Analyst/Senior Analyst, Vector Borne Diseases

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Project Background:

Vector Borne Diseases (VBDs) represent a substantial burden in many low and lower middle-income countries, including India and result in loss of productivity, school absenteeism, deeper impoverishment, higher health care costs, and a subsequent burden on public health services. India is witness to many successes and failures in the effort to address VBDs. Under the aegis of the National Centre for Vector Borne Diseases Control (NCVBDC) are clear national elimination plans for VBDs including Malaria, Visceral Leishmaniasis (VL) and Lymphatic Filariasis (LF).Whilst malaria has taken precedence given India’s burden of 5% of global deaths, and significant emergence of Chikungunya and Dengue has been a cause for concern, some strides have been made in the elimination agenda of Lymphatic Filariasis (LF) and Visceral Leishmaniasis (VL) given India’s significant proportion of the global burden (50% for VL and 40% of LF). VL is endemic in about 54 districts in Bihar, Jharkhand, UP and WB with an estimated 130-165 million population at risk. LF is more widespread with cases reported across ~20 states/Union Territories and an estimated 740 million people are at risk.

The programme is enriched with a variety of data points that include the various centralized Information Communication Technologies (ICT) that exist such as the Integrated Disease Surveillance Programme (IDSP), Kala azar Management Information System (KAMIS), Lymphatic Filariasis Dashboard Software, WHO district health Information System, Health Management Information System, Malaria Information System to name few that are operational within the VBD ecosystem between Government and stakeholders. However, as is the case in such situations that data does not come together, and the systems do not necessarily corelate as required for informed decision making.

There is now a strong political as well as programmatic support to ensure NCVBDC is poised to take sustainable strides towards the elimination of VL, LF and Malaria in the coming years.

WJCF is privileged to support NVBDCP’s bold vision of accelerated elimination of VL by 2023 and LF by 2030. To that end, CHAI has a six-member seconded Technical Support Unit (TSU), to work under the guidance of NCVBDC to achieve its vision through: 

1. Strengthened technical and managerial capacity of NCVBDC for LF and VL elimination
2. Enhanced disease intelligence and analytics for improved programme
3. Adoption of dynamic innovations across disease portfolios, effective and sustained investments in the space of NTDs/VBDs
4. Support NCVBDC programme in steering partnerships and multi-sector response

Position Overview:

WJCF is seeking a highly motivated individual with demonstrated analytical abilities for the role of Analyst, Analytics and Insights. The Analyst would require to assimilate a variety of data points that include the various centralized Information Communication Technologies (ICT) that exist such as the Integrated Disease Surveillance Program (IDSP), Kalaazar Management Information System (KAMIS), Lymphatic Filariasis Dashboard Software, WHO district health Information System, Health Management Information System, Malaria Information System to name few that are operational within the VBD ecosystem between Government and stakeholders. The individual would require bringing all the data sets together and scientifically represent data that provides for informed decision making. The individual would also be responsible in assessing the data needs, gaps in data sets and well as respond to the capacity need of the national program. For applicants who qualify, this position may be offered as a Senior Analyst. 

Reporting Matrix:

The position will report directly to the Team Lead, TSU at NVBDCP and Program Leads at NCVBDC.

• Develop and socialize dashboards, pre-defined and custom defined reports for NVBDCP, state and sub-state functionaries to utilize for routine program planning, decision making, monitoring and management.
• Innovate new approaches for generating VBD insights including but not limited to predictive modelling, clustering techniques, and machine learning etc.
• Contribute to program strategy by developing purposive insights, tools and planning aids that help TSU and NVBDCP conceptualize multi-year system strengthening plans for control and elimination.
• Create periodic and automated analytics for specific aspects of the VBD program such as performance of health system components like HR availability and capacity, commodities availability down to last mile, service delivery effectiveness to inform national and state program manager action and outputs related to coverage and equity of mass drug administration campaigns and morbidity management and treatment.
• Support the crafting of monitoring & evaluation frameworks, and implementation and reporting mechanisms and optimize the existing ones where necessary in alignment with program strategy and VBD context to facilitate effective oversight and management at the national, state and sub-state levels.
• Work closely with the TSU and NVBDCP teams to improve the overall data ecosystem and performance of the program
• Support capacity building of NVBDCP staff on relevant competencies for sustained ownership and delivery
• Liaise with CHAI in-country and global teams on similar analytics initiatives
• Undertake any other duties as requested by the supervisor

• Minimum 2 years’ work experience in consulting, investment banking, pharma or insurance analytics. Experience of developing multi-faceted tools and aids in a public-sector context will be preferred
• Project management experience for medium/large scale analytics related projects preferred
• Excellent analytical (qualitative and quantitative) and communication (written and verbal) skills
• Proven track record of working in challenging multi-stakeholder environments & ability to build relationships with a range of stakeholders and drive immediate results
• Entrepreneurial mind-set, including ability to work independently, self-motivate, and propose and implement new initiatives
• Ability to think strategically, handle ambiguity, and problem solve in a fast-paced, limited-structure

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