Assistant - Programme Implementation (Community Health Volunteer)

Job Details

Job Title Community Health Volunteer

Grade I

Department Programme Operations

Reporting to City Health Coordinator (matrix: Assistant Manager - PIU)

Location Kolkata, Gurugram or Ahmedabad

No. of positions 5 (Kolkata -02, Gurugram-02 Ahmedabad - 01)

Travel Field-based; daily travel within assigned settlements

Job Summary

The Community Health Volunteer is the project's frontline presence in urban slum settlements. The role identifies pregnant women early, supports home-based antenatal screening with the MaCare Kit, counsels women and their families through the continuum of care, mobilises the community for Urban Health and Nutrition Days, and ensures that high-risk pregnancies reach an Urban Primary Health Centre and are followed up.

Scope of role

Execution of project activities on the ground.

Key Areas of Accountability

A. Early identification and pregnancy surveillance

• Conduct household surveys and regular home visits in assigned settlements to identify newly pregnant women, prioritising the first trimester.
• Support quarterly pregnancy surveillance drives alongside ASHAs and Anganwadi Workers, using eligible-couple lists.
• Motivate women and families to register for antenatal care at the UPHC as early as possible.
• Maintain an up-to-date list of pregnant women in the assigned area, including newly identified and migrant women.

B. Home-based screening support

• Support ANMs and ASHAs in conducting home-based antenatal screening using the MaCare Kit.
• Handle the kit carefully, keep it charged and clean, and report any fault or shortage of consumables promptly.
• Record screening results accurately and legibly in the prescribed government-aligned formats on the same day.
• Coordinate with ASHAs and ANMs for follow-up visits and repeat screenings where required.

C. Counselling and behaviour change

• Counsel pregnant women on antenatal care, maternal nutrition, iron and calcium supplementation, danger signs in pregnancy and postnatal practices.
• Deliver gestation-specific counselling using the MoHFW Maternal Nutrition Toolkit and project job aids, flipbooks and videos.
• Provide risk-informed counselling to women identified as high-risk, explaining the condition, what to watch for and why follow-up matters.
• Engage husbands and family members through men's engagement forums and family meetings (Pati Sammelan and Saas-Bahu Sammelan), focusing on support for antenatal visits and transport and financial preparedness.
• Raise awareness of government entitlements and schemes, including JSY, JSSK and PMMVY, and support families to access them.

D. Referral, linkage and follow-up

• Facilitate referral of high-risk pregnancies to UPHCs and maternity homes without delay.
• Accompany or arrange support for women who face barriers to reaching a facility, in line with project provisions.
• Follow up every referral until the woman has been seen, and report any referral that does not complete.
• Share high-risk case information promptly with the City Health Coordinator, ANM and UPHC staff.

E. Community mobilisation and UHND strengthening

• Mobilise pregnant women, lactating mothers and caregivers to attend Urban Health and Nutrition Day sessions.
• Publicise the monthly UHND calendar through community announcements, posters and ASHA networks.
• Organise and support community awareness drives, street plays and group sessions on maternal health.
• Support the training and capacity building of frontline workers as required.

Other information

Works with ASHAs, ANMs, Anganwadi Workers, UPHC staff, women's groups

Key relationships Internal: City Health Coordinator and the wider project team. External: pregnant women and their families, ASHAs, ANMs and Anganwadi Workers, UPHC staff, self-help groups, men's forums and community leaders in the assigned settlements.

Additional details

Reports to City Health Coordinator

Staff reporting to this post None

Budget responsibility No (activity-level support only)

Role dimensions Development context; community-based

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