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Peer Educator

YRGCARE

Job Location:

Ramagundam - India

Salary: Not provided by the employer

Experience Required: 1-3years

Posted: 30 October 2026 (3 days ago)

Application Deadline: 27 January 2027

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Position Title	Peer Educator
Organisation	YR Gaitonde Medical Educational & Research Foundation (YRGMERF)
Compensation	Remuneration will reflect the candidates experience and skills subject to the approved budget

About YRG MERF

Established in 1993 YRGMERF is a pioneering non-governmental organisation in India committed to transforming lives through integrated healthcare inclusive partnerships and forward-looking research. Grounded in the values of integrity and sustainability we address both immediate and evolving societal challenges empowering communities to attain equitable and lasting health outcomes. We provide comprehensive services across prevention care support and treatment particularly for those affected by HIV and other infectious diseases.

Role Summary

The Peer Educator will be responsible for supporting the outreach team in planning of service delivery by the project. The peer educators would be responsible to identify individual or groups who are at risk of HIV/AIDS and their partners who require services including the networks. Peer educator will make inroads to these networks and motivate them to use condoms recognize the need for regular medical checkup and visit to preferred providers or clinics recognize the need for HIV testing and safe disposal of used condoms/needles and syringes. Will motivate the individuals or groups to improve their self-esteem and communities to access services and other social development benefits

Key Responsibilities

Planning and Management

The Peer Educator along with other project staffs would be responsible for preparing micro- plans calculate demand analysis of various commodities.
Prepare weekly / monthly action plan for each hotspot ensure supply of needles/syringes condoms lubes BCC materials adequately for each hotspot.
Should discuss with the community members and other stakeholders in preparing micro plan ensuring that field level support is ensured for smooth implementation of the project.
Should ensure follow up of STI cases HIV positive cases home visit to HRGs who have not turned up for RMC or HIV testing.

Advocacy and Networking

Will discuss and rope in support of the stakeholders in smooth implementation of the Programme in the area.
Will be working with various power structures within and outside the community and would ensure their effective participation in the Programme.
Will identify and use preferred providers for delivering the project services after due training by SACS or DAPCU or TSU

Commodity Supplies and Management

Will support the ORW will maintain records of free condoms or needles and syringes on lubes received from the project and distributed by self or peer educators.

Reporting:

Provide data/information required for preparation of reports.

Requirements

Recruitment Qualifications

Criteria

Preferably should be literate with good knowledge of the local community and for FSW MSM and TG / Hijra PEs should be from the same target group.
In case of Migrants project -40% of the total peers should be from the community which represent highest number of migrants from source States.
In case of truckers project -40% of the total peers should be ex-truckers or helpers and are currently in the profession or are working with any other jobs.
In case of IDU or FIDU projects - ex-users or community members be preferred.
The peer educator selection should be done through a process of peer progression among the volunteers who are associated with the project by way of helping in community sensitization clinic services.
The peer educators should be from the community in terms of their occupation typology and age groups.
Stakeholders pressure groups or members of power structures family members of the target population should not be preferably be engaged as peer educators.

Knowledge and Skills

Should have strong communication skills and knowledge about community structures community dynamics power structures within and outside the community which controls the community.
Ability to work in small teams and flexible ways of working
Ability to maintain simple field records and have attitude to work in a team to complete pending works.
Should be identifying with the issues of community and should not idolize with the behaviors.
Should be a good community motivator and should have rapport building skills.

Training Requirements

Micro-plan preparation and updating; condom demonstration and re-demonstration; basics of STI and HIV/AIDS; basics of NSEP/OST Programme; advocacy and networking; and safe disposal of used needles and syringes from the field.

Peer Educator Norms

The source document specifies the following norms:

FSW and MSM TIs: 1 Peer Educator per 60 HRGs.
TG/Hijra TIs: 1 Peer Educator per 40 HRGs.
IDU TIs: 1 Peer Educator per 40 HRGs.
Additional FIDU in an existing IDU TI: 1 Peer Educator per 40 FIDUs.
Truckers: 1 Peer Educator per 1000 LDTs.
Destination migrants: 1 Peer Educator perdestination migrants.
Core composite TIs with FSW and MSM TG/Hijra or IDU components: norms as applicable above.

Additional Duties

Undertake any other responsibilities assigned by the supervisor in support of project objectives.

Benefits

Benefits & Work Environment

24 days of annual leave in addition to public holidays.
Health insurance coverage.
Opportunity to work in a collaborative and inclusive environment.
Scope for learning and professional development.

YRG is an equal-opportunity organisation. At YRG we are committed to supporting inclusion and diversity as part of our values. We celebrate employees differences in abilities sexual orientation ethnicity faith and gender. Our team are people with different strengths experiences and backgrounds who share a passion for improving peoples lives.

Required Skills:

Key Responsibilities Documentation Management: Manage all documentation activities of the project. Responsible for process documentation write-ups for district profiles and DISHA-specific integrated action plans. Meeting Minutes and Reports: Prepare minutes of all project meetings and monthly state-level reports in coordination with the Regional M&E Experts. Good Practices and Dissemination: Coordinate with technical experts to identify DISHA-level good practices for documentation and dissemination. Educational Materials Development: Develop one-pagers and short audio-visuals on key indicators for use by the DISHA team as ready reckoners. Capacity Building: Build the capacity of DISHA units in report writing and documenting case studies. Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs): Develop SOPs for DISHA learning sites and assist the Lead Program Implementation in developing learning sites. Report Preparation: Prepare Quarterly Progress Reports (QPR) for the donor. Prepare annual mid-term and close-out project reports. Support in IEC Development: Provide inputs and support the DISHA team in developing state-specific IEC materials through virtual media. Field Visits: Conduct field visits for a minimum of 10 days per month to ensure comprehensive documentation and support to the field teams.

Required Education:

Qualifications & SkillsMasters Degree in Social Work Sociology Public Health Humanities or a related of 5 years of experience in documentation roles within public health projects particularly in HIV/AIDS writing and communication organizational and coordination in developing educational materials and documentation of best to work collaboratively with diverse teams. Flexibility to travel

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