State MME Associate – Maharashtra

Pratham; Kamrup Metropolitan; On-site; INR 600,000 - 900,000; Full time

Job summary

Pratham Education Foundation in Assam seeks a self-driven State MME Associate to strengthen and manage the measurement, monitoring, and evaluation (MME) processes for our programs in Assam. The selected candidate will be based in Guwahati, with base location possibly changed based on organisational needs.

You will help design data collection tools, train field teams, conduct field visits, ensure timely data entry and analysis, and share insights with state and central teams to inform program

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in any relevant discipline; outstanding candidates considered.
• Fluent written and spoken English and/or Hindi; Assamese proficiency preferred.
• Willingness to travel and work with data-driven project teams.

Responsibilities

• Assist with creation of Right Data Collection, Data Management and Dissemination systems.
• Plan and train implementation teams on data formats and tools (Android apps, data entry).
• Conduct field visits to monitor program implementation and provide real-time feedback.
• Ensure accurate, timely data collection, entry, and verification.
• Support data analysis, reporting, and dissemination to state and central teams.
• Build state team capacity to make data-driven decisions.
• Support internal pilots, surveys and evaluations across geographies.

Skills

English language

Hindi language

Assamese language

Education

Bachelor’s degree in any relevant discipline

Tools

MS Office

Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

Pratham Education Foundation (Pratham) is one of the largest education NGOs in India with a record of innovative, rigorously evaluated programs that have inspired similar programs across three continents. With a history spanning 30 years, Pratham’s work today extends from programs for early and elementary years to girls and women, and youth skilling. Through programs covering 24 states and union territories, in an average year, Pratham usually reaches over 7 million children and youth. This is achieved through a combination of efforts: directly working with children and youth in communities, as well as through collaborations with state and district-level governments.

Pratham has received notable awards such as the Lui Che Woo Prize, WISE Prize for Innovation, Skoll Award for Social Entrepreneurship, the Henry R Kravis Prize in Leadership and the CNN-IBN Indian of the Year for Public Service. Pratham also received the 2021 Yidan Prize for Education Development and the Yashraj Bharati Samman in 2025.

Right from inception, Pratham has been very proactive in using data to make decisions. Our own ability to measure, assess and evaluate has grown over time. At the same time, we have invited collaborations with researchers so that rigorous methods can be used to understand the effectiveness of our programs. Our two-decade long relationship with MIT’s Abdul Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL) is testament to this commitment. Most of Pratham programs are large-scale programs. To effectively use data to guide programs we need to make sure that data collection is “do-able” and that data can be understood by all.

Hence, the M easurement, M onitoring, and E valuation (MME) team at Pratham was established in 2013 to coordinate, standardise and streamline data collection, analyse data, and establish reporting structures for Pratham’s flagship “Read India” program. A major objective of the team was to support data and evidence-based decision making at all levels of the organisation – from the instructor in the field to the leadership at state or national level. Since then, the team has grown substantially in size but moreover in scope and now are integrally involved in most programs in 22 states which fall within Pratham’s education portfolio.

We are looking for a self-driven State MME Associate to strengthen and manage the measurement, monitoring, and evaluation (MME) processes for our programs in Assam. The selected candidate will be based in Guwahati. However, the base location may be changed based on organisational and programmatic requirements.

Key Responsibilities

The primary set of roles and responsibilities of a State MME Associate have been detailed below:

• Assisting with creation of Right Data Collection, Data Management, Dissemination, Monitoring & Feedback systems for the program.
• Plan and train the Implementation team on formats and other data collection tools like Android apps and online & offline data entry systems.
• Field visits to monitor the program implementation process and to support the field team in implementation.
• Giving proactive real time feedback to the implementation team on various program and data collection issues based on regular monitoring of processes of the program.
• Ensure accurate, timely data collection, timely data entry and verification.
• Assisting with the analysis and reporting of the data collected.
• Understand data and disseminate the same to the state and central teams.
• Capability Building of State team members to make data driven decisions.
• Support on various internal pilots/ survey and evaluations across geographies.

Qualification and skills required

While a State MME Associate will undergo multiple rounds of capacity building exercises at Pratham and MME, it is important for the candidates to have the skills mentioned below:

• Should be interested in the social sector, willing to take initiative and drive a program forward with data based evidence.
• At least Bachelor’s Degree in any relevant discipline (but any outstanding candidate who does not have the adequate qualifications can also be considered).
• At least 2 years of field experience in Pratham or ASER but freshers having adequate knowledge and skill will be considered.
• Comfortable with MS-Office- Word, Excel and Powerpoint; especially strong in MS- Excel and spreadsheet.
• Good Communication skills- written and oral.
• Strong analytical skill and ability to share qualitative feedback.
• Planning and time management.
• Willingness to travel to different locations.
• Willingness to interact with different stakeholders in a program and give feedback to them accordingly.
• Fluency in written and spoken English and/or Hindi is required. Proficiency in Assamese (both spoken and written) is highly preferred

More about the benefits

Over the past we have seen that work in the MME team usually pushes the associates to enhance their excel, communication, presentation and evaluation skills which help them personally and professionally going ahead.