State Lead - TB

Overview

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Program Overview:

The World Health Organization estimated that 10.6 million people fell ill with tuberculosis (TB) in 2022 and ~1.3 million succumbed to it. India accounted for the most people suffering from the disease, with 27% of the cases and 26% of mortality. The National TB Elimination Program (NTEP), headed by the Central TB Division (CTD), MoHFW, is an expansive public health program with the ambitious goal of eliminating TB in line with the mandate of the Sustainable Development Goals.

WJCF has been supporting the CTD and state health departments of more than 15 states in the mission to eliminate TB. WJCF’s TB program has been operational since 2012, and its interventions address several program areas, including preventive therapies, case detection, access to diagnostics, engagement of the private sector, and more. It also lends technical support to Governments across a range of themes- strategic planning, data analytics, monitoring and evaluation, patient management and delivery of services.

WJCF’s current portfolio of work spans support includes an evaluation of the TB drugs demand and supply dynamics, a landscape assessment for the next generation of diagnostic methods, a high-powered multi-disciplinary team translating programmatic information into action, and multiple large-scale interventions to determine the best methods for detecting hidden TB in the community.

About the project:

India carries the world’s largest tuberculosis burden, 26% of global cases and 26% of TB mortality in 2023. The National TB Elimination Programme (NTEP), led by the Central TB Division (CTD) under the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, is committed to eliminating TB in line with National and Sustainable Development Goals targets.

The private sector accounts for over 50% of TB patients seeking care in India yet contributes a disproportionately small share of household contact screening and TB Preventive Treatment (TPT) initiation.

WJCF is implementing a new project, “Expanding TPT in the Private Sector at the Patient’s Doorstep” across four districts: Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) and Surat Municipal Corporation (SMC) in Gujarat, and Faridabad and Gurgaon in Haryana.

The project will establish TPT Centres within high-load private multi-specialty hospitals and standalone clinics and operationalize a “Coordinated Services Delivery at Doorstep” model through third-party agency partnerships. The model integrates: index patient identification and household contact enumeration; TB infection (TBI/IGRA) testing and chest X-ray screening; TPT initiation; and doorstep drug delivery with adherence follow-up – all documented on Nikshay.

Key project targets include at least 40 high-load private facilities with functional TPT Centres across four districts; a three-fold increase in household contacts initiated on TPT through the private sector and a fully documented and costed Coordinated Services Delivery model to NTEP and State TB Cells for adoption through the existing PPSA/PPM financing framework.

Position Summary:

WJCF is recruiting two State Leads for this project, one based in Ahmedabad overseeing Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) and Surat Municipal Corporation (SMC) in Gujarat, and one based in Delhi overseeing Faridabad and Gurgaon in Haryana. Each State Lead will be the senior operational accountable for project implementation across their respective districts, reporting to the Project Lead.

The State Lead will directly supervise District Leads, Field Officers, and Telecallers; manage all stakeholder relationships with the State TB Cell (STC) and District TB Cells (DTC); coordinate third-party service delivery agencies; and drive the TPT cascade across intervention facilities. The State Lead is the principal interface between the central project team and the on-ground implementation machinery in their geography, and is accountable for achieving district-level KPIs and ensuring seamless transition of the model to government counterparts. The State Lead must work within and alongside this existing structure to reorient operational focus toward the prevention cascade. Both positions require a results-oriented individual with strong government stakeholder engagement skills and the ability to lead a distributed field team in a fast-paced, mission-driven environment.

Responsibilities

• Programme Operations and Field Management:

Each State Lead is operationally accountable for the TPT Centres model in their geography, standing up facilities, maintaining field team performance, and ensuring the TPT cascade runs across facilities..

• Lead the programme intervention in the districts, including establishment and operationalization of TPT Centres at up to 10 private hospitals and clinics per district.

• Conduct in-clinic visits to shortlisted private providers to secure facility buy-in, explain the TPT Centre model, secure facility-level commitments, and coordinate MoU or agreement.

• Supervise District Leads, Field Officers, and Telecallers, ensuring clear role clarity, performance accountability, and real-time course correction.

• Conduct regular field visits to intervention facilities, DTC offices, and third-party agency sites to monitor implementation fidelity and resolve operational bottlenecks.

• Lead on-the-job sensitization of district teams through joint field visits covering private hospital engagement, DTC coordination, and TPT cascade operations.

• Coordinate the empanelment and orientation of third-party service delivery agencies on voucher/code mechanisms, SLAs, and service delivery workflows.

• Stakeholder Engagement:

The State Lead is the primary relationship owner with the STC and DTCs in their geography, building and sustaining the government partnerships.

• Represent the project in monthly progress review meetings with the STC, including preparation and presentation of the Monthly Review Format and KPI summary.

• Attend and lead introductory and follow-up meetings with District TB Officers (DTOs) across all intervention districts to align on drug supply, Nikshay reporting, and operational protocols.

