Consultant-Project Staff

Indian Institutes of Public Health (IIPHs); Shillong; On-site; INR 167,000 - 234,000; Full time

Job summary

Indian Institutes of Public Health (IIPHs) in Meghalaya seeks project staff to support day-to-day activities under supervision. You will engage with local health actors, assist in implementing participatory learning and action approaches, and help train community health workers.

The role involves conducting PLA meetings, coordinating survey logistics, and providing progress updates in a field-based, team-driven environment.

Qualifications

• 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.

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.

Skills

Independent field work

Fluency in local language & English

Education

Bachelor’s Degree (any field)

Bachelors in Nursing/Public Health/Social Work

Job description

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

• 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.