John Snow India Private Limited (JSIPL) Job Description
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Position Name:
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Senior Program Officer
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Position Type:
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Fixed Term
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Company/Division:
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JSIPL
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Reporting to:
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Project Director - NVI
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Location:
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Gurugram, Haryana (Five Days Work from Office)
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Background
John Snow India Private Limited (JSIPL), a subsidiary ofJSI Research and Training Institute, a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit corporation registered in the state of Massachusetts, USA, is a leading public health organization dedicated to improving the health of individuals and communities across the country. We develop and implement high-impact, sustainable, and locally-owned public health initiatives. A robust interface and relationships with the government, private sector, and civil society allow us to convene and collaborate, innovate, inform policy, and develop sustainable & scalable models of programs. Over the years, JSIPL has become a recognized leader for its innovative approaches in reproductive, maternal, newborn, and child health (RMNCH), Immunization, urban health, Tuberculosis, nutrition, supply chain management, climate change, and health system strengthening.
Project Overview
JSIPL is providing technical support to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) and states on new vaccine introductions. Under MoHFW's guidance, JSIPL now serves as a technical partner for supporting the implementation of the HPV vaccination campaign across the country, providing technical and managerial support to the National and State Governments. JSIPL is also working closely with states and MoHFW to support evidence generation and documentation for successful replication of the HPV vaccination campaign’s programme-implementation model across different geographies and settings under a learning agenda project.
Job Summary
The Senior Program Officer will serve as the primary programme and coordination focal point for the learning agenda project, supporting evidence generation and documentation of the HPV vaccination campaign. The incumbent will support the translation of the approved learning agenda project design into high-quality field implementation and contribute to the interpretation and translation of findings into actionable recommendations for strengthening HPV vaccine delivery and future programme activities.
Responsibilities
Under the leadership and supervision of the Project Director, the Senior Program Officer will perform the following duties:
- Serve as the primary focal point for managing day-to-day coordination and implementation of the learning agenda project, ensuring alignment across JSI/JSIPL, implementing partners, field teams and other stakeholders.
- Develop and monitor the implementation plan, timelines, milestones and deliverables, proactively identifying risks, bottlenecks and actions required to ensure that the field level data collection by the implementing agency remains on track
- Coordinate regular project review meetings and ensure timely follow-up on decisions, deliverables and action points across stakeholders.
- Manage day-to-day coordination between JSI Headquarters, JSIPL national/state/field teams, implementing agency, government stakeholders and the funding organisation.
- Facilitate technical consultations and stakeholder engagement to ensure alignment of the project priorities and programme realities.
- Represent the project in relevant technical meetings and consultations, as delegated by the Project Director, and ensure effective communication and follow-up across stakeholders.
- Monitor field implementation and emerging operational challenges, facilitate corrective actions, and document key implementation learning.
- Work closely with the implementing partner to monitor progress of data collection, analysis and synthesis and review emerging findings from a programme and health-system perspective.
- Coordinate development and dissemination of study findings through technical briefs, policyoriented outputs, presentations, stakeholder consultations and other appropriate knowledge products.
- Contribute to manuscripts, conference abstracts and other outputs in coordination with JSI technical teams.
Qualifications and Skills
JSIPL seeks a results-oriented individual with the ability to produce high-quality deliverables, managing multiple concurrent tasks, and meet tight deadlines with attention to detail. The successful candidate is required to have:
- A graduate in medical science (MBBS) or any related discipline. Post graduation in public health will be preferred.
- 5–7 years of relevant professional experience in public health programme management, health systems, implementation science, immunisation or related areas.
- Demonstrated experience managing multi-stakeholder health programmes or projects involving government, donors, research institutions and implementing partners.
- Strong experience in stakeholder engagement, project coordination, technical writing and management of multiple workstreams and timelines.
- Strong and proven documentation and organizational skills
- Excellent interpersonal relations; ability to network, work in multi-cultural team environment, and work harmoniously with multiple partners
- Willingness to undertake field travel to project areas for field monitoring and other support.
- Proven skill and experience in reviewing documentation of public health and especially immunization programmes is required.
JSIPL is committed to fostering a workplace that values fairness and respect. We ensure that all employees and applicants for employment are treated with dignity and provided equal opportunities in all aspects of employment, including recruitment, hiring, compensation, training, advancement, and other employment-related decisions. Our evaluations are based solely on relevant qualifications, such as experience, training, and overall fit for the role, in adherence to applicable laws. We are dedicated to maintaining an inclusive environment where everyone has the opportunity to thrive.
JSIPL is a child-safe organization, and the safety and well-being of children is a priority of our organization. We have robust recruitment/consultant engagement procedures to ensure that all staff are suited to work with the children served by our programs.
JSIPL is committed to provide protection against sexual harassment, exploitation and abuse to all the individuals at our workplace and to ensure that they are treated with equality and dignity.
Application Process:
Your application should consist of the following:
- Detailed Resume
- Duly filled Application/Google Form
Please note that while the last date to apply is Monday, November 9, 2026, we may begin the interview process prior to this date. We encourage applicants to kindly submit their applications as soon as possible. An early submission may lead to an expedited review and interview scheduling.
Only the shortlisted candidates will be called for an interview.