Ward Surveillance Officer
Supervise field data collection and community engagement to enhance public health surveillance.
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Overview
Supervise field data collection and community engagement to enhance public health surveillance.
You have:
- Bachelor's degree in public health, life sciences, social work, or a related field.
- 2-4 years of field experience in a public health programme, working with ASHAs, ANMs, or community health platforms in an urban setting.
- Familiarity with the AMC ward health system, knowing how Urban Health Centres, ward Medical Officers, and community health workers operate on the ground.
- Experience supervising field data collection using mobile tools such as ODK (Open Data Kit) or KoBoCollect.
- Fluency in Gujarati; working knowledge of Hindi and English sufficient for reporting.
- Prior experience engaging private healthcare providers, chemists, or diagnostic laboratories in a public health or regulatory context is an advantage.
- Willingness to spend 80-90% of time in the field within the assigned ward.
- Prior experience with Integrated Disease Surveillance Programme (IDSP), National Urban Health Mission (NUHM), or AMC health programmes.
- Experience working with community volunteer networks — MAS, JSY groups, or ward-level self-help groups.
- Familiarity with waterborne or vector-borne disease surveillance and seasonal outbreak patterns in Ahmedabad.
Potential interview questions
| How do you manage the daily activities of field data collection in various urban settings? | This assesses the candidate's organizational skills in a complex environment. | Discuss your planning process and coordination with teams and volunteers. |
| Describe a time when you had to build trust in a community for a health program. How did you approach this? | This evaluates the candidate's community engagement skills. | Pro members can see the explanation. |
| What strategies would you use to train ward health staff effectively? | Pro members can see the explanation. | Pro members can see the explanation. |
| How would you handle discrepancies in reported health data during field surveys? | Pro members can see the explanation. | Pro members can see the explanation. |
| How do you prioritize tasks when supervising enumerators in the field? | Pro members can see the explanation. | Pro members can see the explanation. |
| Can you describe your experience working with mobile data collection tools? | Pro members can see the explanation. | Pro members can see the explanation. |
| Explain how you would recruit and orient community sentinel volunteers. What key aspects would you emphasize? | Pro members can see the explanation. | Pro members can see the explanation. |
| How do you ensure compliance with surveillance reporting requirements from private sector providers? | Pro members can see the explanation. | Pro members can see the explanation. |
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