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@ Centre for Chronic Disease Control

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  • 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…
  • The successful candidate will bring strong project management experience.
  • Ensure adherence to NIHR research governance policies, Indian regulatory requirements and institutional ethics approvals.
  • 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.
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Centre for Chronic Disease Control

Job description
Number of Position: One (1)

Location: Delhi NCR

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.

Essential

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.

Desirable

  • Experience working with UK-based academic/research partners and reporting to international funders.

Reporting

  • Reporting to the Principal Investigator

Application Process Information

Kindly submit your application by mentioning your details and attaching your CV in this form. Last date for sending your application is 30th November 2026. [Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for the interview.]

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.

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