Senior Manager: Impact Partner - Monitoring & Evaluation for Azim Premji Philanthropic Initiatives

About Us

We are a 72-member team, embarking on an exciting journey that aspires to facilitate a just, equitable, humane and sustainable society through grant making. In the last 36 months, 70+ grants have been made in our areas of intervention (further broken down into specific themes) - Vulnerable Groups, Nutrition and Governance.

The Azim Premji Philanthropic Initiatives (APPI) represents a workplace that is well entrenched in diversity, inclusion and consists of individuals who are proficient at being specialised generalists, can double and triple hat with ease with BAU as well as specific projects with an aim to transform the APPI mission.

About the Role

The job involves leading Measurement & Evaluation (M&E) for key grant verticals - right from evaluation design, execution, adaptation & building views for long term impact.

Responsibilities

Grant and/or Programme Management Support

- Support all M&E initiatives for assigned grant(s)/project(s). This will include

a. Designing impact & measurement plans

b. Executing & monitoring plans

- Support all Learning & Knowledge Management activities of the organisations, assigned grant(s)/project(s)

a. Contributing to staff capacity building initiatives as necessary.

b. Creating sustainable grant-making and social change learning outcomes

System Development

- Support Programmes Team and Leadership in creating a framework and procedures for the monitoring and evaluation of project activities.

- Support the Programme Managers & Officers in defining and implementing the key project performance indicators (KPI) as well as monitoring them throughout the duration of the projects.

- Assist the Programme Managers in proposing strategies to increase data use and demand amongst Programme staff.

- Assist Programme Team and SMT in clarifying project information needs.

- Support project/programme team on ways to properly document, organise and capture programme and grant progress.

- Draft tools and their revisions as well as data collection procedures under the supervision of the Programme Team and SMT (eg. logical framework, project performance tracking, indicators, data flow chart, M&E manuals)

- Support the CFO and IT Manager in reviewing the performance of existing management information systems to help identify potential modifications or resources.

Data Management and Analysis

- Keep abreast of developments in grant/programme changes and progress in order to advise and recommend tools and strategies to increase programme performances and results.

- Suggest ways to facilitate data collection and the flow of data within programme field teams.

- Identify strengths and weaknesses in existing data collection and management systems and propose solutions along with the Programme Managers and SMT.

- Perform regular field visits to ensure the quality of data collected by the Programmes team and to verify the accuracy of reported data.

- Analyse changes and patterns in KPI indicator data and performance reports in order to support Programme Team and the SMT.

- Support SMT to ensure that donor, partner, and Senior Management data queries are addressed in an accurate and timely manner.

- Support and participate in programme and project evaluations

Communication and Reporting

- Support Programmes Team and SMT in reviewing donor reports to ensure high quality reports are submitted on time for grants/programmes.

- Assist Programme Development/Grants Management in establishing log frames, M&E work plans, and targets during the drafting donor project proposals as well as throughout project implementation

- Review and analyze weekly reports with cross group teams to identify the causes of potential bottlenecks in project implementation and to enhance quality of reporting.

Qualifications & Experience

- Master's Degree in Administration / Social Sciences / Statistics

- At least three years of experience in Project/Programme Management

- 5-7 years of experience in Measurement & Evaluation

- Ability to design M&E tools, surveys, surveillance systems, and evaluations

Selection Process

- All applicants are required to fill-out this application form. (Please provide complete details)

- Once screened, shortlisted candidates will have a short tele-interview followed by face-to-face interviews with the leadership team.

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