EAII Advisors Director, Monitoring, Learning & Evaluation

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New Delhi | India

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Job Title: Director: Monitoring, Learning and Evaluation (MLE)

Employment Status: Full Time

Position Location: New Delhi

About the Role

The Director – MLE is a senior leadership position with EAII Advisors. You will lead the Monitoring Learning and Evaluation team and is responsible for its delivery of services and outcomes. You will ensure the MLE team provides quality data to meet ongoing program decision-making. A critical part of achieving this will be to strengthen the implementation of monitoring and evaluation activities, maintain standards, and nurture a technical team while supporting programs with innovations and technical partnership opportunities. The Director – MLE will manage a skilled team and collaborate with the Global Evidence Action MLE Strategy team to achieve MLE outcomes.

Responsibilities:

Team Management

• Foster an outcome-oriented environment that ensures effective India MLE outputs that help program teams reach their goals;

• Develop and manage a team of accomplished professionals to effectively carry out the team’s assigned responsibilities across programs, ensuring the consistent and timely delivery of services;

• Oversee the development and maintenance of annual work plans and budgets for the India MLE team in collaboration with Global and Indian Program and MLE teams.

Implementation Strategy

• Oversee the high-quality implementation of MLE activities in India, including data collection, management, and analysis

• Ensure relevant team members and partners have access to useful and accurate data for ongoing program and performance management, assessment, and reporting to donors and governments;

• Set and maintain quality standards for data collection, management, and analysis in line with global Evidence Action guidance and international best practices;

• Support program goals on institutionalization of the deworming program and partnership with governments at state and national levels through effective information and data sharing and technical expertise;

• Support the planning and design of worm prevalence surveys and lead the implementation of the surveys in close collaboration with the Deworm the World Global and Indian Program teams;

• Support India program outreach and learning efforts by prioritizing and tracking critical information management. This primarily involves the preparation and delivery of materials on program outreach efforts, including information on STH prevalence, monitoring and evaluation data on deworming and other school health programs and related areas as appropriate;

• Coordinate inputs for reports to donors and Governments, including data, cost estimations and others.

Cross-team Coordination and Collaboration

• Coordinate with global Evidence Action MLE Strategy and program teams to implement MLE strategies in a manner that is consistent and aligned with global and cross-country priorities and quality expectations;

• Enable the country program to use data and evidence/information for strategic engagement with policymakers in the governments and donors, including collaboration with the global team;

• Promote the synthesis and sharing of data across programs, with states and national governments, and donors;

• Collaborate with the global Evidence Action MLE team to design operational research in India and lead the implementation of operational research activities with operational research plans;

• Coach the MLE team members to quality input, supervision and support for enhanced team performance;

• With global and program team members, support additional research activities as identified.

Requirements

The Director, MLE will have 10 years of experience leading monitoring and evaluation-related activities, and an interest in expanding their horizons within a mission-driven organization committed to impact at scale. You are excited about leading a cross-cutting team within an organization that sees learning and the use of rigorous evidence as central to our mission and ensures this approach is woven into all programs. You have experience working in developing countries, including India, and with Governments and the private sector.

The Director, MLE will have the following experience and attributes:

• Doctoral / Master’s degree in a relevant field with economics, statistics, or quantitative training;
• Demonstrated experience managing large-scale data collection activities, in India and Evidence Action states;
• Demonstrated experience managing and analyzing large datasets and experience designing and managing databases; 
• Knowledge of STATA (preferred) or other advanced statistical analysis software; 
• Naturally inquisitive, skeptical, and organized;
• Experience in India and experience managing a large cross-cultural team;
• A critical, analytical, and process-oriented thinker with a willingness to form and adjust opinions based on evidence;
• Experience in consulting or other client-based and service-oriented roles;
• Experience operating effectively in adynamic leadership team.

Benefits

EAII provides a comprehensive benefits package for employees worldwide. Benefits include:

• comprehensive health insurance,
• retirement savings options,
• life insurance,
• generous leave,
• avenues for engagement and recognition. 

About EAII Advisors 

EAII Advisors, Evidence Action’s technical partner in India, supports the implementation of the school and Anganwadi-based National Deworming Day program, as well as iron and folic acid supplementation programs, across 11 states by providing technical assistance to applicable state ministries of health, education, and women and child development. Moving forward, EAII Advisors aims to expand its impact by collaborating with more state governments on these existing programs, as well as supporting new public health, water, & nutrition programming.

About Evidence Action

Evidence Action is a global nonprofit organization with an approach distinctive in international development - we exclusively scale interventions that are backed by strong evidence and can be delivered with exceptional cost-effectiveness. Our programs have grown since our founding in 2013 to reach over 280 million people annually. We deliver high impact for every dollar spent, as recognized by GiveWell , The Life You Can Save , and Charity Navigator .

We do development differently. We take a data-driven approach to identifying, scaling, and continuously improving programs that deliver immense impact, ensuring these solutions measurably improve the lives of millions. Our Deworm the World Initiative has helped governments in Africa and Asia deliver over 1.4 billion childhood deworming treatments, improving health, education, and incomes. Dispensers for Safe Water provides sustained safe water access to over 4 million people in rural Africa, preventing childhood illness and deaths. 

We drive innovation: Our Accelerator builds the next generation of exceptional programs, taking an approach most similar to a venture capital model. We are ruthless in exiting programs that do not meet our criteria; those that advance deliver outsized impact for millions of people. 

We are global. Across eight countries in Africa and Asia, our 400+ people are united by a tremendous passion for our mission and impact. We are strong because of our diversity of experience, geography, and background - with over 90% of our people in the countries where our impact is focused. 

We have big ambitions. Our goal is to double our impact by 2024, to fulfill our vision of a world where hundreds of millions of people in the poorest places have better opportunities and their lives are measurably improved. We believe in bold and urgent action - because poverty doesn’t wait, and neither should we. 

We need great people. Our success to date is due to the collective work of our amazing staff. To achieve our ambitious goals, we are looking for people who share our passion for evidence, cost-effectiveness, and scale. We seek individuals who take an entrepreneurial approach, enjoy tackling hard problems, and have a bias to action and results. If our vision and approach excite you as much as it does us, we invite you to join us. 

All contracting arrangements will be made through EAII Advisors Private Limited. EAII is an equal opportunity employer. Employment at EAII is based solely on an individual's merit and qualifications directly related to professional competence. EAII does not discriminate against any employee or applicant because of race, caste, creed, colour, religion, gender, origin, disability, marital status, or any other basis protected by law.

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