About PCI India

PCI India, a registered Indian society, has been working in India for the past 25 years. We drive interventions to transform the lives of communities at scale by solving complex development problems. Our programs strive to impact the social, economic, health and nutritional status of the most vulnerable individuals and families. We work in close collaboration with the government, multilateral organizations, premier academic institutions, and various social actors to create an enabling environment to improve the social positioning of the deprived population.In the past year, PCI India reached more than 1.5 crore, i.e. 15 million people in 1649 Blocks of 259 Districts in 14 States.

Our Vision and Mission

Vision – A happy, healthy, safe and a sustainable world for all.

Mission – Rooted in community realities, we co create and scale sustainable solutions to complex development problems.

Our Values

• Excellence – Quality in everything no matter how small, is paramount.
• Respect – There is inherent value in all people for who they are and what they contribute.
• Collaboration – Only through collaboration we can address complex development problems.
• Boldness – Boldness requires disruptive thinking backed up by courage and conviction.
• Creativity – Creativity ensures dynamic responsiveness, relevance and impact.
• Integrity – Integrity is non-negotiable in both personal and professional domains.

PCI is an Equal Opportunity Employer

PCI is committed to providing equal opportunity to all working for it and in creating an inclusive work environment. We respect the diversity of our people and follow a fair, non-discriminatory approach in terms of gender, age, nationality race, caste, religion, community, marital status, physical challenge, and sexual orientation.

We promote diversity in the workplace and ensure a culture of zero tolerance to any form of discrimination, abuse or harassment whether sexual, physical or psychological.

PCI provides equal opportunity in recruitment, appraisals, promotion and career progression. Our people policies are fair, objective and non-discriminatory and everyone is expected to adhere to them.

About the Position:

Position Title: Program Associate

Number of Position: 1

Reporting: Project Director- One Health and Surveillance

Location: Delhi

Grade: F

Type:  Regular

Qualification Required: Master’s degree in public health, Rural Development, Health Management, Development Studies, or related field.

Experience Required:

• Minimum 2–4 years of experience in programme coordination, implementation, or technical assistance projects.
• Experience in documentation, reporting, and stakeholder coordination.

The Role

PCI India is implementing the Sentinel Community Surveillance (SCS) for Global Health Security initiative in partnership with TIFA Bharat for Global Health Security across selected districts of Bihar, Jharkhand, and Maharashtra. The project seeks to strengthen community-based surveillance systems through integration of community platforms, frontline workers, local governance institutions, and public health systems to improve early detection, reporting, verification, and response to outbreak-prone diseases and public health events.

Position Purpose

The Program Associate will provide programmatic, operational, coordination, documentation, and knowledge management support for implementation of the Sentinel Community Surveillance initiative across project states.

Key Responsibilities

Programme Coordination

• Support planning, implementation, and monitoring of project activities.
• Maintain project workplans, trackers, implementation calendars, and deliverable monitoring systems.
• Coordinate with state and district teams to ensure timely completion of activities.
• Follow up on action points emerging from review meetings and technical consultations.

Documentation and Reporting

• Prepare meeting minutes, progress reports, presentations, briefs, and technical documentation.
• Support preparation of donor reports and project updates.
• Maintain project documentation repositories and knowledge management systems.

Stakeholder Coordination

• Coordinate meetings, consultations, trainings, workshops, and review platforms with government and project stakeholders.
• Support communication with State Health Departments, SRLMs, NSS units, and Urban Local Bodies.

Administrative and Operational Support

• Support logistics and administrative arrangements for project activities.
• Coordinate procurement and consultant engagement processes as required.
• Support travel planning and event management.

Knowledge Management

• Document lessons learned, case studies, implementation experiences, and success stories.
• Support dissemination of project outputs and technical resources.

What can you expect in PCI:

• A warm, inclusive, and happy work environment.
• Performance driven reward mechanism.
• The best of the class benefits from competitive remunerations.
• Health Insurance coverage for self, spouse & Children.
• Group Terms Life Insurance and Group Accident Insurance for Self.
• All other statutory benefits.
• Regular Recognition of performance and PCI Value display in work
• An empowering organization structure which values individual’s skills, competencies and potential.
• Opportunities to operate in a cross functional role.
• Higher responsibilities and larger roles are merit based.
• Young Talent Programs for developing future leaders.
• Leadership roles for women are encouraged and given preference in selection and training.