Consultant – Digital Health

Key Responsibilities

Government and Institutional Engagement

• Act as the in-country focal point to engage national and county-level health authorities and public institutions, secure approvals, and support implementation.
• Build and maintain strong working relationships with government stakeholders across national and county levels.
• Ensure digital health and AI use cases align with national priorities, policies, and interoperability frameworks.

Landscape Assessment and Technical Analysis

• Support digital health and AI landscape assessments through desk reviews and stakeholder consultations with the PATH India team.
• Provide country-specific inputs and contextual insights to consolidate assessment outputs.

Technology Enablement and Deployment

• Support identification, customization, and pilot deployment of digital health and AI use cases aligned with country needs.
• Coordinate with solution providers in India and South Asia to support localization, integration, and rollout.
• Coordinate pilot site identification, readiness, and on-ground implementation with county health departments and facilities.
• Support training, user feedback collection, and issue resolution during pilot implementation.

Monitoring, Learning, and Evidence Generation

• Support development and implementation of monitoring, evaluation, and learning frameworks, including KPI tracking.
• Track pilot performance and operational progress through regular reviews and stakeholder feedback.
• Document implementation learnings to inform scale-up planning and policy decisions.

Sustainability, Transition, and Scale-Up Planning

• Support planning for scale-up, institutionalization, and long-term adoption of solutions.
• Facilitate government commitment toward ownership, financing, and sustainability.
• Support coordinated transition, handover, and closure with PATH and government counterparts.

Stakeholder Coordination and Capacity Building

• Coordinate with government stakeholders, donors, implementation partners, and technology providers.
• Facilitate collaboration across country teams and solution partners.
• Support stakeholder consultations, trainings, and capacity-building for adoption and scale-up.

Knowledge Sharing and Global South Collaboration

• Document implementation learnings and best practices to support cross-country knowledge exchange.
• Contribute to dissemination through policy briefs, regional forums, and knowledge platforms.
• Support positioning of project outcomes as replicable Global South digital health models.

Required Qualifications and Experience

• Advanced degree in Public Health, Digital Health, Health Informatics, Health Management, Engineering, or a related field.
• 5–7 years of experience in digital health, health systems strengthening, or technology-enabled public sector programmes.
• Experience working with health departments or Ministries of Health on public or digital health initiatives.
• Experience supporting multi-country or multi-stakeholder global health projects.
• Strong understanding of digital health and AI applications in public health.
• Local resident with strong understanding of national and county-level institutional context.
• Proficiency in local languages and strong English communication skills.