Monitoring and Evaluation Manager

Position Summary

Looking for an individual with excellent skills, experience, and knowledge in monitoring and

evaluation skills related to large-scale school education-based interventions. The person will be

responsible a key member of the team leading the M&E efforts of the organization across the 8 States.

Key Responsibilities

● Will contribute in the overall M&E initiatives of the organization.

● Support in creating and implementing policies for effective data management by developing

protocols for data collection, analysis, interpretation, sharing data. Formulate techniques for

quality data collection to ensure adequacy, accuracy, and legitimacy of data.

● Coordinate the development of tools for literacy assessments and classroom observation tools and create protocols for data management/analysis of such data.

● Revise and review the theory of change, logic models and design indicator frameworks for

ensuring data collection and usage.

● Assist in donor reporting by including quality monitoring and learning outcomes data of the

program in reporting structures.

● Setting up and maintaining a database for monitoring the progress of the program and its

Implementation.

● Liaison with the technology partners to build data collection and analysis mechanisms for the

program such as the classroom observation app.

● Assist with reports and data extraction when needed and support documentation for data

management system in electronic form accessible to relevant teams

● Developing student assessment frameworks, analysis of assessment findings, and writing reports

● Interact with the field teams to resolve queries, interpret and analyse data for usage in programs.

● Support in the development and coordination of internal process studies, evaluations, research studies as a part of the program.

Qualifications, Skills, and Abilities:

● A Master’s degree or equivalent in the relevant field of education is required

● The overall experience of 8+ years with at least 5 years of core M&E function;

management and utilization of program data (preferably education-related

program)

● Excellent understanding of data administration and management functions

(collection, analysis, interpretation, presentation, etc.)

● Proficient in MS Office, excel in particular, along with Stata, SPSS, ODK etc.

● An analytical mindset with problem-solving skills

● Excellent communication and presentation skills; and fluency in English and Hindi

● Strong interpersonal and collaboration skills, with experience in building &

managing relationships.

● Prior work experience in the education/development sector is a must.