Consultant – State Consultant- Gender & PCPNDT

Application has to be submitted on www.inductusjobs.com/un

Position: Consultant – State Consultant- Gender & PCPNDT, Bhopal

Employing Agency (Employer): Inductus Limited

Duration of the contract: 12 months (October 2023 to September 2024)

Honorarium: Rs. 70,000 to 85,000 per month

No. of Vacancy: 1

Duty Station: Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh

Reporting Line:

- Administrative Supervision- Inductus Limited

- Technical Supervision: -
1) Joint Director, PCPNDT/Regulations, Dept of PH & FW MP
2) State Head, UNFPA State office, MP

Last Date for Application: 27th September 2023 (Mid Night)

Application has to be submitted on: www.inductusjobs.com/un

For any query reach out to subramanyan@indusctusgroup.com, M No: 8220841239 / 9234692346

CONTENT OF TERMS OF REFERENCE FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSULTANT

1. BACKGROUND/ RATIONALE

UNFPA Country programme envisions an India where every woman and young person, including those from the most vulnerable groups, enjoys gender equality, realizes sexual and reproductive health and reproductive rights and contributes to sustainable development. UNFPA focuses on ensuring universal access to high quality sexual and reproductive health services; investing in adolescent health and well-being and empowering young people with critical life skills; addressing gender-based violence (GBV) and harmful practices such as gender-biased sex selection and child marriage and using population data to maximize the demographic dividend.

Harmful practices like gender-biased sex-selection, early marriage and teenage pregnancies among young girls continue to be of concern in the state with 23.1% of women aged between 20 and 24 years getting married before they turn 18. Among adolescent girls aged 15–19 in MP, 5.1% have already begun childbearing, i.e., they were already mothers or pregnant at the time of the NFHS-5. Even though sex ratio at birth of the State has improved in the last few years, certain districts have quite adverse sex ratio.

Achieving Zero harmful practices is one of three transformative goals of UNFPA’s Strategic Plan. Gender based Sex Selection and Child Marriage stems from gender-based discrimination and addressing them is critical to the achievement of the SDGs. Madhya Pradesh has improved in terms of reducing Child marriages and address Gender based sex selection, but challenges remain. UNFPA works closely with the Department of Public Health & Family Welfare for the enhancing the health, reproductive health of adolescent girls and enhancing the value of girl child. In the coming years, it is proposed to work on addressing Gender based violence, building capacities of various stakeholders on Gender issues from public health perspective. UNFPA will be providing technical support to the Department in the area of strengthening the response towards Gender based discrimination and addressing gender-based violence from the public health perspective. In this context, it is planned to provide technical support to the Department of PH&FW on addressing Gender based violence and stronger implementation of PCPNDT Act and other Gender legislations. A technical consultant will be hired who will work closely with the Joint Director and Senior Officials of Department of PH&FW on the above areas.

Job Responsibilities:

Technical support, Programme management & coordination:

• Work closely with relevant programme staff at the State level to support the initiatives of the Department of Health for rolling out a health sector response to GBV.
• Act as the first point of contact for all technical assistance, capacity building and knowledge management on health sector response to GBV.
• Technical advice on registered cases of PCPNDT Act in the State. Suggest evidence-based interventions for better implementation of PCPNDT Act.
• Legal guidance on implementation of regulatory Acts implemented by DoPHFW
• Constitution/renewal of committees/board as deemed appropriate under PCPNDT Act.
• Collaborate with related departments like Women and Child Development, Home, Law &legislative Affairs and Judiciary for a coordinated response to survivors of violence.
• Ensure coordination of health facility with the One Stop Center to ensure to and fro referral of survivors.
• Initiate organization of meetings at regular intervals between health facility and OSC staff including police, shelter, justice, services for better coordination.
• Ensure availability of screening protocols/ SOPs and job aids/ contents of sexual assault forensic examination kit are available at various levels of public health facilities for documentation of GBV and to provide care.
• Ensure availability of space for private and confidential consultation and examination of survivors of sexual violence at all hospitals.

Training & Capacity Building:
• Organise capacity building of Superintendents of District Hospitals on a comprehensive health sector response to GBV, including medico legal care of survivors of sexual violence.
• Organise capacity building of Medical Officers (OBGY, casualty, forensic) and staff nurses from District hospitals and medical colleges on a comprehensive health sector response to GBV
• Build capacities of frontline functionaries on identification of survivors of violence and for referral
• Provide necessary technical inputs for preparation/ adaptation of reading/ learning material for capacity building programmes of different stakeholders.
• Support the development of checklists for quality assurance on GBV and capacity building of internal committees on quality assessment.
• Ensure all counsellors at sub district hospitals, where OSCs are not available are trained to counsel survivors of violence.

Documentation, Monitoring and Evaluation:
• Progressive tracking of activities approved in State PIP under PCPNDT component. Regular and timely conduction of State Supervisory board, State Appropriate Authorities meetings.
• Closely monitor roll out of GBV activities in district hospitals and medical colleges to identify and document best practices as well as constraints, share them with the DHFW and UNFPA
• Ensure that data on Gender based violence captured through the health management information system.
• Support the roll out of a quality assurance system to ensure provision of quality services to survivors. Monitoring performance and progress of DIMCs and coordination of NIMC visits.
• Based on quality assessment, identify gaps, and recommend solutions to overcome the issues at the facility level/ district level/ State level.
• Undertake regular visits to sub district hospitals to monitor the quality of services being provided to survivors.

Other activities:
• Carry out any other related activities as and when required and as advised by UNFPA/DPH&FW.

Deliverables :
• Analysis of the progress of the monthly utilization of the related schemes Gender programmes
• Develop monthly and annual work plans for undertaking the roles and responsibilities as a State Consultant in discussion with UNFPA and Dept of PH&FW
• Develop quarterly report and monthly brief of the activities undertaken by the State Consultant
• Details of any materials/ guidelines developed.

Reports :
• Submission of travel reports within four working days of travel to Joint Director, PCPNDT, Dept of PH&FW and UNFPA
• Development of monthly, quarterly and annual reports for the department/UNFPA

Qualifications and Experience :
• Graduation in Law from a recognized university/ Institute with an additional Master’s S degree in any Law /humanities /management
• Having at least 3-5 years of predominant experience in Programme management, training and experience working in the area of Gender and Health
• Candidate should be willing to travel to the districts for which the SAMS norms for travel and accommodation will apply

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
• Technical Skills, good communication and training skills
• Good skills in operating computers and MS Office package
• Creative skills and ability in planning, implementation and monitoring programs.
• Ability to understand and address development related issues.
• Ability to work with a diverse group and settings.
• Experience in the analysis of data and good documentation skills

Have good language skills – Both Hindi and English.

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