Project Manager

CCDC; Delhi; Presencial; INR 1.200.000 - 1.800.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Centre for Chronic Disease Control (CCDC) in Delhi NCR is seeking an experienced Project Manager to lead operational delivery of large, multi-state public health research programmes funded by NIHR UK, including NIHR GHRC MLTC and CARDIO-India. You will manage diverse teams and coordinate with India, Nepal and UK partners.

The role requires strong project management experience, oversight of contracts and ethics approvals, and a proactive approach to governance, budgeting and reporting.

Formación

• Master’s degree required in Management, Public Health, Epidemiology or related field.
• At least 3 years of experience managing multi-site public health research projects in India (international donors preferred).
• Excellent English communication; Hindi or regional language skills are a plus.

Responsabilidades

• Lead planning, execution and monitoring of multi-state health research projects across India.
• Coordinate with Indian and UK partners, manage contracts and sub-grants.
• Oversee governance, ethics submissions and NIHR reporting; ensure compliance.
• Prepare quarterly progress reports and M&E framework.

Conocimientos

English communication

Team and budget management

Educación

Master’s degree in Management/Public Health/Epidemiology

Descripción del empleo

Organization Name: Centre for Chronic Disease Control (CCDC)

Organization Profile: Centre for Chronic Disease Control (CCDC) is a not-for-profit research organization engaged in knowledge generation and knowledge translation for the prevention and control of non- communicable (chronic) diseases in varied settings of developing countries. CCDC has been recognized as a Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (SIRO) by Department of Scientific & Industrial Research (DSIR), Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of India. CCDC also holds recognition as a WHO Collaborating Centre for Surveillance, Capacity Building and Translational Research in Cardio-metabolic diseases and is an ICMR Collaborating Centre of Excellence.

Project Brief: Centre for Chronic Disease Control is seeking a proactive and experienced Project Manager to lead the operational delivery of two large, multi-state public health research programmes funded by the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR), UK: the NIHR Global Health Research Centre for Multiple Long-Term Conditions (NIHR GHRC MLTC) and CARDIO-India. The programmes, implemented across multiple sites in India (and in Nepal under the NIHR GHRC MLTC), involve working with partners in India, Nepal and the UK.

Job Description

The Project Manager will be based in Delhi NCR and will manage diverse teams across multiple states and liaising with both Indian and UK-based partners. The successful candidate will bring strong project management experience.

Key responsibilities include, but not limited to

Project Management & Coordination

• Lead the planning, execution, and monitoring of all research activities across 10 states, ensuring adherence to timelines, budgets, and deliverables.
• Coordinate with the India- and UK-based partners.
• Maintain oversight of contracts, sub-grants and partnership agreements, ensuring compliance with institutional and funder policies.

Operational and Team Leadership

• Supervise and support a large interdisciplinary team including field coordinators, data collectors, research associates, and administrative staff across multiple states.
• Organize training, quality assurance visits and team meetings to ensure high performance and consistent research standards.

Governance and Ethical Compliance

• Ensure adherence to NIHR research governance policies, Indian regulatory requirements and institutional ethics approvals.
• Manage all research ethics submissions via CCDC IEC portal and ensure compliance with data protection protocols.

Meetings and Programme Administration

• Organise all programme meetings, including internal team meetings, work package meetings, investigators’ meetings, partner meetings, governance committee meetings (such as the Trial Steering Committee and Programme Steering Committee) and calls with NIHR.

Schedule meetings, coordinate participants’ availability across time zones, and arrange venues, virtual platforms, travel and accommodation as required.

Prepare and circulate agendas, background papers and presentations in advance, in consultation with the investigators.

Take accurate minutes recording discussions, decisions and agreed actions, circulate draft minutes within five working days, and finalise them after review by the Chair or Principal Investigator.

Maintain an action log, follow up on agreed actions, and keep an organised archive of agendas, minutes and attendance records for governance, audit and NIHR reporting.

Monitoring, Evaluation and Reporting

• Lead the preparation and submission of quarterly and annual progress reports, financial statements and other reporting documents.
• Develop and implement a robust monitoring and evaluation (M&E) framework for tracking project outputs and outcomes.

Responsibilities and Requirements

• Master’s degree (or higher) in Management, Public Health, Epidemiology, Health Research, or a related discipline.
• At least 3 years of experience managing complex, multi-site public health research projects in India, preferably with international donors (e.g., NIHR, Wellcome Trust, NIH).
• Proven ability to manage diverse teams, budgets and logistics across geographies.
• Excellent communication skills in English (verbal and written); proficiency in Hindi or other regional languages is an asset.
• Experience working with UK-based academic/research partners and reporting to international funders.

Reporting:

• Reporting to the Principal Investigator

Compensation: Commensurate with experience, qualification, and guidelines.

CCDC envisions to reduce chronic disease burden and promote innovative science that has the potential to improve human health through implementation and translational research.

Institutional Ethics Committee
Department of Health Research (DHR) Registration Number: EC/NEW/INST/2024/4768Office of Human Research Protections (OHRP) FWA No: FWA00012746