Job Opportunity for Lead-Monitoring Evaluation & Learning (MEL) Lead at Selco Foundation in Bangalore, India

## Lead-Monitoring Evaluation & Learning (MEL) Lead

**Selco Foundation** is a non-profit organization dedicated to alleviating poverty through the deployment of clean energy solutions in South, East, and North East India. We work collaboratively with local stakeholders to improve access to health and livelihood, using sustainable energy as a catalyst. 

**Job Location:** [Insert Location – likely Bangalore, India]

**Experience Required:** Minimum 10 years of work experience supporting monitoring, evaluation, and learning. Implementation experience is an added advantage.

**About the Role:**

We are seeking a highly motivated and passionate individual to lead our MEL portfolio. You will be responsible for structuring and managing our MEL activities, ensuring they drive improved learnings for developmental practitioners and program designers. 

**Key Responsibilities:**

* Anchor and manage the end-to-end MEL portfolio of Selco Foundation.

* Develop a deep sectoral understanding to strategize effective engagement and documentation of projects.

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

* Stay abreast of trends and narratives emerging in the health sector and plan the team’s activities accordingly.

* Lead and coordinate primary and secondary research, data analysis aligned with the team’s agenda and focus areas.

* Plan for regular opportunities to identify lessons learned and implications for program development.

* Ensure seamless coordination across different organizational functions for ease of data monitoring and feedback loops.

**Ideal Candidate Profile:**

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

* Implementation experience is an added advantage.

* Interest and experience in systems thinking, human-centered design, developmental evaluation, and other user-based study methodologies are preferred.

* Experience in integrating conceptual approaches and narratives with ground realities and developing study methodologies for the same.

* Ability to process information and create compelling documentation cases for the health sector across Selco’s geographies.

* Ability to grasp audience sensibility and calibrate communications to resonate with different target audiences in the health sector.

* Strong skills in performing and prioritizing multiple tasks seamlessly with excellent attention to detail.

* Willingness to learn, grow, and develop at a rapid pace with a steep learning curve.

* Ability to work in an interdisciplinary and multicultural environment.

* Willingness to travel extensively in difficult terrains within and outside the State as and when required.