Vacancy Number	23065303403
Post	Joint Secretary (Adolescent and Reproductive Health)
Ministry/Administration	Ministry of Health & Family Welfare
Department/Office	other
Organisation	other

Number of Posts and Reservation

UR	EWS	OBC	SC	ST	PwBD	Total
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Post Description

Pay Scale	Revised Pay as per 7th CPC Level-14in the Pay Matrix. The gross salary per month would be Rs. 2,66,000 (Approx.) including Basic Pay, HRA, DA and TA.
Age	Age not below 40 years and not exceeding 55 years as on closing date of receipt of application.
Essential Qualification (s)	A. EDUCATIONAL:- MBBS with Post Graduation in Public Health. B. EXPERIENCE:- Minimum 15 years experience in Health Sector out of which at least10 years should be in areas of public health.
Desirable Qualification (s)	i. Training and Research work in Adolescent Health ii. Familiarity with the public health system and relevant govt. policies/strategies particularly National and State Health Missions
Duty(ies)	1. Support the Joint Secretary of the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare in all technical and programmatic aspects pertaining to adolescent health/school health 2. Leading the implementation, effective functioning, accessibility, acceptability, supportive supervision and sustainability of existing Adolescent health and School health programmes, and in doing so undertake to i. Work as focal point for MoHFW for all inter / intra ministerial and parliamentary affairs concerning health of adolescents and school children ii. Participate and represent the government in National/ International Technical Consultations/Workshops/ Seminars iii. Coordinate with the other divisions in the MoHFW for intradepartmental convergence of programmes. iv. Support all convergence efforts including collaborating with the line ministries nmnely Ministry of Education, MoWCD. MoYAS through joint policy planning and monitoring to ensure health and wellbeing of the adolescents. v. Lead the process of updating the training materials, guidelines and procedural documents for adolescent and youth-friendly service providers/ State level programme Managers. vi. Lead creation of new and/or updation of existing EC and other information support material on various thematic areas of Adolescent Health and school health programme vii. Act as focal point for appraisal of NHM, Programme Implementation Plans (PHs) for Adolescent Health submitted by the States/UTs mid participate in the National Programme Co-ordination Committee (NPCC) Meetings. viii. Work on co-ordination and convergence efforts with various development partners, NGOs, academia and other stakeholders on Adolescent Health. 3. Identifying broad priority topics under the area of adolescent Health (from relevant guidance provided by expert committees. professional bodies IAP, FOGSI, Academia and other groups) for developing or updating norms and standards to steer national strategies and policies or to improve their implementation. 4. Support States/ UTs in innovative mechanisms to enable knowledge translation so that the evidence and guidelines can be more effectively translated into practice at a country and regional level. 5. Undertake regular programmatic reviews and assessments to identify bottlenecks and challenges and gaps, and recommend improvements and support State/UT in implementing the same to ensure programme goals are achieved.
Tenure	The period of contract/ deputation would be 3 years extendable up to a maximum of 5 years, depending upon performance and requirement.
Headquarters	New Delhi
Other Details	The post is in Group ‘A’. Appointment of Candidate from Private Sector will be on contract basis as per terms of contract to be signed between the selected candidate and the Government of India. Officials of State/UT Admin/PSUs, Autonomous Bodies, Statutory Organizations, Universities, Recognized Research Institutes would be appointed on deputation basis as per standard term of deputation. The post shall be governed by Central Health Services Rules.
Any Other Conditions	1. Central Government employees are not eligible to apply. 2. The candidate must have a minimum gross salary of Rs. 35 lac per year during any of the financial year 2021-2022 or 2022-2023 as per Form-16/ ITR. Note- In case of inability to submit the Form-16/ITR for the year 2022-2023 by closing date, candidate has to submit an undertaking that the same will be submitted before the date of interview. 3. All appointees are deemed to be public servants for the purpose of the CCS(Conduct) Rules and such other statutes as notified by the government from time to time. 4. The employment contract to be terminated by either side with a minimum notice period of 3 months.

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