Program Associate

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Position: Program Associate / Field Executive

Number of Vacancies: 24

Primary Location: Uttar Pradesh (Lucknow and Varanasi)

What is Community Empowerment Lab?

We, at Community Empowerment Lab, love to watch our people write their own stories – stories of success and challenges, stories of connecting with communities, of serving mothers and children. Stories of serving our nation.

So, who are we exactly? We are a Not for Profit Research Organization working on the frontiers of maternal and neonatal health, serving some of the most vulnerable through innovations and leveraging cutting-edge scientific approaches in public health. We are driven by scientific evidence, national priority, and global public health challenges!

Our mission revolves around empowering communities by providing them with evidence-based solutions to address their needs, thereby bridging the gap between communities and scientific knowledge. We adopt a grounds-up approach, engaging with communities to understand their requirements and co-designing solutions with scientific rigor. These solutions undergo trials and implementation research to ensure efficacy. The insights gained are then scaled up to influence state, national, and global policies and practices. Our focus lies at the intersection of newborn survival and maternal health, health system strengthening, and early childhood development, aligning all our initiatives to tackle both local and global challenges faced by newborns and mothers.

We are the Collaborative Centre of Excellence for Indian Council of Medical Research joining hands with several scientific research organizations pan-India to address numerous national priorities and build a future scientific workforce for the country! We are also an ICMR - Centre for Advanced Research for Neonatal and Maternal Health working on solutioning newborn survival. In Uttar Pradesh, we support UP National Health Mission as a newborn survival specialist through UP TSU (Uttar Pradesh Technical Support Unit).

For more information please visit our website

What defines us as a team?

We are young, collegial, committed, and sensitive- a bunch of creative people which love to do science with a compassionate heart. We believe in human goodness, unending capacities to grow as leaders, and finding meaning through their consistent efforts that often meet success and failure too. We believe in learning by doing! We believe in soiling our hands, doing science in the midst of the community, and keeping the community at centre! We are not merely desktop researchers. We value high-impact research publications and simultaneously bringing solutions to the doorstep of those who need them most!

Our people drive the organization and contribute to mutual growth. Some bright public health scientists, tech talent, management mavens, community organizers, and volunteers have kept us going for over twenty years now. We are ambitious, and growing and we need many more of our tribe now. At CEL, we encourage people to pursue a career and a passion for public health service.

What do you get? The freedom to express your talent, the joy of watching the difference your work makes to our nation, and the reward of working with a vibrant, joyful team.

Who are we looking for?

CEL is now looking for Program Associates / Field Executive. We are building a dedicated field program team to implement our high-quality insights on maternal & child indicators to reverse adverse health outcomes among mothers and neonates. You will play a pivotal role in executing research and implementation research programs aimed at improving healthcare outcomes for mothers and children. Your responsibilities will encompass various stages of the program process - planning, resource deployment, analysis and reporting.

Scope of Work

● To support Program Lead in various program-related coordination activities.

● Conduct reviews at program sites, assess gaps if any, in resources and inform Program Lead

● Ensure timelines are adhered to and outcomes are as scheduled.

● Project management: e.g. timetabling and meeting project milestones

● Participate regularly in group meetings and prepare and deliver presentations to the project team, internal and external stakeholders, or funders.

● Drafting letters and communication.

● Support efforts to reach out to of stakeholders. Assist the team by undertaking interdisciplinary collaborations and preparing a comprehensive analysis of the work done to inform all stakeholders.

● Support the research team in analyzing data from in-depth interviews with key academics, government officials, community members, researchers, front-line health workers, community at the national, state, and district levels for the case studies.

● Validate and systematically arrange the data collected, its cleaning, storage, and analysis within the project timelines.

● Set monthly goals to improve the skills and achieve within the line without affecting study responsibilities

Qualification and Experience

● Post Graduate Degree, including the integrated PG degrees, in Social Sciences/Public Health/ Management /Epidemiology/ with a focus on maternal, newborn, and child health with three years of Experience (Note: If you are fresher but passionate and you believe that your skills can drive positive change, we encourage you to apply.)

● Applicants must be age 35 years or below.

● Experience in health care delivery/research and working in multi-stakeholder projects will be preferred

● Knowledge and skills of methods and tools in both quantitative and qualitative research will be an advantage.

● Be proficient with MS Office (word, excel & PPT) and have strong analytical and writing skills.

● Excellent oral, interpersonal, and written communication skills.

● Proficiency in Hindi and English is Essential.

Compensation: as per industry standards

Application Procedure:

If you find this opportunity aligning with your skills and passion, we welcome you to apply by following these steps:

Ø Email us at [email protected] by 31st July, 2024.

Ø Apply on this link

Ø Use " Application" as the subject line of your email.

➢ Craft a brief yet impactful cover letter, around 300 words, that details your motivation for applying, your interest in Maternal and Newborn Health, and your enthusiasm for contributing to the work of Community Empowerment Lab.

➢ Attach your updated resume with a recent photograph.

➢ We kindly request that you include your current and expected salary details, along with your anticipated start date, in your cover letter

Requirements

• Post Graduate Degree, including the integrated PG degrees, in Social Sciences/Public Health/ Management /Epidemiology/ with a focus on maternal, newborn, and child health with three years of Experience (Note: If you are fresher but passionate and you believe that your skills can drive positive change, we encourage you to apply.)
  

● Applicants must be age 35 years or below.