NHSRC Recruitment 2026: 5 Consultant and Advisor Roles, Eligibility and 22 September Deadline

NHSRC Recruitment 2026 currently has five distinct Consultant, Senior Consultant, Lead Consultant and Advisor role notices listed on the official recruitment portal. The portal shows a 2 September 2026 publication date and a 22 September 2026 last date for each of the five entries. The roles cover public health administration, health-programme leadership, legal and public-health policy work, and enterprise information-technology delivery. They are contractual NHSRC engagements, not a single combined permanent recruitment examination. The most useful way to read this intake is as a role comparison. The Consultant and Senior Consultant ED Secretariat notices are aimed at experienced public-health professionals; the Consultant Legal notice is for a law professional with relevant health-policy experience; the Lead Consultant IT Division notice is for an experienced technology-delivery leader; and the Advisor Public Health Administration notice is a senior health-systems leadership position. The official PDFs set different age, qualification, experience and fee conditions. The live records do not state a per-role vacancy count, so this guide refers to five role notices or role records rather than claiming five vacancies. Use the exact terms-of-reference PDF for the role you are considering and recheck the portal before submitting.

The NHSRC Current Vacancies page lists these five job codes: C-EDS Consultant-ED Secretariat, C-LEDs Consultant Legal-ED Secretariat, SC-EDs Senior Consultant (ED Secretariat), LC-ITD Lead Consultant-Information Technology Division, and APHA Advisor-Public Health Administration. The page displays 02/09/2026 as the publish date and 22/09/2026 as the last date for all five listings. Each role has its own terms-of-reference document, so a broad statement such as “NHSRC eligibility” is not enough for a final application decision. AvsarIQ's current opportunity records are published and open, and their verification field records multiple official sources. They do not contain application start dates or per-role vacancy totals. The official portal is the application route, while the PDFs are the authority for the role brief and conditions. The NHSRC corporate website links to Recruitment under Opportunities and identifies NHSRC as a technical-support institute working with the National Health Mission. The application cutoff is within the morning research window's 14-day urgency horizon. Candidates should allow time to create or complete the portal profile, upload or enter information in the prescribed format, and read the entire PDF for the role selected. The portal also notes that Safari is not supported for submitting an application; use a supported browser listed on the live page if that instruction remains visible.

The two ED Secretariat medical and public-health roles are not interchangeable. The Consultant notice offers an MD Community Medicine/PSM route without the additional experience requirement attached to the MPH route, while the Senior Consultant notice adds a higher experience threshold to both pathways. Both notices say that only full-time regular qualifications are considered where the qualification language applies, and that only post-qualification experience is counted. A diploma, certificate, executive programme, distance or part-time qualification should not be assumed to satisfy the listed route. The Legal Consultant role is also narrower than a general legal vacancy. Its notice calls for a regular LL.M. and at least two years of relevant post-qualification work, including one year in public-health policy formulation. Experience in health law, health policy, hospitals, research or related areas should be compared with the PDF's wording rather than summarized as generic legal experience. The Lead Consultant IT Division role is built around delivery leadership. In addition to the listed regular qualification routes, the PDF describes enterprise-scale IT programme and delivery management, stakeholder and operations management, user-experience strategy, executive reporting, team leadership and relevant government or public-health technology experience. A technical degree alone should not be treated as sufficient. The Advisor role is the most senior of the five. The PDF describes work supporting secondary and tertiary care, Indian Public Health Standards, National Urban Health Mission, public-health management cadre and other system-strengthening priorities. It calls for at least 15 years of post-qualification work experience and a maximum age of 60, so it is aimed at a substantially more experienced professional profile.

The official application route for all five listings is the NHSRC recruitment portal at recruitment.nhsrcindia.org. The live page provides a job code, job title, publish date, last date and a login or sign-up path. Select the precise code that matches the PDF you have read: APHA, LC-ITD, C-LEDs, SC-EDs or C-EDS. Do not treat the five entries as one combined form or assume that a qualification uploaded for one role transfers to another. Before starting, keep the prescribed qualification certificates, mark sheets, experience records, identity details and any other documents requested by the notice ready. Check the age reference date because it differs across roles: the APHA notice uses the date of applying, the ED Secretariat notices use the date the application is received, and the IT notice states 55 years or below on the last date. Review the PDF for the exact way the portal asks for experience and qualifications. The records and official PDFs do not state a common per-role vacancy count or a separate application start date. They do state online application, a 22 September 2026 last date and contractual engagement. If the portal or a later corrigendum changes an instruction, the later official source controls.

The five terms-of-reference notices describe contractual NHSRC work. The role records and notices state contract duration through 31 March 2028, with the possibility of further extension on similar terms where the applicable notice says so. This is not the same as appointment to a regular government service cadre, and the fee bands are consultancy or contractual remuneration bands rather than a permanent pay scale. The fee within a band can be commensurate with qualifications and experience; the APHA notice also describes its band as indicative, negotiable and linked to experience and qualifications. Work is centered in New Delhi, with state or district travel explicitly involved or potentially involved for several roles. The role briefs connect the work with health-system strengthening, public-health policy, programme implementation, legal and policy support, or technology delivery. Read the specific PDF for other benefits and reporting arrangements. The APHA notice, for example, names the Executive Director, NHSRC as the reporting authority and describes a full-time role. If a written test is used in the recruitment process, the ED Secretariat notices state a minimum 70 percent threshold for the test. That wording should be read as a condition that applies if the process includes a written test; it is not a claim that every role will use the same exam. Shortlisting, interview or other assessment steps are governed by the individual notice and any later communication from NHSRC. The right choice depends on the evidence in your own profile. A medical or public-health applicant should distinguish Consultant from Senior Consultant and Advisor experience thresholds. A legal applicant should test the public-health policy experience requirement. An IT leader should verify both the listed qualification route and the enterprise delivery experience. None of these comparisons replaces the recruiting organization's review of the submitted application.

This guide was rechecked against the NHSRC Current Vacancies portal, the NHSRC official website, and the five primary terms-of-reference PDFs: Consultant ED Secretariat, Consultant Legal ED Secretariat, Senior Consultant ED Secretariat, Lead Consultant Information Technology Division, and Advisor Public Health Administration. The direct checks for these seven official URLs returned HTTP 200 during this run; the PDFs were also downloaded, text-extracted and hash-recorded in the run workspace. At the latest AvsarIQ check, all five linked records were published, open and verified from multiple official sources, with 22 September 2026 as the current closing date. Their live records do not provide a combined vacancy total or application start date. The portal and terms-of-reference notices are the controlling sources if a later correction, extension, eligibility clarification, fee change or application instruction appears. Return to the official page immediately before applying.