Terms of Reference (TOR)
Junior Consultant, Knowledge Management Division (KMD)
National Health Systems Resource Centre (NHSRC) 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 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 systems strengthening, universal health coverage and excellence in public health, here is a unique chance to work with a team committed to shaping the health landscape in India. The position offers you an opportunity to participate in the process of strengthening healthcare systems, improving service delivery and enabling positive health outcomes, through hands-on technical support 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 health coverage, human resources for health, community processes, health financing, quality of care, public health planning and administration. 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 National and Global Goals.
The position reports to the Advisor-Knowledge Management Division, NHSRC and is on Contractual basis.
Roles & responsibilities:
• Support the activities as part of Research including Implementation Research for Health System Strengthening (IR-HSS) and coordinate activities viz. research priorities 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 system interventions.
• Ensure availability of information from available data source 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 system 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 System 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 system strengthening.
• Ensure timely and high-quality response to MoHFW and Parliament questions pertaining to the division.
• Support Knowledge Management Division on all administrative and technical matters.
• Support Advisor in other assignments as and when required.
Qualifications and Experience:
Only full-time regular Bachelor's degrees (minimum 3 years) and full-time regular Postgraduate qualifications (minimum 2 years), wherever applicable, shall be considered. Diploma, certificate, Executive programmes, and qualifications obtained through distance, online, part-time, or correspondence mode shall not be considered. Only post-qualification experience shall be counted.
Qualification:
MBBS/BAMS/BHMS/BDS/ Psychology with Post Graduate Degree (fulltime course) or higher qualification in Public Health, or Hospital or Health Administration from a reputed institution.
Experience:
• Have at least 1 year of Post Qualification experience, especially in core public health domain 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, communications and presentation skills, and interpersonal abilities.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills in English
• Formal educational qualifications, experience, and age could be relaxed for exceptional candidates
Written Test Condition: If the recruitment process includes a written test, a minimum qualifying mark will be 70%. However, if the number of qualifying candidates is high, a ratio of 1:5 will be adopted for 1 vacancy; the top 5 candidates will be considered. In case 2 or more candidates qualify with the same marks, all such candidates will be considered.
Age Limit: 40 Years and below
Work Location: New Delhi; Opportunity to gain hands-on experience of the public health canvas of states and districts.
Travel to states and districts will be involved.
Remuneration Range: Between Rs. 40,000/- to Rs. 70,000/- per month
(*Fee offered within the band will be commensurate with qualification and experience.)
Other Benefits: In addition to the remuneration mentioned above, Consultants of NHSRC are entitled to Free Accidental insurance, Subsidized Medical insurance, Mobile bills reimbursement, Laptop reimbursement (As per NHSRC Policy), 30 days Consolidated leave, fully paid Maternity leave (For Female Consultants) as per Government of India policy, performance linked increments, TA/ DA and per diem for on-duty visits.
Duration of Contract: Contract till 31st March 2028 with further extensions of similar duration (subject to satisfactory performance)
Candidates selected in this interview could be considered for other vacant positions at NHSRC requiring similar skill sets and at an appropriate level.
How to apply: Candidates are requested to complete 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 28th July 2026