Food, Nutrition, Health and WASH

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About the Organization

The National Institute of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj (NIRD&PR), an autonomous organisation under the Union Ministry of Rural Development, is a premier national centre of excellence in rural development and Panchayati Raj. Recognized internationally as one of the UN-ESCAP Centres of Excellence, it builds capacities of rural development functionaries, elected representatives of PRIs, bankers, NGOs and other stakeholders through inter-related activities of training, research and consultancy. The Institute is located in the historic city of Hyderabad in Telangana state. The NIRD&PR celebrated its Golden Jubilee Year of establishment in 2008. In addition to the main campus at Hyderabad, this Institute has North-Eastern Regional Centre at Guwahati, Assam to meet the NE-regional needs.

Job Responsibilities

• Support of 7-10dayseverymonth in the areas of FNHW
• Resource Persons empaneled under FNHW need to work on Capacity building of State Rural Livelihood Mission Staff through either Off-line or Online
• Support SRLMs in preparing/revisiting the state specific operational strategy under FNHW vertical
• Develop State and Block Level Trainers specifically in the areas of maternal, child, elderly and adolescent Food, health and nutrition and WASH
• Develop Immersion Sites under FNHW and support SRLMs in replicating it in other blocks
• Engage with relevant State Government Departments and advocate convergence
• Contribute to policy level and programmatic level research.
• They shall also need to travel to remote area to support the capacity building of community cadres by the State and Block Level Trainers.
• NRPs will be categorized interalia based on work experience and will accordingly be given suitable assignments. Payment structure will depend upon the category of NRP assigned to a particular assignment.

Education Qualification/Required Skills & Experience

• She/he should have a Post Graduate degree in Nutrition/Public Health/ WASH Social Sciences/ Social Work /Gender Studies / Women’s Studies/Rural development or any other relevant discipline from a recognized university.
• Minimum 3 years of relevant work experience in community engagement/social and behavior change communication/multi-sectoral health/Nutrition/WASH initiatives and other activities related to Food, Nutrition, Health, Sanitation, Water and Hygiene

Desirable Criteria

• She/he should have technical knowledge on relevant themes, enabling them to provide guidance and
• oversight to activities being implemented in the field to ensure programme quality and effectiveness
• She/he should have experience in training and capacity building at various levels and have the necessary skills and knowledge of training methodologies.
• Excellent reading, writing, documentation, articulation & communication skills in Hindi, English and regional language
• Experience of developing training modules, resource materials and hands on experience of interactive training methodology.
• Understanding of data analysis, knowledge of data analysis tools and reporting is desired.
• Having a comprehensive understanding of DAYNRLM processes, activities and rural set up is preferred.
• Proven ability and experience in delivering trainings in Hindi/English/regional language
• Willing to travel extensively in remote areas across the country.

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