Centrally monitor and improve the Catalyst skill-education program across 20+ Indian states. Responsibilities include designing monitoring frameworks, indicators, data-collection tools and dashboards; coordinating State PMUs; maintaining data repositories; analyzing outcomes; leading review meetings; engaging government and external stakeholders; and developing scalable MEL mechanisms with cross-functional teams.
Job Title: Assistant Manager/Senior Officer (Monitoring) in Central Project Management Unit (CPMU)
RequirementsMinimum Experience:
Location: Pune
Travel: As per the project need
Position Overview:
This position is responsible for centrally driving strategic monitoring for
the Catalyst program of Lend A Hand India (Catalyst program is spread in 20+ States of
India where our State PMU teams provide strategic support to State Governments on Skill
Education). This position will be responsible to ensure through central strategic monitoring,
goals of the State programs are met and their qualities are improved through continuous &
strategic monitoring.
Key Responsibilities:
Centrally Driving outcome of Catalyst (Govt Program) in 20+ States: For
Catalyst program; driving end to end monitoring for strategic areas in co-ordination
with 20+ State PMUs
● For Catalyst Program: Designing Monitoring framework: Indicators, Data
collection Tool, Dashboards etc development to ensure end to end central monitoring
of 20+ states on key strategic areas as per org priority
● Co-ordination with State PMUs to drive outcome of Catalyst Program: Driving
weekly monitoring review calls; coming up with right action steps to ensure program
quality improvement targets set for 20+ States are met by the end of the academic
year
● Updated Central Data Repository & Insights: Ensure for identified strategic area of
Catalyst Programs, updated data & insights from 20+ States is available with CPMU
team on monthly basis; developing Indicator & tracker for this; collecting data & post
analysis sharing insights with Org management
● Strong Understanding of 20+ State Program Work: Develop strong understanding
of 20+ State Program work & close co-ordination with our 20+ State PMU teams to
drive monitoring for these states centrally
● Drive org level project monitoring in 20+ States and ensuring goals of the State
programs are met and their qualities are improved through continuous & strategic
monitoring
● Work with CPMU & MEL Head to manage monitoring work: Work closely with
CPMU & MEL Head (CPMU-Central PMU & MEL-Monitoring, Evaluation & Learning)
to work on strategic priority of the org in the monitoring space.
● Looking strategically at various State Program of the organization (State PMU work)
and streamlining key areas that need to be monitored regularly by CPMU-MEL
team, developing those monitoring frameworks and managing those continuous
monitoring.
● Work closely with cross function teams of the org (Tech, MEL, State PMUs,
Internship, Training etc) and develop long term robust monitoring mechanism for the
org (data collection-analysis-visualization-decision making)
● Organize and lead/facilitate meetings and events with multiple senior stakeholders
● Liaison with Lend A Hand India External partners to facilitate consultation,
collaboration in MEL space as required
● Flexibility to travel within and across states
● Take up any other work & opportunity as part of CPMU-MEL team under the
guidance of Manager-CPMU & Head-CPMU-MEL team of Lend A Hand India
About Lend A Hand India
: Lend A Hand
India (LAHI) is a leading multi-state Think Tank/NGO working in the skill education
sector for the last 18 years with partnership with 20+ States/UTs across India. At its core,
Lend A Hand India strives to facilitate the "school to work" transition of 14-18 years old
school children. Its project management teams provide Systems change support to the State
Samagra Shiksha offices across India, in alignment with the Co-Impact (a donor
collaborative of Gates/Rockefeller/Skoll/Nilekanis etc) vision and mission of sustainable
change and development. Currently, 16,000+ schools and 15 lakh + students are a part of
this program with around 200 team members working Pan-India.
Majority of our work is in partnership with the State governments by helping the state
governments to scale up Skill education in the state under ‘Samagra Shiksha’ scheme of
Ministry of Education & with Central Govt & National Skilling & Education bodies to
come out with better policy/guidelines for Skill education ecosystem to ensure easier
adoption by State Govts.
Our Mission
Equip
School Students to Maximise Their Potential Through Skill
Education
Our Approach - Direct
implementation in schools
- Partnership with
central-state governments to define, and scale
policy
- Building of Centres
of Excellence that act as lighthouses for innovation
- Resource
organisation for the skilling ecosystem
Our
Knowledge in Action
Through the design
& execution of innovative models from training
centres, innovation hubs to mobile outreach initiatives,
LAHI’s innovative knowledge resource drives both
grassroots learning and systemic transformation across
India. With 250+ LAHI staff embedded in state education
systems across 20+ states, we provide technical and
project management support, enabling governments to translate
policy into action.
Our Reach
LAHI’s current
scale of work includes -
- 20+ States and UTs
- 15000+ Schools
- 15 Lakh+ Students
- 250+ Team Members
What Truly Sets a
Career at Lend A Hand India Apart –
- Work as a Systems
Architect, not just an Implementer: You help build and
refine the system itself, influencing policy and creating
lasting change.
- Experience the thrill
of scale with depth: See your ideas and
efforts replicated across thousands of schools, impacting
millions of students in a measurable way.
- Master Complex Collaboration: Gain unparalleled
experience navigating and synergizing the worlds of government,
corporate CSR, and community.
- Career with a
Tangible Legacy: Your work directly
creates skilled professionals, confident entrepreneurs, and a
stronger national economy.
- Investment in you: We offer competitive
compensation, comprehensive support & robust benefits and a
culture that actively champions your professional development
and holistic well-being.
RequirementsMinimum Experience:
- Overall experience of 5-8+ years in MEL role (Monitoring Evaluation &
Learning) in Education, Skill Development, related field
- Experience of working on Govt. Program (education program preferable)
- Experience of driving Monitoring outcome end to end for large programs (e.g
1000+ schools, 1lakh+ students): Indicator Development, Data Collection; Data
Analysis & outcome finding presentation
- Strong understanding of India’s School Education system & experience of
working with them
- Proficient in MEL tools: Excel, Google Spreadsheet, Kobo, Power BI dashboards,
Google studio
- People Management: Proficient in working with cross functional teams & multiple
stakeholders
- Relevant Fellowship experience: Gandhi/TFI/MGNF etc desirable
- Experience of working with Bureaucrats and Govt. Institutions at State /Central level
(desirable)
- Proficient in communicating ideas, strategy to State & National level Senior
Govt. officers, Senior external partners & middle management internal teams
- Strong monitoring & evaluation, people management, program management
skill
- Excellent written & verbal communication skills in English & Hindi
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Education, Social Sciences, Development Studies, Management, Public Policy, Economics, Statistics, Data Analytics, or a relevant field.
- Monitoring, Evaluation & Learning (MEL)
- Program Monitoring & Management
- Data Analysis & Insights
- Monitoring Framework Development
- Government Program Management:
Personal Attributes:
- Strategic & Analytical Mindset
- Data-Driven & Detail-Oriented
- Ownership & Accountability
- Proactive & Self-Driven
- Collaborative Team Player
Lend A Hand India Pune, Mahārāshtra, IND Office
Pune, India
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