PCI India
Basic Information
Name of the project: Extending technical support to the government to address vulnerabilities around child marriage in Assam and Tripura
Position Name: State Consultant (Assam & Tripura)
Number of positions: 1
Direct Report to: Director – Gender and Adolescent Girls
Tenure:6 months (extendable as per performance) (November to April 2025)
Location: Kamrup Metro
Name of the project districts:
Assam: Dhubri, Kamrup Metro, Baksa, Goalpara, Hailakandi, Kokrajhar and Udalguri,
Tripura: Dhalai, Agartala
About the organization
PCI India, a registered Indian society, has been working in India for the past 26 years. We drive interventions to transform the lives of communities at scale by solving complex development problems. In the past year, PCI India reached more than 1.7 crore, i.e., 17 million people in 202 Districts of 15 States.
About the project
Child/early marriage remains a critical issue affecting millions worldwide, perpetuated by entrenched social and gender norms. India has demonstrated a steep decline in child/early marriage rates from 2005 to 2021 (i.e. From NFHS 3 to NFHS 5). The national average of underage marriages has decreased from 26.8% in NFHS-4 to 23.3% in NFHS-5. However, there are states and some pockets in few states where the problem is still sticky and needs integrated, multi-dimensional intervention.
Assam and Tripura are such states where prevalence of child/early marriage of adolescent girls have increased in last 20 years. Assam has 31.8% prevalence and Tripura shot up to 40.1% of prevalence of child marriage. In Assam, the top 6 districts with more than 30% of prevalence of child marriage of adolescent girls are – Darrang (42.80%), Barpeta (40.10%), Dhubri (50.80%), Goalpra (41.80%), Udalguri (32.0%), Hailakandi (32.9%).
This project is about providing technical support to the state and district government departments to implement different initiatives to address the issue of child marriage in the state.
Key roles & responsibilities
- Implementation of project activities in Assam and Tripura as per project plan ensuring timeliness and quality.
- Liaison with Unicef Assam team for smooth implementation of project activities
- Coordinate with the state officials of Assam and Tripura as required for complete implementation of project activities and benefitting the adolescent girls in these states.
- Providing technical assistance to state government officials and district & below officials in their functioning towards smooth implementation of action plans to prevent child marriage
- Support district officials for the implementation of planned activities on time ensuring quality
- Guide the team to implement the planned activities across the project distircts in both states.
- Coordinate with all line departments to implement activities to empower adolescents in the state and make the schemes and entitlements reach the adolescents on time without any obstructions.
- Develop state, district and below level plans for smooth dissemination of relevant social and policy level messaging towards addressing child marriage
- Training of government officials, SHEW and DHEW staff on various packages and tools
- Organizing and managing logistics for various events
- Provide relevant presentation and reading materials for orientation at the state level officials at government and unicef.
- Time to time reporting and review with supervisor
- Project management including budget
- Undertake field monitoring as per plan
- Maintain daily Management Information System (MIS)/ reporting.
- Supervise and guide the district consultants.
Qualification and skills required
- MSW, MPH or Post Graduate in any stream with a minimum of 5 years’ field experience of working with government departments in the state of Assam (TA projects).
- Basic knowledge and understanding of the issue of child marriage and concepts of adolescent empowerment
- Experience of working with departments of women and child development, Assam rural livelihood mission, education etc..
- Experience of developing training modules, materials and programmes
- Good computer, management, and organisational skills.
- Good written and verbal communication
- Should be able to speak, read and write English and local language
- Willingness to travel to the field and ability to work against tight timelines.
- A person from Assam will be preferred.
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