Program Assistant VBD Technical Support Unit

WJCF is an Indian non-profit organisation committed to saving lives by reducing the burden of disease and strengthening government-owned high-quality health systems. Since 2007 WJCF has combined data-driven approaches and deep public health expertise with strong government partnerships to design implement and scale solutions across Indias national and state health programmes. We work for and at the service of governments supporting the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare and State Departments of Health to build systems that are strong sustainable and led by Indian institutions.

As an Indian organisation WJCF brings an unmatched depth of contextual understanding of Indias health system architecture policy landscape and implementation realities across diverse geographies and population groups. This local institutional credibility combined with global technical rigour is central to WJCFs effectiveness as a partner to governments and donors.

Our work is built around four complementary roles: as a Trusted Government Partner co-designing programmes and strengthening health system architecture; as an Operational Partner translating strategies into effective on-the-ground delivery; as a Market Shaper improving the availability and affordability of health commodities; and as an Ecosystem Catalyst convening governments development partners academia and the private sector to drive solutions at scale.

WJCFs programme portfolio spans thematic areas like hepatitis HIV/AIDS tuberculosis vector-borne diseases syphilis cervical cancer diabetes maternal and childhood anaemia immunisation under-5 diarrhoea and pneumonia sexual and reproductive health Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB PM-JAY) Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission (ABDM) hypoxemia and oxygen safe drinking water sickle cell disease presbyopia lead poisoning and cross cutting thematic areas like AI and Health integrated disease surveillance and climate and health.

We currently support programmes across 19 states and union territories with teams working at national state district and sub-district levels.

Our people are our greatest asset. WJCF brings together a talented diverse team of professionals from public health analytics consulting healthcare the development sector and academia all united by a shared commitment to improving health outcomes for the people of India. We are entrepreneurial action-oriented and deeply grounded in the communities and systems we work in. Our field teams collectively bring hundreds of years of experience managing public health programmes across the country.

WJCF collaborates with a range of international and domestic partners and donors to advance its mission including an affiliation with the Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI) a global health organisation with which WJCF shares a common mission and values.

Programme Overview:

Vector Borne Diseases (VBDs) such as malaria visceral leishmaniasis (VL also called kala-azar) lymphatic filariasis (LF) dengue chikungunya and Japanese encephalitis remain major public health concerns in India.

India has achieved remarkable reductions in VBD cases and deaths over recent decades. Malaria cases have reduced from 75 million at the time of Indias independence to 20000 in 2023-24 while deaths have reduced from 800000 to 83 during the same period. For LF though active transmission and infection rates have declined the chronic manifestations remain significant. India reported about 60000 lymphoedema cases and 125000 hydrocele cases caused by filarial worms in 2023. For VL cases have reduced to 500 in 2023. The Government of India has committed to the elimination of several VBDs within defined timelines- for example eliminating malaria by 2030 and lymphatic filariasis and kala-azar ahead of global targets.

Despite these gains these illnesses continue to contribute substantially to disease burden morbidity mortality and disability particularly among populations living in rural remote or otherwise underserved areas. Climate change urbanization migration environmental factors and gaps in vector control and surveillance continue to challenge disease elimination efforts.

The National Center for Vector Borne Diseases Control (NCVBDC) is the nodal agency under the National Vector Borne Disease Control Programme (NVBDCP) responsible for orchestrating the governments response to VBDs. Its roles include policy formulation standard setting strategic planning (including disease elimination timelines) surveillance strengthening capacity building coordinating multi-sectoral and inter-governmental efforts and deploying innovations in vector control diagnostics and community engagement.

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 since 2020 and for malaria since 2024. 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:

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.

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.

• 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.
• Perform any other tasks as assigned by the TSU Team lead.

• Bachelors degree with minimum 2-3 years of work experience.
• Strong written and oral communication skills with proficiency in MS Word Excel (Formulas Macros/VBA) PowerPoint Internet applications and Mobile applications.
• Previous experience managing and analysing large data sets.
• Exceptional diplomatic and interpersonal skills and ability to build relationships. Excellent organizational and problem-solving skills and ability to meet deadlines.
• Ability to evaluate systems holistically and advise on effectiveness of systems or processes.
• Ability to think creatively in the face of challenges.
• Ability to work independently and proactively manage projects with minimal supervision.
• Experience with data visualization tools (Tableau Power BI).
• Knowledge of statistical methods and data cleaning techniques.
• Good oral and written communication skills.
• Data management for logistics support.
• Attention to detail.

Last Date to Apply: 1st November 2026