Consultant State UT Programme Support (Shimla, Chandigarh, Srinagar)

Role & responsibilities

Serve as the on-ground programme coordination and delivery interface for the assigned State/UT, enabling quality proposals, convergence, implementation monitoring, district handholding and timely reporting.

• Coordinate with the State/UT nodal department, districts, line departments and BGFs for VVP-II implementation.
• Support preparation, quality review and timely submission of works/projects and related documentation.
• Map State/UT-level gaps in welfare saturation, livelihoods, infrastructure, skilling, tourism and energisation.
• Track physical and financial progress; maintain dashboards, issue trackers and action-taken reports.
• Facilitate convergence with relevant schemes and departmental programmes.
• Conduct approved field visits, verify implementation status and escalate critical constraints.
• Support State/UT and district review meetings, training and handholding of functionaries.
• Submit periodic reports, data updates, briefing notes and inputs for QPRs and national reviews.
• Ensure timely and accurate updates in Digital VVP/OMS and follow up on data-quality issues.

Preferred candidate profile

• MBA from a recognised university, preferably with B.Tech. or equivalent degree; minimum 8 years in management, planning, project execution framework, monitoring/review, dashboard analysis or data analysis.

• Candidate having hands on experience in following skills State and district coordination; field programme implementation; monitoring and evaluation; government systems; scheme convergence; stakeholder facilitation; proposal review; dashboard/MIS reporting; analytical writing; training and handholding; CSR; Grant Management; local context awareness