Director - Impact - Development Sector

Qualification & Work experience:

- Post Graduate in Social work or other social sciences relevant to the development sector

- 20 years experience in the social development sector in Impact assessment, Monitoring & Evaluation and change management at the grassroots.

- Experience reflects engagement with diverse sectoral issues, especially on education, adolescent empowerment and rural development

Specific tasks and responsibilities :

- The role holder will be responsible for upgrading & innovating research and development

- Design and implement evaluation methodologies during the entire life cycle of Magic Bus program

- Coordinate and facilitate internal as well as third party impact assessment of Magic Bus community interventions.

- Identify technical and management resource persons/consultants for impact assessment / audits.

- Build the academic platform and strengthen the science behind Magic Bus impact areas

- Be the Knowledge Manager for Magic Bus

- Design and conceptualize research methodologies for Magic Bus interventions covering target groups including children, youth and communities across developmental domain areas

- Develop and implement a measurement framework for evaluation of programme.

- Ensure that appropriate research is conducted that feeds into developing high quality programmes.

- Create guidelines and policies around advocacy areas viz. Child Rights, Child Protection, Adolescent issues, Gender etc.

- Look out for external consulting opportunities and marketing of Magic Bus approach to other organizations.

- Carry out mandatory quality audit processes to ensure high quality on ground delivery.

- Bring systemic change in government policies, schemes or programs through research studies and advocacy.

- Active contribution to build the conceptual base of the academic platform and strengthen the science behind adolescent and livelihoods program impact areas

- Custodian of preserving historical data and intelligence in the evolution of Magic Bus and establish processes to sustain these knowledge.

Desired Competencies:

- Knowledge research, evaluation and impact assessment across the domains in which Magic Bus operates.

- Understand basic behavioural change theory and child psychology

- Thorough knowledge of various research tools and techniques in the area of curriculum development

- Knowledge of conceptualizing and developing curriculum in the domain of Education, Gender, Health, Life Skills, Leadership and Livelihood is desired. (Expertise in minimum 2-3 domain is a must)

- Experience in training content development and training

- Experience in supervising Research and M&E activities

- Familiar with social issues like child rights, gender discrimination, education, among others

This job opening was posted long time back. It may not be active. Nor was it removed by the recruiter. Please use your discretion.