National Consultant – CRVS Business Process Mapping and Inequality Assessment, Rajasthan, India

Responsibilities The United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) has been providing sustained technical assistance to its member States for the implementation of the Regional Action Framework on Civil Registration and Vital Statistics (CRVS) in Asia and the Pacific. This framework was adopted alongside the Ministerial Declaration to “Get Every One in the Picture” and the proclamation of the Asian and Pacific CRVS Decade (2015–2024) at the Ministerial Conference in 2014. During the Third Ministerial Conference on CRVS in Asia and the Pacific in June 2025, member States agreed to extend the CRVS Decade to 2030; recognizing the significant progress made to date, while emphasizing the need to address remaining gaps and the unfinished agenda of the Decade.

This extension aligns with the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and reflects a renewed commitment to ensuring that no one is left behind and that every individual in the region is counted, protected, and visible through resilient and inclusive CRVS systems. This Conference culminated with the adoption of the Ministerial Declaration on a “Decade of Action for Inclusive and Resilient Civil Registration and Vital Statistics in Asia and the Pacific”. According to the 2025 Report on “Progress Made on Civil Registration and Vital Statistics in Asia and the Pacific”, many countries in the region have made notable strides toward realizing universal and responsive CRVS systems.

However, more needs to be done to ensure that every vital event is counted, particularly in hard-to-reach and remote areas, and among marginalized populations and people in vulnerable situations, who continue to face significant barriers to civil registration. Within this regional mandate, ESCAP is supporting countries to identify and address systemic gaps in CRVS through both inequality assessments and business process improvement initiatives. ESCAP has supported numerous member States to conduct disaggregated analyses of birth and death registration data to identify populations being left behind, informing targeted and cost-effective interventions.

In parallel, ESCAP has led and supported several member States to implement comprehensive CRVS business process improvement activities, applying the CRVS Systems Improvement Framework to map existing processes, identify operational bottlenecks from both service-provider and client perspectives, and support national stakeholders to design streamlined (‘As-Desired’) processes aligned with legislative reform, digital transformation, and interoperability objectives. This combined analytical and process-driven approach enables countries to move beyond broad-based reforms toward evidence-based, inclusive, and sustainable CRVS system strengthening. Rajasthan has made significant advances in strengthening its Civil Registration and Vital Statistics (CRVS) system, with digital coverage of birth, death, and marriage registration.

The strong Digital Public Infrastructure positions the state among the more advanced CRVS ecosystems in India. The backbone of the civil registration system in Rajasthan is a digital registration portal known as ‘Pehchan’ (meaning identity)’, which since its inception in 2014 has been instrumental in carrying out over 20 million birth registrations, 5 million death registrations and nearly 2 million marriage registrations in the State. However, despite technological progress, completeness, coverage, and quality of civil registration remain important challenges.

For instance, despite registering over 90% of births over the last decade, timely birth registration (within 21 days) in Rajasthan continues to fluctuate between 50 and 80%. Certain birth and death events, especially home births, neonatal deaths, deaths among elderly women and marginalized communities, and events occurring in remote, rural and tribal blocks, continue to be under-reported. Evidence suggests that Lower uptake by Marginalised and excluded communities is a result of not just structural barriers such as distance, access, and cost etc; but also due to behavioural barriers such as low trust, avoidance, a scarcity mindset and often friction due to traditionally experienced stigma and discrimination, among other things.

Delayed registration, inadequate reporting of causes of death, and variability in data quality between urban and rural areas further limit the potential of Rajasthan’s CRVS system to fully support rights-based entitlements, evidence-based planning, and lifecycle-based social protection. Against this backdrop, ESCAP and UNICEF will be jointly extending technical support to the Government of Rajasthan, India to strengthen its CRVS system through an integrated package of support combining: •CRVS inequality assessment (IA) to identify population groups that are under-registered or inconsistently captured; and • Business process Improvement (BPI) to map, analyse, and redesign CRVS workflows to improve system performance, efficiency, and inclusiveness ESCAP seeks to engage a national consultant to serve as the primary technical focal point in Rajasthan, supporting implementation of these activities in close collaboration with the Directorate of Economics and Statistics (DES), Government of Rajasthan. The consultant will be jointly reporting to ESCAP and UNICEF India.var RichTextValue = PTRTEFillcache('/psc/UNCAREERS_newwin/EMPLOYEE/HRMS/c/UN_CUSTOMIZATIONS.UN_JOB_DETAIL.GBL','PT_RTE_IMG_DB_LOC','record://PTRTDB','HRS_JO_PDSC_VW_DESCRLONG$3','1'); var TextAreaObject = document.getElementById('HRS_JO_PDSC_VW_DESCRLONG$3'); if (typeof(TextAreaObject) != 'undefined' && TextAreaObject != null) TextAreaObject.innerHTML = RichTextValue; Qualifications/special skills Bachelor’s degree in Demography, Statistics, Social Sciences or related fields is required.

