Job ID: 302847

Consultant – Health Systems Strengthening, Climate Change and Environmental Health

ChildFund India

Location: Delhi

Apply by: 08 Sep 2026

Relevant Sectors

Environment, Climate, Energy, Water, Sanitation

Health, Doctors, Nurses, HIV/AIDS, Nutrition

VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT

Date: August 25, 2026

Assignment: Consultant – Health Systems Strengthening, Climate Change and Environmental Health	Location: Delhi, with travel as required
ChildFund office: Delhi office	Reporting to: Deputy Director, Program Design and Impact
Assignment type: Consultancy up to 11 months	Work environment: Office-based in Delhi with field travel as required

About ChildFund

ChildFund India works towards ensuring that children from the most marginalized sections of the society become able, confident, and responsible adults.

ChildFund’s Values

ChildFund values a diverse, equitable, inclusive, and accessible environment where everyone is welcomed and celebrated equally. In our culture of connection, you will have ample opportunity to grow, learn, and lead while contributing your talents and innovations to our inspiring mission.

ChildFund’s Commitment

ChildFund India’s Safeguarding Policy and Procedures will be strictly adhered to throughout the engagement period to ensure the safety, dignity, and well-being of children and vulnerable adults. ChildFund India maintains a zero-tolerance approach towards sexual exploitation, abuse, harassment (SEAH), and all forms of harm by staff, partners, consultants, vendors, and representatives in the delivery of its programmes and services. The organisation is committed to maintaining a safe and respectful environment within the workplace and in the communities where it operates. Accordingly, the selected candidate will be required to sign ChildFund India’s Safeguarding Commitment and Behavioural Protocol as part of the contractual agreement and comply with all safeguarding standards, policies, and do-no-harm principles throughout the engagement period.

About this Assignment

ChildFund India is committed to improving the well-being of children, adolescents, youth, and their communities through integrated development programmes. Recognising the growing intersection between climate change and public health, ChildFund India seeks to strengthen its Climate and Health portfolio by integrating climate adaptation, environmental sustainability, water security, heat-health resilience, WASH, public health systems strengthening, and community resilience approaches. This consultant will provide strategic and technical leadership to design, implement, review, monitor, document, and expand integrated climate and health programming. They are expected to travel extensively.

Remain alert and responsive to any safeguarding risks; acquire and maintain the relevant knowledge and skills necessary to promote strong safeguarding practices; understand and adhere to ChildFund India’s Safeguarding Policy and Procedures; and conduct yourself at all times in a manner consistent with ChildFund India’s safeguarding principles and standards.

Required Experience and Education

Education: Bachelor’s in Public Health, Environmental Science, Climate Change, Water Resources, Health Management, Disaster Management, Sustainability Studies or related discipline. Master's degree is preferred.
Experience: Minimum 8-10 years' experience in public health, health systems strengthening, climate resilience, environmental health, sustainability, or integrated development programmes.
Skills & Abilities: Demonstrated expertise in strategy development, Theory of Change design, programme design, implementation, monitoring, proposal development, stakeholder engagement, and identification of scalable programme models. Excellent analytical, documentation, facilitation and communication skills.
Job Knowledge: Strong understanding of India's public health systems and experience working on health issues affected by climate change, including heat stress, water contamination, WASH-related risks, nutrition insecurity, environmental degradation, and community health resilience.

Scope of Work

1. Strategy, Theory of Change and Programme Architecture

Define the overall strategy for ChildFund India's climate and health programme, with a clear focus on health systems strengthening, climate-sensitive health risks, environmental health, water contamination, excessive heat, nutrition, WASH, and community resilience.
Develop the programme Theory of Change, results framework, implementation pathways, and learning agenda to guide programme design, implementation, monitoring, evidence generation, and scale-up.
Identify and assess programme models, partnerships, and delivery approaches that can help scale impact across communities and strengthen resilience to climate-related health risks.

2. Programme Design, Proposal Development and Technical Support

Develop integrated climate and health concept notes, proposals, operational plans, logical frameworks, budgets, and implementation plans aligned with the programme strategy and Theory of Change.
Design evidence-based interventions covering health systems strengthening, climate adaptation, heat-health action, water quality and contamination risks, WASH, RMNCH+A, nutrition, community health, environmental health, and resilience.
Support climate-sensitive public health interventions, Heat Action Plans, climate-resilient WASH, groundwater recharge, watershed management, and community resilience planning.
Ensure alignment with NHM, SDGs, National Action Plan on Climate Change, Jal Jeevan Mission, and relevant state policies.
Strengthen monitoring frameworks, conduct technical reviews, vulnerability assessments, operational research, data analysis, donor reporting, case studies, and knowledge products.

3. Partnerships and Convergence

Coordinate with government departments, health systems, disaster management authorities, water agencies, academic institutions, NGOs and donors.
Represent ChildFund India in technical forums and support convergence with relevant government programmes.

4. Capacity Building

Develop toolkits, IEC/BCC materials and training modules.
Mentor programme teams, frontline workers and partners on climate-health programming.

5. Resource Mobilisation

Support donor mapping, proposal writing and technical presentations for integrated climate and health initiatives.

Additional responsibilities given by the manager, including technical support and other duties required to meet programme priorities.

Required Competencies

ChildFund’s Core Competencies

Teamwork: the ability to work effectively and collaborate with others; values and respects individual differences.
Communication: demonstrates empathy and tact when communicating with others and uses a storytelling approach when appropriate.
Results orientation: gets things done; takes proactive steps to achieve organizational goals and quality standards.
Decision making: uses good judgement, critical thinking, and non-traditional ways to evaluate problems and opportunities; reflects and innovates to improve decisions and outcomes.
Resilience: thrives and grows in rapidly changing, demanding, and complex environments.
Digital literacy: adopts and champions new technology to relevant contexts, stays aware of technological trends and embraces technological solutions to business challenges.

Other Competencies

Knowledge of climate-risk assessment, digital health and health MIS.
Experience in research, publications and evidence generation.
Familiarity with safeguarding, gender, equity and inclusion.
Strong partnership management and government liaison skills.

Disclaimer: This TOR is not an exhaustive list of the skills, effort, duties, and responsibilities associated with the assignment.

How to Apply:

i) Please send your updated CV to recruitment@childfundindia.org (renaming your CV with your name is appreciated). Attaching a cover letter to demonstrate your suitability for the position is highly recommended.

ii) Please include answer to the following question in your email for application –

Do any of your relatives or members of your family/household work for ChildFund or if any child related to you is being currently sponsored/enrolled by ChildFund?? If yes, please provide the following details:

Name, Relationship, Current Position, and Location

iii) Please mention in the subject line of your email “Application for ”

Kindly pay attention to all of the above three points under “How to Apply” section as missing information may result in disqualification of the application.

Application Deadline: September 08, 2026.

Note: Only shortlisted applicants will be contacted.

Job Email ID:

recruitment(at)childfundindia.org