DIRECTOR RESEARCH, MONITORING & EVALUATION INDIA APRIL 2022
About Room to Read Private Sector Brain, Nonprofit Heart We’re people from around the world, from diverse industries, who are passionate about education. Taking best practices from our diverse disciplines, we live our values by improving lives. We’re personally invested in the nations where we work; from places like Tanzania and South Africa to Bangladesh and Cambodia, 87% of us are from the countries where we work.
Efficient Financially, Effective Globally We’re people from around the world, from diverse industries, who are passionate about education. Taking best practices from our diverse disciplines, we live our values by improving lives.
We’re personally invested in the nations where we work; from places like Tanzania and South Africa to Bangladesh and Cambodia, 87% of us are from the countries where we work.
Best In Class We’re people from around the world, from diverse industries, who are passionate about education. Taking best practices from our diverse disciplines, we live our values by improving lives. We’re personally invested in the nations where we work; from places like Tanzania and South Africa to Bangladesh and Cambodia, 87% of us are from the countries where we work.
Learn more at www.roomtoread.org.
Room to Read believes that World Change Starts with Educated Children. We envision a world where children can pursue
Room to Read collaborates with local
a quality education that prepares them to be fulfilled and make positive change — in their families, communities and the world.
communities, partner organizations and governments to test and implement innovative models that can be integrated into the education system to deliver positive outcomes for children at scale.
Founded in 2000, Room to Read is achieving this goal by providing support during the two most critical time periods in a child’s education: primary school for literacy acquisition and secondary school for girls’ education. Our Literacy Program trains and coaches teachers, creates quality books and curricular materials and establishes libraries filled with diverse children’s books in local languages that can be enjoyed at school or home.
Room to Read India Room to Read India is the organizations largest country program, operating in 12 states.
To date, Room to Read has reached 23 million children in over 48,000 communities across Bangladesh, Cambodia, Grenada, Honduras, India, Indonesia, Jordan, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Tanzania, Uganda, United States, Vietnam and Zambia, and plans to benefit 40 million children by 2025.
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The Role Role:
Director, Research, Monitoring & Evaluation
Location:
New Delhi, India - with frequent travel to all areas where Room to Read operate in the country and occasional international travel for representation and conferences
Salary:
Competitive
The Director Research, Monitoring & Evaluation (RM&E) is a new position being created to build, strengthen, and implement Room to Read India’s Research portfolio. They provide guidance and expertise to program teams on designing, implementing and managing our Monitoring and Evaluation system for all programs including the literacy pilot program, and support in planning, reporting, improving programs’ quality, allocation of resources through provision
of observation and reflection from past experiences. They will report directly to the Country Director and regularly interact with program staff and contribute as a member of Country Management Team to strategic decision-making. They will coordinate with the Global Office on GSD&GI data.
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Responsibilities Research Portfolio • Design, build, strengthen and execute the Research portfolio of the organization in collaboration with the program teams • Leverage strategic partnerships with academic and other non-profit research organizations • Develop standardized research methodology and data-management and build organizational expertise • Communicate research findings to broad stakeholder network tailored to their needs • Represent and promote Room to Read in different forums
Monitoring and Evaluation Portfolio • Design, implement and analyze monitoring and facilitate evaluation activities on global, regional and country level
• Lead on developing, implementing, monitoring and reporting on the M&E Annual Plan for RtR India • Support, guide and oversee all monitoring and evaluation efforts of Room to Read in India • Increase staff awareness and knowledge on tools and reliable data/information generation • Compile best practices and lesson learned, to be shared across the organization • Provide information for donor reporting requirements as requested by Global Office • Conduct regular site visits to active project • Network M&E staff throughout the organization for collaboration and knowledge sharing
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Candidate profile Qualifications:
The successful candidate
• Master’s degree in Education, Social Sciences, Economics • PhD is an advantage
• Passion for our mission • Good knowledge and understanding of education issues, including community involvement • A strong desire to impact a growing, dynamic nonprofit organization • An autonomous self starter • A proactive and innovative thinker with a sound judgement. • Have a very high level of personal and professional integrity and trustworthiness • Embrace diversity and collaboration • Thrive in a fast-paced and fun environment • Ability to travel frequently to states throughout India • Strong verbal and written communication skills in English and Hindi • Prior experience living and/or working in rural areas
Minimum Professional Experience: • Twelve years of professional experience in relevant field and sector
Required Competencies: • Robust knowledge of RM&E, including frameworks, research and evaluation strategies, measurement approaches, and the existing evidence base • Extensive experience leading the design and implementation of an array of research and evaluation projects in India, ideally with a focus on literacy programming • Strong technical competence in research and monitoring and evaluation methods • Strong quantitative and qualitative analysis skills, with proven ability to work with data software packages such as SPSS, SAS and Stata, including data entry and analysis • Strong operational management ability • Strong analytical skills
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How to Apply All correspondence, at this stage, should be via Oxford HR. To apply for this post, click on the “Apply” button on the job advert page, complete our online application form, and submit your CV and cover letter as two different documents, which should be prepared before applying as they will be considered in the application process. The cover letter should be no more than two pages long and explain why you are interested in this post and how your skills and experience make you a good fit. The documents should be saved in MS Word in the following format: Your First Name-Your Last Name-Document Name-Date (mmyyyy) e.g., Malika-Cook-CV-042022-R2R.
Timeline Closing Date 1st June 2022
About Oxford HR Equality Statement Room to Read is proud to be an equal opportunity employer committed to identifying and developing the skills and leadership of people from diverse backgrounds. Staff are expected to work collectively and individually to promote a constructive and sensitive approach to others from a variety of backgrounds, where the work of others is valued and respected.
Selection Process All candidates will receive an update regarding their application after the closing date. We advise candidates to add the role email to their safe senders list and regularly check their spam folder.
Queries If you have any queries on any aspect of the appointment process, need additional information, or would like to have an informal discussion, please email at room-to-read-india@ oxfordhr.co.uk in the first instance.
First stage interviews week starting 6 June 2022 Final interviews TBC
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