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Project Technical support III (Admin/Office Support)

Number of Vacancies: 3

Primary Location: Project Administrator (Lucknow) and Multi-Tasking Staff (one each for 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 across 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 the 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 who love to do science with a compassionate heart. We believe in human goodness, unending capacities to grow as leaders, and in finding meaning through 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 the center of our work! We are not merely desktop researchers. We value high-impact research publications and simultaneously bring 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 when you join CEL? 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 looking for a dynamic Project Administrator, someone who is an achiever and can get things done. She/he will be called upon to deliver often and beyond the role, at any hour, in any location. The Project Administrator is the true friend of the ones executing our many research projects.

The Multi-tasking Staff will provide support to the Project Administrator and report to her/him. They will support the Project with administrative, logistical, and facility management support. They will work under the guidance of the Project Administrator, with dotted line reporting to Location Leads in Lucknow and Varanasi.

Key Responsibilities:

● Managing the day-to-day operations of the administrative department and its staff members.

● Develop new policies as per requirements. Review & improve the existing administrative systems, policies, and procedures.

● Handling office supplies effectively and ensuring all equipment is functional and properly maintained.

● Working with the finance and management teams to support budget preparation, and monitor spending, and other expenses.

● Planning, scheduling, and promoting office events, including meetings, conferences, interviews, orientations, and training sessions.

● Manage the procurement process end to end, including budgeting, comparatives, creating purchase orders, tracking shipments, resolving issues, etc.

● Track inventory levels and ensure that supplies are on hand.

● Maintain vendor relationships and negotiate contracts.

● Collecting, organizing, and storing administration department-related information using computers and filing systems.

● Oversee the maintenance and cleanliness of the office.

● Provide administrative support to all departments of the organization as per need.

● Assisting with ad-hoc tasks and projects as assigned by office management or supervisory staff

● Proficiency in Hindi and English is required.

Qualification and Experience

Project Administrator:

● Three Years Graduate (in Public Health/ Epidemiology/Social Sciences/Nursing/Engineering/ IT/ CS or a related field) with three years of Experience OR fresh Post Graduate in relevant subjects.

● ICMR age norms will apply and applicants must be age 35 years or below.

● Experience in working on projects / programs at state or district level

Multi Tasking Staff:

● 12th in Science with a Diploma (MLT/DMLT /Engineering) & two years’ experience in relevant field

Compensation: As per ICMR norms.

Application Procedure:

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

Apply on this link
Craft a brief yet impactful cover letter, around 500 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

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