Job Description
Job title: Manager MERL
Department: Program Quality & Impact
Reporting to: Director Programs
Based in location: Delhi
Reporting To: upto 50% of time
Travel Requirement:D
Level of Contact with Children: 2 – Occasional & sporadic contact with Children
The position holder shall be responsible to adhere & work within the ambit of Plan India’s Safeguarding Policy & Gender Equality Policies.
About Plan India
Plan International (India Chapter), is an Indian registered not-for-profit organisation that is constantly striving to advance welfare and development for children and equality for all girls and women in India. Through its grassroots social development work, Plan India seeks to create lasting impact in the lives of poor and vulnerable children, their families and communities, by gender transformative child-centered community development.
Since 1996, Plan India has improved the lives of millions of children and young people by enabling them to access and benefit from the safety nets and schemes of the government for child protection, quality education and healthcare services, healthy environment, livelihood opportunities and participation in community development. To know more about Plan India, visit www.planindia.org
Plan India initiated its programs in India in 1979. It began its services in need-based and welfare approach only with sponsored children and their families till 1994. Between 1995 to 2003, Plan India began the Integrated Community Development approach to benefit many children beyond the sponsored children. During this period, the programs were designed for individual and community development. In 1996, Plan India was registered as a National Organization. It has engaged in a big way in the humanitarian sector by responding to the Asian Tsunami in 2005-2006 and released its first report on “State of the Girl Child in India”. From 2005, the Child Centered Community Development approach was practiced by Plan India which put children at the center of all our actions and decision-making processes. This has since continued with Plan India incorporating a gender transformative approach to all its programs.
SUMMARY OF THE ROLE
The position is responsible for leading all MERL related activities at regional level and provide necessary support in evaluation and research studies, documenting and finalizing research reports, disseminating research results, providing technical inputs and guidance to other teams based on research results and fulfilling research-based data requirements of other teams.
ROLES & RESPONSIBILITIES
- The Consultant – MERL would work closely with the national MERL Team
- The work of the candidate will include, but not be limited to, the following tasks and responsibilities
PRIMARY DATA
- S/he will be responsible in operationalising the MIS/ PMERL at the field level.
- S/he would, in particular, play a major role in collation and consolidation of data from different plan programmes/ projects to provide the same to organisational dashboard for ease access.
- S/he will be responsible for analysing the quantitative and qualitative data on monthly basis and share the same with the programme team.
- Ensure gender and social inclusion related analysis in all the research and evaluation activities
- Review Plan India’s PMERL on a regular basis and ensure the data points are completely and correctly entered by the frontline staff as per the prescribed norms and standards
- Provide support for assessing project impacts commissioned in consultation with MERL team
- Develop survey tools using digital platforms and build capacity of the programme team to use the same.
- Provide support to teams with primary and secondary data for writing proposals and reports as required
- Build capacity of the programme team in implementing M&E activities in the project
- Visit field operation areas to collect information on project activities, surveys and interviewing project beneficiaries, as and when required.
Secondary Data
- Collect data and other public policy and program information from various government institutions, including central
- Maintain up-to-date and accurate databases of aggregate and disaggregated national and subnational information and ensure that they are readily searchable and accessible by other team members
- Engage with counterparts at the technical level, including working with them to jointly produce analyses and supporting programs aimed at building their capacity in analyses
- Conduct quantitative and qualitative desk research and analyses on datasets under limited supervision
Knowledge Management
- Prepare reports, presentations, written briefs and policy notes, and draft technical sections of reports based on the above analyses under limited supervision;
- S/he may also be required to work on other programme pillars as required.
- Support the programme team in developing abstracts and presentation papers for conferences with regard to data and statistical inferences.
ELIGIBILITY
- Education:Master’sDegree in Statistics, Demography or anyother relevant social science disciplines.
- 7+ years of relevant experience
SKILL SET
- 7+ years of monitoring, research and evaluation, experience in public health, education, childrights and
childcentred programs - Experience in conducting quantitative and qualitative researcheswithfamiliarity in the researchmethods.
- Experience in designing the data entry formats for survey instruments, data collection tools, as well as
training and managingdecentralized teams. - Demonstratedability in quantitative and qualitative data analysis and report writing
- Ability to perform data modelling and projections, synthesize quantitative data using a variety of software
packages (SPSS or equivalentstatistical package, Excel) - Demonstratedability to design and executedashboardsusingexcel, access and online platforms.
- Ability to presentanalysisusingpresentation (PowerPoint) or othersimilar applications.
- Experience in large-scalefunded programs and donorreporting as well as using data for program decision-making
and improvement - Exceptionalwritten and verbal communication skills
- Ability to travel to field locations frequently and collaborate with and the colleagues remotely
COMPENSATION AND EMPLOYMENT
Plan is an equal opportunity employer and qualified women candidates are encouraged to apply. Our policies and procedures reflect our commitment to child rights and child protection.
HOW TO APPLY?
Please send us your updated resume along with a suitability note (Single Word document only) at planindiacareers@planindia.org. Please mention “Manager MERL”in the subject line.
Given the volume of applications received, only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
Last date for application is 15th July 2025