APPLY NOW! DILG is Hiring 50,000 Contact Tracers Nationwide | 18K Salary

The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) is in need of at least 50,000 contact tracers. They are recruiting and hiring contact tracers nationwide to significantly ramp-up the country’s contact tracing program following the signing into law of the “Bayanihan to Recover as One Act” or Bayanihan 2.

Responsibilities

• Conduct interviews, profiling, and perform an initial public health risk assessment of COVID-19 cases and their identified close contacts;
• Refer the close contacts to isolation facilities;
• Conduct enhanced contact tracing in collaboration with other agencies and private sectors;
• Conduct daily monitoring of close and general contacts for at least 14 days, and perform such other tasks in relation to the COVID response.

Qualifications

• Must have a Bachelor’s degree or college level in an allied medical course or criminology course;
• Must be skilled in data gathering and have assisted in research and documentation;
• Must be able to interview COVID-19 cases and close contacts in order to gather data;
• Must possess the ability to advocate public health education messages, and
• Have the investigative capability.

Requirements

Applicants are required to submit the following:

• Letter of intent
• Personal Data Sheet
• National Bureau of Investigation Clearance
• Drug test result

Salary

Under the guidelines drafted by the DILG, the contact tracers will earn a minimum of P18,784 per month in a contract of service status.

How to Apply

Applicants should submit their application and documents to all DILG Provincial and City Field Offices nationwide or visit their websites for the posting of vacancies. 

Contractual personnel whose employment were not renewed, Overseas Filipino Workers whose employment were disrupted, and local employees whose service have been recently terminated may be given priority in the hiring process if qualified.