Assistant / Deputy Manager (Monitoring) Government Partnerships

Reports to:Head (Central Project Management Unit).
(Central Project Management Unit works with State Project Management Units).
This position is responsible for centrally driving strategic monitoring for the Catalyst program of Lend A Hand India and working towards central & strategic monitoring goals of the State programs to meet with quality..
(Catalyst program is spread in 20+ States of India where our State PMU teams provide strategic support to State Governments on Skill Education)..
Responsibilities.
Looking strategically at various State Program of the organization (State PMU work) and streamlining key areas that need to be regularly monitored by Central PMU team, developing those monitoring frameworks and managing those continuous monitoring.
Drive org level project monitoring in 20+ States and ensuring goals of the State programs are met and their qualities are improved through continuous & strategic monitoring.
Work closely with Tech, Monitoring & Evaluation team & other central program teams of the Organization and develop long term robust monitoring mechanism for the org (data collection-analysis-visualization-decision-making).
Develop in-depth understanding of various programs of the org to develop robust monitoring framework.
Strategically leading/ guiding State PMU team across multiple states working with State Governments.
in effective monitoring of Skill education.
Work with the cutting edge dedicated program team of Lend A Hand India to provide central monitoring guidance (Tech team, Monitoring & Evaluation Team.).
Organize and lead/facilitate meetings and events with multiple senior stakeholders..
Liaison with Lend A Hand India External partners to facilitate consultation, collaboration as required.
Flexibility to travel within and across states.
Requirements.
Experience & Skills required:.
Overall experience of 5-10+ years (Monitoring Evaluation & Learning-MEL) in Development Sector (Education, Gender, Livelihood etc).
Experience of leading team as Monitoring & Evaluation Manager/ Data Manager.
Expertise & experience in Driving data based decision-making for the Org:Dashboard end to end management (Excel, Google Sheet, Data Studio, Power BI based dashboards).
Knowledge of Development sector program in MEL capacityEducation, Gender, Livelihood etc.
Working with Data using regular tools especially ExcelAnalytics, driving data based decision-making, database management; knowledge of other tools such as Data Studio, Kobo, Power BI is plus (required).
Interest & Experience in working with people -Stakeholder management -External & Internal (required).
Proficient in communicating ideas, strategy to State & National level Senior Government officers, Senior external partners & middle management internal teams.
Experience of working with multiple teams in Senior/Middle management roles.
Strong monitoring & evaluation, people management, program management skills.
Excellent written & verbal communication skills in English & Hindi.
Advance skill in Microsoft & Google tools for analytics & documentation works including Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Google Forms etc..
Adept in managing large databases.