Terms of Reference (TOR)
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:
• Provide technical assistance to undertake research activities under Knowledge Management Division (KMD).
• Support the activities as part of Research including Implementation Research for Health Systems Strengthening (IR HSS) and coordinate activities viz. research priority setting workshops, setting annual research agenda, etc.
• Providing 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 systems interventions
• Ensure availability of information from available data sources 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 systems 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 Systems 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 systems strengthening
• Ensure timely and high-quality responses to MoHFW and Parliament Questions pertaining to the division
• Support KMD - Advisor 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, correspondence mode, etc shall not be considered. Only post-qualification experience shall be counted.
• MBBS/BDS with MPH (Master of Public Health/MD (Community Medicine/Preventive & Social Medicine) / MD (Social Preventive Medicine) / Post Graduate Degree (Social Science in Health) – Regular Courses only.
• Published work in the area of health systems or public health
• Have at least 2 years of post-qualification experience
Written Test Condition: If the recruitment process includes a written test, a minimum qualifying mark will be 70%. In case 2 or more candidates qualify with the same marks, all such candidates will be considered.
Age Limit: Up to 45 years of age as on the last date of receipt of application. However, an age relaxation of up to 2 years may be granted to deserving candidates.
Work Location: New Delhi; Opportunity to gain hands on experience of the public health canvas of states and districts. Travel to states and districts may be involved.
*Fee offered within the band Rs. 60,000/- to Rs. 1,20,000/- 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: Initial Contract till 31st March 2028 (with further extension 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 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 3rd November 2026