Job Opportunity for Lead – Monitoring, Evaluation & Learning at SELCO Foundation in India (with extensive travel)

**Job Title:** Lead – Monitoring, Evaluation & Learning

**Organization:** SELCO Foundation

**Location:**  The job posting does not specify a precise location, but it mentions extensive travel within and outside of a state in India is required.  Therefore, the location is **India (with extensive travel)**.

**About SELCO Foundation:** SELCO Foundation is a non-profit organization dedicated to deploying clean energy solutions to alleviate poverty across South, East, and Northeast India.  They collaborate with other development organizations, focusing on sectors such as agriculture, micro-businesses, textiles, crafts, and healthcare.  Their work centers on improving access to sustainable energy to eradicate poverty.

**Experience Required:** Minimum 10 years of work experience supporting monitoring, evaluation, and learning. Implementation experience is a plus.

**Responsibilities:**

* Oversee and manage the entire MEL portfolio of SELCO Foundation.

* Develop a deep understanding of the sectors where SELCO intervenes to inform project engagement and documentation strategies.

* Conduct critical studies and learning exercises to communicate program practices, approaches, and strategies aligned with the organization’s Theory of Change.

* Stay updated on health sector trends and plan team activities accordingly.

* Lead and coordinate primary and secondary research and data analysis.

* Identify lessons learned and their implications for program improvement.

* Ensure seamless coordination across organizational functions for efficient data monitoring and feedback loops.

**Qualifications:**

* Minimum 10 years of experience in monitoring, evaluation, and learning.

* Preferred experience in systems thinking, human-centered design, developmental evaluation, and user-based study methodologies.

* Ability to integrate conceptual approaches with ground realities and develop appropriate study methodologies.

* Skill in creating compelling documentation for the health sector across SELCO’s geographic areas.

* Ability to tailor communication to resonate with diverse audiences in the health sector.

* Strong organizational skills with excellent attention to detail.

* Willingness to learn and grow professionally at a rapid pace.

* Ability to work in an interdisciplinary and multicultural environment.

* Willingness to travel extensively in challenging terrains.