Consultant - MEL

Location

The ten-year, multi-million-dollar Child Opportunity Fund (COF), which is one of the most ambitious programmes for the BritishAsian Trust, focuseson five highprevalence states in Indiaand seeks to address the abuse, exploitation and violence against children.

The MEL Consultant will support the Trust’s objective of maintaining high standards of monitoring, evaluation, and learning across programme. The Consultant will work closely with implementing partners in the assigned states to ensurethe timely collection, analysis, and reporting of quality data. This will enable robust tracking of programme outcomes, inform adaptive management, and ensure credible reporting to stakeholders and donors.

Scope of Work &Deliverables

The Consultant will be responsible for the following tasks:

• Monitoring Systems &Data Management

Manage in standardising data collection, entry,management, and analysis from Partner Organisations.

Facilitate timely submission of monthly and quarterly reports from Partner Organisations.

Conduct periodic reviews of project-level MEL systems and assess theiralignment with programme outcomes.

• Technical MEL Support

Provide technical assistance for the implementation and improvement of MEL frameworks and tools across partner organisations.

Conduct quality assurance checkson data submitted by partners and ensure consistency with British Asian Trust standards.

Perform critical analysis of MEL dataand present findings for internal learning and programme refinement.

• Programme Oversight &Reporting

Serve as theMEL focal pointfor either Delhi& Rajasthan or Madhya Pradesh& Maharashtra.

Review and document partnerperformance and programme progress in assigned geographies.

Prepare quarterly/ periodic StateProgramme Dashboards forreview by BAT team members.

• Capacity Strengthening &Partner Engagement

Conduct MEL capacity gapassessments for partner organisations and identify areas for technical support.

Undertake regular (minimum quarterly) monitoring visits to partner sitesto assess MEL implementation and provide hands-on guidance.

Identify and escalate MEL-related concerns (e.g., non-performance, capacity gaps) to the Senior Manager – MEL and relevant programme leads.

• Research & Evaluation

Support baseline, end-line, and other thematic studies undertaken at the state level.

Review state-specific research reports and sharefindings with British Asian Trust’s

MEL and programme teams.

• Cross-Partner Coordination

Ensure British Asian Truststaff and partners adhere to theMEL schedule and reporting timelines.

Work closely with Heads of Partner Organisations and their Programme Coordinators/Managers to ensure smoothreporting and information flow.

This scopeof work is indicative and subject to change basedon evolving programme needs.