analysis of various reports/studies/MIS Data/ Survey Reports and based on the output/analysis suggest actions to achieve CH indicators in the States.

6. Work with partners, and State government counterparts to develop, implement, monitor and report on program activities including work plans, budgets, activities, monitoring and evaluation (M&E) frameworks and reports for capacity building for micronutrient supplementation programmes.

7. Assist in development of documents, operational and technical guidelines on micronutrient supplementation under CH programme.

8. Assist in developing technical reports and reviewing of existing guidelines and training manuals and dissemination of the same at the State/ district levels.

9. Any other work assigned by the Supervisor within the CH framework Outputs.

10. Submission of monthly reports on work done on all time bound actions.

Eligibility:
1. MBBS/BDS/BHMS/BAMS/BPT with MD/MPH/MHA/Post Graduate Diploma in Health Management/ MBA in Health Management.

2. Minimum of 5+ years experience in the field of public health of which 2-3 years’ experience in Micronutrient Supplementation Programme with government at national or state level. Preference will be given to candidates who have worked with NHM/RCH at National/State Level.

3. Familiarity with the Indian health system, key stakeholders and relevant government policies/strategies particularly National l Health Mission.

4. Excellent communication and presentation skills, analytical and interpersonal abilities, excellent oral and written communication skills in English.

5. Demonstrated ability to work in a multi-disciplinary team environment.

6. Demonstrated experience in implementing RCH trainings program at field level

7. Computer proficiency with high level of familiarity with commonly used packages like MS Word, Excel, Power Point & Web surfing to search relevant data & documents.

8. Ability to handle a variety of assignments under pressure of deadlines.

9. Willingness to travel to states & districts to provide technical assistance & ability to work on different assignments simultaneously to meet the timelines for assignments.

10. Formal educational qualification and experience could be relaxed when there is published work of high quality or whenever there is work experience of specific relevance.

Age: Up to 55 years as on last date for receiving application and having sound health to undertakeextensive field visits.

Remuneration Range: Between Rs 90,000/- to 150000/-

Location: New Delhi with willingness to travel to states and districts.

How to apply: Candidates are requested to fill in the online application correctly which is available on the NHSRC website (http://nhsrcindia.org). Applications will be accepted in the prescribed online application format only. The last date for receiving applications is 10th July 2023.

Last date for receiving applications is 28th June 2023

2. Short Term Consultant- Knowledge Management Division

Roles & responsibilities:

• Support the activities as part of Research including Implementation Research for Health Systems Strengthening (IR HSS) and coordinate activities viz. research priority setting workshops, setting annual research agenda, etc.
• Support the rapid reviews of the projects under KMD to provide an update on a periodic basis.
• Provide technical inputs to research studies/protocols as and when required.
• Support review and analysis of published and grey literature and data available through various sources on a periodic basis, including National / State / District level survey, HMIS, Sustainable Development Goal indicators and Universal Health Coverage indicators
• Support in creating platform for partners/stakeholders to share and create evidence-based knowledge, enabling the uptake of information to strengthen the health systems interventions
• Ensure availability of information from available data sources in an easily transferrable and usable form, based on the requirement of the Knowledge Management and other divisions. Keep divisions abreast of latest findings on key health systems data and studies including SDG and UHC indicators
• Support in activities pertaining to data collection, collation, analysis, and report writing in coordination with Implementation Research for Health Systems Strengthening (IR-HSS), KMD
• Identify best practices and innovations within states and districts and support in documentation.
• Undertake review of literature and stay up-to-date on current trends in health systems strengthening
• Ensure timely and high-quality responses to MoHFW and Parliament Questions pertaining to the division
• Support Knowledge Management Division on all administrative and technical matters
• Support Division in other assignments as and when required

Qualification & Experience

For achieving above-mentioned deliverables, the applicant is expected to possess following qualifications & experience –

• MBBS / BDS with Post graduate Diploma or Master Degree in Public Health or Hospital or Health Administration from a reputed institution
• At least 1 years of post PG work experience especially in core public health domains and research activities.

Experience in one or all the following:
o Qualitative research
o Quantitative research
o Systematic Reviews
o Documentation
o Data analysis

• Excellent analytical skills, communication and presentation skills, and interpersonal abilities.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills in English
• Qualification & Experience may be relaxed for deserving candidates.

Age: 40 Years and below (As on last date of application)

Location: NHSRC Office, New Delhi

Contract Tenure: Up to Three months, further extendable subject to performance of candidate and requirement of division

Remuneration Range: Between Rs. 60,000/- to Rs. 1,20,000/-

*Fee offered within the band will be commensurate with qualification and experience.

Note: As this is a short-term assignment.

• Preference will be given to candidates residing within Delhi/NCR region.
• The selected candidate will be required to join within 7 days.

Candidates selected in this interview could be considered for other vacant positions at NHSRC requiring similar skill sets and at appropriate level.

How to apply: Candidates are requested to fill the online application correctly which is available on the NHSRC website (http://nhsrcindia.org). Applications will be accepted in the prescribed online application format only.

Last date for receiving applications is 28th June 2023