Applications to be submitted on: www.inductusjobs.com/un (pdf format only)
Position: State Consultant for Adolescent and Maternal Nutrition
Employing Agency (Employer): Inductus Limited
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: Kolkata
Reporting Line: (1) Administrative Supervision- Inductus Limited
: (2) Technical supervision:
Nutrition Specialist, UN ORGANISATION Kolkata (Coordination with Programme Officers of DH&FW)
Additional Director Health Services (ADHS) for Maternal Health, Child Health, and Adolescent Health, and School Health; and the Deputy ADHS (Family Planning).
Last Date for Application: 30th October 2026 (Mid-Night)
CONTENT OF TERMS OF REFERENCE (TOR)
1.BACKGROUND AND RATIONALE
The Govt of India and UN ORGANISATION Country Programme Document (CPD) 2023-27 envisages to support the government-led nutrition programming for universal and equitable coverage of essential nutrition interventions for women, infants, and young children 0-23 months and adolescent girls. One of the priorities of the country programme is to reduce maternal malnutrition and mortality by promoting nutritious diets, iron-folic acid supplementation, and essential nutrition services in ANC/PNC for women during, and after pregnancy. Programming will aim at addressing nutritional requirements before pregnancy, during pregnancy, and after pregnancy with focus onall forms of malnutrition (underweight, anaemia, overweight). The aim will be to prioritize promotion and protection of healthy diets, promotion of physical activity, nutrition literacy, and strengthen nutrition services during adolescence and preconception period ensuring women enter pregnancy with adequate weight and have safe motherhood, with positive birth outcomes. This calls for strengthening government schemes and platforms such as Anaemia Mukht Bharat/Bangla (AMB), Adolescent Friendly Health Clinic, School Health and Wellness programme, Pradhan Mantri Surakshit Matritva Abhiyan and Village Health Nutrition and Sanitation Day (VHNSD).
Improving coverage, intensity, and quality of adolescent and maternal nutrition interventions and ensuring continuity for impact requires technical support for planning, implementation and monitoring at the state level within the framework of National Health Mission (NHM). Improved nutrition outcomes shall involve establishing close collaboration between all concerned departments – DH&FW, DWCD&SW, TDD, and P&RDD (WBSRLM) and the overarching body of the National Health Mission.
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