Location : Delhi (with field visits across Delhi zones)
Company : SEWA Delhi
Contract Duration : 3 months (part-time)- 3 days a week availability at the office/field
About the Study
This study is designed to take women's own knowledge of their occupational health as its primary evidence source to produce evidence that is immediately usable for SEWA's program design.
Role Overview
The Research Consultant will be responsible for the day-to-day implementation of this study and will also be required to support the organisation in an upcoming event for the same “exhibition.” This is not a data-collection role — it is a full research implementation role requiring someone who can manage a complex mixed-methods study, work with integrity in a community-based setting, and produce high-quality outputs for multiple audiences.
The successful candidate will work closely with SEWA Delhi's organising and program teams and women waste pickers.
Key Responsibilities
- Review existing literature on waste picker occupational health to inform study design and instrument development
- Conduct data collection through body-mapping workshops and site hazard walks, in close collaboration with SEWA organisers
- Conduct key informant interviews with SEWA staff, health workers, and representatives of partner organisations
- Analyse Phase 1 findings and produce a brief for advocacy
- Lead the survey instrument design and supervise fieldwork across multiple Delhi zones, ensuring data quality.
- Conduct analysis stratified by work setting and life stage
- Facilitate validation workshops and a structured priority-setting exercise with women
- Co-design immediate-term OSH interventions with women and SEWA staff
- Draft all study outputs: validated findings brief, policy brief, program design brief, and academic manuscript
- Support SEWA leadership in presenting findings to MCD, Delhi government, and donor audiences
- Manage all research documentation and data in compliance with ethics and confidentiality requirements
Required Qualifications & Experience
Education
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in public health, social work, sociology, anthropology, development studies, or a closely related field
Research Experience
- 1-2 years of hands-on experience in qualitative or mixed-methods research in community or field settings
- Demonstrated experience with participatory research methods — body mapping, participatory rural appraisal, community-based PAR, or equivalent
- Experience designing and implementing survey instruments and managing survey fieldwork
- Proficiency in qualitative data analysis, including thematic and framework analysis
- Proficiency in quantitative analysis
Subject Knowledge
- Familiarity with informal economy sector contexts
- Understanding of gender and intersectionality as analytical frameworks in research
- Knowledge of Delhi's informal waste economy, or demonstrated ability to acquire it quickly, is an advantage.
Skills and Competencies
- Fluency in Hindi is essential; the study is conducted in Hindi
- Excellent written English and policy outputs
- Strong organisational and project management skills — this study requires managing multiple workstreams simultaneously
- Ability to work sensitively with marginalised communities and to maintain the highest ethical standards in all interactions
- Comfort with field settings — the role involves regular visits to waste collection sites, including dhalaos and sorting points.
Desirable Qualifications
- Prior experience working with or for SEWA, waste picker organisations, or similar informal sector worker organisations
- Experience with participatory visual methods, body mapping, photo-voice, participatory photography
- Experience in training and supervising community-based data collectors
How to Apply
Please send your CV to "[email protected]" by 5th June 2026
Pay: ₹10,000.00 - ₹30,000.00 per month
Work Location: In person
