Job Description

• CissdBihar Zone

• 
  
  Required Experience
  0 - 3 Years
  
  Posted On
  08 Sep 2022

Basic Section

Band
Support Staff
Grade
I
Designation
Insect Collector
Employment Type
-

Organisational

Company
CISSD
Business Unit
SPU-2
Function
BTSP
Sub Function
Program Implementation
Cost Center
VL III
Country
India
Zone
Bihar Zone
State
Maharashtra
Working Location
Gadchiroli
Sub Unit
BR

Skills
Skill
Minimum Qualification
B.SC. - BACHELOR OF SCIENCE
CERTIFICATION No data available
Working Language No data available



Position:
Insect Collectors

Grade/Level
I

Project/Unit
VL Phase III

Reports to:
Entomological Surveillance Officer

Location:
Any of the project sites of Maharashtra/Uttar Pradesh/ Bihar/ West Bengal/ Jharkhand

Project Duration
October 2023

Project Background

A Memorandum of Co-operation (MoC) was signed between Government of Bihar (GoB) and Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) in 2010, based on which BMGF agreed to provide technical support and assistance to GoB to improve Health and Nutrition outcomes across the State. As part of this MoC, a Technical Support Unit (TSU) was established in 2013 with CARE India as the lead development partner. The Bihar TSU aimed to support the Health and Social Welfare (ICDS) Departments of the GoB in their endeavor to achieve rapid and sustainable change in health and nutrition. The TSU targeting providing specific technical support on Government of India’s (GoI) RMNCHA+A campaign, GoB’s Manav Vikas Mission Goals and Kala-Azar (VL) elimination goals across the State. The support to the VL elimination program extends beyond Bihar to Jharkhand and potentially to other states as well.
The TSU is targeting people within the system with range of different types of intervention, to shape leadership and governance, build technical/managerial/data skills, co-design tools, processes, pilots with them, hardwire research into the core decision making processes, use measurement increasingly as a mirror and learning intervention, and draw on the wealth of experience accumulating with the team on the ground to inform policy making and strategy design. As a part of the agreement between GoB and BMGF, Bihar TSU has established District Resource Unit (DRU) in all the districts to provide technical support at district level. The DRU would function as a Platform to enable structured delivering of program intervention and ensure that there is alignment with government priorities.
Concurrent Measurement and Learning Unit (CML) under TSU, designs and puts in place processes to generate and analyse outcome and process data on community and facility level services at scale. Along with Reproductive Health, Maternal, Newborn and Child and Adolescent Health and Nutrition, the CML cell will also focus on generation and sharing of data related to Kala Azar / VL (Visceral Leishmaniasis). CML Unit also plays a critical role in the capacity building of program team and Government counterparts on data driven decision making.

Job Summary
The CML unit conducts integrated vector surveillance and susceptibility across sentinel sites in Maharashtra/Uttar Pradesh/ Bihar/ West Bengal/ Jharkhand along with bionomics of vector at selected sentinel sites. Insect collectors will be primarily responsible for installing and handling the vector sampling devices (light traps, Prokopak, Aspirator etc.) sorting and data entry as per laid down protocols of vector surveillance. The incumbent will be responsible for all field related operations of vector surveillance in selected villages.

Contract / Key Relationships
The Insect Collector will report to Entomological Surveillance Officer of their respective assigned districts of Maharashtra/Uttar Pradesh/ Bihar/ West Bengal/ Jharkhand and may need to coordinate/collaborate with Insect Collectors of the same district or other districts.

Key Responsibilities

The primary duties and responsibilities of the Insect Collector will include the following but not be restricted to:

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  Understanding the integrated vector surveillance protocol.
• Sand fly and other insects’ collection by Prokopak, test tube, aspirator, and light trap method from field.
• Identification of sand fly species and other insects, sorting of collected vectors by Light traps and storing.
• Careful installation and handling of light traps and other vector sampling devices at predefined sites in selected village of the district.
• Overall, in-charge and caretakers of vector sampling devices and its accessories and ensure the charging of the same at charging station.
• Careful maintenance of forms and other scientific data and handing over to supervisor and data entry.
• Careful transportation of specimen to the nearest laboratory.
• Proper maintenance of records.
• Entry of data into computer on regular basis.
• Any other duty assigned by supervisor.

Qualification & Experience

Essential:

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  Graduate in any science discipline (Biology stream is preferred).

Preferred:

• Prior knowledge of Kala-azar or any vector borne disease and said works will be preferred.
• Candidate must have good eye-sight (6/6 or 6/9) vision.
• Experience of working with community will be preferred.
• Aspirants should have valid driving license along with own motor bike.

Skills & Competencies

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  Aspirant must have high sense of responsibility and integrity.
• Good articulation skill.
• Possess high learning agility.
• Ability to work at high pressure environment – stretched working hours and flexible schedules in case of requirement.
• Aspirants must be very dedicated, committed, hardworking, honest and able to work with minimal supervision even in the night hour in villages.
• Excellent communication skill in Hindi/local languages
• Ability to work in early and late hours of the day
• Ability to travel 90% to the assigned village/blocks and to other locations as and when required on his vehicle
• Ability to read and write English, Hindi and local languages of the State.
• Basic computer literacy.