Position: Manager

Organization: Veddis Foundation

Location: Haryana

Key responsibilities: 

• Develop a robust program results and learning strategy for on-going policy action interventions and the grants program (including the Social Impact Fund). Do checkout our website for more on what we do.
• Lead the development of project M&E strategies, frameworks, plans and indicators to capture project performance and results that also links to the organizational-wide MEL framework for Veddis’ portfolio of social investments
• Report on output and outcome level data on a regular basis and communicate regularly with the project teams (internal and grantee orgs)
• Orient the team on monitoring indicators, research objective and methodology
• Conduct field visits to provide training, technical assistance, and support, as well as to ensure that M&E and learning tools are understood and being implemented effectively
• Develop and prepare internal reports of status, progress and outcomes of monitoring and evaluation activities
• Ensure that the MEL framework incorporates a system-wide approach, is flexible and responsive, and build ownership within Veddis and other stakeholders
• Perform other relevant duties aligned with project objectives as required on a case-to-case basis

A good fit is someone with:

• Master’s degree from a reputed institute/ university in social sciences, statistics, economics, or related fields
• 5-7+ years of professional level experience with NGOs/donor agencies related to M&E, research, MIS and/or policy advocacy. We are not hung up on the years of experience and strongly encourage diverse candidates to consider applying even if you have fewer years under your belt or have had breaks in your career. Our compensation for this role is quite flexible and can accommodate both early-in-career and more experienced professionals. An empathetic leader with an analytical, problem solving mindset who can demonstrate the ability to pick up the required skills will fit right in.
• Demonstrated understanding of direct monitoring and evaluation experience, specifically in the humanitarian and development context
• Proven experience in handling data sets, ability to organize, analyse, interpret and evaluate program performance data
• Demonstrated expertise in the use of statistical software
• Excellent interpersonal and communications skills in English and Hindi
• Willingness to travel to project field sites
• Ability to work independently in a dynamic, collaborative, small-org setting

Compensation:

Competitive with Indian philanthropy pay scales and flexible to accommodate the candidate’s experience and qualifications

Experience

• Passion for working in the development sector
• Demonstrated experience of working in the social sector/ non-profit environment
• Experience of gathering information and using it to form a judgement
• Experience in writing analytical/data-led reports
• Voluntary sector experience gained as either an employee or volunteer
• Experience in community-based implementation approaches, including socio-economic empowerment, gender equality, financial inclusion, rural development, skill development or similar.

Qualifications

• Master’s Degree level qualification or equivalent experience
• High proficiency in Excel, SPSS or any other data analysis software

Specialist Skills/ Ability/Knowledge

• Experience in handling data sets, ability to organize, analyze, interpret and evaluate program performance data
• Experience with mobile data collection techniques
• Expertise in the use of statistical packages
• Able to contribute/shape org strategy
• Excellent verbal and written communication, presentation skills

Personal Qualities

• Strong interpersonal skills, with the ability to confidently develop new relationships with organizations and people
• Team player
• Committed to continuous professional development
• Self-motivated, organized and can demonstrate adaptability/flexibility