Senior Research Officer - Delhi/NCR
- Development Monitoring
- 5 - 9 years
- Delhi, NCR
- 4 years ago
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Job Description
Key responsibilities
The SRO/RO will work on Monitoring and Evaluation projects undertaken by DMEO across various sectors and schemes of Ministries/Departments of Government of India in addition to other related activities. S/he will be responsible for:
1. Monitoring of ongoing government policies and programmes with recommendations for course corrections
a. Serving as DMEO nodal officer for assigned sector and schemes, including relevant NITI Verticals, Central/State Ministries/Departments among others, for finalisation of frameworks and regular updating of data on the DMEO dashboards. This would also involve assisting the stakeholders and addressing their technical requests related to various DMEOs initiatives dashboards, reports etc
b. Reviewing existing frameworks as well as developing new frameworks for monitoring output and outcome indicators for existing and new schemes.
c. Monitoring the indicators and performance of assigned schemes and sectors on the DMEO dashboards to ensure relevance of indicators and timely updating of data (targets and progress)
d. Preparing of high-quality analytical reports and presentations viz. sectoral performance notes, compliance notes, rationalization notes, reports based on the program monitoring etc.
e. Support DMEO help government drive reforms and growth, among others, by using selected global indices.
2. Conducting evaluation of government schemes and programmes (30%)
a. Designing and implementing various evaluation studies undertaken by DMEO, covering aspects such as literature review, stakeholder mapping, research design, sampling framework, survey tools, data collection activities at field level, data quality assessment, data analysis and report writing.
b. Providing process support for the procurement of external consultants, including drafting the Terms of Reference and Request for Proposal, bid evaluation, consultant finalization and agreement execution.
c. Support DMEO in ensure high quality evaluation studies delivered by consultant firms by quality at entry, concurrent review of consultant outputs, providing timely feedback to the consultants, among others.
3. Data analysis and knowledge documentation
a. Conducting secondary data analysis on existing large data-sets using statistical tools such as R, SPSS, and Stata.
b. Supporting the senior staff with knowledge management and institutional strengthening by contributing to process documentation (SOPs, Toolkits, Best Practices), innovations in M&E, capacity building activities, social media outreach and other on-going DMEO activities.
c. Research and prepare policy notes, articles, reports etc for dissemination of knowledge on topics pertaining to M&E.
4. Providing support to DMEOs external engagements
a. including but not limited to key officials from Ministry/Dept of Government of India or the State Government, International development organizations, NGOs, academia, research institutes etc.
b. Collaboration and coordination with concerned divisions of NITI Aayog.
5. Other duties as assigned.
Core Competencies
1. Strong data collection and analysis skills, with experience of using statistical tools such as R, Stata and SPSS.
2. Working knowledge of MS Office, particularly Word and PowerPoint, MS Excel.
3. Proactive with go-getter attitude
4. Excellent people and team skills
5. Ability to ability to produce quality work under limited guidance and supervision
6. Commitment and willingness to work in a challenging environment
7. Good communication and presentation skills
8. Multitasking skills and commitment for excellence
Job Classification
Industry: Government, DefenceFunctional Area: Other,
Role Category: Other
Role: Other
Employement Type: Contract
Education
Under Graduation: B.Tech/B.E. in Any Specialization, MBBS in Any SpecializationPost Graduation: MBA/PGDM in Any Specialization, Any Postgraduate in Any Specialization, M.Tech in Any Specialization
Doctorate: Ph.D in Any Specialization
Contact Details:
Company: NITI aayogAddress: NITI Aayog, Sansad Marg, New Delhi- 110001
Location(s): Delhi, NCR
Keyskills: Monitoring and Evaluation Research MS Office Leadership Data Collection Strategic Partnerships Communication Skills Data Quality R Secondary Research Project Management Team Building STATA Data Analysis SPSS Capacity Building
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