Programme Manager(s) – Health Grants

• Building a portfolio of civil society partners working in community health with a focus on comprehensive primary care.
• Building and managing a team to focus on civil society partnerships across the country as our work in Health matures.
• Developing grant proposals for multiyear grants, conducting thorough due diligence ensuring timely disbursals.
• Guiding the creation of a partners’ forum for sharing partner NGO learnings and experiences from the ground in community health and engagements with the government.

• Bachelor’s degree required; Master’s degree preferred.  
• Work experience: 14 to 20 years
• Experience of working in public health and/or community health – at least 5 years.
• Demonstrated ability to work with diverse stakeholders, including NGOs, donors, and subject matter experts.
• Experience in public systems (Health) engagement, prior experience in grant-making is desired.
• Willing to travel across the country 40-50% of the time.

Medical Officers

• Responsible for the medical operations & lead the medical team at the Health Center including the delivery of services, the pharmacy and the lab.
• Community health work: Outreach and visits to the local community, nearby settlements, guide and mentor the community health workers.
• Collaborate with the public health system in the local area as well as develop and execute a local plan that focuses on the health of the population in the target settlement.

• MBBS, preferably with a background in Family/Community Medicine. 
• 5 to 10 years of work experience who can work with us in underserved communities.
• The ability to speak both Kannada and Hindi is essential.
• The ability to work across any of our health centres in Bengaluru is preferred.

Nurses

• Provide nursing care as per the defined protocol, assist the doctor & support the community.
• Handover of patient as required to referral hospitals.

Community Health Lead

• Manage a team of Community Health Associates who engage with the settlements that the Health Centres intend to serve.
• Engage actively with the community and function as the bridge between the community, the Health Centres and referral hospitals.
• Help the Community Health Associates conduct awareness campaigns as well as door-to-door engagement to explain concepts of basic health & hygiene practices, nutrition, vaccinee awareness, etc.
• Work through the Community Health Associates to mobilise the community to seek medical help at the health centres.
• Design, monitor and manage effective implementation of various health programmes launched by the Health Centres/government in the community.
• Proactively communicate, counsel and participate in health promotion interventions in the community.
• Maintain positive relations with the team at the Health Centres, government health officials, and the community.

• Experienced with 5 years or more as a Community, Public Health Resource Person
• Fluent in English, Kannada and Hindi
• Master’s in Public Health and/or MBBS
• Effective communication skills with community, patient, doctor and others in the Health Centres
• Good understanding of the community to be able to connect & promote health programmes, health, hygiene & nutritional practices, dispel any myths and hesitancy towards any health/medical practice
• Be able to influence the required health and hygiene behaviour
• Able to work full time with the willingness to travel to multiple locations where the Health Centres are located

Pharmacists

• Follow the defined protocol for managing the pharmacy and dispensing of medication.
• Engage actively with the patient on medications, dosage, route of administration, possible side-effects & precautions.
• Setup and use the required systems to ensure compliance with appropriate regulations.

Lab Technicians

• Execute all clinical & laboratory activities as per the defined protocols.

Bachelor/Diploma in Medical Laboratory Technology with 3+ years as a Lab Technician.

• Get a deep understanding of the state of public health, determinants of health, health institutions, and health mechanisms in the country through extensive reading/research and through connecting with various players - government functionaries, NGOs, public health experts, etc.
• Understand and prioritize areas for research.
• Formulate research questions, design and conduct research on public and community health, focusing on the health needs of vulnerable and underserved communities.
• Program manage end to end all community health-based research studies including working with different internal and external stakeholders.
• Support the fieldwork to gather primary information.
• Do detailed analysis of the research data to arrive at conclusions.
• Document the work in health, good practices and lessons learnt through our work.
• Create mechanisms for disseminating the results of our research work.
• Support any other task related to the research work, as required.

• 14+ years of experience in health research and program management.
• Experience in managing field-level programs focused on the vulnerable population is a must
• Ability to handle data, create proformas for data collection, provide appropriate inputs on dashboard creation for monitoring work, organize, plan, and facilitate work across different teams and workstreams.
• Knowledge of statistical tools and software to analyze data and arrive at results.
• Fluency in written and spoken English is essential.
• Fluency in Hindi and Kannada is an additional desirable skill.
• Master’s degree in Public Health or Social Work is desirable.