Engagement of ‘Young Professional Level-I ’ and ‘Young Professional Level-II’ in Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA) on Contract Basis

PENSION FUND REGULATORY AND DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY NEW DELHI – 110 029 Advt no. : 06/2025 14.11.2025 Vacancy Notification Engagement of ‘Young Professional Level-I ’ and ‘Young Professional Level-II’ in Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA) on Contract Basis Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA/ Authority), is a statutory regulatory body established under the PFRDA Act, 2013, to promote, develop and regulate pension schemes covered under the Act. PFRDA Young Professional Program (YPP) is intended to provide an exceptional opportunity to qualified and motivated young professionals to learn the nuances of the pension market, system & schemes and functioning of a regulatory organization by working on different projects in the Authority. PFRDA hereby invites application from Indian citizens for engagement as ‘Young Professional Level – I’ and ‘Young Professional Level – II’ purely on contract basis, as per the details given below: 1. Details of positions, eligibility conditions, and number of positions: Sr.N Role / Name Minimum Minimum post- Number of o of Position Educational qualification Positions Qualification experience in years required 1. Young Master’s degree in Minimum one year: 01 Professional Business Level – I Administration / Schemes/Projects (Distribution - Marketing / Digital dealing with Public NPS Vatsalya) Marketing/ Finance / Policy, Financial Literacy, Economics / Business Financial Education, Economics / Public Marketing. Policy from a recognized and Desirable abilities: reputed university/institution, Marketing and with minimum 60% Outreach Support: aggregate marks or Ability to assist in equivalent CGPA. planning, awareness, or Page 1 of 9Sr.N Role / Name Minimum Minimum post- Number of o of Position Educational qualification Positions Qualification experience in years required engagement activities, prepare communication material, and support distribution initiatives, Inter-agency coordination/outreach to promote pension schemes effectively 2. Young Master’s degree in Minimum three years: 01 Professional Business Level – II Administration/Marketi Government (Distribution - ng / Digital Marketing/ Schemes/Projects NPS Vatsalya) Finance / Economics / dealing with Public Business Economics / Policy, Financial Literacy, Public Policy from a Financial Education, recognized and Marketing. reputed university/institution, Desirable abilities: with minimum 60% aggregate marks or Product Marketing and equivalent CGPA. Outreach: Proven capability in promotional strategy, distribution design, and participant engagement strategies, product structuring, development, and promotion roles, Policy initiatives. 3. Young Master’s degree in Minimum one year: 01 Professional Social Work/ Behavior Level – I Psychology/ Proficient in Computers, (Social Economics with MS office (Word, Excel, Science) minimum 60% Power Point aggregate marks or Presentation). equivalent CGPA from a recognized and Page 2 of 9Sr.N Role / Name Minimum Minimum post- Number of o of Position Educational qualification Positions Qualification experience in years required reputed university/institution 4. Young Master’s degree in Minimum three year: 01 Professional Social Work/ Behavior Level – II Psychology/ Work experience in (Social Economics with relevant field and Science) minimum 60% proficient in Computers, aggregate marks or MS office (Word, Excel, equivalent CGPA Power Point from a recognized and Presentation). reputed university/institution 5. Young Master's degree in Minimum three year: 01 Professional Agricultural Marketing/ Level – II Agriculture Experience in working (Distribution - communication & with farmers in FPOs / NPS Agri and extension/ Agricultural livelihood missions / Allied Sector) Economics / value‐chains/ supply- Agricultural Business chains Economics / Agri development project or in Business promotion of social Management / Rural security scheme Management with /marketing in agri and minimum 60% allied sector aggregate marks or equivalent CGPA from a recognized and reputed university/ institution 6. Young B.E. / B. Tech in Minimum three year: 01 Professional Electronics / Level – II Electronics and Experience in the field of (Information Communication / software development Technology) Information (programming) or cyber Technology / security. Computer Science; OR MCA / MSc (IT) / MSc. (Computer Science) / Page 3 of 9Sr.N Role / Name Minimum Minimum post- Number of o of Position Educational qualification Positions Qualification experience in years required MBA (Systems) / MBA (Analytics) / M. Tech (Computer Science/ IT/ Relevant Stream) / MS (Computer Science/IT/Relevant Stream) or equivalent degree with minimum 60% aggregate marks or equivalent CGPA from a recognized and reputed university/ institution 7. Young Master’s degree with Minimum three year: 01 Professional specialization in Level – II Business Experience and (Finance & Administration/ knowledge in Accounts) Finance/Commerce accountancy/software/ Accountancy with tools like Tally, Excel, minimum 60% data-analytic etc., aggregate marks or Experience in the equivalent CGPA from financial sector with a recognized and knowledge of financial reputed products & practices, etc, university/institution will be preferred. (or) CA (or) CFA (or) CS (or) ICWA 2. Age & Remuneration: Sr.No Role / Name of Position Upper age (limit) Remuneration per month (In Rs) (inclusive of all taxes and statutory dues 1. Young Professional Level – I Up to 30 years Rs. 60,000/- 2. Young Professional Level – II Up to 35 years Rs. 70,000/- Page 4 of 9Note: No supplementation on account of any other benefits will be made. However, in case Young Professional is deputed for duty out of station, he/she be paid TA/DA as per the entitlements equivalent to Grade ‘A’ officer of the Authority. Incentive to continue: Young Professionals engaged at Level-I and Level-II shall be entitled to increment of Rs. 5,000/- after completion of one year subject to satisfactory performance. Young Professional engaged at Level-I can move over to Level-II on completion of mandatory requirements, subject to performance assessment and other factors including integrity during the tenure served, however, he/she shall be considered for Young Professional Level-II only after completion of 2 years as Young Professional Level-I. In the event of death, injury or illness of the Young Professional during the term of his/her engagement, whether or not attributable to discharge of his/her responsibilities under the engagement, either at any of premises of the Authority or during official travel, neither the Young Professional nor his/her dependents, legal heirs, claimants, etc. shall be entitled to any compensation or employment in the Authority. Young Professional shall be solely responsible for taking out and maintaining adequate insurance, such as life, health or any other type, at their own expense, as they may consider appropriate to cover the period of their engagement with the Authority. 3. Term of engagement: i. The contractual engagement shall be for an initial period of three (03) years, unless terminated earlier, which period may be extended, subject to Authority being satisfied that such extension is deserved, based on performance assessment and other factors including integrity during the tenure served. ii. The contract of engagement can be terminated by either side by giving 90 days’ advance notice or by making payment of 90 days’ pay in lieu thereof, without assigning any reasons therefor. iii. Notwithstanding the above, the Authority, shall have the right to terminate the contract on grounds of misconduct or lack of satisfactory performance or where in the opinion of the Authority, such a person is not fit to hold the contract or has given any false information or declaration to secure such engagement as such without notice or compensation. Both the parties shall also have the option to terminate the contract without assigning any reasons in terms of the contract. iv. Person engaged as Young Professional should not have been convicted of any offence involving moral turpitude or fraud or for commission of any economic offences. He/she should not have been debarred or restrained from carrying on any professional activity or penalised by any regulator, court of law or other authority. Page 5 of 94. General Instructions: i. A candidate shall be permitted to apply only for one level. Multiple applications under the same/different level shall lead to cancellation of candidature. ii. Applications which are incomplete, or not in specified format, or received after the prescribed date or received without supporting documents in respect of educational qualification and experience will not be considered further and summarily rejected. iii. The crucial date for determining eligibility, including upper age limit, qualification and experience requirements etc., will be closing date of application. iv. Mode of engagement of Young Professional shall be done through a 3-step process, Application Screening, Written Test and Interview. The Competent Authority reserves the right to modify the procedure for engagement, if deemed fit. v. Candidates should satisfy themselves about their eligibility for the contractual position applied for. The Authority shall determine their eligibility only at the