Associate, Research Monitoring and Evaluation

Job Description

In collaboration with the District Lead, program team and country office RM&E team, RM&E Associate will design, implement, and analyze monthly program implementation and monitoring indicators.

- He/she will design and manage dashboard and inform the management team about the key insights observed on monthly basis.
- Work with RM&E team at INCO level to design different monitoring form for constant feedback to program.
- Collaborate with Program team to implement and maintain monitoring and evaluation efforts in program.
- Update and discussion with INCO RM&E team on data related challenges and reflection.
- Implement and analyze periodic data based on agreed upon geographic and timing needs.
- Train and mentor staff to help them develop the necessary knowledge and skill sets to run methodologically strong evaluations in their projects and programs and ensure adherence to M&E standard practices, policies, and specifications.
- Synthesize and analyze data and write summary reports by program based on the M&E results.
- Identify key issues around program quality and links between monitoring and evaluation and quality assurance and improvement.
- Recommend improvements to District Lead, State Manager and Senior Program Manager to more efficiently and effectively manage each program based on M&E findings.
- Work with program staff and HQ staff to codify best practices for Room to Read's programs so that they can be shared across existing states of operation and rolled out in new ones.
- Innovate new M&E systems and projects to continuously improve our work in the field.
- Travel regularly throughout the year in urban and rural areas to oversee the implementation of our M&E work, train staff and maintain understanding of current stage of development of M&E practice in the organization and identify where and how M&E practice requires improvement and investment.
- Stay informed about research and trends in area of monitoring and evaluation and recommend improvements to our systems accordingly.
- Network with other non-profits running similar programs to find areas of collaboration and knowledge sharing.
- Represent Room to Read in different forums and advocate the importance of our educational work in the developing world.

Qualifications:

Required:

- Master's degree in a related field, i.e., education, development, social sciences.
- Around three (03) years of professional experience.
- Proven previous experience in research, monitoring and evaluation.
- Strong technical competence in research and monitoring and evaluation methods.
- Strong operational management ability: a clear focus on results - sets goals, plans and prioritizes effectively, monitors quality and progress of work against plans.
- Strong data visualization and analytical skills.
- Experience working with Power BI to create dashboards.
- Ability to travel frequently to provinces throughout India and our Program areas.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills in English and Hindi.
- Good knowledge and understanding of education issues, gender issues, including community involvement in schools.
- Experience in successful implementation of a wide range of tasks.

To be successful as a member of the Room to Read team, you will also:

- Have a passion for our mission and a strong desire to impact an up-and-coming non-profit organization.
- Be an innovative and creative thinker - you are not afraid to try something new and inspire others to do so.
- Have a very high level of personal and professional integrity and trustworthiness.
- Have a strong work ethic and require minimal direction.
- Be both self-confident and humble.
- Work well independently as well as part of a team.
- Thrive in a fast-paced and fun environment.

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