A. Background

Directorate of Family Welfare (DoFW) is one of the leading Directorates functioning under Health and Family Welfare Department of Govt. of Orissa (GoO) as an administrative agency of Family Welfare programme of the State. The principal objective of the Directorate is to stabilize the population and to provide Health services including (Immunization) to both pregnant mother and children. Since last 48 years the Family Welfare Programme is being implemented in the State with financial assistance of Govt. of India. The Family Planning Programme is not merely intended for population stabilization now, but it has much larger perspective in holistic approach towards Reproductive and Child health Services, Family Planning, Immunization, Training etc. comprising a comprehensive health care package.

The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) has been in longstanding partnership with Directorate of Family Welfare, National Health Mission, Government of Odisha. UNFPA has been extending its support to DoFW in the areas of Family Planning, Maternal Health,



Quality Assurance and Adolescent Health. A dedicated Technical Support Unit (TSU) of UNFPA is placed at Directorate of Family Welfare and in six aspirational districts of Odisha to support the work in the above areas. From January 2023, UNFPA has entered into its tenth country programme cycle (2023-2027) and has renewed its partnership with DoFW, Government of Odisha. In the tenth country programme cycle, UNFPA and NHM Odisha has mutually agreed to strengthen the existing partnership base, and extend the work on Family Planning, Quality Assurance/Maternal Health, Adolescent Health aspirational district support and a dedicated work on improving Sexual and Reproductive Health (SRH)

Under the guidance of TSU at State, UNFPA state office in co-ordination with the National Health Mission Odisha, Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E;) Associate will be responsible for monitoring and reporting of the activities. Develop and

📌 M&E Associate (Bhubaneswar)
🏢 Directorate Family Welfare
📍 Bhubaneswar