Junior Analyst

Job Description

About Ummeed: Ummeed, a premier non-profit organization for children with disabilities in India, supports children with developmental disabilities to reach their maximum potential and be included in society. India has over 50 million children with disabilities under the age of 15. With access to appropriate health, intervention, education, recreation, and livelihood services they can be supported to become participative members of society. Today most of them have limited or no access to relevant knowledge and services as the number of organizations and professionals in the space are inadequate to meet the need. To date, Ummeed has supported 14,500 children through direct clinical services and reached an estimated 0.43 million children through network partners that are enabled and trained by Ummeed. Ummeed was founded in 2001 by Dr. Vibha Krishnamurthy, a developmental pediatrician. Today, with a diverse workforce of over 100 committed professionals, Ummeed s transdisciplinary approach works towards: Supporting children with disabilities in their developmental trajectory and overcoming barriers through direct clinical services, and helping families in their journey towards acceptance and empowerment Building a network of trained professionals and community workers to monitor and promote Early Childhood Development, identify children with developmental disabilities and provide timely and appropriate interventions to them and their families Changing societal attitudes so that children with disabilities can overcome barriers to participation and inclusion About the Position: We are looking to add an integral member to the Monitoring and Evaluation team at Ummeed. This position would work closely with Ummeeds ME team to support in monitoring of programs, data collection and reporting. This is a full-time position (40 hours per week) based in Mumbai. Key Areas of Responsibility: Assist team members to design research forms, surveys and indicators for the data management system Assist team members with data collection and data entry in various tools Develop and manage regular data quality assessments, data cleaning and data analysis Assist in monitoring and supervising data collection and the analysis and generation of insights Contribute to the creation of reports and presentations to share findings with teams and management Collaborate with fundraising donor management team in providing necessary impact data for reports based on donor requirements Required Qualifications: Ummeed is looking for someone preferably with a Bachelor s/ Master s degree with 1 to 2 years of experience in data collection, data cleaning and data analysis. The person should be passionate about working in the social sector and be willing to learn. Knowledge and experience of SQL will be an added advantage. Essential Skills Experience: Excellent interpersonal skills Good oral and written communication skills Knowledge of data collection process and data cleaning process Excellent collaboration skills, including ability to work with diverse teams and styles Excellent knowledge of MS Excel and MS PowerPoint Reporting to: Lead - Monitoring Evaluation Why Ummeed: Ummeed is a leading non-profit that is well-reputed in the disability sector. Its senior leaders are part of several government and international taskforces. Ummeed provides: A challenging but flexible work environment that offers opportunities for growth and creating impact at scale A leadership that invests in its people, giving them the freedom to explore, innovate, learn, while responsibly delivering on committed outcomes A strong culture of respecting diversity, being inclusive and committed to serving children with disabilities and their families An opportunity to work in collaboration with a diverse group of highly passionate, motivated and talented individuals Ummeed is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to diverse representation in its workforce. We welcome people of all genders, orientations, ethnicities, religions, and social backgrounds. We especially encourage persons with disabilities and parents of children with disabilities to apply and will consider ways to support flexibility or other needs.