Program Officer

Position: Program Officer – Research (Health) Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka

Roles and responsibilities- Research

• Support in development of situation assessment reports to boost the understanding of context of Health Indicators as per the National Health Policy and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

• Support in conducting research in various project thematic with HCLFoundation supported NGOs.

• Design and implement research protocol including needs assessments, baseline/midline/endline studies, operational research, and evaluation across health projects.

• Consult with technical partners, academic institutions and field teams for coordinated data collection and quality assurance.

• Oversee data collection processes, ensuring adherence to ethical standards and data privacy norms.

• Conduct statistical and thematic data analysis; translate findings into meaningful insights and programme recommendations.

• Prepare research reports, policy briefs, white papers and case studies for internal and external dissemination.

• Support proposal writing and concept note development for health research initiatives.

• Support publication of research findings in peer reviewed journals or relevant public health platforms.

Monitoring and Evaluation-

• Undertake regular field visits to monitor project progress, ensure implementation is in line with approved strategies.

• Lead the planning, execution and monitoring of health projects at the location level

• Collaborate with partner organizations of HCLFoundation to ensure operationalization of projects.

• Provide regular coordination support for day-to-day functions across projects and themes in high pressure situations.

• Ensure that programmes are integrating other themes at HCLFoundation such as Education, Skill & Livelihoods, Environment and Gender & Inclusion.

• Develop case studies, comprehensive reports, and document best practices to produce high quality reports.

• Maintaining comprehensive dashboard of the health programmes at the national and location level in accordance with the requirements of HCLFoundation.

• Maintain the trends data of important indicators at the national level.

4 Budget Management-

• Monitor programme progress against both programmatic and budgetary targets, adjusting, as necessary.

• Ensure timely submission of progress reports as per requirements and ensure utilization.

• Ensure timely utilisation of approved budgets allocated to health partners as per terms and conditions of MoU.

Communications and Volunteer engagement-

• Build health programme’s visibility in social media platforms (e.g., Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, and LinkedIn) for the internal and external audience.

• Ensure that all ethical requirements towards pictures, videos and other BCC materials are met.

• Prepare a comprehensive monthly calendar in coordination with HCLFoundation supported NGOs as well as HCLTech volunteers for engaging employees in health programmes and implementation of the approved activities.

• Maintaining and updating database of volunteer activities, number of volunteers engaged from various accounts and the total number of volunteering hours generated.

• Conducting floor walks with business account volunteers as and when required to ensure effective engagement volunteers in the project.

Required Qualifications:

• 4 to 5 years of progressive work experience after Post Graduation in core public health domains like Research, epidemiology, demography, health economics, health/ hospital/ pharmaceutical systems management and population studies.

• Strong grounding in research methodologies (Quantitative and Qualitative), Statistical tools (SPSS/Stata/R) and data visualisations.

• Demonstrated experience in operationalizing health programmes at field level, monitoring and evaluation, budget management and working in strengthening of state, district, block level health systems.

• Familiarity with National Health programs, health system strengthening or thematic focus such as NCDs, RMNCHA, TB or mental health is desirable.

• Strong people skills and ability to collaborate with diverse stakeholders.

• Ability to deliver on time, independently, including the ability to perform in a corporate environment and present the work at various forums.

• Experience in managing complex and time-sensitive processes.