Magic Bus - Assistant Manager - Monitoring & Evaluation

Job Brief:

This position, along with the M&E Head and Director, will play a key role to inform and guide the Programme Development team, Operations team and Grant Manager on the pulse of the programme and on the effectiveness of the design, inputs, and methodology used to achieve the programme outputs and outcomes

Responsibilities:

- To perform complete programme monitoring for the assigned districts according to the monitoring exercise plans on timely manner and to report on the effectiveness of the programme

- Coordination in developing LFA, M & E plans, capacity building plans, MIS and monitoring of the projects/programs across SCALE Locations.

- Coordination in evaluation designing, providing of technical inputs for conducting baseline,midline and end-line evaluations as well as for monitoring tools and strategies to ensureproject implementation.

- Work closely with program team for collation of data from different types of sources/surveys i.e. baseline/midline/end-line, outcome monitoring etc. and integrate with the organization's MIS.

- Conduct monitoring activities and check the quality of all data for completeness, consistency, correctness and authenticity of data and make amendments as required

- Resolving issues pertaining to technical and functional aspects of MIS and ensuring timely and quality of data being entered in automated MIS system

- Deliver high productivity and quality data in presentable mode by developing and running validation checks, integrity checks, resolving data discrepancies

- Assist M&E team in developing data collection procedure/ guidelines and provide feedback to all staff involved in data collection on the quality of data.

- Conduct trainings and capacity building of the programme team and to ensure the adherence of M&E framework/protocols/plans

- Conduct process evaluation to understand the progress/outcome of the project and conduct data collation of field data on prescribed format as per SCALE project requirement

- Extract and update secondary information from different sources like NFHS, DLHS, and Census etc. and maintain separate database.

- Work closely with program team and provide regular support for updating & integrating data into the MIS.

- Manage large scale complex databases on different thematic areas

- Provide inputs and or prepare monthly, quarterly, annual project progress, narrative, evaluation and other analytical reports for different programme/projects.

- To carry out other tasks as required by the immediate manager and Impact team

Desired Competencies:

- Excellent data management & analysis skills with great command In Microsoft Excel, Word etc.

- Be able to work with a variety of information systems and data files, including large and complex files, transforming raw data into finished products.

- Adapting and using technology for M&E activities for collecting, reviewing, analyzing and presenting data

- Basic Understanding of research methods & techniques (quantitative/qualitative) and protocols.

- Self-motivated, disciplined individual who can perform at a high level in a fast - paced environment.

- Strong organizational, analytical, and problem-solving skills.

- Excellent communication skills both verbal and written and be able to articulate thoughts, observations and recommendations in clear manner

Qualification:

- Post Graduate Degree in Social Science/ Biostatistics/ Psychology or other relevant degree is a preferred with minimum 3-4 years of experience in similar capacity and in a NGO/INGO/Organization involved in social research/ Academic Institutions will be advantage.

- Experience of working in rural development projects in the state of Mizoram and command on Mizo language will be preferred

- Experience of working with state/ central government, school systems, etc. will be preferred