Website Peepul
About Peepul
Peepul is an education-focused non-profit. We dream and work towards creating an education system in India that enables and supports every child to realise their potential. We work closely with national, state, and local governments to transform government schools and government systems. Currently, we work with governments in Delhi and Madhya Pradesh, to meaningfully have impact across 300,000 teachers and 9 million children, across 100,000+ schools.
We have received many accolades for our work, including the Commonwealth Education Awards for Innovation (from ~2500 applications across 32 countries). One of the schools we deeply support in Delhi was shortlisted as the Top 10 Schools in the world for Innovation. Our work has also been featured in reports and publications by the Education Development Trust, the UN and the national Ministry of Education, India. The impact of our work has also been verified by third-party assessments.
Within a period of three years, we have grown tremendously to now reach a team size of 150 employees, across the geographies in which we operate. Impact at scale is the core of our work and this approach has been profiled in the media by Business World, The Economic Times, Nexus of Good Foundation, FICCI, Niti Aayog, among others. We are a restless, resilient, and reflective organisation. We aim high, innovate, work smart, work as a team, and use rigorous research to inform our work.
With regard to our talent, we work towards keeping our people first and offer a compelling compensation and benefits package, to ensure our high-quality talent is appreciated and remunerated
competitively.
Where we are on Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL)
Over the last 2 years, we have built a sophisticated MEL function, that works with large- scale data with Alteryx and PowerBI, partners with programmes to co-design and implement impact measurement tools, has detailed Theories of Change of the organization and programmes, and connects the dots across experiences.
In the next 3 years, we plan to leverage our impact track record and learnings, to be a leading thought leader in the sector, and be a role-model of impact measurement.
We are involved with one of the early Development Impact Bonds in education in India, are working on large-scale programmes, and are staying deeply rooted in our exemplar schools as innovation grounds – all of these pioneering initiatives come together to form a strong MEL launchpad for the organization.
Role Description
We are a looking for an experienced Manager to lead our Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MEL) function. Measuring impact is in the DNA of our organization, especially as we grow and scale our work. This is an exciting opportunity for an individual that wants to lead the development and strengthening of our Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning vertical, bring rigour to our programme evaluation and ensure that we are iterating on programme design and course correcting, where necessary, using data and evidence.
Key Responsibilities (including but not limited to):
• Leading the organization MEL design and strategy to become a sector leader in impact measurement
• Lead the design and execution of the organization-wide MEL strategy
• Lead monitoring and impact evaluation internally or collaborate with external agencies, analyse findings from such evaluations and use learnings to inform programme design.
• Evaluate performance of all core programmes of Peepul through tools defined in the Monitoring and Evaluation Framework.
• Build and implement different systems and processes to improve MEL and program cycles
• Be the point of contact for Peepul with global and Indian MEL leaders, to shape the MEL agenda of the organization and sector.
• Driving data-based decision-making within the organization
• Lead design of monitoring and evaluation framework and the tools for different Peepul programmes.
• Ensure timely implementation of monitoring projects with a strong focus on execution and quality assurance – including data validity checks, analysis / interpretation and editorial support.
• Build the capacity of the different programs teams to define impact, , and interpret and use data to drive programmatic decision-making
• Shape thought leadership of Peepul in the sector
o Collaborate with the communication team and senior leadership teams to build Peepul into a thought leader in the sector
o Lead research projects to collect and analyse data from organisations across India and abroad to build evidence which can be used to inform practitioners, funders and policy makers within the education sector.
o Generate and disseminate good practices and lessons, as identified through MEL implementation and communicate organizational and program impact to external audience
o Undertake empirical research projects to unearth learnings from the Peepul Exemplar Schools to contribute towards our scale programs
o Produce high-quality, periodic reports of the evaluation for internal use and for funder reports
• Team leadership: nurture and grow the MEL team of Peepul
• Lead and coach a team of 5-7 individuals across geographies to produce high-quality outputs
• Build and expand the team based on program and organizational requirements
• Collaborate with peers to leverage MEL as a strategic driver for organizational development
Qualifications
Experience and skills:
• Master’s degree in international development, statistics, education, , public policy, economics, or related field
• Advanced certificate in M&E, statistics, data analysis or economics is preferred
• A minimum of 6-8 years of experience in private or public sector organisations; including demonstrated success in research management and monitoring and evaluation programs in the development sector.
• Experience in working in ensuring that strategic MEL in the development sector
• Expertise in designing, implementing, and executing MEL systems from project conceptualisation to project implementation, including indicator selection, target setting, tool development, data collection, reporting, database management, and developing M&E and performance monitoring plans
• Excellent knowledge of the major monitoring and evaluation methodologies (e.g. quasi-experimental designs, pre-post, qualitative, quantitative, mixed-method, and impact assessment etc.) and data collection and analysis methodologies.
• Excellent quantitative, qualitative, problem solving, analytical and statistical analysis skills (including advanced Microsoft Excel skills and experience with analytical tools such as SPSS, Stata, R, Alteryx, or Python)
• Capacity to synthesize monitoring data into effective presentation of results to help guide recommendations on performance improvement.
• Ability to unearth learnings from programs and contribute to thought-leadership pieces
• Understanding of different interventions and innovations in education from research or classroom experience is preferred
• Ability to present data and engage with government stakeholders to ensure sustainability of the MEL results
• Understanding of student assessment data and prior experience with managing third-party evaluations is preferred
• Experience with outcome-based evaluations/financing is considered a plus
Personal Attributes:
• Strong alignment with Peepul’s mission of providing quality education and building stronger education ecosystems in India
• Ability to negotiate and achieve consensus with key stakeholders.
• Ability to creatively solve challenging problems in the application of research and evaluation methods without extensive structural or operational support.
• Self-starter who will thrive in a start-up setting by taking ownership and initiative
• Openness to listen, learn and contribute beyond the confines of this role
• Hard working, detail orientated, tenacious and systematic
• Enthusiastic to do whatever it takes willing to take personal accountability for delivery
• Strong working knowledge of Hindi (speaking, reading, and writing) is preferred
• Flexible, highly organized and able to prioritize work to meet deadlines.
Compensation and Benefits
Compensation will be commensurate with the qualifications and experiences. Peepul is a people-first organization, and offers a range of employee benefits, including a generous health insurance (for self and parents), a generous leave policy, relocation benefits, PF, Gratuity, communication and travel reimbursements, etc.
Application Process
To apply for this position, please submit your application with a CV and cover letter as an email to recruitment@peepulindia.org, with the subject “Application for MEL Manager”. Please ensure that your CV includes relevant professional and personal experience and details on academic qualifications.
Additionally, we encourage you to use your cover letter to highlight why you want to work for Peepul and are interested in this particular role.
Please contact us at recruitment@peepulindia.org for further queries (if any).
To apply for this job email your details to recruitment@peepulindia.org
