Social Sectors Expert

🌟 We're Hiring: Social Sectors Expert

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Employment Duration: 1 to 3 years

Position Overview:

health, education, nutrition, women & child development, social welfare, skill development, livelihoods, and inclusive development

Key Responsibilities:

• Provide sectoral expertise for planning, implementation, and monitoring of social sector programmes and schemes.
• Support preparation of social sector strategies, action plans, concept notes, and policy briefs.
• Assist in outcome monitoring, impact assessment, and evaluation of programmes related to health, education, nutrition, livelihoods, and social inclusion.
• Develop indicators, frameworks, and dashboards for tracking social development outcomes.
• Analyse administrative data, survey findings, and secondary datasets to generate evidence-based insights.
• Support convergence across departments and schemes to improve service delivery and programme effectiveness.
• Assist in field assessments, stakeholder consultations, FGDs, and beneficiary interactions as required.
• Prepare technical reports, presentations, and decision-support documents for UT Administration.
• Coordinate with line departments, district officials, and other thematic experts within PIU/MEDAU.
• Support capacity building, workshops, and knowledge-sharing initiatives in the social sector.

Required Qualifications:

Essential

• Master in Social Work, Sociology, Psychology, Public Policy, MBA (Public Policy and Governance), or PG Diploma in Management (in social, public policy and governance sector) Master in Planning
• Minimum 5+ years of relevant experience (excluding internships/training)

Desirable:

• Advanced diploma or degree in the specified sector
• Published papers in relevant fields
• Additional training or certification in

  monitoring & evaluation, impact assessment, or data analysis

  will be an advantage.
• Proficiency in data analysis tools and software

Skills & Competencies:

• Strong understanding of social sector policies, schemes, and development challenges.
• Experience in monitoring & evaluation and results-based frameworks.
• Ability to analyse quantitative and qualitative data and translate findings into actionable insights.
• Strong report writing, documentation, and presentation skills.
• Experience in stakeholder coordination and inter-departmental working.
• Field exposure and ability to engage with communities and beneficiaries.
• Proficiency in MS Office and basic data analysis tools; familiarity with MIS/dashboard systems preferred.
• Ability to work in multidisciplinary teams and under time-bound assignments.

hr@aparc.org