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MEL State Lead

Khushi Baby

Khushi Baby

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
INR 1,500k-2,200k / year
Posted on Mar 19, 2025

MEL State Lead

Full Time

Jaipur / Bangalore / Mumbai

Job Information

Our team is looking to welcome a mature, motivated, mission-driven MEL State Lead to join Khushi Baby

Responsibilities:

  • Drive evidence-based updates to Khushi Baby’s state-level and project-specific theories of change.
  • Define and update SMART impact KPIs in coordination with state health program directors and field teams.
  • Oversee regulatory approval for research-related activities at the state level (IRB, ethics committees).
  • Maintain protocol compliance throughout data collection and analysis
  • Establish baseline levels for impact KPIs using secondary data (policy documents, official reports) and designing/validating primary survey instruments.
  • Develop real-time monitoring protocols for these KPIs, delivering timely feedback to internal teams and state stakeholders.
  • Convert evaluation findings into recommendations for refining intervention design or deployment at the state level.
  • Link impact evidence to pay-for-performance or other funding models for sustainable organizational growth at the state level.
  • Recruit and develop internal MEL capacity within Khushi Baby, emphasizing state-based data management and analysis competencies.
  • Serve as the nodal point for research collaborations with academic and institutional partners.
  • Conduct regular field visits for data validation, stakeholder engagement, and to strengthen local commitment to data-driven improvements.
  • Demonstrate and disseminate where Khushi Baby’s interventions have improved KPI performance, advocating for broader adoption in state programs.

Requirements:

  • PhD-level training (or equivalent) in public health, economics, operational research, implementation research, or biostatistics preferred. A Master’s degree with significant relevant experience will also be considered.
  • Demonstrated proficiency in:
    • Systematic reviews, evidence gap-map analysis
    • Theory of Change design
    • Qualitative study design and analysis
    • Retrospective and prospective cohort study design and analysis
    • Randomized controlled trial design (simple, cluster, interrupted, digital twin)
    • Quasi-experimental study design and analysis (e.g., difference-in-differences)
    • Spatial and spatiotemporal analysis
    • Cost-benefit/effectiveness study design
    • Grant writing and IRB protocol management
  • At least 5 years of experience in public health in India, including evidence-based intervention design and/or analysis for a state-level health program.
  • Experience analyzing large-scale public health datasets (≥100,000 individual-level observations).
  • Demonstrated dissemination of findings to state or national government stakeholders.
  • Strong stakeholder engagement skills for state-level advocacy and collaboration.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills to effectively present findings to policymakers and funders.
  • Ability to manage multi-faceted projects under tight timelines

You’ll stand out with

  • Prior experience working with government officials and NHM data sets
  • Publications with mixed-methods research
  • Prior experience working with mHealth / digital health projects
  • Excellence in English writing and communication
  • Demonstrated work / experimentation in prompt-engineering for tools like ChatGPT

Remuneration

Remuneration offered will be between 15–22 LPA commensurate with the candidate’s experience and skill sets

Benefits

  • Medical insurance
  • Flexible work policies for those menstruating, needing time for grievance of a loved one, religious fasting, etc
  • Monthly field visits, annual retreat
  • Learning opportunities with world-class research institutions (Yale, Harvard)
  • Learning Stipend Policy
  • Sponsored Workshops and Seminars

How to apply

  • To apply for the above position, please send your detailed CV with a writing sample