Public Health Associate – Climate x Health

Full Time

Jaipur, India

Job Information

Khushi Baby, a global health organization at the forefront of India’s public health transformation, is hiring a Public Health Associate to join our Climate Health Vulnerability Index (CHVI) initiative.

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You will work at the frontline of the climate × health intersection—visiting vulnerable hotspots, validating hospital records, and engaging with community and facility-level health staff. Your insights will directly inform CHVI tools and dashboards developed by our data science team, supporting state and district-level public health action.

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As part of a dynamic and impact-driven team, you will contribute to India’s first village-level climate-health vulnerability assessment, integrating data-driven decision-making into government health systems. This role is pivotal in validating real-world health data and building evidence on climate-health vulnerabilities across Rajasthan. Join us in shaping resilient health systems through innovation, evidence, and on-ground impact

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Join us in shaping resilient health systems through innovation, evidence, and on-ground impact

Responsibilities

Travel to districts across Rajasthan, visiting CHVI-identified heat, air pollution, and vector-borne disease hotspots.
Conduct field validation by reviewing facility-level hospital records and correlating them with CHVI-generated vulnerability and exposure data.
Engage with frontline and facility-level staff including ASHA workers, CHOs, ANMs, MOs, and district officials to gather qualitative and quantitative inputs.
Support Health Management Information System (HMIS) data validation efforts and cross-reference findings with the central data science team.
Document on-ground insights to improve CHVI model accuracy and ensure tools are grounded in public health realities.
Provide feedback on tool usability and local applicability of climate-health insights.
Assist in training sessions and stakeholder consultations as needed.

Experience:

A Master’s degree in Public Health, Community Health, Health Administration, or a related discipline.
At least 1 year of field experience working within public health systems, preferably involving government engagement or health data collection.
Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to build rapport with ground-level health workers and facility staff.
Comfort with extensive travel across urban and rural parts of Rajasthan (up to 60–70% of the time).
Familiarity with HMIS and experience navigating hospital records and/or public health datasets.
Hindi language skills required.

You’ll stand out with

Prior experience working with government officials and NHM data sets
Publications with mixed-methods research
Prior experience working with mHealth / digital health projects
Excellence in English writing and communication
Demonstrated work / experimentation in prompt-engineering for tools like ChatGPT

Remuneration

CTC : ₹5.5 – ₹8 LPA (depending on experience and skills)

Benefits

Medical insurance
Flexible work policies for those menstruating, needing time for grievance of a loved one, religious fasting, etc
Monthly field visits, annual retreat
Learning opportunities with world-class research institutions (Yale, Harvard)
Learning Stipend Policy
Sponsored Workshops and Seminars
Travel allowance and reimbursement

How to apply

To apply for the above position, please send your detailed CV to careers@khushibaby.org mentioning subject line: “Application for Public Health Associate – CHVI, Jaipur”

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