final stage, i.e., while calling them for interview. vi. The competent authority reserves the right to relax any of the eligibility criteria in deserving cases. vii. The Candidate engaged will NOT be entitled for permanent employment with the PFRDA, under any circumstances, at any point of time. viii. Merely fulfilling the eligibility conditions laid down in the advertisement as regards qualifications and experience, would not automatically entitle any candidate to be called for the Written Test and Interview. The Competent Authority reserves the right to raise the minimum standards in respect of qualification and experience in order to restrict the number and shortlist the pool of candidates for Interview. ix. The Authority reserves the right to cancel this advertisement fully or partly at any time/stage on any grounds without assigning any reasons therefor, or not invite any candidate for engagement at all. x. Canvassing in any form will result in disqualification of the candidate. xi. If a candidate is not eligible or has knowingly or wilfully furnished incorrect or false particulars or suppressed material information, his/her candidature will be liable to be cancelled at any stage of the engagement or even post engagement without any emoluments or consideration and without further prejudice to any other action which the Competent Authority may deem fit to take including termination of contract without any notice. Page 6 of 9xii. Applications received after due date will not be entertained. The Authority takes no responsibility for any delay in receipt of application or loss thereof in postal transit. xiii. The decision of Authority in all matters would be final and binding, and no correspondence in this regard would be entertained. Only courts at New Delhi (with the exclusion of all other Courts) shall have the exclusive jurisdiction to decide on any dispute in connection with this selection process. Post engagement, the disputes, if any shall be governed as per terms of the contract. 5. How to Apply: Candidates who satisfy the eligibility criteria may strictly apply as per the format given below. Documents to be attached with application: a) Proof of date of birth b) Copies of educational qualifications c) Experience certificates Applications for engagement should be sent by post / courier only in a cover superscribing the position applied for ‘Application for the position of: Role and Name of the Position: ______- --Young Professional Level- I / Level -II’ to the following address: The Chief General Manager (Human Resource Department) Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA) E-500, World Trade Centre, Tower E, Fifth floor, Nauroji Nagar, New Delhi- 110029 The last date and time to receive the application is 28th November 2025 (Friday), at 06.00 PM. Applications not in the prescribed format and received after this date are liable to be rejected Page 7 of 9PENSION FUND REGULATORY AND DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY E-500, World Trade Centre, Tower E, Fifth floor, Nauroji Nagar, New Delhi- 110029 APPLICATION FOR ENGAGEMENT OF ‘YOUNG PROFESSIONAL LEVEL-I’ AND ‘YOUNG PROFESSIONAL LEVEL-II’ IN PFRDA ON CONTRACT BASIS Role/Name of the Position: 1. Name in full First (English- CAPITAL LETTERS) Middle Surname 2. Role / Position applied for 3. Father’s Name 4. Sex (Please √ M F Others wherever applicable) Paste Photograph in the box alongside 5. Date of Birth D D M M Y Y Y Y and sign across it 1 9 9 9 6. Age as on 28.11.2025 Years Month(s) 7. Academic Qualification as on 28.11.2025 Qualification Examination Main Year of University/ Overall Class/ Subjects Passing Institute (%) of Division Marks Graduation Post-Graduation Any Other 8. Details of Work Experience as on 28.11.2025 Employer Name & address Designation Job Profile Period Duration From To Yrs. Mths. Page 8 of 99. Postal Address (English – in capital letters only) H.No.: E Mail: Place: Telephone: Mobile: Dist.: STD Code: State: Pin Code: 10. Any other information considered relevant by the applicant: I declare that the information furnished above is true and correct to the best of my knowledge & belief. I understand that if at any stage, it is found that any information given in this application is false/incorrect or that I do not satisfy the eligibility criteria according to the Authority, my candidature/engagement is liable to be cancelled/terminated. I have read and understood the stipulations given in the notice and hereby undertake to abide by them. Place: Date: Signature Note: Applications should be accompanied by self-attested copies of certificates in support of age, qualifications & experience, with a recent passport size photograph glued to the top right-hand corner of the application form. Page 9 of 9