Term of Reference

Position Name: Consultant – Community Engagement
Reporting Line: Project Lead
Tenure: 3 Months
Positions: 06
Location: Gorakhpur and Pilibhit (Uttar Pradesh), Chhindwara and Ujjain (Madhya Pradesh) NTR and Guntur (Andhra Pradesh)

About PCI India

PCI India, a registered Indian society, has been working in India for the past 28 years. We drive interventions to transform the lives of communities at scale by solving complex development problems. In the past year, PCI India reached more than 2 crore (20 million) people across 200+ districts in 23 states.

About the Project

Project Concern International (PCI) India, in partnership with Jhpiego, is implementing the RISE project to reduce community-level transmission risks associated with infectious and priority zoonotic diseases across selected districts in Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, and Andhra Pradesh. The project adopts a community-centered and evidence-based approach to identify high-risk transmission settings and behavioral drivers at the human–animal–environment interface. It seeks to co-develop and implement practical, locally appropriate interventions that promote protective behaviors, strengthen community preparedness, and support disease prevention. PCI India intends to engage a Field Resource Person for three months to support the field-level implementation, monitoring, and documentation of selected interventions in high-risk community sites.

The primary objective is to provide field-level technical and operational support for implementing selected interventions, facilitating community participation, promoting the adoption of targeted protective behaviors and documenting implementation progress and learning.

Roles and Responsibilities: –

The Consultant- Community Engagement will work under the guidance of the designated PCI project team and undertake the following responsibilities:

1. Field-Level Pilot Implementation

• Support the rollout of selected, district-specific interventions at identified high-risk community sites.
• Coordinate with community members, livestock owners, poultry vendors, farm labourers, food handlers, and other relevant occupational groups, as applicable.
• Facilitate implementation of context-specific activities addressing identified risks related to livestock handling, hygiene, sanitation, waste disposal, and other prioritized behaviours.
• Support field demonstrations and on-site mentoring to encourage the adoption of safer practices.
• Coordinate with community institutions, frontline workers, and local stakeholders to facilitate implementation through existing community platforms.

2. Training and Demonstrations

• Organize and facilitate community-level training sessions and practical demonstrations in accordance with the approved intervention plan.
• Explain priority risk behaviours, potential exposure pathways, and recommended protective practices using locally appropriate communication methods.
• Mobilize participants and maintain attendance records and other supporting documentation.
• Collect community feedback on the acceptability, feasibility, and implementation challenges of the interventions.

3. Monitoring and Follow-up Visits

• Conduct regular monitoring and follow-up visits at assigned pilot sites, targeting 2–3 monitoring visits per site during the assignment, in line with the approved work plan.
• Use project-approved monitoring checklists and data collection tools to document intervention implementation, participation, and uptake of targeted behaviours.
• Identify barriers to implementation and adoption and communicate them promptly to the project team.
• Support corrective actions and adaptations based on field observations and community feedback.

4. Community Outreach and Mobilization

• Plan and conduct community outreach sessions to disseminate information on priority infectious and zoonotic disease risks and preventive behaviours.
• Support the project’s target of 4–5 outreach sessions per district, as applicable to the assigned geography and approved field plan.
• Engage community leaders, frontline workers, and relevant local institutions to encourage sustained adoption of protective practices.
• Facilitate community discussions and feedback sessions to strengthen local ownership of the interventions.

5. Documentation and Reporting

• Maintain accurate records of field activities, training sessions, demonstrations, outreach events, monitoring visits, and participant attendance.
• Document evidence of behaviour adoption, implementation progress, community feedback, and barriers or enabling factors.
• Collect qualitative field observations, case examples, and success stories using project-approved formats and consent procedures.
• Submit regular progress updates and field reports to the designated supervisor.
• Support compilation and verification of field-level data for project monitoring, evaluation, and learning.
• Ensure that all project records and supporting documents are submitted in the prescribed formats and within agreed timelines.

Qualification and Experience:

• Graduate in social sciences, public health, rural development, life sciences, veterinary sciences, agriculture, or a related discipline. Candidates with relevant field experience may be considered in accordance with PCI recruitment policy.
• At least 1–2 years of experience in community mobilization, field implementation, public health, social and behavior change, disease prevention, or community development program.
• Experience working with rural communities, livestock-owning households, frontline workers, community-based organizations, or local government stakeholders will be an advantage.
• Familiarity with data collection, field monitoring, activity documentation, and basic report preparation.
• Proficiency in the local language of the assigned district and working knowledge of Hindi; basic English communication skills are desirable.
• Willingness to travel extensively within assigned project locations.