Vacancies

About IHAT:

India Health Action Trust was instituted in 2003 as a Charitable Trust with a vision to meaningfully impact the lives of vulnerable and marginalised people by addressing health and social inequities. The Trust is working towards reducing inequities by developing comprehensive and sustainable programmes to improve population health. Since its inception, IHAT has working closely with the Government of India and state governments, including Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Delhi and Bihar to achieve public health goals. Our work is focused in areas of prevention and control of HIV and Tuberculosis, in achieving significant improvements in Reproductive, Maternal, Neonatal and Child Health, improved Nutrition among mothers and children, and strengthening health systems. We use program science to optimise and scale public health programs while partnering with the governments and communities.

About Program:

Maternal anemia remains a major public health challenge in Uttar Pradesh despite existing policies. The Screen–Refer–Track–Treat (SRTT) intervention addresses implementation gaps through a system-strengthening approach aligned with national programmes. A structured learning agenda is embedded to assess effectiveness, refine implementation, understand demand- and supply-side constraints, strengthen monitoring, and inform scale-up. Using a quasi-experimental design across five intervention and five control districts, the study combines repeated cross-sectional surveys of pregnant and lactating women with longitudinal qualitative studies. Continuous learning will support course corrections, evidence-based planning, and development of a scalable state-wide model. In this context, the current requisition and TOR is for the first round of the quantitative survey, to be conducted in 10 districts in Uttar Pradesh.

Reporting to:

Team Leader-M&E (Research), or anyone else designated by him

Travel Requirements:

100%

Job Summary :

These positions will be responsible for field implementation of the study on the M&E efforts of our project aimed at addressing anemia among pregnant and lactating women (PLWs) through the SRTT (screen-refer-track- treat) approach in Uttar Pradesh, with responsibilities including data collection from women, team coordination during fieldwork, and ensuring the quality of collected data. These positions demand a strong background in field research, especially in conducting quantitative interviews and require effective communication skills to interact with women.

Key Responsibilities:

Key Deliverables expected from the Job Role

The Research Investigator will be responsible for supporting the implementation of the Anemia Study at the field level. Key responsibilities include:

• Locate and conduct participant screening, enrolment, and administer informed consent as per the approved study protocol and ethical guidelines.
• Collect accurate data using the prescribed study tools (app-based), ensuring completeness and quality.
• Coordinate with field teams, and supervisors to facilitate smooth study operations.
• Maintain proper documentation, including consent forms and registers.
• Ensure confidentiality, privacy, and ethical conduct throughout the study.
• Participate in study review meetings and provide support during field monitoring visits.
• Record and report daily/weekly progress, challenges, and deviations to the study supervisor.
• Support follow-up visits and participant tracking, as required.
• Support Qs cum RI as per study needs.
• Participate in study feedback-cum-review meetings and provide support during field monitoring visits.
• Proper care and safe use of the tablets or other IHAT assets provided to you.

Key Inputs expected from the Job Role

• Preparing activity execution plan.
• Reporting and updating data regularly and as per the need.
• Participating in review, feedback, and analysis meetings

 Miscellaneous

• Any other related work given by the line manager or organization from time to time

Work Experience:

Essential Experience

• Experienced in data collection for household surveys (e.g., NFHS, DLHS, AHS, CBA etc.)
• Experienced in data collection on Maternal health surveys (desirable)
• Experience in data collection in Uttar Pradesh (desirable)

Preferred Experience

• Overall supervision experience in large-scale household surveys
• Data quality supervision of household surveys (e.g. NFHS, DLHS, AHS, CBA etc.)
• Data collection, supervision on the Anemia study

Skill

• Well-versed in using the internet and tablets/ mobile/smartphones for data collection.
• Good knowledge of the survey and field data collection
• Good verbal communication (Hindi)

Education:

Required Qualification

• Graduate (Preferably in Social Sciences)

Preferred Qualification

• Higher qualified candidates may be given preference

Key Competencies:

Critical Competencies

• Data collection from eligible respondents, desired format and checklist
• Preparing summary reports and notes based on field data collection, if required

Behavioral

• Team Management

Functional

• Basic Quantitative Research
• Basic Digital Literacy

Domain

• Basic knowledge of components of RMNCHN

Key Points

• Position Type: Short-term contractual consultants for field data collection work.
• Duration: Approximately 3 months.
• Travel Requirements: Full-time travel, field work
• required: Approximately 42 (Forty-two)
• Salary Range: As per market standard. Vehicles will be provided to each team for fieldwork.
• Insurance: All field team members will be covered under GPA insurance for the duration of fieldwork/contract.
• Training: A 10-day mandatory residential training is proposed to be conducted by IHAT in Lucknow.
• Selection Process: Shortlisting will be done through interviews. Final selection will be based on successful completion of the mandatory in-house residential training, considering qualifications, relevant work experience, domain knowledge, and performance during the training.

How To Apply :

Interested candidates should submit their applications by clicking the “Apply” button provided on this page. Only a complete application submitted through the online portal before the closing date will be considered.

IHAT provides a safe working environment for all its employees; follows the principle of equal opportunity and encourages women applicants. Physically challenged with required skills /knowledge and willing to travel are also encouraged to apply.

We will be following a systematic selection process to fill this position based on experience, competency and suitability. Shortlisting for the posts will take place soon after the closing date. Only shortlisted candidates will be invited for an interview. Unfortunately, we can only contact applicants who have been shortlisted for the interview. If you have not heard from us within 6 weeks of the closing date, please assume that the current IHAT positions are unable to accommodate you at the moment. It is also not possible for us to provide you with specific feedback because of the volume of applications we receive.

IHAT does not charge any application, processing, training, interviewing, testing, or other fees in connection with the application or recruitment process. Should you receive a solicitation for the payment of a fee, please disregard it.

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