Website Grameen Foundation India

Job Summary

The main function of the Associate Director – CII would be to lead the Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning portfolio and people at Grameen Foundation. Additionally, s/he will be responsible for leading the consulting line of business for providing Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning services globally. Some of the other responsibilities for the Associate Director will include business development, portfolio management, providing technical oversight, data management & analytics, relationship management, mentoring subordinates, knowledge management and project documentation.

Essential Job Functions

Portfolio Management – Lead and anchor research projects under the portfolio; liaison with donors, clients, in-house team and research partners
Business Development and ensuring a healthy pipeline of National and International assignments with the CII
Technical Oversight for research and evaluation – Lead and anchor large scale evaluations
Relationship Management – Manage relationships and partnerships with stakeholders
Team and Performance Management – Managing team morale, competencies and performance, fostering a performanceoriented, compassionate and heartful culture
Manage large scale data analysis under different CII projects with team; conduct review and development of data analytical framework and conducting econometric analysis.
Demonstrated experience in development and application of Results Management Framework, Theory of Change, Logic model and other appropriate M&E methodologies
Lead the study design and development of methods and tools for baseline, midline and endline surveys
Provide leadership and content to MEL work in in-house projects and new proposals
Develop frameworks, methodologies and tools for evaluation and knowledge management
Document reports, insights and manage communication with different stakeholders, both internal and external.
Report Writing and development of knowledge products such as blogs, op-eds and articles

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Attitude

Has a deep commitment to eradication of poverty and gender sensitivity in alignment with Grameen Foundation’s mission
Strong understanding of quantitative and qualitative research design and evaluation methodology
Demonstrated ability to build and work with a gender balanced team
Strong project management skills to ensure timely delivery of project deliverables
Experience of leading high value (> USD 500,000) research projects
Expertise of completing time bound consulting projects for reputed National and International Agencies
Client relationship management
Previous track record of successfully leading and overseeing multi member and diverse team of no less than five members
Strong quantitative and analytical skills and&excellent research and data collection methodology skills; ability to summarize disparate information in a clear and concise manner
Has reasonable knowledge about financial inclusion, agriculture, women’s economic empowerment domain and initiatives in the development sector
Skills/experience around developing research frameworks- especially M&E for different development contexts
Ability to adapt to a constantly changing and growing business environment.
Ability to apply knowledge in daily work. Has deep knowledge of Microsoft office products (excel, PowerPoint, word, etc.)
Knowledge of quantitative data analysis software such as STATA/R is required.
Knowledge of qualitative data analysis software such as ATLAS.ti/NVivo is preferred
Demonstrated (co)authorship of >30 research papers, evaluation reports, and op-ed publications

Education and Experience

A Masters degree in Economics/ Statistics/ Rural Development or Management/ Operations Research or equivalent
12+ years of experience of which at least 8 years must have been in research role; >5 years in research management, and >5 years managing a 10+ member team
Interested candidates may apply by email to ssingh1@grameenfoundation.in, with Associate Director – Client Insights for Impact in the subject line.

Job Type: Full Time
Job Location: Gurgaon

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