Project Technical Support Staff III - ICMR SMaRT Trial

MHA- Masters in Hospital Administration - St. John's Medical College, Bengaluru.; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 370,000 - 443,000; Full time

Job summary

St. John's Medical College, Bengaluru invites applications for a Project Technical Support Staff position for the SMaRT Trial. The role supports recruitment, nutritional and physiological assessments, intervention implementation, follow-up and study documentation.

The candidate should hold an MSc in Nutrition, with preference for those who have cleared CSIR/UGC NET or equivalent. Age around 35, and joining around 15th October 2026. Proficiency in English and regional languages is desirable.

Qualifications

• MSc Nutrition; CSIR/UGC NET or equivalent preferred.
• Experience in nutrition counselling and lifestyle management programs.
• Should have experience running research studies, especially intervention programs.

Responsibilities

• Identify, screen and recruit eligible participants.
• Coordinate with oncology team for recruitment and scheduling visits.
• Conduct nutritional, anthropometric and dietary assessments.
• Provide nutrition education and counselling per protocol.
• Assist in nutritional intervention and protein supplementation as specified.
• Support implementation of progressive resistance exercise intervention.
• Coordinate baseline, post-intervention and follow-up assessments.
• Coordinate physiological and biochemical/biomarker assessments.
• Maintain participant records and study documentation.
• Follow up participants to improve adherence and retention.
• Ensure proper collection and labeling of biological samples.
• Perform data entry, verification and maintenance of databases.
• Assist with data cleaning and progress reports.

Skills

Nutrition counselling

Lifestyle management

Research study execution

Data entry / data management

Education

MSc Nutrition

Job description

The SMaRT Trial is an intervention study evaluating the effects of a structured progressive resistance exercise and nutritional intervention on muscle health and functional outcomes among women receiving treatment for breast and gynaecological cancers. The study will assess changes in muscle strength, muscle mass, physical function, fatigue, quality of life and treatment-related outcomes, along with relevant biochemical/biomarker assessments. The Project Technical Support Staff will support participant recruitment, nutritional and physiological assessments, implementation and monitoring of the intervention, follow-up and study documentation.

Salary : Rs.36,400/- p.m

No of Vacancy : One

• Identify, screen and recruit eligible participants with breast or gynaecological cancer according to the approved study protocol.
• Coordinate with the oncology team and study investigators for participant identification, recruitment and scheduling of study visits.
• Conduct and document nutritional, anthropometric and dietary assessments at baseline and specified follow-up time points.
• Provide nutrition education and counselling to participants in accordance with the study protocol.
• Assist in implementation and monitoring of the nutritional intervention, including protein supplementation as specified in the protocol.
• Assist the study team in implementation and monitoring of the progressive resistance exercise intervention, including participant adherence and attendance.
• Coordinate baseline, post-intervention and follow-up assessments of muscle strength, muscle mass and physical function.
• Coordinate physiological and biochemical/biomarker assessments and ensure timely completion of investigations as per the study schedule.
• Maintain participant records, case report forms, intervention logs, exercise/adherence records and follow-up documentation.
• Actively follow up participants during cancer treatment and intervention to improve adherence and retention and document treatment-related events and study outcomes.
• Ensure proper collection, processing, labelling and documentation of biological samples according to the study SOPs, where applicable.
• Perform accurate data entry, data verification and maintenance of study databases.
• Assist with data cleaning, preliminary analysis, preparation of progress reports and other project-related documentation.
• Maintain confidentiality of participant information and ensure compliance with the approved protocol, ethics requirements and institutional research procedures.
• Undertake any other research-related responsibilities assigned by the Principal Investigator.

Preferred Qualifications:

MSc Nutrition GATE/CSIR/-UGC NET or equivalent examination passed candidates will be preferred

Age Criteria:

35 Years

Experience:

Preference for candidates with experience in nutrition counselling and lifestyle management programs and Should have experience in running research study especially intervention programs

Preferred Language:

English, Kannada, Telugu, Tamil, Hindi

Tentative Date of Joining :

15th October 2026