Analyst Malaria

The Clinton Health Access Initiative Inc. (CHAI) is a global health organization committed to our mission of saving lives and reducing the burden of disease in low-and middle-income countries. We work at the invitation of governments to support them and the private sector to create and sustain high-quality health systems.

CHAI was founded in 2002 in response to the HIV/AIDS epidemic with the goal of dramatically reducing the price of life-saving drugs and increasing access to these medicines in the countries with the highest burden of the disease. Over the following two decades CHAI has expanded its focus. Today along with HIV we work in conjunction with our partners to prevent and treat infectious diseases such as COVID-19 malaria tuberculosis and hepatitis. Our work has also expanded into cancer diabetes hypertension and other non-communicable diseases and we work to accelerate the rollout of lifesaving vaccines reduce maternal and child mortality combat chronic malnutrition and increase access to assistive technology. We are investing in horizontal approaches to strengthen health systems through programs in human resources for health digital health and health financing. With each new and innovative program our strategy is grounded in maximizing sustainable impact at scale ensuring that governments lead the solutions that programs are designed to scale nationally and learnings are shared globally.

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WJCF is an Indian not-for-profit entity registered under Section 8 of the Indian Companies Act 2013 and has an affiliation agreement with the Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI). Our mission is to save lives and improve health outcomes in the country by enabling the government and private sector to strengthen and sustain quality health systems. WJCF has partnered with the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare and state health departments since 2007 providing technical and operational support across key health priorities including infectious diseases (COVID-19 hepatitis HIV TB vector-borne diseases) non-communicable diseases (cervical cancer diabetes sickle cell disease) maternal and child health (anaemia immunisation diarrhoea pneumonia) sexual and reproductive health health insurance and digital health (AB PM-JAY ABDM) oxygen and hypoxemia management safe drinking water and climate and health.

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Programme Overview:

Malaria a vector borne disease which transmits through an infective bite of the Anopheles mosquito is a major public health challenge with 263 million cases and 597000 deaths reported worldwide (World Malaria Report 2024) while 255000 cases and 86 deaths reported across India in 2024 (NCVBDC Annual Report 2024).

To combat the public health challenges posed by Malaria the National Malaria Control Programme (NMCP) was launched in 1953 built around three key activities - insecticidal residual spray (IRS) with DDT; monitoring and surveillance of cases; and treatment of patients. While the efforts were successful in bringing down Malaria linked morbidity and mortality subsequent technical operational logistical and infrastructural gaps along with rising resistance to drugs and insecticides led to a resurgence of the disease marked by focal outbreaks (Operational Manual for Malaria Control in India 2016).

This was followed by various plans and strategies in succession with the malaria control programme being integrated into the National Vector Borne Disease Control Programme (NVBDCP) in 2002 which is anchored by the National Centre for Vector Borne Disease Control (NCVBDC). The NCVBDC is the central nodal agency for prevention and control of six vector borne diseases (VBDs) i.e. Malaria Dengue Lymphatic Filariasis Kala Azar Japanese Encephalitis and Chikungunya in India. It is responsible for framing policies technical guidelines operational manuals while also providing technical handholding support to states for the effective implementation of various malaria prevention control and elimination activities.

Project Background:

WJCF is privileged to support NVBDCPs bold vision of accelerated elimination of Malaria through a technical support unit (TSU) embedded in NCVBDC since 2024. These TSUs provide support to the NCVBDC including inter alia:

1. Strengthened technical and managerial support to the malaria division of NCVBDC
2. Enhanced disease intelligence and analytics for improved programmatic decisions-making
3. Adoption of dynamic innovations and effective and sustained investments for malaria control and elimination
4. Steering partnerships and multi-sector response

Position Summary:

WJCF is seeking a highly motivated individual with outstanding credentials and demonstrated analytical abilities to work within NCVBDC. The Analyst will provide technical support in strengthening program management including M&E to facilitate data-driven decision-making strengthening data recording and reporting mechanisms and support governance and capacity building initiatives. The Analyst would deliver critical and on-demand program insights by leveraging multiple data sources and field insights. They will also support data collation analysis and visualization and identification of innovative approaches/technologies to support the elimination goals. The Analyst will report to the HoD Malaria Department NCVBDC for functioning of the TSU and to Associate VBD at WJCF for project delivery.

• Consolidate clean and conduct multi-dimensional analysis on programmatic data and offer purposive insights to officials at NCVBDC for informed decision making.
• Undertake systematic assessment of the existing surveillance framework including data pipelines and reporting structures to identify gaps and suggest process improvement strategies.
• Develop operationalize and manage a surveillance data quality assurance framework.
• Develop and maintain scoring and prioritization frameworks dashboards and other decision support tools on State district block and village level key performance indicators.
• Develop technical briefs and fact sheets to communicate key findings and suggestions across a matrixed government organization.
• Support the documentation of program progress through reports presentations and templates for effective internal use and dissemination of reports at the state and national levels.
• Undertake periodic visits to States/UTs and districts to identify challenges and address gaps.
• Work closely with Malaria team to align priorities and develop and manage relationships with diverse stakeholders.
• Undertake other responsibilities as needed.

• Bachelors degree in public health epidemiology economics sociology or other relevant fields with minimum 2 years of professional experience; or masters degree with minimum 2 years of professional experience.
• Professional experience in a demanding private sector environment such as strategy consulting market research or public sector advisory.
• Previous experience with M&E Data analytics and dashboard development for multilateral funded projects.
• High levels of proficiency in Microsoft Word Excel and PowerPoint.
• Ability to work independently in remote and unstructured settings to work closely within and across other teams and to adapt to new environments and challenges.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills in English problem-solving and strong organizational abilities and detail-oriented approach.
• Willingness to travel frequently (30-50% time) and extensively across the region and to other trans-continental meetings.

Last Date to Apply: 4th January 2026