SPL RMEAL

The organisation is a non-profit philanthropic foundation working with the vision of ensuring quality school education for all children in India. We are driven by our mission to transform the school education system with a focus on improving the learning outcomes of children, especially from low-income communities.

Key Responsibilities

The candidates key responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

Evaluation

• Lead the design of rigorous evaluations - including research frameworks, sampling approaches, and tools - to understand the impact of our programs on improving student learning
• Identify and onboard key evaluation partners for organisation's programs
• Manage the commissioning of the evaluation process through an external party (agency/researcher)
• Engage with partners to socialize preliminary results to help identity successes/challenges and undertake decisions around scale

Monitoring

• Conceptualize and design end-to-end monitoring frameworks (including tools and processes) that can be adopted by internal teams, state governments, and partners
• Review existing approaches and management information systems of states, and align, and support required changed
• Design and operationalize dashboards that can facilitate data-use and decision-making
• Coordinate between different teams within and outside of organisation to ensure the generation of high-quality monitoring data
• Ensure the data informs key programmatic iterations

Research

• Identify critical research areas to strengthen the portfolio practices
• Conceptualise and manage robust research studies, analysis, and findings generation
• Contribute to intervention design and organizational strategy through evidence-driven decision-making

Required Qualifications, Skills, and Abilities

• Minimum requirement of Masters degree in relevant fields, including economics, public/education policy, or any related field
• 5-8 years (Project Lead) or 9-15 years (Senior Project Lead) of relevant experience in M&E in development projects/contexts
• Knowledge of the major evaluation methodologies (experimental and non-experimental), data collection, and analysis methodologies
• Keen understanding of both quantitative and qualitative research methods
• Experience in designing, implementing, and operating project M&E systems
• Strong understanding of concepts like Logic Model/ Logical Framework, Theory of Change, Monitoring cycles, baselining, end-lining, benchmarking, etc. Ability to understand complex research/data to draw actionable inferences
• Ability to facilitate and serve as project liaison for externally-managed evaluations
• Proven experience in managing multiple team members and projects, setting priorities, planning timelines, and meeting deadlines
• Excellent writing and presentation skills