Manager- Research and Evaluation

Kotak Education Foundation; India; Remoto; INR 800.000 - 1.400.000; Tempo pieno

Descrizione del lavoro

Kotak Education Foundation in Mumbai seeks a dedicated professional to support permanent research and evaluation planning across EdTech projects. You will help align annual plans with project design and ToC, track inputs/outputs, and coordinate data collection with third-party agencies.

Role includes monitoring, data management, and reporting, plus capacity building for project teams and ensuring timely execution of impact assessments within the multi-stakeholder framework.

Competenze

• Essential: Masters in Social Science/Social Work/Statistics/ Demography.
• Desirable: Degree or Diploma in Research and Evaluation: Theory and Practices
• Formal training in Monitoring & Evaluation or data management is an advantage.

Mansioni

• Align annual plan with project design, LFA, and ToC for multiple projects.
• Track project input/output per MERA annual plan.
• Use checklist methods for each research and evaluation activity.
• Submit weekly or monthly reports on project performance and insights and gaps.
• Coordinate with stakeholders for timely execution of field data collection by third-party agency.
• Support monitoring team for pilot testing or pre-testing for Edtech-based monitoring innovations.
• Provide support in automating MERA processes and digitizing data collection systems.
• Coordinate onboarding and execution of impact assessments as per multi-stakeholder plan.
• Coordinate with project teams for execution of impact evaluation during the project life cycle.
• Maintain monthly field Visit log and data quality reports.
• Ensure weekly coordination and compliance reporting with third-party agencies.
• Organize field research data collection training for project staff.
• Participate in trainings/orientations/MIS/data reviews to strengthen evaluation design.
• Train project data team on standards of research and evaluation processes.

Conoscenze

STATA

SAS

SPSS

Data visualization tools

Formazione

Masters in Social Science/Social Work/Statistics/Demography

Degree or Diploma in Research and Evaluation

Strumenti

Google Data Studio

Power BI

Tableau

Descrizione del lavoro

Key Roles & Responsibilities

Annual Research and Evaluation Plan

1. Alignment of the annual plan with the project design, LFA, and ToC for various projects.
2. Track the project input and output as per the MERA annual plan.
3. Use checklist methods (before, during, and after plans) for each research and evaluation activity
4. Submit weekly or monthly reports on project performance and key insights and gaps.

Operational support for research and evaluation plan implementation

1. Adherence to the project-specific planner and coordination with different stakeholders for timely execution.
2. Coordinate with projects to facilitate the field data collection work undertaken by the third-party independent agency.
3. Support the monitoring team for any pilot testing or pre-testing for Edtech-based monitoring innovations.
4. Provide support in automating MERA processes and digitizing data collection systems.

Planning and execution of various impact assessments and impact evaluations

1. Co-ordination with funder and third-party agency representatives for onboarding and execution of assessment as per multi-stakeholder plan
2. Internal coordination with project teams for execution of impact evaluation as per the completion of the three-year project life cycle.

Reporting of Field Activities:

1. Monthly field visit log and report submission to manager
2. Reporting of data quality assurance and gaps identified during field visits.
3. Weekly coordination and compliance report while working with the third-party independent agencies.

Capacity building and training support for project teams

1. Organize and conduct field research data collection training and techniques for project field staff.
2. Participate in project trainings/orientations/MIS/data review to strengthen the research and evaluation design.
3. Training of the project data team on the standards of research and evaluation processes.

Ohers:

1. Contractual agreement or MoU processing with third-party agencies
2. Financial management as per the milestone-based financing of research and evaluation projects.

Educational Qualification

Essential: Masters in Social Science/Social Work/Statistics/ Demography

Desirable: Degree or Diploma in Research and Evaluation: Theory and Practices

Formal training in Monitoring & Evaluation or data management is an advantage.

Technical Skills

• Application evaluation theory and practices focused on any thematic
• Secondary data crunch and analysis
• Proficiency in field data collection in different settings
• Data management skills
• Third-party agency coordination
• Basic data analysis skills either in SPSS, STATA, or SAS
• Knowledge of data visualization tools (Power BI, Tableau, or Google Data Studio) is an added advantage.

Job Specifications:

Nature of job Permanent Location Mumbai HO Working hours 08:00 AM to 4:00 PM or 9:00 AM-5:00 PM or 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM Travelling requirements Travel to project locations in and around Mumbai, Gujarat, and Goa for primary data collection and beneficiary interaction (approximately 30-40% time).

HR Vartika Nanda - 7977011264

Required Skills

• STATA
• SAS
• Google data studio
• SPSS