Job Opportunity for General Manager – Monitoring and Evaluation at Magic Bus in Noida

About Magic Bus

Magic Bus India Foundation, founded in 1999 by Matthew Spacie, stands among the top five NGOs in India dedicated to education and skill development. Our organisation equips adolescents and young individuals with essential life skills and knowledge to thrive during the transition from childhood to livelihood.

Our mission is to create a world where young people break free from poverty, leading fulfilling and rewarding lives while making positive contributions to their communities. We achieve this by enabling adolescents to complete their secondary education, providing them with the necessary skills for employment, and connecting them to job market opportunities. Our target age group ranges from 12 to 24 years.

We operate two flagship programs: the Adolescent Programme and the Livelihood Programme.

1. In our Adolescent Programme, we prioritise the instillation of life skills and the enhancement of education. In our direct delivery programme, through our network of 2164 connected schools operating in 74 districts across 23 states, we have positively impacted the lives of over 1 million adolescents, with an impressive 52% participation rate of girls. Through government partnership programme, additionally more than 4 million adolescents are being covered.

2. The Livelihood Programme focuses on enhancing employability by providing specialised skills training and connecting young individuals to sustainable livelihood opportunities. Through our 95 Livelihood Centres and 825 Colleges, we offer sector-specific training, job placements, and post-placement support. This programme, operational in 13 states, has achieved an impressive 56% participation rate among girls and has successfully facilitated the placement of 2,02,429 youths to date.

Magic Bus India Foundation has offices in India, the United States, the United Kingdom, and Singapore.

About the position

This is a country office level position. The person selected will lead the overall MEL function with guidance of Director Impact. The person selected will lead the development of all MEL framework, tools and system. S/he will ensure that high quality data and reports are generated and shared with all stakeholders on a timely basis. S/he will provide leadership and mentoring to MEL staff working across the regions. S/he will also ensure smooth coordination with all other departments and other stakeholders.

Key responsibilities

• Providing overall leadership to Monitoring, evaluation and learning function at country level as well as across the regions
• Developing and rolling out innovative and rigorous MEL frameworks, tools and system to capture accurately the change that Magic Bus enables
• Managing technology backed MIS and ensure rigorous analysis and feedback at all levels
• Guiding and mentoring MEL staff across all the regions
• keep track of all MEL related tasks and ensure timely completion
• Lead on design, execution and leveraging of evaluations of key Magic Bus programmes
• Keep track of MEL budget and ensure justified use of the resources
• Supporting the Fundraising and Communications team in the use of credible data (both primary and secondary)
• Manage projects and partnerships both internal and external stakeholders
• Develop and facilitate the development of concept notes/ papers for internal and external audiences 

Desired Competencies

• A background in psychometrics, statistics, demography or social sciences with at least 15 to 18 years’ experience in MEL, with a strong and demonstrated expertise in complex evaluations.
• Substantial experience in life skill and education sector
• Commitment to rigour and accuracy
• Proven ability in conducting and facilitating quantitative and qualitative analysis
• Proven ability to mentor and facilitate learning among team members
• Proven ability in handling challenging partnerships
• Proven ability to manage complex internal and external relationships

Qualification & Work experience

• Post-graduation in psychometrics, statistics, demography or in any social science from reputed institution / university
• 12-14 years’ experience in MEL, with a strong and demonstrated interest in evaluations, with minimum 05 years in planning, managing MEL
• Firsthand experience of managing MEL team
• Demonstrated experience in performance measurement, indicator selection and monitoring, and data collection/analysis
• Database management experience 

Team coordination

• Programme Operations team – 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 an 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 the Director – Impact

Mobility requirements:

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