Terms of Reference Senior Consultant-Maternal Heath / (One Position) National Health Systems Resource Centre (NHSRC), New Delhi on behalf of Ministry of Health & Family Welfare is seeking resumes from qualified candidates for the above mentioned post purely on contractual basis.

Roles and Responsibilities:

Responsible for providing technical and programmatic assistance for implementation of Maternal Health Programmes and system strengthening for Maternal Health.

Developing technical guidelines and protocols for improving service delivery related to mother and new-born.

Provide technical and programmatic support for strengthening Systems for Maternal Death Surveillance & Response including Maternal Near Miss Review

Provide technical and programmatic support for strengthening implementation of Community Based Distribution of Misoprostol.

Undertake periodic field visits to states and districts to review programme implementation in the States, identify implementation challenges and support states in charting appropriate solutions or enable linkages with appropriate institutions for technical inputs in the state or at national level etc.

Undertake analytical documentation of field review visits to inform improvements in implementation

Building capacities at district and state level for planning for maternal health and related health systems

Reviewing & improving the plans submitted by States, using both epidemiological and HMIS inputs.

Provide technical assistance for implementation of the strategies for reduction of maternal mortality at centre, and in states, as may be agreed upon from time to time.

Undertake other assignments, which may be assigned from time to time by the Reporting Authority

Undertake review of literature and stay up-to-date on current trends in health systems strengthening.

Collect and analyse state and national data on components of health systems strengthening on a regular basis

Provide periodic synopsis of progress in states using data and field findings as a means of technical support and programme oversight.

Delivery of all the above tasks in a time bound manner

Eligibility:

Minimum 6-8 years of experience out of which 3-4 years relevant experience in management of RCH related programmes. Familiarity with the public health system, and relevant government policies/ strategies, particularly National Health Mission and State Health Societies. Preference will be given to candidates who have worked in NHM / RCH at National or State level.

Post-graduation or higher qualification in Public health, Health Care Management Community health, Preventive & Social Medicine

Computer proficiency with high level of familiarity with commonly used packages like MS Word, Excel, Power Point & Web surfing to search relevant data & documents.

Excellent communication and presentation skills, analytical and interpersonal abilities, excellent oral and written communication skills in English. Working knowledge of Hindi also desirable.

Demonstrated ability to work in a multi-disciplinary team environment.

Demonstrated experience in operationalizing health program at field level/ working in strengthening of district level health systems.

Willingness to travel to states & districts to provide technical assistance & ability to work on different assignments simultaneously to meet the timelines for assignments.

Formal educational qualification, experience and age could be relaxed when there is published work of high quality or whenever there is work experience of specific relevance.

Age: Upper limit 55 years as on 1/4/2016 and having sound health to undertake extensive field visits.

Remuneration Range: Between Rs. 1.3 lakhs to 1.5 lakhs - per month

Location: Delhi

Resume must reach by 4 p.m. on 4-Jun-2016 by email to srconsultant.mh@nhsrcindia.org or by post / by hand to HR Manager, NHSRC, NIHFW Campus, Baba Gang Nath Marg, Munirka, New Delhi -110 067.

Note:

It is mandatory to mention Age, Year of Passing the Degrees, Current and Past Employment dates on your resume, without which it will not be accepted.

Please ensure to mention exact position applied for on the envelope (in post) and subject-line (in e-mail), without which resumes will not be accepted.

If a candidate wishes to apply for more than one position then the individual is required to submit separate resumes for each position on the particular email id as mentioned in the ToR.