Job Opportunity for Manager: Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) at ELMS Sports Foundation in New Delhi

ELMS Sports Foundation

ELMS Sports Foundation is seeking candidates for the position of Manager – Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) for the monitoring, evaluating, and reporting of project activities. Under the overall supervision of the Vice President,Physical Literacy vertical. MEL manager will be responsible for all aspects of monitoring and evaluation including gathering, analyzing, and reporting program results.

Job Profile: Full Time

Positions Open: 1

Location: New Delhi (With requirement to travel to Project Locations on a regular basis)

Roles and Responsibilities:

Monitoring and Evaluation:

• Manage and implement multi-year impact evaluation and other studies as part of the M&E KRA in liaison with the research partners, including setting up data flow system, coordinating data collection and reporting with the cooperation of product, operation and tech teams-conducting data quality assurance, verifying supporting documents, consolidation of project indicators, drafting success stories.
• Perform data analysis, research, indicator selection, sampling, developing and refining data collection tools. Develop reports including annual organizational report, MEL plans, and research designs.
• Facilitate knowledge management and communication- building and sharing lessons learned, good practices, and case studies. Contribute to the establishment of project knowledge management systems.
• Collaborate with researchers to promote program results (observational methods) by using success stories, infographics, testimonials, etc.

Knowledge and Capacity Building:

• M&E capacity-building activities- Train team & partners on new methods and tools; Build the team’s capacity on M&E concepts and frameworks.
• Support field teams in developing program indicators and reporting templates, need assessments to identify gaps using survey questionnaires, focus group discussions, interviews, available secondary data, and baseline studies.
• Monitor M&E activities, identify gaps and challenges and provide recommendations/suggestions on how to address the gaps/challenges. Ensure that program documents, data, and results are organized efficiently.

Preferred qualifications:

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in social science and humanities or related field from a recognized college or university; diploma or certification in MEL is an asset.
• Prior exposure to research, M&E for primary education, Physical Education, teacher training, and early childhood learning is highly desirable.
• Alumni of fellowship programs such as Teach for India, Gandhi Fellowship etc will be preferred.

Preferred skills, and experience:

• Technical competence and experience with mixed-method & qualitative research and ability to work with qual-quant data analysis software will be an advantage.
• Experience in working with government agencies, intergovernmental agencies, academic universities, or NGOs.
• Experience with designing and coding instruments using digital data collection platforms- survey CTO, Zoho forms, google forms, etc.
• Proven effective communication skills in English and Hindi, both written and oral. This includes networking, negotiation, and diplomatic skills.

Proposed compensation range:

INR 7,00,000 to 9,00,000 per annum depending on the experience and expertise of the candidate.

Contact:

Please share your CV and Cover letter by June 10th, 2023.