Associate Director - Vector Borne Diseases

Associate Director - Vector Borne Diseases

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Overview

The Clinton Health Access Initiative, Inc. (CHAI) is a global health organization committed to our mission of saving lives and reducing the burden of disease in low‑and mid‑income countries. We work at the invitation of governments to support them and the private sector to create and sustain high‑quality health systems.

CHAI was founded in 2002 in response to the HIV / AIDS epidemic with the goal of dramatically reducing the price of life‑saving drugs and increasing access to these medicines in the countries with the highest burden of the disease. Over the following two decades, CHAI has expanded its focus. Today, along with HIV, we work in conjunction with our partners to prevent and treat infectious diseases such as COVID‑19, malaria, tuberculosis, and hepatitis. Our work has also expanded into cancer, diabetes, hypertension, and other non‑communicable diseases, and we work to accelerate the rollout of lifesaving vaccines, reduce maternal and child mortality, combat chronic malnutrition, and increase access to assistive technology. We are investing in horizontal approaches to strengthen health systems through programs in human resources for health, digital health, and health financing. With each new and innovative program, our strategy is grounded in maximizing sustainable impact at scale, ensuring that governments lead the solutions, that programs are designed to scale nationally, and learnings are shared globally.

At CHAI, our people are our greatest asset, and none of this work would be possible without their talent, time, dedication and passion for our mission and values. We are a highly diverse team of enthusiastic individuals across 40 countries with a broad range of skillsets and life experiences. CHAI is deeply grounded in the countries we work in, with majority of our staff based in program countries.

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Program Overview

Vector Borne Diseases (VBDs) such as malaria, visceral leishmaniasis (VL), lymphatic filariasis (LF), dengue, chikungunya, and Japanese encephalitis remain major public health concerns in India. India has achieved remarkable reductions in VBD cases and deaths over recent decades. Malaria cases have reduced from 75 million at the time of India’s independence to ~200,000 in 2023‑24, while deaths have reduced from 800,000 to 83 during the same period. For LF, though active transmission and infection rates have declined, the chronic manifestations remain significant. India reported about ~600,000 lymphoedema cases and ~125,000 hydrocele cases caused by filarial worms in 2023. For VL, cases have reduced to ~500 in 2023. The Government of India has committed to the elimination of several VBDs within defined timelines – for example, eliminating malaria by 2030 and lymphatic filariasis and kala‑azar ahead of global targets.

Despite these gains, these illnesses continue to contribute substantially to disease burden, morbidity, mortality and disability, particularly among populations living in rural, remote, or otherwise underserved areas. Climate change, urbanization, migration, environmental factors, and gaps in vector control and surveillance continue to challenge disease elimination efforts.

Project Background

WJCF supports NVBDCP’s bold vision of accelerated elimination of VL, LF, and malaria through embedded technical support units (TSU) for VL and LF since 2020, and for malaria since 2024. These TSUs provide support to the NCVBDC including, inter alia :

• Strengthened technical and managerial support to NVBDCP management
• Enhanced disease intelligence and analytics for improved programmatic decisions‑making
• Adoption of dynamic innovations across disease portfolios, and effective and sustained investments in the space of NTDs / VBDs
• Steering partnerships and multi‑sector response

WJCF’s VBD portfolio also extends to sub‑national implementation in Maharashtra for the Malaria‑Free Gadchiroli Program, and in Karnataka for use of AI‑enabled predictive analytics for dengue prevention.

Position Summary

We are seeking a highly motivated individual with outstanding public health credentials and demonstrated management abilities to lead the VBD team’s efforts across multiple grants and workstreams. The Program Director will lead the VBD TSU in Delhi and state teams in Maharashtra and Karnataka, and provide overall technical oversight over the VBD portfolio. They will be the principal interface with donors, NCVBDC leadership and program partners on behalf of the project, and therefore need exceptional people skills and ability to align multitude of stakeholders. They will have demonstrated analytical skills and problem solving in complex environments to effectively shape policy and implementation decisions. The Program Director will report to the Director, NCVBDC for functioning of the TSU and to Deputy Director, TB and VBD at WJCF for project delivery.

Responsibilities

Qualifications

Last Date to Apply : 21st December, 2025

Seniority level

Director

Employment type

Full‑time

Job function

Business Development and Sales

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