Field Consultant

About Us:

Good Business Lab is an independent, non-profit labor innovation company. We use rigorous academic research to prove that worker well-being programs have business impacts. We develop market-ready, scalable interventions that benefit both workers and businesses. Our goal is to disrupt the traditional notion of business and show that worker well-being can be a good business practice.

The founders of the GBL are Ach Adhvaryu – Professor of Economics, Director of the 21st Century India Center at the School of Global Policy and Strategy at UC San Diego, Anant Ahuja – CEO & Co-founder of Good Business Lab and Director – ESG & Sustainability at Shahi Exports Pvt. Ltd. (India’s largest Ready Made Garment firm), and Anant Nyshadham – Associate Professor at the Ross School of Business, University of Michigan, and Chief Strategy Officer & Co-founder of Good Business Lab.

Role: Field Consultant

Location: Delhi NC

Position Type: Contract-based full-time role

Contract Duration - 10-12 months (extension on need basis)

Remuneration: INR 65,000-80,000 per month

The FC will work closely with academic researchers, the research team, the data team, and other field team members to help implement various projects and vertical-specific goals. The project is being implemented in the Environment sector and the FA is expected to work closely with farmers. They will also ensure high data collection standards and will be responsible for managing and building robust and ethical data collection practices for smooth implementation. They will also focus on hiring and managing the new team members in the vertical.

What will you do (areas that will play to your strength and all the responsibilities we will trust you with):

• Conducting and coordinating field surveys with the stakeholders followed by good data collection practices.
• Coordinating with the stakeholders, managing field issues, making field visits to explain the research design, and aligning the workflow within their premises.
• Planning and managing data collection and ensuring good data quality and surveyor productivity throughout the project by following GBL data collection standards.
• Plan and manage data collection through various methods like In-depth interviews, FGDs, Vignettes, etc., for both qualitative and quantitative data collection.
• Ensuring project documentation is complete and well-maintained, including designing, maintaining, and tracking field reports/project logs in Google documents and spreadsheets, along with drafting and developing materials, manuals, guidelines, and field protocols as per project requirements.
• Planning and overseeing day-to-day work for the surveyors and field consultants/analysts, getting appointments, leading training along with analysts, speaking to partners to get prior permission to use their premises, making arrangements for travel and other logistics, providing feedback, follow-ups to the research and field team, ensuring good data quality, following protocols, securing and procuring required equipment and materials, and ensuring that survey equipment is functional.
• The role will require end-to-end field management.
• Monitoring the surveys and debriefing the surveyors based on the observations obtained regularly.
• Coordinating with the finance and the people ops vertical on various vendor and procurement management tasks.
• Hire, onboard, and train supervisors and enumerators.
• Maintaining relations with stakeholders and performing additional duties as and when needed

Who are you? Ideally, you have (The areas of knowledge and expertise that matter most for this role):

• Bachelor's/Master’s in Economics, Social Work, or any related field
• Minimum 3+ years of relevant work experience.
• Work experience in conducting field work in North India like scoping surveys and managing enumeration team is required
• Previous experience in conducting surveys with farmers and field activities in villages in North India will be preferred
• Previous experience in conducting mapping and household listing in villages will be preferred
• Ability to work in a team, manage multiple projects on the ground, review and prioritize work independently, and be self-motivated.
• Ability to complete assigned tasks and meet deadlines while maintaining high-quality work.
• Ability to work standard work hours and should be open for traveling for field work
• Be detail-oriented, have strong organization and self-management, and have good oral and written communication skills.
• Basic knowledge of survey data collection tools like SurveyCTO is preferred.
• Ability to be resourceful and creative in problem-solving Basic to pro-level experience in Microsoft Word and MS Excel.
• Ability to read, write and converse in Hindi and English (A candidate that can also speak in Punjabi would have an advantage)
  
  

The process:

We are glad you’re interested in applying for this role!

After each step, we decide whether to invite you to the next one. Our interview process for this role has the following steps:

1. CV screening
2. Take-Home Assignment
3. First-Round Interview
4. Second-Round Interview

Our commitment to diversity:

GBL is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, age, physical disability, or length of time spent unemployed. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We offer traditional monetary workplace benefits such as insurance and travel allowance. We are a young and growing company making us the ideal ground for team members to experiment, take on dynamic roles, and grow with us. We focus on happiness, output, and quality of work.

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