Project Scientist-II

Sitaram Bhartia Institute of Science and Research; New Delhi; On-site; INR 900,000 - 1,300,000; Full time

Job summary

Sitaram Bhartia Institute of Science and Research in New Delhi invites applications for Project Scientist-II, non-clinical, full-time. The role provides scientific leadership for the SWAAD-CF study and oversees field operations across 1,320 caregiver-infant dyads.

The candidate will supervise field teams, coordinate data collection and quality assurance, and contribute to manuscripts and toolkit development, ensuring ethical conduct and timely progress updates.

Qualifications

• Ph.D. in Public Health/Nutrition/Community Health or a related field, or a Master’s in Public Health/Nutrition/Community Health.
• Desirable experience in community-based nutrition or behaviour-change trials and large datasets.
• At least 4 years of research or community work experience.

Responsibilities

• Provide scientific and technical leadership for both phases of the SWAAD-CF study.
• Lead formative research, including qualitative enquiry and CPI development.
• Oversee development, translation and implementation of the behaviour-change package.
• Coordinate cluster mapping, household listing, and enrolment of 1,320 caregiver-infant dyads.
• Supervise intervention delivery, retention, fidelity, and process monitoring.
• Ensure quality dietary assessments, CPI, anthropometry and other study assessments.
• Lead training and certification of field teams, including non-judgmental counselling.
• Oversee data management, analysis, reporting, and development of the toolkit.
• Maintain study records, equipment, inventory, and data confidentiality.
• Provide progress updates to investigators and handle other duties as assigned.

Education

Ph.D. in Public Health/Nutrition/Community Health/Life Sciences or an allied discipline; OR Master’s degree in Public Health/Nutrition/Community Health

Job description

Project Scientist-II

New Delhi | Full Time | Non-Clinical

Responsibilities

• Provide scientific and technical leadership for both phases of the SWAAD-CF study under the guidance of the Principal Investigator/Co-Investigators.


• Lead formative research, including qualitative enquiry, Cultural Practice Index (CPI) development and cultural adaptation of study interventions.


• Oversee development, translation and implementation of the SWAAD-CF behaviour-change package and digital communication materials.


• Coordinate cluster mapping, household listing, cluster allocation, participant enrolment and follow-up of 1,320 caregiver-infant dyads.


• Supervise intervention delivery, participant retention, fidelity, reach and process monitoring across study clusters.


• Ensure quality implementation of dietary assessments, CPI, anthropometry and other study assessments, including supervisory back-checks and inter-observer reliability.


• Oversee the 200-dyad urinary biomarker subset, including sampling, SOP compliance, documentation, cold-chain and laboratory coordination.


• Lead training, certification and periodic re-standardisation of field teams in study procedures and non-judgmental counselling.


• Supervise Project Scientists-I, Health Visitors and Project Technical Staff and coordinate day-to-day field operations.


• Oversee data management, quality assurance, data cleaning, analysis, reporting, manuscripts and development of the scale-ready toolkit.


• Maintain study records, equipment, inventory, expenditure documentation and ensure data confidentiality, de-identification and secure access.


• Provide regular progress updates to the Co-Investigator and undertake other responsibilities assigned by the Principal Investigator/Co-Investigators.

Essential qualification

Ph.D. in Public Health/Nutrition/Community Health/Life Sciences or an allied discipline; OR Master s degree in Public Health/Nutrition/Community Health.

Desirable

Experience in community-based nutrition or behaviour change intervention trials, cluster randomized/field trials, dietary assessment methods, protocol and ethics documentation, and analysis of large datasets (STATA/R/SPSS).

Experience

At least 4 years research or community work experience

Why Join Us

• Collaborative Environment


• Academic Excellence


• Research Opportunities


• Ethical and Patient Centered