Job Description: Enumerator
Number of Positions: 2
Location: Ahmedabad
About the Organisation
WJCF is an Indian non-profit organisation committed to saving lives by reducing the burden of disease and strengthening government-owned, high-quality health systems. Since 2007, WJCF has combined data-driven approaches and deep public health expertise with strong government partnerships to design, implement, and scale solutions across India’s national and state health programmes. We work for and at the service of governments — supporting the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare and State Departments of Health to build systems that are strong, sustainable, and led by Indian institutions.
As an Indian organisation, WJCF brings an unmatched depth of contextual understanding of India’s health system architecture, policy landscape, and implementation realities across diverse geographies and population groups. This local institutional credibility, combined with global technical rigour, is central to WJCF’s effectiveness as a partner to governments and donors.
Our work is built around four complementary roles: as a Trusted Government Partner, co-designing programmes and strengthening health system architecture; as an Operational Partner, translating strategies into effective on-the-ground delivery; as a Market Shaper, improving the availability and affordability of health commodities; and as an Ecosystem Catalyst, convening governments, development partners, academia, and the private sector to drive solutions at scale.
WJCF’s programme portfolio spans thematic areas like hepatitis, HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, vector-borne diseases), syphilis, cervical cancer, diabetes, maternal and childhood anaemia, immunisation, under-5 diarrhoea and pneumonia, sexual and reproductive health, Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri – Jan Arogya Yojana (AB PM-JAY), Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission (ABDM), hypoxemia and oxygen, safe drinking water, sickle cell disease, presbyopia, lead poisoning, and cross cutting thematic areas like AI and Health, integrated disease surveillance, and climate and health. We currently support programmes across 19 states and union territories, with teams working at national, state, district, and sub-district levels.
Our people are our greatest asset. WJCF brings together a talented, diverse team of professionals from public health, analytics, consulting, healthcare, the development sector, and academia, all united by a shared commitment to improving health outcomes for the people of India. We are entrepreneurial, action-oriented, and deeply grounded in the communities and systems we work in. Our field teams collectively bring hundreds of years of experience managing public health programmes across the country.
WJCF collaborates with a range of international and domestic partners and donors to advance its mission, including an affiliation with the Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI), a global health organisation with which WJCF shares a common mission and values.
About the Assignment
WJCF is conducting a ward-level field survey across three priority wards in Ahmedabad as part of an urban disease surveillance project. The survey maps waterborne risk sites, vector-borne breeding sites, and health facility and reporting infrastructure across each ward. Enumerators will visit pre-identified sites, collect data using a mobile application, photograph each site, and record GPS coordinates. All work is supervised by the Ward Surveillance Officer.
Key Responsibilities
- Visit and Map assigned sites within the respective ward across the following three categories. Note that the number of categories/sites may increase or decrease as per program requirements:
- Waterborne risk sites (e.g., drains, water bodies, overhead tank areas,etc.)
- Vector-borne breeding sites (e.g., stagnant water, construction sites, discarded tyres, containers, etc.)
- Surveillance network nodes (e.g., health facilities, reporting posts, sample transport points, etc.)
- Collect data at each site using the mobile application filling all required fields, attaching a photograph of the site, recording the video and GPS coordinates.
- Submit completed forms at the end of each field day; confirm submission status with the Ward Surveillance Officer.
- Return to sites flagged by the Ward Surveillance Officer or Analyst for correction or re-survey on the same or following day.
- Participate in a one-day field training before deployment; demonstrate form completion and GPS tagging correctly before beginning independent survey work.
- Any other
Qualifications and Experience
Required
- Resident of or very familiar with the assigned ward, able to navigate lanes, identify localities, and gain community access without a guide.
- Minimum qualification: Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC / 12th pass); a graduate in any stream is preferred.
- Comfortable using a smartphone for data entry, prior experience with ODK, KoBoCollect, or any survey application is an advantage.
- Physically fit and willing to walk 4–6 kilometres per field day across the ward in varying weather conditions.
- Literate in Gujarati; basic Hindi or English sufficient to read form field labels.
- Punctual, reliable, and able to complete assigned site lists within the daily schedule without supervision.
- Prior experience in field surveys, health outreach, census work, or data collection for any government or NGO programme is preferred.
Daily Schedule
Enumerators are expected to work 6 days a week during the survey period. Each day begins with a morning briefing with the Ward Surveillance Officer, followed by independent field visits to assigned sites, and ends with form submission confirmation. Daily site targets will be assigned based on the area-wise deployment plan.
Note: This will be on 3rd Party payroll
Form Link to Enumerator- Here