TSU Secretariat and Programme Operations

• Provide day-to-day secretariat support to NCDC for the NBPCT, including preparation of meeting agendas, data-backed workplans, activity plans, and meeting charters across surveillance, capacity building, and enforcement priorities.
• Support NCDC's National Lead Technical Working Group through data synthesis, expert inputs, documentation, and follow-up mechanisms that convert deliberations into actionable outcomes.
• Support integration of state and laboratory surveillance data into the Integrated Health Information Platform (IHIP) and contribute to dashboard and visualisation design for NCDC decision-making.
• Strengthen NCDC's capacity for data-backed decision-making in hotspot identification, laboratory and referral infrastructure mapping, and partner coordination.
• Consolidate and disseminate learnings from state-level engagement through regional and national workshops.
• Support the Programme in convening and facilitating inter-ministerial consultations on lead and chemical toxicants across environment, industry, labour, food safety, water, and mines ministries.
• Prepare technical inputs, briefing materials, and correspondence for senior decision-making within the ministry.

Programme Planning and Monitoring

• Develop and maintain workplan trackers and milestone dashboards to monitor progress against grant commitments and government-agreed deliverables.
• Support development of costed annual workplans and embed these into the programme's operational budgeting cycle.
• Prepare high-quality progress reports, briefing notes, and strategy documents for donors and government counterparts.

State-Level Engagement

• Lead WJCF's engagement in focal states in coordination with NCDC and state health departments, tailoring activities to each state's readiness and existing ecosystem.
• Support state-level surveillance system strengthening and feed learnings back into the national platform for wider uptake.
• Facilitate alignment between state health and environment departments on lead-related priorities.

Stakeholder and Partner Management

• Build and maintain relationships with NCDC, MoHFW senior officials, state health departments, CPCB, FSSAI, and development partners including WHO, UNICEF, Pure Earth, Vital Strategies, and others active in the lead ecosystem.
• Support advocacy efforts in collaboration with strategic partners, ensuring technical assistance and policy advocacy are complementary.

Required

• Postgraduate degree in public health, public policy, environmental science, health management, development studies, or a related field.
• Minimum 2 years of relevant experience
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and quantitative modeling skills
• Ability to build collaborative relationship with internal and external stakeholders, including more senior-level individuals
• Ability to drive forward assigned workstreams effectively (e.g., through thoughtful work planning, priority setting, stakeholder engagement, etc.)
• Entrepreneurial mindset, ability to work independently in ambiguous, semi-structured environments.
• High level of proficiency in Microsoft Office, particularly Excel, PowerPoint, and Word

Preferred

• Experience in environmental health, chemical toxicants, or occupational health programme areas.
• Professional proficiency in Hindi.

To Apply

Please send your CV and a cover note of not more than one page. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis.

Last date to Apply: 8 November, 2026