Consultant-Project Staff

Public Health Career; Meghalaya; On-site; INR 300,000 - 540,000; Full time

Job summary

The Public Health Foundation of India (PHFI) invites applications for a Consultant-Project Staff to be stationed at Shillong, Meghalaya, for six months or until project completion. The role reports to the Project Coordinator and focuses on day-to-day project activities in field settings.

Essential qualifications include a Bachelor’s degree; experience in health systems or development projects is desirable. Strong communication in local language and English is required; travel to villages for PLA

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in any field from a recognized university/institute.

Responsibilities

• Fulfilling various duties with relation to day-to-day project activities.
• Coordinate with local health system actors and project staff in a team to execute project activities under supervision.
• Monitoring and providing hands-on training to community health workers.
• Conduct PLA meetings in assigned villages and train local facilitators in PLA methods.
• Coordinate survey logistics, including scheduling, mapping out survey locations, and managing transportation arrangements.
• Provide regular progress updates to the Project Coordinator and participate in team meetings to discuss project outcomes, challenges, and potential modifications.
• Carry out any other duties as assigned by the investigators or coordinator
• Any other task assign by your supervisor/ PI.

Skills

Field work capability

Fluent in local language & English

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in any field

Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing/Public Health/Social Work

Job description

Position Code : PHFI-CNST-2687

Position Title : Consultant-Project Staff

No. of Positions : 1

Location : Shillong, Meghalaya

Duration of Position : 06 Months or co-terminus with the project, whichever is earlier

Brief On The Organization

The Public Health Foundation of India (PHFI) is working towards building a healthier India. It is helping to address the limited institutional and systems capacity in India by strengthening education and training, advancing research and technology and facilitating policy and practice in the area of Public Health. PHFI is headquartered in New Delhi with national presence through its constituent units of regional Indian Institutes of Public Health (IIPHs) and Centers of Applied Research in core public health themes. The Foundation, established in 2006 as a public private initiative, is governed by an independent board comprising of senior government officials, eminent Indian and International academic and leaders, civil society representatives and corporate leaders. For more information, please visit the website www.phfi.org .

Project Brief

A recent study by Taneja et al. (2023) that used NFHS-V to assess prevalence of Zero Dose children in India demonstrated that in the northeastern region of India, Meghalaya (17.8%) had some of the highest prevalence figures. Vaccine hesitancy and mistrust in government initiatives often result in entire villages refusing to be vaccinated. In order to address this, the current project plans to implement a “Participatory Learning and Action” approach to address demand-side descrepancies in selected villages of Meghalaya. A quasi-experimental non-randomised controlled study design will be used to evaluate the effectiveness of this community-based intervention using quantitative and qualitative methods.

Job Summary

The project staff will carry out the day-to-day activities at one of two sites under the project, under the supervision of the project coordinator.

Deliverables

The major duties and responsibilities will include:

• Fulfilling various duties with relation to day-to-day project activities
• Coordinate with local health system actors and project staff in a team to execute project activities under supervision
• Monitoring and providing hands-on training to community health workers
• Conduct PLA meetings in assigned villages and train local facilitators in PLA methods
• Coordinate survey logistics, including scheduling, mapping out survey locations, and managing transportation arrangements.
• Provide regular progress updates to the Project Coordinator and participate in team meetings to discuss project outcomes, challenges, and potential modifications.
• Carry out any other duties as assigned by the investigators or coordinator
• Any other task assign by your supervisor/ PI.

Qualification

Essential

• Bachelor’s Degree in any field from a recognized university/institute.

Desirable

• Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing, Public Health, Social Work, or a related health discipline from a recognized university/institute.

Experience

Essential

• Around 02+ Years of experience required.

Desirable

• Proven experience in working within the health system or development related projects.

Skills & Competencies

• Ability to work independently in field settings, demonstrating resilience, adaptability, and problem-solving skills.
• Written and oral fluency in local language and English.

Please note that Consultancy Fee will commensurate with available skills and fitment of the incumbent as per the selection process.

Last Date of Receipt of Applications: 25 October 2026.

Remarks

• Candidates are requested to refer PHFI website for position description & process for applying. Please note only those applications will be considered which are received as per instruction written on PHFI website.
• Candidates should have an excellent academic record, good communication skills, a commitment to high quality graduate / post‑ graduate education.
• Mere eligibility will not entitle any candidate for being called for interview.
• Persons employed in Government/Semi‑Government Organization or Educational Institutions in India must apply through proper channel.
• PHFI reserves the right to fill or not to fill any or all available positions.
• The requirements of minimum qualification and/or experience may be relaxed in the case of candidates with outstanding credentials.
• No correspondence will be entertained from candidates regarding any delays, conduct & result of interview and reasons for not being called for interview.

PHFI reserves the sole right to alter/modify/cancel the entire selection process or the position or the vacancy or to disqualify any candidature at any stage of the selection process.

Women are encouraged to apply!