• Lead monthly engagement visits to intervention private facilities alongside District Leads and Field Officers, reviewing facility-level cascade performance and addressing provider-level challenges.

• Participate in quarterly CTD reviews and other state/national-level meetings as required by the Project Lead.

• Engage with WHO Consultants operating in the state to align on TPT protocols, share project learnings, and leverage technical guidance where applicable.

• Represent the project with medical associations (IMA and specialty bodies) and corporate/multi-specialty hospital administration to build institutional buy-in for TPT Centre adoption and sustain private sector partnerships beyond individual facility engagements.

• CME and Provider Engagement:

CME is a mechanism for building private provider buy-in, the State Lead owns the quality, reach, and follow-through of these sessions.

• Lead organisation and execution of Continuing Medical Education (CME) sessions for private providers on TPT guidelines, TBI diagnostics, and Nikshay reporting.

• Coordinate speaker identification, content finalization, venue logistics, and post-CME documentation for all sessions across intervention districts.

• Monitoring, Reporting, and Transition:

The State Lead is the data quality gatekeeper for their geography and the operational owner of the transition, ensuring both that central reporting reflects ground reality and that government counterparts are equipped to implement the model independently at project close.

• Ensure timely and accurate data submission in the Master Tracker, Service Delivery Tracker, and Monthly Innovation Activity Report; review and validate district team submissions before central team review.

• Support the Associate in consolidating state-level data into the KPI Matrix and preparing reports for DTC/STC/CTD reviews.

• Lead scale-up phase activities, jointly establishing 5 additional TPT Centres per district with DTC PPM Coordinators.

• Drive transition planning, aligning with STC and DTCs on handover of tools, data systems, training modules, and SOPs to ensure government operational readiness before project closure.

• Organisational Representation and Accountability:

The State Lead functions as the local administrative head of the project in their geography, carrying both the operational responsibility and the external representation responsibilities.

• Function as the approver at the project level for all state-level operational decisions, vendor engagements, and field expenditure within delegated authority limits.
• Report to the Project Lead (NPMU) on progress against targets at agreed timelines; prepare and submit state-level progress reports for national and state-level reviews as per project requirements.
• Represent the project in external engagements at the state level, including government forums, donor reviews, and partner meetings, maintaining professional standards and organisational positioning in all interactions.
• Carry out monitoring visits to independently validate a sample of field-reported data; flag discrepancies to the Associate and District Lead for corrective action.

Qualifications

• Bachelor or Post-graduate degree in Public Health, Health Management, Social Work, or a related field; MBBS with relevant public health experience will also be considered.
• Minimum 5–7 years of work experience in public health programme implementation; prior experience with NTEP, TB/HIV programmes, or private sector health engagement is strongly preferred.
• Demonstrated experience managing multi-district or state-level field teams in a programme management or operations role.
• Familiarity with NTEP/PPSA/PPM frameworks, Nikshay, and private sector TB engagement in an operational context.
• Strong stakeholder management skills, ability to engage with government officials (STO, DTO), private hospital administrators, and third-party agency staff with credibility and effectiveness.
• Proficiency in MS Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint); ability to analyse field data and prepare clear, concise programme reports.
• Demonstrated experience designing or managing Public-Private Partnership (PPP) or private sector engagement models in a health programme context; ability to navigate both government and corporate/private facility stakeholder environments.
• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision, manage competing priorities under time pressure, and consistently meet programme deadlines across a distributed field team.
• Willingness and ability to travel extensively (40–50% of time) within and across intervention districts.
• Fluency in the relevant state language, working proficiency in English required for both positions.

Preferred:

• Experience on private sector TB or TPT engagement.
• Prior exposure to M&E systems, voucher/SLA-based service delivery monitoring, or digital health tools in a field implementation context.
• Familiarity with AI productivity tools (e.g., Claude, ChatGPT, Microsoft Copilot, Gemini) for documentation, report drafting, and programme data synthesis.
• Experience in programme transition or handover to government health systems.
• Working knowledge of Nikshay data workflows and DSTB cascade documentation standards.

Core competencies:

• Stakeholder management: Builds trust and sustained working relationships with government officials, private hospital administrators, and agency partners across levels of seniority.
• Programme leadership: Drives implementation accountability across a distributed field team; comfortable taking decisions with incomplete information in a fast-moving field environment.
• Analytical thinking: Able to synthesise field data and cascade performance metrics to identify bottlenecks and recommend targeted course corrections.
• Communication: Articulates programme performance and field findings clearly to government stakeholders and central team in written and verbal formats.
• Initiative: Self-starter who anticipates operational problems and mobilises solutions without waiting for escalation.
• Adaptability: Comfortable operating across multiple district contexts with differing PPSA structures, government counterpart capacities, and private sector engagement dynamics.

Last Date to Apply: 29th June, 2026