Key responsibilities
As Director, s/he will be required to execute and provide technical support to the Senior Management on the following:
1. Monitoring of ongoing government policies and programmes with recommendations for course corrections
a. Reviewing frameworks developed for monitoring output and outcome indicators for existing and new schemes; engaging with key stakeholders including NITI Verticals, Ministries/Departments, Department of Expenditure among others for finalisation of frameworks.
b. Facilitating and driving creation and maintenance of dashboards for monitoring.
c. Monitoring the performance on MIS/dashboards; managing related data and dashboard.
d. Preparing scheme performance assessment reports based on progress data.
e. Monitoring and analysing performance of key infrastructure and social sectors, issues/challenges and preparing recommendations after discussion with key stakeholders for review at the highest levels of the Government.
f. Support the team monitoring Global Indices for reform and growth to drive reforms and growth in the country.
2. Evaluation studies of government schemes and programmes with recommendations for course corrections
a. Design, plan, drive and manage evaluations to assess the performance of Government interventions across the region/country to provide insights and recommendations to stakeholders to guide decision-making.
b. Design, plan and manage quick evaluation/research through outsource/in-house teams
c. Coordinate the procurement process for technical consultancy services for monitoring and evaluation projects; coordinate and manage deliverables from external Consultants.
3. Driving innovation and technology use for evidence generation and uptake
a. Lead and support initiatives directed at exploring and promoting research, innovation, data and use of technology by the team in the M&E domain.
b. Conducting or providing support to data quality assessments.
c. Analysis of primary and secondary data sets both qualitative and quantitative.
4. Institutional advancement and communication
a. Cultivate strategic partnerships with leading national and international organizations such as multilaterals, NGOs and academic institutions in the Social Sector.
b. Support initiatives for capacity building and other engagements within DMEO, Central & State Governments and other stakeholders for institutional learning.
c. Research and prepare policy notes, articles, reports etc for dissemination of knowledge on topics pertaining to M&E.
d. Develop primary/secondary data collection tools, SOPs, toolkits and Best Practice reports to standardize and improve M&E processes based on project experience and secondary research.
5. Other duties as assigned.Roles and Responsibilities
Keyskills: Monitoring and Evaluation MS Office Senior Management Leadership Data Collection Strategic Partnerships Communication Skills Data Quality Secondary Research Project Management Team Building STATA SPSS Capacity Building
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