Advanced degree in Demography, Statistics or related fields will be an advantage. - At least three years of experience in providing technical assistance to strengthen national data systems (such as CRVS systems), including support to statistical production, administrative systems, or related institutional frameworks - At least 2 years of experience in official statistics, preferably with demonstrated experience in demographic analysis is desirable - Understanding of official statistics in the Asia-Pacific region - Working experience with a national statistical office in the Asia-Pacific region is desirable - Strong understanding of civil registration and vital statistics (CRVS) systems and other data sources for estimating vital statistics - Demographic modelling and estimation skills, specifically in indirect techniques for demographic estimation - Strong drafting skills, including the ability to summarize technical material, conceptualize ideas and articulate relevant subject matter in a clear and concise way - Excellent coordination, planning, communication and organizational skillsvar RichTextValue = PTRTEFillcache('/psc/UNCAREERS_newwin/EMPLOYEE/HRMS/c/UN_CUSTOMIZATIONS.UN_JOB_DETAIL.GBL','PT_RTE_IMG_DB_LOC','record://PTRTDB','HRS_JO_PDSC_VW_DESCRLONG$4','1'); var TextAreaObject = document.getElementById('HRS_JO_PDSC_VW_DESCRLONG$4'); if (typeof(TextAreaObject) != 'undefined' && TextAreaObject != null) TextAreaObject.innerHTML = RichTextValue; Languages : Fluency in English and Hindi, including written and oral is required.var RichTextValue = PTRTEFillcache('/psc/UNCAREERS_newwin/EMPLOYEE/HRMS/c/UN_CUSTOMIZATIONS.UN_JOB_DETAIL.GBL','PT_RTE_IMG_DB_LOC','record://PTRTDB','HRS_JO_PDSC_VW_DESCRLONG$5','1'); var TextAreaObject = document.getElementById('HRS_JO_PDSC_VW_DESCRLONG$5'); if (typeof(TextAreaObject) != 'undefined' && TextAreaObject != null) TextAreaObject.innerHTML = RichTextValue; Additional Information var RichTextValue = PTRTEFillcache('/psc/UNCAREERS_newwin/EMPLOYEE/HRMS/c/UN_CUSTOMIZATIONS.UN_JOB_DETAIL.GBL','PT_RTE_IMG_DB_LOC','record://PTRTDB','HRS_JO_PDSC_VW_DESCRLONG$6','1'); var TextAreaObject = document.getElementById('HRS_JO_PDSC_VW_DESCRLONG$6'); if (typeof(TextAreaObject) != 'undefined' && TextAreaObject != null) TextAreaObject.innerHTML = RichTextValue; No Fee THE UNITED NATIONS DOES NOT CHARGE A FEE AT ANY STAGE OF THE RECRUITMENT PROCESS (APPLICATION, INTERVIEW MEETING, PROCESSING, OR TRAINING). THE UNITED NATIONS DOES NOT CONCERN ITSELF WITH INFORMATION ON APPLICANTS’ BANK ACCOUNTS.var RichTextValue = PTRTEFillcache('/psc/UNCAREERS_newwin/EMPLOYEE/HRMS/c/UN_CUSTOMIZATIONS.UN_JOB_DETAIL.GBL','PT_RTE_IMG_DB_LOC','record://PTRTDB','HRS_JO_PDSC_VW_DESCRLONG$7','1'); var TextAreaObject = document.getElementById('HRS_JO_PDSC_VW_DESCRLONG$7'); if (typeof(TextAreaObject) != 'undefined' && TextAreaObject != null) TextAreaObject.innerHTML = RichTextValue;