Field Investigator

Designation	Field Investigator
Location	Jharkhand
No. of Vacancies	28

Project Background:  The Global Alliance for Viksit Bharat (GAVB) is a landmark social development initiative designed to uplift 200 million Indians living in multidimensional poverty. With a transformative investment, GAVB concentrates efforts on five priority states—Jharkhand, Assam, Chhattisgarh, Odisha, and Bihar (JACOB states)—which are disproportionately impacted by acute poverty. Health and Education account for 67% of the Multi-dimensional Poverty Index (MDPI). GAVB works closely with state governments to strengthen public health systems, improve service delivery, and enhance community wellbeing. The Communicable Disease (CD) portfolio specifically addresses Tuberculosis (TB) and Malaria—two diseases that disproportionately affect vulnerable populations including tribal communities, urban poor, and migrant workers. GAVB's approach leverages Digitization, Decentralization, Leadership & Institutions, and Inclusion to enhance health service delivery. Domain expertise with proven solutions lays the foundation for introduction, progression, and gradual integration of innovations into government public health systems. As states prepare to accelerate efforts as a part of GAVB, there is a need to develop a nuanced understanding of the current status of service delivery systems, implementation readiness, and context-specific challenges before introducing new interventions. In this regard, an Immersive Diagnostic Deep Dive (IDD) is planned. This is a recruitment advertisement for field investigators for this IDD exercise.

The Field investigator, will carry out assessment at the community level to understand the effectiveness and quality of Reproductive Health Services in rural Jharkhand.  The field investigators will be responsible for implementing the data collection in her/his assigned district/blocks. He will ensure complete adherence to data collection protocol, and collect quality of data form the field. They will work in close coordination with the State RMLE team (PD/ SPL/PL/Sr Analyst) and accountable for the overall success of the RMLE data collection. Based on the need they will also collect data in other than the assigned districts.

This role will be responsible for but not limited to the following:

• Ensure strict adherence to the data collection protocol.
• Optimize data collection efficiency by developing well-structured operational, travel, and logistics plans.
• Complete the assigned data collection tasks within the specified timeline.
• Maintain accuracy and representativeness in sample selection.
• Uphold data quality by ensuring accurate and reliable data capture while administering all instruments.
• Assist in conducting pre-testing and cognitive testing of new instruments.

Desirable Qualification & Experience

• Essential:
  • Bachelor's degree or post-graduation in any discipline with minimum 1 years of relevant work experience in public health programs.
• Preferred:
  • Excellent communication skills in Hindi and other local dialects (Santahli, Mundari, Khortha and Ho) and functional understanding of English is also required.
  • Understanding of cultural sensitivities of Jharkhand.
  • Proven experience in conducting large-scale household, family planning, or community-level surveys.
  • Strong understanding of Public Health Program (including ICDS) and exposure to different terminologies used in Maternal and Child Health Programs.
  • He must have his own android phone.
  • Must have two-wheelers with valid driving license.

Essential Skills:

• Communication skills: Able to communicate in all local and regional languages specific to Jharkhand state Hindi and other local dialects (Santahli, Mundari, Khortha and Ho) and functional understanding of English is also required.

• Travel: The candidate must be willing to travel extensively within assigned districts and blocks and across various divisions in Jharkhand as required by the project. Project requires travel on daily basis within the assigned block and district.

• Location of assignment: The districts are Purbi Singhbhum, Hazaribagh, Giridih, Chatra, Koderma, Palamu, Latehar, Pakur, Sahebganj, Ranchi.

Application process: Candidates interested in the role may apply with their updated resumes by filling out the application form - https://forms.gle/eSJNwNLTTiqtcw9G7

 

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