Job ID: 298447

Junior Consultant-Public Health Policy & Planning (NHM-I, MoH&FW)

National Health Systems Resource Centre (NHSRC), MOHFW

Location: Delhi

Apply by: 28 Jul 2026

Relevant Sectors

Health, Doctors, Nurses, HIV/AIDS, Nutrition

Social, Gender, Education, Youth, Child

Terms Of Reference
Junior Consultant-Public Health Policy & Planning (NHM-I, MoH&FW)

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

Roles & Responsibilities:
• Undertake/ Assist field visits and monitor/review the programme implementation.
• Coordination of NHM Programme Implementation Plan (PIP) with Programme Divisions of the Ministry, collation of their inputs/comments on the PIP for placing the same before the NPCc for State allocated to the consultant.
• Capacity building of States for preparing PIP.
• Prepare reports for internal analysis of programme implementation of the allocated states.
• Collate information on allotted States for facilitating planning process and monitoring of NHM implementation activities.
• Undertake any other assignments, which may be assigned from time to time by the Reporting Authority i.e. Director/Deputy Secretary.

Eligibility:
• Post-graduation or higher qualification in public health, Community health, Preventive & Social Medicine.
• Published work in the area of health systems or public health.
• Post-qualification work experience of 0 to 1 year in Health Systems Research or in Planning and implementation of service delivery.
• Computer proficiency with high level of familiarity with commonly used packages like MS Word, Excel, Power Point & Web surfing to search relevant data & documents.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills, analytical and interpersonal abilities, excellent oral and written communication skills in English. Working knowledge of Hindi also desirable.
• Demonstrated ability to work in a multi-disciplinary team environment.
• Demonstrated experience in operationalizing health program at field level/ working in strengthening of district level health systems.
• Willingness to travel to states & districts to provide technical assistance & ability to work on different assignments simultaneously to meet the timelines for assignments.

Age Limit: up to 35 years as on last date for receiving application.

Remuneration range: Between Rs. 40,000/- to Rs. 70,000/- per month.

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. The last date for receiving applications is 28-Jul-2026.

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 top 5 candidates will be considered. In case 2 or more candidates qualify with the same marks, all such candidates will be considered.