About PCI India

PCI India, a registered Indian society, has been working in India for the past 25 years. We drive interventions to transform the lives of communities at scale by solving complex development problems. In the past year, PCI India reached more than 1.5 crore, i.e. 15 million people in1649 Blocks of 163 Districts in 14 States.

Our Vision and Mission

Vision – A happy, healthy, safe and a sustainable world for all.

Mission – Rooted in community realities, we co create and scale sustainable solutions to complex development problems.

Our Values

• Excellence – Quality in everything no matter how small, is paramount.
• Respect – There is inherent value in all people for who they are and what they contribute.
• Collaboration – Only through collaboration we can address complex development problems.
• Boldness – Boldness requires disruptive thinking backed up by courage and conviction.
• Creativity – Creativity ensures dynamic responsiveness, relevance and impact.
• Integrity – Integrity is non-negotiable in both personal and professional domains.

PCI is an Equal Opportunity Employer

PCI is committed to providing equal opportunity to all working for it and in creating an inclusive work environment. We respect the diversity of our people and follow a fair, non-discriminatory approach in terms of gender, age, nationality race, caste, religion, community, marital status, physical challenge, and sexual orientation.

We promote diversity in the workplace and ensure a culture of zero tolerance to any form of discrimination, abuse or harassment whether sexual, physical or psychological.

PCI provides equal opportunity in recruitment, appraisals, promotion and career progression. Our people policies are fair, objective and non-discriminatory and everyone is expected to adhere to them.

About the Position

• Job Title: Associate Director, Health and Nutrition
• Reporting to: Director, Health and Nutrition
• Number of positions: 1
• Location: New Delhi
• Salary Range: Competitive salary commensurate with experience
• Contract: 12 Months (based on the Project requirement and individual performance)
• Qualification required: Bachelor’s degree in medicine from a recognized university is essential (MBBS). Candidates with MD in Community Medicine or master’s in public health (MPH) stand at an advantage.
• Experience required: 10+ years’ experience in projects on health in low resource settings. At-least 5+ years’ experience in partnership management.
• Skill and Competencies:

Excellent communication skills.

Ability to lead and work in a team.

Ability to create pitch documents/presentations.

Ability to travel frequently to areas around the country.

Excellent communication, organization, time-management, and leadership skill, with strong analytical skills, sound judgement, and quick decision-making ability.

Proficiency in local vernacular, Hindi, English and working knowledge of MS office is required.

About the Role (Including Team and Reporting)

• Responsibilities:

1. Contribute to quality implementation of interventions under the Jeevika Technical Support Unit project (JTSP) in Bihar.
2. Develop reports and keep track of the JTSP budget and workplan.
3. Guide the JTSP team to document best practices.
4. Strengthen Health and Nutrition portfolio by developing new ideas on contemporary themes such as Climate and health, AMR etc.
5. Develop new strategic partnerships aimed at raising the visibility of PCI’s strengths in the health sector.
6. Manage current partnerships.
7. Contribute to ideation for new project designing including budget management.
8. Coordinate with other vertical teams of PCI to work together on new proposals and to keep updated on current and upcoming projects.
9. Create pitch documents to share with potential donors.
10. Establish and maintain connect with relevant government stakeholders to share PCIs work and identify upcoming opportunities of interest.
11. Establish and maintain contact with other relevant stakeholders.
12. Keep abreast of new policy and programmatic developments in thematic areas of PCIs interest.
13. Provide techno-managerial support to existing health and nutrition projects.
14. Coordinate and manage project teams to ensure quality delivery of on-going programs.
15. Travel to project locations to supervise and guide project teams.
16. Contribute to technical upskilling of PCI HN staff on thematic areas of interest.
17. Any other task assigned by the supervisor.

• Application closure date: 14^th August 2024

About the Project

The dream of achieving ‘happy, healthy and safe communities’ stands at the core of the overall vision of the growth center for Health and Nutrition at PCI. PCI strives to achieve this vision by adopting holistic, multi-pronged, multi-disciplinary approaches that place ‘communities’ at the heart of all health programming. We improve community literacy on health issues, promote individual and social behaviour change for adoption of healthy lifestyles, empower communities to demand for health services and facilitate equitable access and distribution of health and nutrition services and entitlements. Our community-based programs are co-designed with target communities and implemented by leveraging and strengthening government systems.

PCI’s work is expansive, covering the themes of Maternal, Newborn, Child Health, Sexual and Reproductive Health, Neglected Tropical Diseases and Infectious diseases including Tuberculosis and Malaria, One Health, Non-Communicable Diseases including Cancers, Immunization, Family Planning and Strengthening Health Systems. We have extensive experience in Nutrition, Food Systems and Nutrition-sensitive agriculture. PCI’s strong monitoring, evaluation and research, gender and Climate teams ensure intersectionality within all health programs. 

We provide technical assistance to the national government and several state governments on a variety of health and nutrition programs. Through our continuous engagement with government and non-government policymakers and program leaders, we have contributed to policy shifts at various levels. We have large, skilled teams on the ground who implement programs in 7 states of the country. 

The health and nutrition work of PCI is expanding. New partnerships are being built and the ongoing ones need to be maintained. We are also working towards mobilizing resources from conventional and non-conventional donors for our work with communities for health and nutrition. Additionally, the ongoing projects need techno-managerial guidance. Therefore, we would like to onboard a committed, dynamic and energetic individual at the position of Associate Director to support the health team. It is expected that 50% of the Associate Director’s time will be occupied in partnership management and resource mobilization, 30% in ideation and project design and 20% in project management.

What can you expect in PCI

• A warm, inclusive and happy work environment.
• Performance driven reward mechanism.
• Best of class benefits with competitive remunerations.
• Health Insurance coverage for self, spouse & Children.
• Group Terms Life Insurance and Group Accident Insurance for Self.
• All other statutory benefits.
• Regular Recognition of performance and PCI Value display in work
• An empowering organisation structure which values individual’s skills, competencies and potential.
• Opportunities to operate in cross functional role.
• Higher responsibilities and larger roles are merit based.
• Young Talent Programs for developing future leaders.
• Leadership roles for women is encouraged and given preference in selection and training.

Recruitment Process

1. Applications will be shortlisted based on the specified criteria mentioned in the Job Description.
2. Shortlisted candidates will appear for a written assignment (if required).
3. Group Discussions may be part of the interview process for certain positions.
4. The process could also include presentation of the assignment.
5. Shortlisted candidates will be invited to attend one or more rounds of panel interview/s.

The complete process usually takes 2 to 3 weeks. If your application is not shortlisted, you will receive a mail from the People & Culture team. Those moving to the final round of interviews will be hearing from the People & Culture team. We prefer in person meetings but in case of location distances, we are happy to meet you virtually.

After the final round, if you are not selected for the position advertised, we will inform you over a mail.

However, we invite you to apply to other open positions. We always look forward to engaging with talent that add value to our endeavours in various capacities.