Program Assistant - VBD Technical Support Unit

Position Summary

WJCF seeks a highly motivated and entrepreneurial individual for the position of Program Assistant with demonstrated abilities to support LF and VL program at NCVBDC. As a member of TSU team, they will support thought and action on programmatic and surveillance data of LF and VL programmes. The position will involve mechanisms to compile, validate and comprehend data through disparate data sources, improving data quality and use by national and state actors and integrating key aspects for synthesized action. The position will report directly to the Team Lead, TSU at NCVBDC.

Role Overview

The Program Assistant role at WJCF involves close collaboration with the Ministry of Health Family Welfare and the WJCF-led TSU. The role primarily focuses on supporting program operations through data management, stakeholder communication, coordination, and administrative tasks. It requires organizational skills, attention to detail, and the ability to manage multiple responsibilities effectively.

Project Background

WJCF is privileged to support NVBDCPs bold vision of accelerated elimination of VL, LF, and Malaria through embedded technical support units (TSU) for VL and LF; for malaria. These TSUs provide support to the NCVBDC including, inter alia:

1. Strengthened technical and managerial support to NVBDCP management
2. Enhanced disease intelligence and analytics for improved programmatic decisions-making
3. Adoption of dynamic innovations across disease portfolios, and effective and sustained investments in the space of NTDs/VBDs
4. Steering partnerships and multi-sector response

Position Summary

Responsibilities

• Assist the TSU in ensuring regular programme data collection from the states and do follow up.
• Attend meetings and take minutes.
• Support NCVBDC in developing a comprehensive calendar of events for VBD activities at the national as well as the state level.
• Regular follow up with VBD departments and states on programmatic priorities.
• Facilitate support to the programme in providing timely response to the communication received from stakeholders and coordinate with programme divisions.
• Support the team in consolidating, updating and verifying the data received for the programme.

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