Applications to be submitted on: www.inductusjobs.com/un (pdf format only)
Position: Providing technical assistance to the department of women and child development on schemes like - mission shakti, ADVIKA, BBBP, RKSK & services like women helpline.
Employing Agency (Employer): Inductus Limited
Duration of the contract: Initial contract will be issued till 31-Dec-2026 and may be further extended, subject to project requirements, satisfactory performance and funding availability.
Remuneration: Gross compensation budgeted for the position is very attractive. Please note that the offer made to the selected candidate shall be commensurate with qualifications, experience, and salary history. Applicants to mention their current professional fee & expected professional fee on www.inductusjobs.com/un
No. of Vacancy: 1 Positions (One)
Duty Station: Bhubaneswar, Odisha
Reporting Line: (1) Administrative Supervision- Inductus Limited
(2) Technical supervision:
UN ORGANISATION: CP specialist, UN ORGANISATION Bhubaneswar Field Office.
Government: Commissioner cum Secretary and Director, Department of Women and Child Development, Government of Odisha
Last Date for Application: 25th May 2026 (Mid-Night)
CONTENT OF TERMS OF REFERENCE (TOR)
1. Background:
India has the largest adolescent population in the world, 253 million, and every fifth person is between 10 to 19 years old. India stands to benefit socially, politically, and economically if this large number of adolescents are safe, healthy, educated, and equipped with information and life skills to support the country’s continued development. Both adolescent girls and boys lack access to information on issues affecting their lives and have limited spaces to develop competencies crucial for active participation. Adolescent girls, especially, are exposed to multiple layers of vulnerability due to pernicious social norms affecting the value of girls, which in turn affects their ability to move freely and to make decisions affecting their work, education, marriage, and social relationships.
About 43 percent of girls drop out before completing secondary education due to household responsibilities, marriage, child labour, limited relevance of education for employment and employability, distance to school, and/or lack of sanitation facilities at the school. Menstruation disrupts the lives of girls in ways that are unimaginable in many countries. At least 42 percent of girls in India use cloth rather than disposable sanitary napkins. Child marriage, a deeply rooted social norm, provides glaring evidence of widespread gender inequality and discrimination. Odisha has 20.5% child marriages and 7.6% of adolescent girls in Odisha are pregnant or mothers by the age of 19. The sex Ratio at Birth (SRB), declined to 894 girls per 1000 males. In Odisha, crimes against women also witnessed an increase in number of registered cases from 25,489 to 31,352 from 2020 to 2021. Violence negatively affects women’s general well-being and prevents women from fully participating in society. It impacts their families, their community, and the country at large. It has tremendous costs, from greater strains on health care to legal expenses and losses in productivity.
Critical game changers in leveraging the potential of adolescents in India include postponing marriage, improving the health and nutritional status, quality education, providing employability skills, opportunities to participate in decisions concerning their life and opportunities to congregate and express themselves. The aim is to develop their communication skills and amplify their voices in the public domain, so that they can influence policies and programmes concerning them now and in the future.
Hence, this consultancy is envisaged to support the government in addressing the multifaceted issues related to ending child marriage, gender-based violence, and promoting adolescent empowerment through platforms like Advika and many women related schemes. The consultant will provide support on the planning, execution, monitoring, and evaluation of activities related to women in the Department of Women & Child Development, Government of Odisha.
For detailed information, please check the complete version of the RFP attached below