Community Health Worker

CCDC; New Delhi; On-site; INR 167,000 - 301,000; Full time

Job summary

Centre for Chronic Disease Control (CCDC) in New Delhi seeks a Community Health Worker to deliver counselling on healthy lifestyle choices and support hypertension, diabetes, and obesity management. You will participate in health camps, provide tele-counselling, and coordinate with frontline staff to ensure follow-up and referral completion.

The role requires a background in social sciences or health education, strong communication, and comfort with digital health tools.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in social sciences, Psychology, Social Work, Public Health, Health Education, or a related field.
• Degree/Diploma in Counselling, Health Education, Wellness Counselling, Behaviour Change Communication, or a related discipline.
• Prior experience in counselling, health promotion, community outreach, health camps, NCD programmes, or behaviour change interventions.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to effectively counsel individuals and families.
• Knowledge of prevention and management of hypertension, diabetes, obesity, cardiovascular diseases, and common mental health conditions.
• Well versed in the use of smartphones, tablets, teleconsultation platforms, and other digital health applications.
• Proficiency in the local language (Hindi as applicable) and basic English.
• Familiarity with MS Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
• Experience with government health systems, Primary Health Centres
• Ability to work independently and manage field responsibilities with minimal supervision
• Join immediately

Responsibilities

• Counselling individuals and groups on lifestyle changes and adherence.
• Support community health camps with education and risk-reduction messaging.
• Provide tele-counselling and follow-up support for participants.
• Coordinate with frontline workers and project team to ensure continuity of care.
• Maintain counselling records and participate in training and reviews.

Skills

Counselling skills

Communication skills

Digital literacy

Hindi language

Education

Bachelor's degree in social sciences or related field

Diploma in Counselling/Health Education

Tools

Teleconsultation platforms

Smartphones/Tablets

Job description

Location: New Delhi
Organization Name: Centre for Chronic Disease Control (CCDC)

Organization Profile:Centre for Chronic Disease Control (CCDC) is a not-for-profit research organization engaged in knowledge generation and knowledge translation for the prevention and control of non-communicable (chronic) diseases in varied settings of developing countries. CCDC has been recognized as a Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (SIRO) by Department of Scientific & Industrial Research (DSIR), Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of India. CCDC also holds recognition as a WHO Collaborating Centre for Surveillance, Capacity Building and Translational Research in Cardio-metabolic diseases and is an ICMR Collaborating Centre of Excellence.

Project Brief:

The project aims to improve early detection, referral, management, and follow-up of common chronic health conditions, including hypertension, diabetes, and other common chronic conditions, through household-based care, community health camps, digital health technologies, and telemedicine-enabled primary healthcare services.

Job Description

Key Responsibilities

A. Counselling and Behaviour Change Support

• Provide individual and group counselling on healthy diet, physical activity, tobacco and alcohol cessation, stress management, sleep hygiene, and medication adherence.
• Deliver structured counselling for participants with hypertension, diabetes, obesity, and common mental health conditions using standardized counselling protocols.
• Support participant goal setting and development of personalized behaviour change plans.

B. Community Health Camps and Outreach

• Participate in community health camps and awareness activities.
• Provide health education sessions and risk-reduction counselling to community members.
• Support referral and follow-up of participants identified as moderate- or high-risk.

C. Tele-Counselling and Follow-up Support

• Provide telephonic or teleconsultation-based lifestyle counselling when required.
• Conduct follow-up counselling sessions to reinforce behaviour change and treatment adherence.
• Support participants facing challenges in accessing care or maintaining treatment plans.

D. Documentation and Coordination

• Maintain counselling records and document participant interactions in approved study platforms.
• Coordinate with frontline health workers, nurses, medical officers, and the project team to ensure continuity of care and referral completion.
• Participate in training programmes, review meetings, and quality improvement activities.

E. Any Other Duties as assigned, based on emerging needs.

Responsibilities and Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in social sciences, Psychology, Social Work, Public Health, Health Education, or a related field.
• Degree/Diploma in Counselling, Health Education, Wellness Counselling, Behaviour Change Communication, or a related discipline.
• Prior experience in counselling, health promotion, community outreach, health camps, NCD programmes, or behaviour change interventions.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to effectively counsel individuals and families.
• Knowledge of prevention and management of hypertension, diabetes, obesity, cardiovascular diseases, and common mental health conditions.
• Well versed in the use of smartphones, tablets, teleconsultation platforms, and other digital health applications.
• Proficiency in the local language (Hindi as applicable) and basic English.
• Familiarity with MS Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
• Experience with government health systems, Primary Health Centres
• Ability to work independently and manage field responsibilities with minimal supervision
• Join immediately

Reporting:

The Community Health Worker will report to the Program Coordinator/Research Associate and the designated central project team member.

Nature of Appointment & Compensation

• Project-based contractual role based on the duration of project.
• Compensation commensurate with experience and qualifications, as per organizational norms.

CCDC envisions to reduce chronic disease burden and promote innovative science that has the potential to improve human health through implementation and translational research.

Institutional Ethics Committee
Department of Health Research (DHR) Registration Number: EC/NEW/INST/2024/4768Office of Human Research Protections (OHRP) FWA No: FWA00012746