Monitoring and Evaluation Officer - TB

Overview

WJCF is an Indian non-profit organisation committed to saving lives by reducing the burden of disease and strengthening government-owned, high-quality health systems. Since 2007, WJCF has combined data-driven approaches and deep public health expertise with strong government partnerships to design, implement, and scale solutions across India's national and state health programmes. We work for and at the service of governments - supporting the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare and State Departments of Health to build systems that are strong, sustainable, and led by Indian institutions.

As an Indian organisation, WJCF brings an unmatched depth of contextual understanding of India's health system architecture, policy landscape, and implementation realities across diverse geographies and population groups. This local institutional credibility, combined with global technical rigour, is central to WJCF's effectiveness as a partner to governments and donors.

Our work is built around four complementary roles: as a Trusted Government Partner, co-designing programmes and strengthening health system architecture; as an Operational Partner, translating strategies into effective on-the-ground delivery; as a Market Shaper, improving the availability and affordability of health commodities; and as an Ecosystem Catalyst, convening governments, development partners, academia, and the private sector to drive solutions at scale.

WJCF's programme portfolio spans thematic areas like hepatitis, HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, vector-borne diseases, syphilis, cervical cancer, diabetes, maternal and childhood anaemia, immunisation, under-5 diarrhoea and pneumonia, sexual and reproductive health, Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri - Jan Arogya Yojana (AB PM-JAY), Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission (ABDM), hypoxemia and oxygen, safe drinking water, sickle cell disease, presbyopia, lead poisoning, and cross cutting thematic areas like AI and Health, integrated disease surveillance and climate and health.

We currently support programmes across 19 states and union territories, with teams working at national, state, district, and sub-district levels.

Our people are our greatest asset. WJCF brings together a talented, diverse team of professionals from public health, analytics, consulting, healthcare, the development sector, and academia, all united by a shared commitment to improving health outcomes for the people of India. We are entrepreneurial, action-oriented, and deeply grounded in the communities and systems we work in. Our field teams collectively bring hundreds of years of experience managing public health programmes across the country.

WJCF collaborates with a range of international and domestic partners and donors to advance its mission, including an affiliation with the Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI), a global health organisation with which WJCF shares a common mission and values.

Program Overview:

The World Health Organization estimated that 10.8 million people fell ill with tuberculosis (TB) in 2023 and ~1.25 million died from it. India accounted for the most people suffering from the disease, with 26% 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.

About the project:

India continues to bear the world's highest burden of tuberculosis (TB) in terms of absolute numbers of incident TB cases. National TB prevalence survey (2019-21) revealed a significant 31.3% (estimated) crude prevalence of TB infection (TBI) among India's population aged 15 years and above. India has set an ambitious target of eliminating TB ahead of the global target. The National Strategic Plan 2017-2025 outlines TB Preventive Treatment (TPT) as a critical strategy in combating TB, aiming at 95% coverage amongst the eligible population.

The TB Household Contact Management (TB HCM) project is a pioneering initiative addressing critical gaps in coverage and completion of TPT amongst household contacts of notified drug sensitive TB patients, with a special emphasis on children under five (U5). Planned to be implemented in Bihar and Uttar Pradesh, this two-year TB HCM project aims to impact over 2 million individuals through a community-based service delivery model that leverages community health workers from the National Tuberculosis Elimination Programme (NTEP) and general health systems. Marking the first major rollout of TPT while focussing on Universal Health Coverage strategies, the project focuses on decentralising and strengthening TB care within general health systems.

Position summary:

The M&E Officer will report to Program Officer and will play a critical role in supporting the effective implementation and continuous improvement of project activities across 12-13 , through robust monitoring, evaluation and learning practices. This position is responsible for ensuring adherence to the project's M&E framework, processes and tools to track progress, measure outcomes, and generate insights for strategic decision-making. The M&E Officer will work closely with program teams, government stakeholders, and implementing partners to ensure systematic data collection, analysis and reporting. The role includes designing and deploying user-friendly M&E tools, maintaining high-quality project databases, preparing monthly performance reports and supporting evaluations and field validations. The incumbent will also contribute to capacity-building efforts at multiple administrative levels, helping to strengthen local systems for routine monitoring and supervision. WJCF is seeking a highly motivated, results-oriented individual with demonstrated leadership skills and outstanding analytical skills. The M&E Officer will work closely with State Analyst and the National M&E team to support activities in the project. The ideal candidate must have excellent communications skills, strong analytical skills, be able to independently drive engagement with key implementation partners and handle large scale project data. We place great value on relevant qualities such as resourcefulness, responsibility, tenacity, energy and work ethics.

Responsibilities

1. District and TBU Coordination

• Serve as the primary liaison between the programme team and district and TB Unit (TU)-level stakeholders on all M&E and reporting matters
• Coordinate with District TB Officers, Data entry operator, Senior Treatment Supervisors, and TU-level staff to ensure timely and accurate Nikshay reporting of notifications, contact tracing, and TPT initiation and completion
• Follow up regularly on TU-level data status, track pending entries, and escalate persistent gaps to the State Analyst
• Support reporting timeliness at district level in line with the monthly reporting calendar managed by the State Analyst

2. Field Validation

• Conduct field visits to health facilities, TUs, and households to validate reported data against physical records, Nikshay entries, and on-ground status
• Execute assigned households from the monthly validation sample, carrying out structured telephonic or in-person validation interactions using programme tools
• Document findings accurately in the digital data collection tool on the day of interaction; flag discordant records for State Analyst review

3. Qualitative Interactions and Documentation

• Conduct and facilitate qualitative interviews with patients, caregivers, community health workers, and government functionaries as directed by the State Analyst
• Produce verbatim or near-verbatim transcripts from qualitative interactions and prepare structured summary notes capturing key themes, quotes, and programme-relevant findings
• Ensure all qualitative outputs are labelled, stored, and shared in the programme repository in a timely manner

4. Routine Programme Monitoring Support

• Assist in data collection, compilation, and entry tasks in support of the state-level M&E system
• Support implementation teams during training, review meetings, and supervisory visits by facilitating data review and reporting corrections on the spot
• Support capacity-building of government stakeholders at district and sub-district levels in routine data recording and reporting

5. Reporting and Documentation

• Compile district and TU-level data summaries and share with the State Analyst by agreed deadlines each month
• Maintain field visit logs, call attempt records, and validation interaction notes in formats specified by the State Analyst
• Flag data quality issues, non-response patterns, and ground-level implementation challenges in structured reports

Qualifications

• Graduate or Post Graduate in any discipline; preference for Social Sciences, Public Health, Life Sciences, or related fields
• Minimum three years of relevant work experience in programme monitoring, field research, community health, or a related role
• Familiarity with government health systems and comfort engaging with district and facility-level government functionaries
• Working knowledge of Nikshay or similar government data platforms is an advantage; willingness to learn is essential
• Ability to conduct structured qualitative interactions and produce clear, accurate transcripts and summary notes in Hindi and English
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel and Word for basic data entry, compilation, and documentation
• Comfort using digital data collection tools (KoboToolbox, ODK, or equivalent) on a smartphone or tablet in field settings
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills; ability to build rapport with diverse stakeholders at district and community levels
• Organised, detail-oriented, and disciplined about documentation and reporting deadlines
• Excellent written and oral communication skills in Hindi; working proficiency in English
• Willingness to travel extensively (approximately 40% of their time) within the assigned district or cluster of districts

Last Date to Apply: 22nd July, 2026