Monitoring and Evaluation Expert (Research) | N H A - P M J A Y

National Health Authority (NHA) is the apex body responsible for implementing Indias flagship public health insurance/assurance scheme called Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana & has been entrusted with the role of designing strategy, building technological infrastructure and

implementation of National Digital Health Mission to create a National Digital Health Eco-system. National Health Authority is the successor of the National Health Agency, which was functioning as a registered society since 23rd May, 2018.NHA is governed by a Governing Board chaired by the Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare.

Role & responsibilities

• Developing objectives and designing research projects and proposals.
• Contribute to producing high quality and varied research outputs for a range of audiences including analysis, report and presentations
• Establish quality research processes. This includes monitoring research quality assurance processes through standard operating procedures, checklists, and guidance documents.
• Contribute to identifying and synthesizing good practices and lessons learned for M&E research, and program implementation into the scheme.
• Work on establishing research partnerships with renowned research institutions.
• Capacity building of the team as well as training across divisions on research study conduction.
• Promote culture of quality research at NHA
• Support and assist in any other activities work assigned by the leadership

Preferred candidate profile

• Masters in health economics, statistics, public health population studies or any other relevant field with strong background in research methods.
• PhD in any of above/relevant fields will be preferred.
• At least of five years of relevant professional work experience showing at least 2 years involvement with health/ social data monitoring and involvement in conducting and managing evaluation and research projects and programs
• Good understanding of the technical methods employed in R&C efforts, such as the overall design, sampling approaches, sample size calculation and data collection approaches (e.g. Reliability, internal/external validity, bias)
• Knowledge of writing quality research papers, concepts notes, terms of reference protocols, inception and final reports
• Proficient computer literacy, specifically advanced Excel and Word and Statistical Softwares (SPSS/STATA/R)