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 intomeaningful 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.