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.  

At CHAI, our people are our greatest asset, and none of this work would be possible without their talent, time, dedication and passion for our mission and values. We are a highly diverse team of enthusiastic individuals across 40 countries with a broad range of skillsets and life experiences. CHAI is deeply grounded in the countries we work in, with majority of our staff based in program countries. 

In India, CHAI works in partnership with its India registered affiliate William J Clinton Foundation (WJCF) under the guidance of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) at the Central and States' levels on an array of high priority initiatives aimed at improving health outcomes. Currently, WJCF supports government partners across projects to expand access to quality care and treatment for HIV/AIDS, Hepatitis, tuberculosis, COVID-19, common cancers, sexual and reproductive health, immunization, and essential medicines.

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Programme Overview:

India’s Universal Immunization Programme (UIP) is one of the largest public immunization programmes in the world. It caters to 27 million infants and 30 million pregnant women. The programme provides access to vaccines against 11 Vaccine Preventable Diseases (VPDs) at the national level and against one VPD at the sub-national level.

Under the strong leadership of the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare (MoHFW) and state governments, the immunization ecosystem has demonstrated a proactive commitment to achieving universal immunization coverage in the country in recent years. This includes health system strengthening efforts towards the introduction of new vaccines, rolling out of data systems, digitization of vaccine cold chain and inventory management, and health worker capacity building. MoHFW plans to scale up a digitized beneficiary management system (UWIN) for Routine Immunization, introduce new vaccines in the UIP, and reduce Zero-dose children.

Project Background

WJCF’s immunization program supports the MoHFW’s UIP at the national level and in the focus states of Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, and Uttar Pradesh. The programme also supports national and state governments on broader operational aspects such as planning, capacity building and systems improvements for immunization service delivery.

In Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, and Uttar Pradesh, the programme provides catalytic support for achieving and sustaining 90% FIC. The programme focuses on setting up effective program management & review mechanisms, identifying pressing challenges as well as best practices in RI, enhancing impact of well performing interventions, developing & deploying effective solutions to pressing challenges and undertaking multi-year planning for long term immunization systems strengthening. In Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh, the programme provides support to strengthen urban immunization systems and improve urban coverage in select cities in collaboration with the MoHFW and the state governments. Guided by the MoHFW’s City Embrace Model, the programme focuses on solving for systemic and hyperlocal challenges by conceptualizing and implementing contextual solutions.

Position Summary:

We are looking for a highly motivated individual with excellent analytical ability and strong problem-solving skills for the role of Volunteer. The Volunteer will be expected to support the development of Urban Immunization Strengthening roadmap for the cities under the City Embrace Model in Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh. The Volunteer will be getting an opportunity to interact with government and non-government stakeholders, learn about various processes and policies, and support the identification of programmatic challenges and solutioning strategies.

The ideal candidate must have strong quantitative and analytical skills, excellent verbal, and written communication skills, be self-directed, adapt to the program’s differing needs, and be committed to excellence. The candidate must be able to function independently and flexibly. We place great value on qualities such as resourcefulness, responsibility, tenacity, independence, energy, and work ethic.

Please note: This is a short-term position, available until June 30, 2025. It offers an excellent platform to build experience in public health program design and stakeholder engagement within a fast-paced, mission-driven environment.

• Conduct comprehensive literature research to inform the development of an action plan for addressing urban-specific health and immunization challenges.
• Develop semi-structured questionnaires to gather evidence on gaps and challenges related to the Urban Immunization program at the city level.
• Lead the primary and secondary research exercise with the support of City Coordinators in identified cities.
• Perform data analysis on available datasets to derive actionable insights for the development of city-level action plans.
• Synthesize findings from the interviews, research, data analysis, and identify key challenges and strategic imperatives.
• Document specific inputs on improving health systems across the thematic areas of data, governance, planning, supply chain, service delivery, and demand generation.
• Support in developing the urban immunization strengthening roadmaps for the identified cities and support in disseminating them to the state governments. .
• Perform other responsibilities as requested by programme leadership.

• 1 year of work experience in management consulting, in public and/or private sector, specializing in research and analysis. Exceptional strategy consulting or general management internship experiences might suffice for work experience.
• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Economics, Engineering, Finance, Mathematics, Sciences, or a related discipline.
• Good analytical (qualitative and quantitative) skills and communication (written and verbal) skills, including development of analyses/presentations.
• Ability to handle ambiguity, self-motivate, multi-task and operate in an ever-changing and fast-paced setup.
• Entrepreneurial mind-set, including the ability to self-motivate while working in a high-pressure, limited structure, and multicultural environment.
• Capability to drive an independent workstream in the context of a broader team project, and an ability to break down and solve problems through quantitative thinking and analysis.
• High level of proficiency in Microsoft Office, particularly Excel, PowerPoint, and Word.
• Willingness to travel if required and at short notice, even to remote places.
• Fluency in English and Hindi and excellent structured oral and written communication ability.

Last Date to Apply: 28th May, 2025