Position: Postdoctoral fellow

Organization: Institute of Public Health, Bengaluru (IPH) 

Location: Bengaluru

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Essential requirements

Experience in research and/or implementation/action projects related to public health especially those involving non-communicable diseases, community health topics, primary healthcare in remote/rural populations.

Desirable requirements

Prior experience of working on issues related to tribal health; fluency in speaking Kannada.

Job Description

• Coordinate with the PI for creating a protocol for design, implementation, and evaluation of small-scale interventions to improve healthcare for Adivasi populations especially related to harmful use of alcohol and tobacco, and other NCDs (Realist & implementation action lab – RIAL)
• Interact with community-based and health services actors in Chamarajanagar district and preparation of plan, proposal, and tools for RIAL
• Create training materials and resources to be deployed in healthcare settings as part of RIAL
• Contribute 10% of the time towards the institutional activities

Job location

This position is based in the IPH Bengaluru office

The candidate will be required to stay for days-weeks as needed in Chamarajanagar district; can be located elsewhere but must be ready for extensive travel and fieldwork in the district as needed.

Duration

The duration of the above-mentioned post will be for 12 months. Based on the performance and project requirements, the contract may be extended for another 12 months.

Remuneration

A fixed fellowship of Rs. 70,000 (CTC) per month as per IPH salary policy.