Senior Policy Advisor

About the Company

The organisation enables young Indians to pursue high-impact, purpose-driven careers in nation

building. It believes in the power of younger generation to drive collective change and provides young

professionals with the platform to create societal impact. Nation Building drives interventions to

address the most pressing challenges affecting India across priority themes, with sports and

health among its focus areas.

About the preventive healthcare vertical

Non-communicable diseases cause the highest number of premature deaths globally. India, too,

faces a rising burden of non-communicable and preventable diseases driven by modifiable risk

factors. However, the current systemic approach focuses on treatment and management rather

than prevention.

The preventive healthcare vertical aims to shift the paradigm and change the way health is

currently addressed in India; the focus should not be restricted to how long Indians live, but also

how well they live, with deliberate emphasis on early-life preventive interventions. With this vision,

we are focused on bringing the spotlight to preventive public health in India, aiming to improve the environment of state interventions and public health communications to influence individual

health and behaviour at scale. If this excites you, we invite you to join our dynamic team and

contribute to the audacious goal.

About the Role-

You will join the preventive public healthcare vertical under the governance and policy team to

build scientifically rooted, evidence-based policy content aimed at shaping policy discourse,

institutional decision-making, and real-world interventions in Indias public health ecosystem.

The role involves translating public health and medical evidence into policy-ready insights that can

inform internal strategy as well as engagement with government and allied stakeholders.

Responsibilities may expand over time based on performance, ownership, and analytical rigor.

Stress testing and validation of research insights: You will be responsible for conducting

rigorous research and developing context-specific public health hypotheses. This includes

stress-testing insights through triangulation across policy documents, program data, scientific

literature and field realities, and assessing feasibility within Indias health system and

governance structures. The objective is to ensure that recommendations are scientifically

robust, medically feasible, and decision-ready for policy formulation and advocacy.

Tracking Public Health and Policy Developments: You will continuously track and synthesize

developments across public health practice, health policy and medical science discourse, both

in India and globally. This includes proactively identifying emerging evidence, paradigm shifts,

and regulatory or programmatic changes, and assessing their implications for Indias

preventive health strategy.

Networking with relevant domain professionals: You will be required to actively build and

sustain relationships with top health researchers, public health experts, academicians, health

administrators, medical practitioners and allied professionals to strengthen the quality,

relevance, and credibility of policy recommendations. These engagements will be leveraged to

ground research in field realities and expert consensus, and push the agenda of on-ground,

real-world impact.

Building institutional knowledge on subject matters: You will anchor institutional memory by

codifying public health and medical knowledge into structured repositories, frameworks, and

reference materials. This will enable continuity, elevate the organisations long-term technical

depth in preventive health policy, and create durable knowledge assets beyond individual

projects.

Training of generalist team members: You will play a key role in training and mentoring

generalist policy team members, particularly those from non-public health and non-medical

backgrounds. This will involve translating complex health and policy concepts into accessible

insights, enabling cross-functional teams to engage confidently and meaningfully on public

health issues.

Client interaction and communication: You will engage directly with government stakeholders,

clients, and allied institutions to present evidence-based insights, explain technical findings,

and support informed policy decision-making. This includes tailoring communication for senior

policymakers, ensuring clarity, credibility, and strategic alignment.

Public interaction for advocacy: You will support public-facing engagement and advocacy

efforts, including publications, podcasts, workshops, and other dissemination forums. Your

role will involve translating research and policy insights into clear, non-technical narratives that

can influence public discourse, stakeholder behavior, and policy outcomes.

This role is well-suited for a young public health or policy professional seeking to work at the

intersection of public policy, medical science, and governance in India. It is ideal for individuals

motivated to contribute to preventive health policy and advocacy, with the objective of reshaping

how individual health risks are understood, addressed, and governed in the context.

Eligibility criteria

Must have:

2-5 years of experience in public health policy, health systems strengthening, population health,

or allied policy-oriented domains

Graduation/post-graduation from a tier I or tier II institute in the following or similar disciplines:

Public Health (MPH/MSPH/PhD - Public Health)

Medicine (MBBS/MD Community Medicine/DNB)

Health Policy & Health Systems

Community Medicine/Preventive & Social Medicine

Epidemiology/Biostatistics

Health Economics/Health Financing

Nutrition & Food Policy/Environmental Health/Occupational Health

Strong analytical and problem-solving capability to diagnose public health challenges and

design policy-relevant solutions using structured frameworks

Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with demonstrated experience in drafting

policy notes, concept papers, reports, and stakeholder presentations

Proven experience in primary and secondary research, including policy reviews, literature

synthesis, data interpretation, and evidence generation

Willingness to travel for stakeholder management and field assessment, as and when required

Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, demanding work environment

Good to have:

Direct experience working on nation or state-level health programs, missions, or policy reform

initiatives

Familiarity with Indias health governance architecture, including MoHFW, NITI Aayog, NHM,

Ayushman Bharat, state health societies, and urban local bodies

Experience engaging with ministries, bilateral and multilateral agencies, NGOs, think tanks, or

academic institutions

Understanding of policy formulation cycles, budgeting processes, and implementation

monitoring frameworks

Exposure to epidemiological analysis, health metrics, or burden-of-disease approaches (DALYs,

cost-effectiveness, priority setting)

Proficiency in data analysis and visualization tools (Excel, Stata, R, Python, Tableau, Power BI)

for policy insights

Demonstrated team leadership, mentoring, or project management experience.

Role benefits

Competitive compensation aligned with industry standards and experience

Reimbursements will be provided in line with organisational travel policies and applicable

norms

Comprehensive medical insurance coverage as per organisational policy

Direct exposure to government decision-making processes, including engagement with senior

policymakers, administrators, and institutional stakeholders

Hands-on involvement across the full policy lifecycle from evidence generation and problem

framing to consultation, advocacy, and implementation support

Opportunity to contribute to high-impact, preventive public health initiatives with potential for

real-world policy adoption

Role location:

This is a full-time, in-office role based out of Gurugram, Haryana.