Position: Director – Research & Evaluation

Organization: Breakthrough

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead the on-going development of an monitoring and evaluation system and tools to enable all projects to collect, aggregate and support analysis of data, in order to meet all relevant reporting requirements
• Lead strategic collaboration activities with key stakeholders to learn from project data and adapt interventions as appropriate
• Look for opportunities to develop and commission new research on the work done by the organisation on the ground and digitally.
• Ensure quality of data through data verification procedures including routine data quality audits during the project lifecycle. Use data to contribute towards strategic decision-making and project planning with project leadership.
• Support in defining and implementing the key evaluation indicators for projects and the organisation and its measurement at periodic levels
• Oversee the targeted impact evaluations, including design, data collection, management and analysis

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

• Collaborate with centres to Coordinate all M&E capacity-building activities with project staff, implementing partners and facility staff. Provide training and capacity building on prepare and track progress of project activities and budgets; data analysis; global standards in evaluation measurements and data driven programming

• Guide the team and relevant staff on development of effective evaluation tools and processes, innovative approaches in evaluation that meet the requirements of Breakthrough
• Deliver high productivity and quality data in presentable mode by developing and running validation checks, integrity checks, resolving data discrepancies
• Maintain half-yearly, annual project progress, narrative, evaluation and other analytical reports for different programme/projects

• Synthesise and Disseminate evaluation results with internal and external stakeholders
• Cultivate strategic relationships and alliances with other stakeholders and represent Breakthrough’s Evaluation work in public and professional circles through meetings, conferences, and presentations
• Carry out other tasks as required by the immediate Manager and team
• Lead on design and implementation of qualitative and quantitative data collection such as needs assessments, KPC surveys using recognised methods of data collection.  Work with staff to develop and standardize survey tools; pilot and mainstream new data collection methods and other data collection forms for evaluation purposes
• Extract and update secondary information from different sources like NFHS, DLHS, and Census etc. and maintain separate database.
• Design Formative research and evaluation including sampling method and implementation
• Design Baseline & End line of programmes/projects
• Design and implement Impact Evaluation of programmes/projects

Specific Knowledge, Skill & Experience Required

• At least 16 years of experience required in managing evaluation functions in national and/or international organisations
• Understanding of gender and norms change work
• In Depth understanding of evaluation of digital interventions and maintenance of digital platforms and data collection methods using online platforms like Survey CTO; GoSurvey; CommCare
• Advanced analysis of qualitative and quantitative data, using software such as Atlas TI, Nvivo; SPSS, Stata, R etc.
• Advanced knowledge and skill in data visualisation and creating dashboards  Ability to work in a team environment.
• In-depth understanding of evaluation methodologies (including Impact Evaluation) and standards and expertise in rolling out evaluation frameworks for complex projects
• Strong data management and analysis skills including use of online platforms and digital interventions
• Energy for challenges, and passion for social change and strong commitment to gender equality