Project Scientist-I

Sitaram Bhartia; New Delhi; On-site; INR 600,000 - 800,000; Full time

Job summary

Sitaram Bhartia Institute of Medical Sciences in Delhi seeks a field operations lead for cluster-based research activities. The role involves supervising household listing, enrolling infants, obtaining informed consent, and coordinating baseline and follow-up visits, with emphasis on ethical guidelines and local language use.

The candidate should hold a Master’s in public health, nutrition, or a related field and have hands-on experience in field data collection, dietary recalls, and infant

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in public health, nutrition, dietetics, community health, or a related field.
• Experience supervising field teams and 24-hour dietary recall.
• Working knowledge of Hindi.

Responsibilities

• Manage field operations in an assigned set of clusters, reporting to the Project Scientist-II.
• Screen eligibility and enroll 22 dyads per cluster within baseline window.
• Obtain informed consent, enrol dyads and coordinate baseline and follow-up visit schedules.
• Administer the 24-hour dietary diary record with structured probes and exposure checklists.
• Deliver SWAAD-CF counselling sessions using flip charts, cue cards, and caregiver booklets.
• Coordinate urine specimen collection and ensure chain-of-custody documentation.
• Review electronic data capture regularly and resolve missing or out-of-range entries.
• Supervise Health Visitors and project staff and report weekly progress.
• Assist in community sensitisation and engagement with local bodies.

Skills

Field supervision

Data collection

Informed consent

Education

Public health

Nutrition

Dietetics

Community Health

Social Sciences

Job description

Join a Team committed toethicalpatient - centered healthcare

Manage field operations in an assigned set of clusters, reporting to the Project Scientist-II.
Conduct and supervise household listing at cluster entry and its rapid update at crossover, screen for eligibility (infants aged 6–11 completed months, resident in the cluster) and achieve the target of 22 enrolled dyads per cluster within the cluster’s baseline window.
Provide participant information, obtain written informed consent from caregivers, enrol dyads and co-ordinate baseline and follow-up visit schedules.
Administer the 24-hour dietary diary record with structured probes and exposure checklists in the local language at baseline and at the 3-, 6- and 9-month follow-up visits, and administer the CPI at baseline and endline.
Deliver the SWAAD-CF counselling sessions in clusters that have crossed over — 4–6 fortnightly sessions across the intensive three-month phase followed by brief maintenance reinforcement contacts — using flip charts, cue cards, caregiver booklets and recipe guides adapted to the cluster’s cultural pocket.
Co-ordinate urine specimen collection in the 200-dyad biomarker subset: scheduling at baseline/startline, midline and endline, caregiver coaching, labelling, aliquoting, chain-of-custody documentation and cold-chain transfer to the laboratory.
Review electronic data capture regularly, flag and resolve missing or out-of-range entries, and document protocol deviations.
Support human-centred refinement of the SWAAD-CF counselling package and Cultural Tailoring Matrix based on field feedback, and assist in community sensitisation and engagement with cultural associations and local bodies.
Ensure compliance with the approved protocol, SOPs, ICMR guidelines and informed consent procedures at field level, and ensure referral of infants with acute illness, severe undernutrition or other health concerns to appropriate health services.
Supervise the Health Visitors and Project Technical Staff and report weekly progress to the Project Scientist-II.
Any other task assigned by the Principal Investigator or Project Scientist-II.

Master’s degree in public health/nutrition/Dietetics/Community Health/Social Sciences or an allied discipline.

Experience in supervising field teams, 24-hour dietary recall and infant anthropometry, electronic data capture, and working knowledge of Hindi.

Experience

3 years’ experience in community-based or field research or infant nutrition.

Why Join Us

Collaborative Environment

Academic Excellence

Ethical and Patient Centered