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Program Coordinator

Delhi

  • Organization: CFCA - Community Foundation for Children and Aging
  • Location: Delhi
  • Grade: Mid level - Mid level
  • Occupational Groups:
    • Project and Programme Management
    • Managerial positions
  • Closing Date: 2023-05-31
Vacancy Notification
 
Position Vacant:   Field Investigator
Location: Sonipat (Haryana) and Visakhapatnam (Andhra Pradesh) 
Number of Position: 4 [Sonipat- 2; Visakhapatnam -2]
Company Profile:- Centre for Chronic Disease Control (CCDC) is a not-for-profit research organization of health professionals and social scientists engaged in knowledge generation and knowledge translation for the prevention and control of non-communicable (chronic) diseases in varied settings of the developing countries. CCDC has been recognized as a Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (SIRO) by Department of Scientific & Industrial Research (DSIR), Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of India. CCDC also holds recognition as a WHO Collaborating Centre for Surveillance, Capacity Building and Translational Research in Cardio-metabolic diseases.
Project Brief: The project titled “GEOHealth Health Effects of Selected Environmental Exposomes Across the Life CourSe (HEALS)-India” is a 5-year project that will be leveraging existing pregnancy, children, adult, and older adult cohorts across India to study the effects of environmental exposomes PM2.5, NO2, O3, and extremes of temperature, on multiple health outcomes using a modified life course approach to inform policy interventions. This will help us systematically assess the vulnerable populations across pregnancy, infancy, childhood, adolescence, adult and older adult groups. We will also address how environmental exposomes interact with gender, socio-economic status, rural-urban settings, and pre-existing illnesses in impacting health outcomes.
Job Responsibilities :
 
The Field Investigator will contribute to the implementation of the GEOHealth HEALS study in the following manner:
  • Engage the community leaders and brief them about the study objectives to assure the cooperation of their communities for the study
  • Visit randomly selected study participants to motivate them for being a part of the research study
  • Conduct interviews of eligible participants on standardized questionnaires at baseline and then on a yearly basis
  • Perform anthropometric and clinical measurements and prepare weekly progress reports
  • Enter data collected during the survey 
  • Maintain a record of all individuals and ensure their timely follow-up
  • Maintain strict confidentiality of participant data
  • Assist in conducting in depth-interview and Focus group Discussions (FGD)
  • Report to the Supervisor/ Project Manager.
  • Any other task as assigned by the Supervisor/ Project Manager.
Qualification & Skill Required: 
  • Education: A degree in social science/ social work/ nutrition or equivalent
  • Language: Excellent ability to read, write and speak in Local Language, Hindi, and English
Experience: 1-2 years of experience in health research studies
Competencies: 
  • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
  • Ability to work well as part of a team and independently
Salary Range:     Commensurate with qualifications, experience, and present CTC.
Please send detailed CV along with a cover letter to jobs@ccdcindia.org with the title “Field Investigator” in the subject line. Last date for sending your application is 20th May 2023. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for the interview. 

 

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