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Assistant Vice President- Public Health Specialist
Job Title:
Assistant Vice President- Public Health Specialist
Job Description:
About us
Sambodhi Research and Communications Pvt Ltd., provides evidence-based insights to seed and catalyse scalable social impact. Our research, data, strategy consulting, monitoring, and evaluation solutions, supports implementors, governments, foundations, and donors in the design and execution of programmes and policies that improve the lives of people and the planet. We are domain agnostic and work across a spectrum of areas including public health, WASH, natural resource management, energy, climate change, education, skilling, and entrepreneurship.
We are measurement experts with a flair for innovation and improvisation. Over the last fifteen years we have emerged as a pioneer in developing and using cutting-edge methodologies and advanced data tools to enable decision-making and adaptive programming. A team of 100 professionals, we work across South Asia, South East Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa. Headquartered at Noida (Delhi - National Capital Region), India, we have full service regional offices in Phnom Penh (Cambodia) and Dar-e-Salam (Tanzania).
Why Sambodhi
Sambodhi offers an exciting and challenging opportunity to contribute to high quality multi-input development programmes, and work closely with governments, key development actors (such as the World Bank, UN, and bilateral agencies), national and international not-for-profits, and philanthropies (such as Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Rockefeller Foundation). Being one of the largest and leading Monitoring, Evaluation, Research and Learning (MERL) providers in South Asia, Sambodhi offers an extraordinary platform to learn, innovate and mentor. Driven by the deep-rooted wisdom of “Equity in Knowledge” (Sambodhi), ‘learning’ is integral to our work; be it investing in peer driven intensive professional development within Sambodhi or field building on MERL globally. In line with this, it offers an enabling environment for professionals to write, publish and network; to locate themselves in the contemporary discourse on MERL and be a part of the global think-tank community.
Job description
Job Title
Assistant Vice President- Public Health Specialist
Job Location
Noida
Job Summary
This role provides with tremendous opportunity to lead and contribute to high quality multi-input development programmes across India. The candidate shall techno-managerial leadership in designing and executing evaluations. S/he is expected to significantly contribute in writing proposals, analysing data and writing reports and other knowledge products.
Sambodhi focuses on nurturing an inclusive work environment. We stress and reinforce diversity in our workplace. We welcome all applications regardless of race, religion, caste, place of origin, gender, sexuality, and disability.
Experience Range:
8 - 12 years
Educational Qualifications:
Any graduation, and MPH MPH, M.A Other, and MPHIL Ph.D/Doctorate
Job Responsibilities:
Job Responsibilities
· Conceptualize, design and deploy cutting-edge monitoring, evaluation, research and learning practices across various public health projects.
· Conceptualize, design and deploy cutting-edge monitoring, evaluation, research and learning practices across various public health projects.
· Develop the capacity and technical expertise of project staff in the field and headquarters to undertake sound Monitoring, Evaluation & Research activities and to use data and findings for effective decision making.
· Lead the development of high quality, scientific research and evaluation proposals for various public health projects.
· Conceptualize and implement marketing/business strategy for public health portfolio within the organisation. This includes developing opportunities with new and existing clients, tracking upcoming RFPs, leading proposal development teams, networking, etc.
· Lead client engagement during the entire project cycle.
· Assist and lead the project team in the development of reports, presentations, peer-reviewed journal articles and other communication materials.
· Make and deliver presentations of reports / proposals to clients / potential clients.
· Liaison with partner organizations, consultants, vendors and other relevant agencies.
In addition to the functions listed here, similar duties and responsibilities consistent with knowledge, skills and abilities may also be assigned.
Skills Required:
Data Analytics, Analytical Skills, Research, Public Health, Communication, Quantitative Research, Qualitative Research, Proposal Writing,
Candidate Attributes:
Education
The qualified candidate(s) will have a Master’s/Doctorate degree in a relevant discipline (i.e. Epidemiology, Public Health or a related field as long as the candidate has a strong foundation in qualitative methods).
Experience
· 10-12 years of work experience in Public Health Implementation, Public Health Research and/or M&E.
· Thematic expertise in primary health care, health systems strengthening, public health service delivery etc.
· Strong contextual understanding of the India Public health system
· Strong familiarity with research methodologies and data analysis.
· Demonstrated ability to thrive in a collaborative team environment.
· High personal motivation, self-management, detail-orientated; ability to take responsibility for meeting deadlines.
· High degree of comfort with change, and the ability to be agile and adaptable as the projects evolve in large complex health systems and their health technologies.
· Demonstrated skills in data management and using qualitative data programs (e.g., NVIVO) as well as statistical program for quantitative data analysis (e.g. – STATA, SPSS, R)
· Demonstrated knowledge of research processes, systematic reviews, and evidence syntheses;
· Excellent communication skills, including strong writing, research, and interpersonal skills;
· High-level conceptual, analytical, and critical appraisal skills; and
· Demonstrated initiative and willingness to work closely with members of a research team.
Interest in mentoring fellow colleagues.
· Strong relational skills and be able to exert influence and work across sectors (primary care and community).
· Ability to work independently and without direct supervision, and problem solve technical and methodological issues that arise during the course of the research.
· Must be able to exhibit a high level of professionalism, judgement, ethical conduct, discretion and diplomacy.
Job Code: KL-YYAV9JEE
About Us
Sambodhi Research & Communications helps create high-impact knowledge to catalyse accountability in public domain. We offer project management, monitoring & evaluation and research solutions to implementers, federal and state governments, bilateral and multilateral aid agencies and corporate philanthropic foundations. Over the past decade, we have pioneered cutting-edge methodologies for evaluation of large-scale interventions across sectors and themes including public health, nutrition, sanitation, natural resources, renewable energy, livelihoods and microfinance.
Why Us?
Sambodhi works towards enhancing appreciation of evidence-based functioning among development organisations and practitioners. As part of our field-building effort, we co-founded the Community of Evaluators-South Asia (CoE-SA); are home to the South Asian Journal for Evaluation in Practice (SAJEP) – first-of-its-kind peer reviewed journal on evaluation from this region; and have trained more than 5,000 professionals on M&E and related areas.
