Field Consultant – WEE

Project Concern International; Patna, Vaishali, Muzaffarpur, Nalanda; On-site; INR 446,000 - 670,000; Part time

Job summary

PCI India seeks Field Consultants – WEE to support LokOS data digitization and SHG transaction data in Bihar. The role involves traveling across Patna, Vaishali, Muzaffarpur and Nalanda blocks, facilitating trainings, and ensuring data quality with VO and SHG data entry.

A graduate degree and 2 years of field experience are preferred. You will work closely with Jeevika and SHG networks, provide hands-on handholding, and contribute to sustained data usage and reporting.

Qualifications

• Graduate degree in any discipline; social work/rural development/management preferred.
• Minimum 2 years of field-level livelihoods/SHG/financial-inclusion experience preferred.
• Willingness to travel extensively within blocks and clusters.
• Good facilitation and training skills for SHG members and Bookkeepers.
• Basic digital literacy and smartphone-based data entry/MIS use.
• Good oral and written Hindi; English knowledge preferred.

Responsibilities

• Execute month-wise deliverables for Field Facilitators, including training support and participant coordination.
• Visit blocks, verify BK lists, venues, devices, and network connectivity; support VO/SHG data entry.
• Provide handholding during VO/SHG meetings and cluster sessions; ensure data quality and timely reporting.
• Coordinate with Jeevika and partners to promote SHG/VO data collection and transaction recording.
• Submit progress updates and support phase-wise data checks and refresher activities.

Skills

Facilitation

Training

Digital literacy

Hindi (spoken)

English (basic)

Education

Graduate degree

Tools

MIS tools

Job description

PCI India, a registered Indian society, has been working in India for the past 28 years. We drive interventions to transform the lives of communities at scale by solving complex development problems. In the past year, PCI India reached more than 2 crore (20 million) people across 200+ districts in 23 states.

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About the Position

• Position Title: Field Consultant – WEE
• Number of positions: 16
• Location: Blocks of Patna / Vaishali / Muzaffarpur / Nalanda, Bihar
• Type: Consultant

About the Project

PCI intends to work on supporting JEEViKA in “LokOS Data Digitization for Enhanced Credit “, through a 12-month intensive engagement (September 2026 – September 2027) covering 4 districts of Bihar – Patna, Bhojpur, Muzaffarpur and Nalanda – across 70 Cluster Level Federations (CLFs) and 5.95 lakh SHG women.

The assignment requires a field-led implementation approach to translate LokOS digitisation into sustained, accurate and credit-relevant transaction data at scale. Working closely with Jeevika (Bihar State Rural Livelihoods Promotion Society), PCI will drive SHG and VO transaction-data training and adoption, data-quality assurance, handholding, operational problem-solving and structured reporting, contributing to the plan of supporting 0.8 million active, regularised transaction-data records by September 2027.

The project centres on moving Bihar’s SHG/VO ecosystem beyond one-time training towards sustained usage, regularised transaction data, strengthened Bookkeeper (BK) capability, and clean, integration-ready CLF-level data to support future credit-model integration.

Academic Qualifications:

A graduate degree in any discipline; a degree/diploma in social work, rural development or management is preferred.

Professional Experience:

• Minimum 2 years of professional experience in field-level implementation of livelihoods, SHG, or financial-inclusion programs.
• Prior experience working directly with SHGs/CLFs or SRLM field structures is preferred.
• Candidates without prior full-time experience but with relevant field exposure may also be considered.

Skills and Attributes:

• Willingness to travel extensively within the assigned blocks, including clusters.
• Good facilitation and training skills for working with SHG members and Bookkeepers.
• Basic digital literacy, including data entry/MIS use and smartphone-based applications.
• Good oral and written Hindi skills; working knowledge of English preferred.

Job Responsibilities:

Month-wise deliverables for each Field Facilitator:

• November 2026
  • Support the additional training for 120 participants.
  • Check each CLF for cut-off date, BK list, venues, devices, and network connectivity.
  • Visit assigned blocks.
  • Help trained cadres initiate VO and SHG transaction entry.
  • Provide handholding support during VO and SHG cluster meetings.
• December 2026
  • Conduct credit-literacy sessions with pre- and post-tests.
  • Standardise the cut-off date across all Phase 1 CLFs.
  • Support the Validation SOP trial in 2 CLFs.
  • Ensure SHG data entry is live in all Phase 1 CLFs.
  • Identify weak VOs and SHGs and follow up on gaps.
  • Submit the December progress report.
• January 2027
  • Ensure VO data entry is live in Phase 1 CLFs by 31 January.
  • Ensure a common cut-off date across all CLFs by 31 January.
  • Observe BK training batches in Patna, Muzaffarpur, Vaishalo, Bhojpur.
  • Initiate the Validation SOP in Phase 1 CLFs.
  • Support Refresher 1 and the Q1 data check.
• February 2027
  • Observe BK training batches in Vaishali and Nalanda.
  • Provide handholding support during VO and SHG meetings.
  • Extend the Validation SOP to Wave 1 CLFs in Patna and Muzaffarpur.
• March 2027
  • Complete Nalanda BK training by 20 March.
  • Ensure SHG data entry is live in all 98 CLFs by 31 March.
  • Achieve at least 50% BK credit-literacy coverage.
  • Support Refresher 2 in Phase 1 CLFs.
• April 2027
  • Ensure VO data entry is live in all 98 CLFs by 30 April.
  • Ensure the Validation SOP is operational in all CLFs.
  • Follow up with weak VOs and SHGs.
  • Support Phase 2 Refresher 1 and the Q2 data check.
• May 2027
  • Reassess master trainers through teach-back exercises.
  • Prioritise support for the weakest 25% of CLFs.
  • Verify data completeness and resolve errors.
• June 2027
  • Support Refresher 3 for Phase 1 and Refresher 2 for Phase 2.
  • Initiate the credit-use-case readiness check.
• July 2027
  • Complete the credit-use-case readiness check.
  • Support Refresher 4 and the Q3 data check.
  • In Muzaffarpur, conduct follow‑ups by phone if floods block road access.
• August 2027
  • Conduct the endline credit-literacy test.
  • Initiate the final check of every CLF.
  • Begin handover to Jeevika block teams.
  • Support Phase 2 Refresher 3.
• September 2027
  • Support Refresher 5.
  • Complete the final check and resolve all pending errors.
  • Complete the handover of refresher activities and monthly checks.
  • Submit a brief note on key learnings from the assigned blocks.
• Every month
  • Update the weekly tracker.
  • Submit monthly progress updates to the District Coordinator by the 3rd of each month.
  • Report any major issue within 24 hours.

What You Can Expect at PCI

• A warm, inclusive, and happy work environment

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