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Program Overview:

Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus (T1D) is an auto-immune disease characterized by reduced ability to produce insulin in the body. T1D usually develops in children, adolescents, or young adults, leading to a lifetime dependence on insulin for survival. The condition is associated with a significant strain and poor quality of life, and leading to a high financial burden, for people living with Type 1 Diabetes (PLT1D) and their families. However, with access to timely diagnostic, initiation on treatment and proper management of the condition, PLT1D can lead healthy and productive lives, while achieving life expectancy comparable to the general population.

There are an estimated 9.4 million PLT1D globally, with India having the second highest share accounting for 8%-10% of the global prevalence. Nearly 18% of children and adolescents with T1D (~0.3 million) live in India, the highest of any country. The incidence of T1D in the 0-19 age group is increasing more than any other age group and is estimated to increase from 8.15 per 100,000 in 2024 to 13.95 per 100,000 by 2040. While the burden of T1D has continued to rise over the years, survival has remained poor. Survival rates for children and adolescents living with T1D in India is worse compared to countries with similar socio-economic development. On average, a child diagnosed with T1D at the age of 10 years lives only an additional 29 years of healthy life, contributing to premature mortality and poor quality of life.

There is an urgent need to improve access to screening and diagnosis and to ensure initiation and adherence to treatment for T1D. WJCF’s Type 1 Diabetes program aims at strengthening and improving access to quality T1D care in India, with the overall goal of achieving longer, healthier, and more productive lives for People Living with Type 1 Diabetes (PLT1D). The program aims to address critical barriers to delivery of quality T1D care in India by building awareness, improving access to screening, diagnosis, and treatment services, enabling treatment adherence and self-management, and strengthening governance framework for delivery of T1D care.

Position summary:

WJCF seeks a highly motivated and entrepreneurial individual with outstanding credentials and demonstrated analytical and stakeholder management abilities for the role of Associate, Type 1 Diabetes. The Associate will support the overall execution of the Type 1 Diabetes program, including, but not limited to aspects of supply chain strengthening, stakeholder engagement, capacity building, and monitoring and evaluation. In particular, the Associate will anchor the program workstream on strengthening the supply chain of drugs and commodities pertaining to T1D management. This will entail market shaping efforts to ensure upstream availability, affordability, and quality of a package of diabetes commodities, as well as downstream improvement of quantification and forecasting, procurement, and stock management processes to avoid stockouts at the facility level. The Associate will also support knowledge building, scoping, and proposal development for initiatives across other priority disease areas in the Non-Communicable Diseases (NCD) space.

The ideal candidate should have exceptional interpersonal skills, be able to work independently, be flexible, be comfortable working and coordinating operations across cross-functional teams and have a strong commitment to excellence. The Associate role is a high impact role for professionals determined to positively impact public health outcomes and allows for rich stakeholder engagement.

Responsibilities:

• Conduct a thorough assessment of the Supply Chain Management (SCM) system for T1D diagnostic and treatment commodities to identify opportunities for supply chain strengthening and market shaping. This will include assessment of outcomes, outputs, and processes related to commodity lists and standards, quantification, procurement, inventory management, logistics, analytics, and governance.
• Conduct a market landscaping to understand availability and pricing of T1D commodities at government and patient level, demand- and supply-side barriers to commodity access, and determine the appropriate package of commodities for diagnosis and treatment of T1D in Indian context.
• Develop analyses related to market dynamics for key commodities for T1D care to inform market shaping approaches.
• Generate analyses that strengthen the business case for enhanced affordability and availability of these commodities, including demand forecasts, uptake scenarios and market access strategies.
• Collaborate with key stakeholders to understand current T1D commodity forecasting and procurement practices and existing tools, including procurement in the public sector and through organized community initiatives, and synthesize best practices to support optimizing access to essential commodities and drugs.
• Synthesize and document key learnings and analytical insights, and support dissemination to key stakeholders through impactful presentations, reports, briefs, presentation decks and other collaterals as needed.
• Extend support in execution of the Type 1 Diabetes program, including support in designing, implementing, and measuring / reviewing progress of program activities in implementation states and pilot geographies.
• Build and maintain trust-based relationships with government stakeholders, development partners, and other key stakeholders relevant to the program.
• Support activities related to knowledge building, scoping, and proposal development for other key priority areas within the NCD space, including development of grant proposals, concept notes, and pitch decks for key intervention areas.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree or higher, with strong academic performance, in Economics, Public Health, Business Studies, Finance, or a related field.
• At least 5 years of relevant work experience in a role that demonstrates an ability to work independently and effectively in a demanding results-oriented environment.
• Experience in product/technology forecasting, planning and database management tools, preferably in the healthcare space.
• Experience in project management including engaging with and soliciting expert inputs from a diverse range of stakeholders such as government administrators and clinical experts, institutions, drugs and medical equipment manufacturers, development partners and multilaterals.
• Prior knowledge or experience of public health supply chain management and health system strengthening.
• Ability to absorb, analyse and synthesize a broad range of information, including technical information, and prepare compelling presentations and reports.
• Excellent written and oral communications skills in English and Hindi.
• Ability to work independently, prioritize, and handle multiple tasks simultaneously.
• Strong commitment to teamwork, team mission, and hard work
• Willingness to travel within and outside the program geography, including internationally.