Room to Read
**Job Description: Lead, Data Analyst and Evaluator**
**Location:** New Delhi, India
**Experience Required:** Minimum of 8 years in monitoring & evaluation, government system strengthening, or program implementation. Prior experience in Foundational Literacy and Numeracy (FLN) programs is highly desirable.
**Company Information:**
Room to Read is a global non-profit organization dedicated to transforming children’s lives through literacy and gender equality in education. Established in 2000 with the mission “World Change Starts with Educated Children®,” Room to Read envisions a world free from illiteracy and gender inequality. The organization collaborates with local communities, partner organizations, publishers, and governments to implement innovative models that deliver positive outcomes for children at scale. To date, Room to Read has impacted over 50 million children in 28 countries.
**Position Overview:**
The Lead, Data Analyst and Evaluator will be part of the Research, Monitoring & Evaluation (RM&E) Unit at the New Delhi office. Reporting to the Manager, RM&E, this role involves providing strategic and technical support to strengthen government-led monitoring and evaluation systems. The position requires collaboration with state-level teams, government departments, and partners to enhance data systems, assessments, and evidence-informed decision-making.
**Key Responsibilities:**
– Provide strategic guidance to state RM&E teams in strengthening government-led monitoring systems.
– Refine program log frames, indicators, and results frameworks aligned with organizational goals.
– Review and offer technical oversight on the design and implementation of government-led assessments.
– Mentor state RM&E team members and build their technical and analytical capacities.
– Ensure data quality through regular checks, validation exercises, and field support visits.
– Collaborate with government departments, especially in the education sector, to strengthen monitoring systems.
– Lead consolidation, synthesis, and presentation of key RM&E findings for internal leadership, donors, and government partners.
**Qualifications:**
– Postgraduate degree in Economics, Public Policy, Education, Development Studies, Statistics, or a related field.
– Strong conceptual understanding and hands-on experience in data analysis, systems thinking, monitoring frameworks, and assessment design.
– Proficiency in tools such as MS Excel, Power BI, SurveyCTO; experience with statistical analysis tools like STATA is an added advantage.
– Excellent writing, articulation, and documentation skills to produce high-quality reports and presentations.
**Compensation:**
Room to Read offers a competitive salary with benefits including a thirteenth-month bonus, health insurance, and a retirement plan. Non-monetary benefits include the opportunity to contribute to an innovative organization dedicated to transforming children’s lives globally.
**About Room to Read:**
As a child-safe organization, Room to Read is committed to collaboration, action, respect, education, and scale. Their work focuses on early-grade literacy training, local language book creation, and gender equality initiatives for adolescents, particularly girls, to promote lifelong learning and informed decision-making.
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