IT Manager, Monitoring & Evaluation

incubating innovations and sustainable models for livelihoods promotion of the poor. ACCESS has operations spread in 11 states, implementing large and niche programs both in the farm and the non-farm sector, supporting about 390,000 poor families. While ACCESS is focused mostly in rural areas, it has a few innovative programs in urban locations as well. The target groups that ACCESS supports are small and marginal farmers, scheduled castes and scheduled tribes, minority communities; with a special focus on women s economic empowerment. While ACCESS has a full time staff of over eighty professionals, there is a large contracted cadre of over 250 that supports programs on the ground. ACCESS is an equal opportunities organization, with an open culture, and allowing for professional growth.

ACCESS lays emphasis on programme monitoring & evaluation, through input, output, outcome, and

impact tracking, of project interventions and building a strong knowledge management practice for

internal learning and external dissemination. We are seeking applications for the position of a IT (Information Tech)-Manager for Monitoring & Evaluation, who will look after the M&E system for the organization.

JOB SUMMARY:

Understand and set up IT related requirements of the M&E system of ACCESS to its server

Coordinate with IT vendor to: a. Customize, implement and manage the M&E software to accommodate diverse

ACCESS projects as well as develop respective procedures. b. Develop the outputs of the M&E system on multiple delivery platforms, such as

mobile vs. desktop, and optimizing output to match the specific platform c. Fix problems that may arise or catering to the needs of software related issues of

the M&E system d. Do regular system health checkup to detect bugs, ensure security of data and

Regular maintenance and upkeep of the IT system for Monitoring & Evaluation purposes

Get involved in the planning process while developing LFA for the projects; understand the output/ outcome indicators and parameters for each project

Coordinate with programs teams for setting up and onboarding of projects on the IT system for Monitoring & Evaluation purposes

PERSON SPECIFICATION

MCA / Post Graduate preferably in Information Technology or similar/ relevant subjects

Total job experience of at least 6 years in relevant IT based M&E systems

JOB DESCRIPTION

ACCESS Development Services is a national livelihoods promotion organization with focus on

SKILLS & COMPETENCIES:

Experience in software development and management especially good understanding of

software- based M&E system and processes

Basic understanding of monitoring and evaluation; indicators and parameters

Strong problem-solving skills

Good understanding of server-side templating languages

Basic understanding of front-end technologies, such as HTML5 and CSS3

Proficient understanding of code versioning tools, such as Git

Knowledge of Mongo DB & My SQL, preferred

Knowledge of AWS/GCP Managed service, preferred

Salary range in this position is commensurate to industry standards and will be determined based upon the experiences and fixed as per the HR policies of the organization.