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Designation:     Behavioural Science Consultant

organization:   William J Clinton Foundation (WJCF), Bhopal

Location:          Telecommute 

Overview

The Clinton Health Access Initiative, Inc. (CHAI) is a global health organization committed to saving lives and reducing the burden of disease in low-and middle-income countries, while strengthening the capabilities of governments and the private sector in those countries to create and sustain high-quality health systems that can succeed without our assistance. For more information, please visit: http://www.clintonhealthaccess.org

CHAI is an Equal Opportunity Employer, and is committed to providing an environment of fairness, and mutual respect where all applicants have access to equal employment opportunities. CHAI values diversity and inclusion, and recognizes that our mission is best advanced by the leadership and contributions of people with diverse experience, backgrounds, and culture.

CHAI in partnership with its India affiliate, William J. Clinton Foundation's (WJCF) has been working in India since 2004 in close partnership with and under the guidance of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) at the central and state levels on an array of high priority initiatives aimed at improving health outcomes. Currently, WJCF programs support government initiatives on HIV/AIDS, hepatitis, tuberculosis, vector borne diseases, COVID-19, antimicrobial resistance, cancer and non-communicable diseases, sexual and reproductive health, family planning, immunization, malnutrition, anaemia, childhood diarrhoea and pneumonia, oxygen, access to safe drinking water, diagnostics and surveillance, health financing, and digital health

Talent is the fundamental driver of WJCF’s success in helping save lives and reduce the burden of disease. WJCF’s organizational values reflect its relentless endeavour of hiring, nurturing, empowering, and celebrating diverse and high calibre individuals who come together to work as cohesive teams. WJCF places a high premium on providing its staff with an enabling environment that encourages entrepreneurship, humility, respect, equal share of voice and fosters high impact innovation to address some of the most challenging healthcare issues.

ogram Overview

Idia’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.

Based on the NFHS-5 data, the number of Zero-Dose children (those who missed pentavalent 1 vaccine after birth) in India stands at around 1.6 million. Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, and Rajasthan contribute the largest share of zero-dose children in the country. Building a top Immunization Agenda 2030 (IA2030), India aims to reduce the number of Zero-Dose children by 30% by 2026.

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 del

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. WJCF plans to increase its focus on two aspects to drive immunization coverage: one, strengthening of review quality and decision making through improved data analytics and capacity building, two, zero dose learning through hypothesis testing and iterative solutioning.

In Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh, the programme also 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 & hyperlocal challenges by conceptualizing & implementing contextual solutions.

position Summary

To achieve and sustain routine immunization coverage equity goals, it is critical to understand the drivers of immunization uptake and the underlying causes of poor access, agency, decision-making, and uptake of vaccination. Agency and decision-making challenges are highly contextual requiring granular insights into behavioral, social, and other determinants of agency and vaccination decision-making.

WJCF recognizes that making progress towards the zero-dose target will require focused efforts to understand the drivers of immunization uptake and identify, address, and overcome behavioural barriers to immunization.

We are seeking a highly motivated and experienced Behavioral Science Consultant to join our team. The Behavioural Science Consultant will play a key role in understanding, analyzing, and influencing behavior of caregivers, health workers, and government program managers to drive positive immunization outcomes. They will apply their expertise to design and implement research studies, analyze data, and provide insights to design interventions, products, or solutions for immunization coverage improvement. They will also support in measuring the impact of the interventions and design SoPs for large-scale implementation. This role also involves collaborating with multidisciplinary teams, gender experts, and other stakeholders.

The ideal candidate will have a passion for public health, understanding of human behavior, and the ability to translate results into actions. We are looking for someone with minimum seven years of experience in designing behavioral research methods and designing products and solutions for behavioral change in immunization or public health. 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.

The consultant is expected to work remotely with need-based travel to Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, and Delhi. The consultant will be engaged for a duration of 180 days across 18-24 months

Responsibilities

Behavioural Research and Insight

Investigate client[1] behavioural toward immunization, and interventions through quantitative and qualitative research methods. Uncover behavioural drivers through client interactions and surveys.

Undertake persona analysis to identify behavioural patterns or characteristics of caregivers, families, and communities who miss vaccination through primary and secondary data analysis.

Conduct desk research on existing research, grey literature, and experience to draw primary hypotheses on zero dose and missed beneficiaries.

Support the program team in designing methods for behavioural research and conducting studies. They will be responsible for identifying sample size, designing questionnaire, data collection techniques, training of the investigators, and all the other aspects of research.  

Establishing feedback loops to ensure that information generated from the users is continuously incorporated into the intervention design.

Innovation and Product Design

Design interventions, solutions, or products targeted toward behaviour of the clients for improving immunization outcomes including complete and timely vaccination

The consult will facilitate continuous iteration of the interventions, solutions, or products based on the feedback loops to ensure scalability and sustainability of the same. 

Capacity Building

Undertake capacity building of the program team in behavioural science methods through trainings and workshops.

Collaborate with a diverse team and stakeholders on the research methods and intervention design.

Documentation and Disseminatio

Develop, implement, and monitor plans for behavioural sciences-based interventions and measure outcomes.

Support documentation of behavioral science-informed approaches, interventions, and their impact for project reports, publications, etc and help in the dissemination of the same to various stakeholders.

Others

Design interventions to ensure sustained enhancement of Program Managers' capacities in data utilization coming from various RI and non-RI datasets by applying Adult Learning Principles to navigate data and analysis dashboards.

Undertake short-term travel to the field in Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, and Madhya Pradesh to perform the above mentioned responsibilities

Perform other duties assigned by the program leadership.  

Qualifications

Master’s degree in behavioral sciences, or related fields like psychology, sociology, anthropology, public health, or another related field.

A minimum of five (5) years of proven experience in applied research, with a focus on user experience and public health.

Strong communication skills, with the ability to convey complex findings to diverse stakeholders in the form of analysis and presentations.

Ability to handle ambiguity, self-motivate, multi-task, and operate in an ever-changing and fast-paced setup.

Entrepreneurial mindset, 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.

High level of proficiency in Microsoft Office, particularly Excel, PowerPoint, and Word.

Willingness to travel if required even to remote places in India.

Preferred.

 

 

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