Consultant (Sustainable Development Goals):

ESSENTIAL QUALIFICATIONS:

(A) EDUCATIONAL:

• Master’s Degree in Rural Development, Social Work, Social Policy for Development Studies, Public Policy Studies, Development Studies, Human Rights Studies, Rural Development Studies or any other relevant Social Sciences field etc within the age category of 30 – 50 years.

(B) EXPERIENCE:

• At least five years of experience in providing technical support of the interventions related to the SDGs and to the implementation of the activities planned.
• Knowledge on issues relating to social and public policy advocacy and engagement, protection and promotion of human rights and advocacy, interventions on the SDG Agenda targeting different stakeholders.
• Experience in technical support to SDGs mainstreaming and localizing including SDGs monitoring, evaluation and reporting framework.
• The Expert should have previous experience of similar assignments in the Government sector, NGOs and INGOs.
• Experience in preparing policy briefs/presentations and analysis of proposals.
• Experience in preparing policy briefs/presentations and analysis of proposals.
• Excellent documentation, communication and interpersonal skills with excellent computer knowledge and computer operations. Fully conversant with MS-Office (word/PPT/Excel) etc.

(C) JOB DESCRIPTION:

• Consultant shall be responsible for providing strategy inputs to the Ministry for localization of SDGs and coordination of various activities in the area of work assigned to him/her.

Remuneration:

Rs. 90,000/- per month

General conditions:

• The Project Positions require travel to study area.
• This project assignment is purely temporary and does not envisage any kind of regular appointment in NIRD&PR in future.
• The Institute has a right to shortlist the candidates as may be necessary.
• Canvassing in any form will be treated as disqualification.
• No correspondence or telephonic enquiry will be entertained as regards shortlisting, calling for interview, selection or engagement.
• The MoPR reserves the right to relax any of the requirements i.e. age, educational qualification, experience etc. in exceptional cases.
• The candidates should apply only through online through the website-  http://career.nirdpr.in/
• The last date for submitting applications online is 30th May 2021 till 05:30 PM.
• Applications received after the due date and time will not be considered.
• The shortlisted candidates will be informed about the date, time and venue of the Interview