Website Magic Bus

Department: Impact

Location: Mumbai

No. of Positions: 1

The role would be based in Magic Bus Head office located in Vikhroli, Mumbai and would be required to travel in line with the requirements of the project , various external stakeholders like government agencies, funders etc. as well as for representing Magic Bus on outside fora if required from time to time.

At present, owing to the COVID 19 outbreak, the person would be required to work from residence.

About Magic Bus

Founded in 1999, Magic Bus works with children and young people living in poverty, in India, taking them from a childhood full of challenges to a life with meaningful livelihoods. We equip children and young people in the age group of 12 to 18, with the skills and knowledge they need to grow up and move out of poverty. Children on the Magic Bus programme successfully fend off destabilizers such as child marriage and child labour to complete school and become first-generation salary earners having secure careers in the organised sector.

Our youth-centered Livelihoods Programme connects the aspirations and potential of young people to available market opportunities. We build their employability skills and map job potential based on individual strengths and mobility. We work with support structures like parents, teachers, the community at large and local government institutions to ensure social, emotional and economic well-being for all young people living in that area. Our approach mobilises the entire ecosystem available to the child or young person to create transformational change in their lives.

Current Context

Magic Bus today impacts the lives of 4, 50,000 adolescents and more than 40,000 youths directly and thousands of families indirectly. Our Programmes have brought in a paradigm shift for the many families who earlier were constrained by financial compulsions, cultural norms and other adverse living conditions.

While our efforts could bring school drop-out rate to below 5%, child marriage is slowly edging for extinction in the communities where we work. We envision ourselves playing a significant role in touching lives of 1.6 million adolescents and 3, 00,000 youths directly via our Childhood to Livelihood programme by the end of 2023. Like us, many great organisations are today more than willing to invest their trust in our programmes and philosophy and partner with us in realising this dream of ours as well as more than 4,00,000 families.

We feel that being of service to needy is the biggest opportunity that an organization like us can even find and here, we have seized it. We wish to transcend nations and enable thousands of lives in Bangladesh, Myanmar and Nepal who are reeling under poverty escape its vicious cycle.

As we grow, each individual assumes a higher level accountability. In this context, we seek to strengthen the evaluation process as well as knowledge management of the organization. The Director – Impact would Lead the research, monitoring and evaluation domain which form integral parts of the knowledge vertical (Program Development) at Magic Bus.

Specific tasks and responsibilities

The role holder will be responsible for upgrading & innovating research and development
Design and implement evaluation methodologies during the entire life cycle of Magic Bus program
Coordinate and facilitate internal as well as third party impact assessment of Magic Bus community interventions.
Identify technical and management resource persons/consultants for impact assessment / audits.
Build the academic platform and strengthen the science behind Magic Bus impact areas
Be the Knowledge Manager for Magic Bus
Design and conceptualize research methodologies for Magic Bus interventions covering target groups including children, youth and communities across developmental domain areas
Develop and implement a measurement framework for evaluation of programme.
Ensure that appropriate research is conducted that feeds into developing high quality programmes.
Create guidelines and policies around advocacy areas viz. Child Rights, Child Protection, Adolescent issues, Gender etc.
Look out for external consulting opportunities and marketing of Magic Bus approach to other organizations.
Carry out mandatory quality audit processes to ensure high quality on ground delivery.
Bring systemic change in government policies, schemes or programs through research studies and advocacy.
Active contribution to build the conceptual base of the academic platform and strengthen the science behind adolescent and livelihoods program impact areas
Play the role of a Knowledge Manager for Magic Bus
Custodian of preserving historical data and intelligence in the evolution of Magic Bus and establish processes to sustain these knowledge.

Team coordination

Regional Programme Management teams – An ongoing collaboration within the team and create a conducive environment for sharing of information constructive criticism and suggestion alongside the regular progress of programmes.
Sustainability /Fundraising team – Extend support to the Fundraising teams in creating descriptive as well as narrative reports among other things.
Communications Team – To develop effective channel for internal as well as external communications, milestones achieved, success stories etc.
Other support functions – to ensure adequate manpower, fund allocation & accuracy, technology enablement are in place.

Reporting

To Global Chief Executive Officer or as person nominated by him.

Mobility requirements:

As the head office is shut owing to the COVID 19 outbreak, the person would be required to work from residence.

REQUIREMENTS

Desired Competencies:

Knowledge research, evaluation and impact assessment across the domains in which Magic Bus operates.
Understand basic behavioural change theory and child psychology
Thorough knowledge of various research tools and techniques in the area of curriculum development
Knowledge of conceptualizing and developing curriculum in the domain of Education, Gender, Health, Life Skills, Leadership and Livelihood is desired. (Expertise in minimum 2-3 domain is a must)
Experience in training content development and training
Experience in supervising Research and M&E activities
Familiar with social issues like child rights, gender discrimination, education, among others

Qualification & Work experience

Post Graduate in Social work or other social sciences relevant to the development sector
20 years’ experience in the social development sector in Impact assessment, Monitoring & Evaluation and change management at the grassroots.
Experience reflects engagement with diverse sectoral issues, especially on education, adolescent empowerment and rural development

To apply for this job email your details to careers@magicbusindia.org