Jobs – Job Particulars – Nationwide State Water Quality Monitoring and Surveillance Consultant (distant with journey for 14.5 months)

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As a part of the UNICEF India Country Programme (2023–2027) and the authorized Rolling Work Plan (2026–2027), UNICEF Rajasthan proposes to interact an Individual Consultant to offer technical help to the Government of Rajasthan, notably the Public Health Engineering Department (PHED), for strengthening Water Quality Monitoring and Surveillance (WQMS) system to make sure equitable, climate-resilient and safely managed consuming water providers.

With the growth of the Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM), Rajasthan is transitioning from infrastructure creation to sustained service supply. While appreciable progress has been made in offering Functional Household Tap Connections (FHTCs), guaranteeing the security and high quality of consuming water stays a major problem resulting from widespread contamination from fluoride, nitrate, salinity, iron, heavy metals, and microbiological pathogens. The State continues to have one of many highest numbers of water quality-affected habitations within the nation, necessitating stronger institutional techniques for water high quality monitoring, surveillance, laboratory strengthening, and guaranteeing well timed corrective motion via efficient suggestions loop.  As per JJM–IMIS (C17-A) knowledge (as on 25 August 2026), throughout 41 districts of Rajasthan, there are a complete of seven,634 high quality affected habitations, overlaying roughly 0.3 million (3.23 lakh) households and a inhabitants of 1.92 million (19.25 lakh), the place in 30,508 FHTCs are reported inside these habitations. Of the entire quality-affected habitations, 7,207 are affected by salinity, 356 by nitrate, and 67 by fluoride.

The consultancy will present strategic and technical assist to strengthen institutional capacities for Water Quality Monitoring and Surveillance via evidence-based planning, strengthening suggestions loop mechanism, laboratory capability enhancement, data administration, and multi-stakeholder engagement. The task will assist PHED in bettering laboratory techniques with a give attention to microbial water high quality evaluation, with monitoring of residual chlorine and progress in direction of NABL accreditation readiness, whereas strengthening mechanisms that join field-level monitoring with district- and state degree decision-making for guaranteeing entry to secure water to the communities.

The guide will facilitate technical consultations, undertake discipline assessments, generate implementation insights, develop data merchandise and coverage suggestions, and assist capacity-building initiatives for presidency functionaries. The consultancy may also contribute to strengthening institutional studying by documenting greatest practices, creating technical steering supplies, and selling evidence-informed programme enhancements to reinforce the effectiveness and sustainability of WQMS.

The consultancy will undertake a systems-strengthening strategy by leveraging current authorities platforms, digital monitoring techniques, technical establishments, growth companions, and community-based monitoring mechanisms. Particular emphasis will likely be positioned on strengthening institutional suggestions loop mechanism, bettering laboratory high quality assurance techniques, selling data-driven decision-making, and supporting convergence throughout related stakeholders to construct Water-Safe Communities within the State.

The consultancy will contribute in direction of reaching the goals of Jal Jeevan Mission, Sustainable Development Goal 6.1 (Universal Access to Safe Drinking Water), SDG 6.3 (Improving Water Quality), and SDG 6.b (Strengthening Community Participation), whereas supporting the Government of Rajasthan’s imaginative and prescient of guaranteeing secure, dependable, and sustainable consuming water providers. The guide will work beneath the technical supervision of the UNICEF Rajasthan WASH Officer/Specialist and supply technical assist all through the task interval in accordance with the authorized work plan for 2026–2027, in coordination with PHED.

If you wish to know extra about this consultancy, please evaluation the whole Terms of Reference right here:  State Water Quality Monitoring and Surveillance Consultant.pdf

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Minimum necessities: |(Qualifications/Experience/ Knowledge/Expertise/Skills)

• Education: Master’s diploma or equal in civil engineering/environmental engineering/water provide administration/public administration & public well being, with specialised data and expertise of neighborhood managed Water Quality Monitoring & Surveillance (WQMS), together with Integrated Fluorosis Mitigation strategy
• Work Experience:
• Minimum 08 years of related skilled expertise in Water Quality Monitoring & Surveillance (WQMS), consuming water high quality, laboratory strengthening, water security planning, capability constructing, and techniques strengthening on the state and/or nationwide degree.
• Experience engaged on the Integrated Fluorosis Mitigation Programme (water high quality dimension) or with comparable state/nationwide water high quality establishments and programmes (e.g., State Programme
• Language Requirements: Hindi and English
• Knowledge/Expertise/Skills: Ability to make use of laptop software program i.e. MS Office, Internet, with expertise in knowledge evaluation and visualization will likely be an asset.
• Desirables: Strong data of Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM), Water Quality Monitoring & Surveillance (WQMS), water high quality laboratory techniques, and NABL accreditation processes. Experience of working with the Government of Rajasthan/PHED will likely be fascinating.

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