Senior Consultant – Public Private Partnerships

1. POSITIONS VACANT: Senior Consultant – Public Private Partnerships Not-for-Profit Organization, New Delhi.

2. ORGANISATIONAL BACKGROUND:

Our client is a respected international not-for-profit, that works in public health, to improve the health of disadvantaged communities, across the globe.

3. JOB DESCRIPTION/ RESPONSIBILITIES:

The Consultant will also provide technical assistance in proposal development, preparation of Terms of Reference and implementation frameworks, capacity building of institutional teams, routine performance monitoring, supportive supervision, programme evaluation, and translation of implementation evidence into policy recommendations and programme improvements. S/he will be responsible for the following work;

Key Job Responsibilities: 

(1) Strategic Planning and Model Development;
(a) Provide strategic guidance to governments, programmes, and implementing agencies on public–private partnership approaches for public health service delivery;

(b) Design integrated private sector engagement models for TB, HIV, other communicable diseases, and vaccine-preventable diseases, tailored to local epidemiological, health system, and implementation contexts;
(c) Identify opportunities for integration across disease programmes, primary healthcare, diagnostic services, referral systems, and digital health platforms;

(d) Develop operational frameworks, implementation plans, governance mechanisms, and sustainability and scale-up strategies for PPP models;

(2) Technical Assistance and Programme Implementation;
(a) Provide technical support to government departments, programme teams, and implementation partners in operationalising PPP models.
(b) Develop project proposals, concept notes, Terms of Reference, technical guidelines, standard operating procedures, and implementation tools;
(c) Support the development of mechanisms for private sector provider engagement, empanelment, contracting, incentives, quality assurance, notification, referral, and continuity of care;
(d) Facilitate coordination between public health programmes, private healthcare providers, professional associations, civil society organisations, and other relevant stakeholders;

(3) Capacity Building and Institutional Strengthening;
(a) Assess capacity-building needs and develop training and mentoring plans for programme managers, government officials, and implementation teams;

(b) Design and facilitate training, workshops, technical consultations, and structured mentoring on PPP strategy, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation.;

(c) Strengthen institutional capacity for planning, managing, and sustaining private sector engagement initiatives;

(4) Performance Monitoring and Supportive Supervision;
(a) Establish or strengthen performance monitoring frameworks, indicators, review mechanisms, and dashboards for PPP implementation;

(b) Review monthly programme performance, identify implementation gaps and bottlenecks, and recommend corrective actions;

(c) Undertake periodic supportive supervision, implementation reviews, and problem-solving consultations with programme teams and implementing partners;

(d) Monitor performance across the service delivery continuum, including provider engagement, service uptake, referrals, diagnostic completion, treatment or care initiation, follow-up, reporting, quality of care, and equity of access, as applicable to the programme;

(5) Evaluation, Learning, and Evidence-to-Policy Translation;
(a) Support the design and implementation of monitoring, evaluation, and implementation research activities to assess the effectiveness, feasibility, efficiency, and sustainability of PPP models;

(b) Document implementation experiences, promising practices, lessons learned, and scalable innovations;

(c) Analyse programme performance and implementation evidence to inform adaptive management and continuous quality improvement;

(d) Prepare policy briefs, technical reports, presentations, and recommendations to support evidence-informed decision-making by governments and programme leadership;

(e) Facilitate the dissemination and translation of evidence into policy, programme guidelines, and implementation strategies;

4. QUALIFICATIONS, EXPERIENCE AND COMPETENCIES:

Qualifications and Experience:

(1) Applicants must have advanced Degree in Medicine with postgraduation in Public Health/ Health Administration/ Business Administration or a related discipline;
(2) Minimum 20 years of demonstrated professional experience in public health, health systems strengthening, programme implementation, and technical assistance;

(3) Demonstrated experience at national level in designing, implementing, evaluating, and scaling private sector engagement models;
(4) Experience providing strategic advisory support to senior government officials and programme leadership, facilitating strategic reviews, resolving cross-programme implementation bottlenecks, mobilising resources, and developing sustainability and scale-up strategies;

Skills and Competencies:

(1) Strong understanding of integrated service delivery, people-centred health systems and health-system re-engineering;

(2) Expertise in implementation science, mixed-methods evaluation, adaptive programme management and continuous quality improvement;

(3) Demonstrated ability to develop context-specific public health solutions and support their transition from pilot implementation to scale;

(4) Experience documenting public health innovations and translating implementation evidence into policy, technical guidance, programme improvements and scientific publications;
(5) Experience working with government programmes and donor-supported initiatives involving bilateral, multilateral and philanthropic development partners;

(6) Excellent analytical, technical writing, presentation, facilitation and stakeholder engagement skills in English;

5. CONSULTANCY FEE: Gross compensation budgeted for the position is attractive. Please note that the offer made to the selected candidate shall be commensurate with qualifications, experience, and salary history.

6. LOCATION: New Delhi - Virtual

7. REFERENCE: SC-D-INPO

8. NATURE OF CONTRACT:

The selected candidate shall be engaged as a Consultant on the rolls of SAMS, a third-party payrolling agency, for a full-time consultancy engagement initially offered for a period of Six months. The contract is extendable based on performance and project requirements. It is explicitly clarified that this consultancy engagement does not constitute a promise or guarantee of future employment, with SAMS, or our client, or any other organization associated with the project.

9. CONTACT INFORMATION:

Team SAMS
Strategic Alliance Management Services P Ltd.
1/1B, Choudhary Hetram House, Bharat Nagar 
New Friends Colony, New Delhi 110 025

Phone Nos.: 011- 4081 9900; 4165 3612

10. APPLICATION PROCESS:

Eligible candidates interested in the position are requested to urgently apply before November 08, 2026.