Vital Strategies
## Job Description: Manager – Monitoring and Evaluation
**About Vital Strategies:**
Vital Strategies is a global health organization focused on strengthening and revitalizing public health systems to address leading causes of death, disease, and injury. We deploy world-class technical expertise and global experience to design and support scalable solutions that can bridge the gap between public health needs and their solutions, focusing on rapid large-scale impact.
**Job Location:** India, Delhi
**Department:** Tobacco Control Non Mass Media
**About the Role:**
The Manager (M&E) plays a vital role in supporting the overall M&E strategy and the development and execution of M&E training within the project. You will be responsible for designing M&E frameworks, conducting assessments, and interpreting data to provide actionable insights for improvement and decision-making. This position requires strong collaboration with project teams, stakeholders, and leadership to ensure effective integration of M&E processes into project cycles and organizational strategies.
**Responsibilities:**
* **Monitoring and Evaluation:**
* Support the development of the annual framework for project M&E, including quarterly/annual project reviews, impact assessment design, process monitoring, operations monitoring, and workshops.
* Provide technical advice and support to stakeholders (government and non-government partners) to monitor and evaluate projects in India.
* Guide project staff and partners in project analysis and preparing progress reports.
* Collaborate with staff and implementing partners for qualitative monitoring to provide relevant information for ongoing evaluation of project activities and impact areas.
* Monitor project activities and assess progress towards achieving results at the outcome (strategy) and output (activity) levels, recommending any corrective measures necessary to achieve project goals.
* Identify and design key indicators for each project component, to record and report physical progress against the approved work plan and budget. Steer the process for designing and developing such progress reports.
* Identify key performance questions and parameters for monitoring project performance, comparing it to targets aligned with the project performance framework. Design the format for such performance reports.
* Monitor and supervise the organization’s participation in special surveys and compliance assessments.
* Provide technical support for research related to project activities and contribute to scientific publications at national and international levels.
* **Training:**
* Contribute to the development of a plan for M&E skill-building and implement training initiatives and refresher courses as needed.
* Maintain a training database including up-to-date training materials and report training effectiveness on a timely basis.
* Assist partners and stakeholders in evaluation and knowledge management of relevant topics.
* **Networking and Partnerships:**
* Coordinate with internal and external consultants, researchers, and project managers to support evaluations and studies as needed.
**Qualifications:**
* **Education & Degree:**
* Bachelor’s degree in medicine or dentistry required.
* Post-graduation in Medicine, Dentistry, or Public Health required.
* **Skills & Abilities:**
* Ability to analyze data, identify trends, and derive meaningful insights from quantitative and qualitative data sets.
* Skill in preparing clear, concise, and insightful reports that communicate findings, recommendations, and progress towards goals to stakeholders.
* Competence in managing projects related to monitoring and evaluation, including planning, implementation, and coordination of M&E activities.
* Familiarity with various evaluation methodologies, such as impact assessment, outcome mapping, and randomized controlled trials, to assess program effectiveness and outcomes.
* Familiarity with relevant M&E software and tools for data collection, analysis, and visualization, such as Excel, SPSS, STATA, or specialized M&E software.
* Understanding of the role of national and state government, local administrative setup, and existing relationships with civil society, media, and policy influencers.
* **Experience:**
* Minimum 6 years of relevant experience required.
* Sound Monitoring and Evaluation knowledge and experience in public health.
* Robust experience in planning, collecting, analyzing, and reporting information for assessing progress and ensuring program and data quality.
**Working Conditions and Physical Requirements:**
* Ability to work flexibly with colleagues across time zones.
**This is a full-time position based in our New Delhi office, with a hybrid, 4-day-per-week office schedule.**
**Salary Range:** INR 18,00,000 to INR 24,00,000.
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