MIS Officer

Job Title: MIS Executive, WOTR

Location: Manendragarh, Chhattisgarh

Who we are: WOTR (Watershed Organisation Trust) emerged from the Indo-German Watershed Development Programme (IGWDP) in 1993, where we pioneered the large-scale mobilisation of communities to regenerate the landscapes they live in and harvest the rain that falls on them (also called watershed development). Today, WOTR is working across 8 states of India and has touched over 8 million lives in the last 32 years, and is a globally recognised non-profit and think tank that addresses the whole rural ecosystem as a cohesive entity, through landscape, watershed and natural resources management, ecology and biodiversity conservation, water resources management, climate resilient agriculture, livelihood diversification, women's empowerment, nutrition, health, drinking water and sanitation. Further information at: www.wotr.org

The opportunity:

The Management Information System Executive will be responsible for the following duties and responsibilities:

Management information System:

• Support the development of a comprehensive MIS system in consultation with project teams and regional office members.
• Develop and/or revise the project related data collection methodologies to suit the appropriate project objectives and organisational goals.
• Support, train and guide the project team members in data collection methodologies, so that accurate and reliable data is collected.
• Support in compiling baseline data for each project component and for all project indicators.

Data management and reporting:

• Support the development of an automated and interoperable information management system and dashboard to enable the translation of raw data into an interactive visual platform to track real-time progress and inform decision making.
• Regularly collect data on targets of each agreed indicator in consultation with donors, to measure achievement against performance indicators at all levels.
• Ensure validity, reliability, precision, integrity, and timeliness of information through quality checks and implementation of corrective actions to improve data quality and accountability of project team including technical assistants.
• Maintain and update the MIS platform to ensure that M&E data are readily available.
• Compile and analyse data to support the Regional Manager in the preparation of monthly, quarterly, and annual reports as well as ad hoc updates which provide comprehensive insight to the progress, constraints, gaps, and lessons of the project both to internal and external stakeholders.
• Support the regional manager in preparing briefing materials on project performance and status, as required.

Analysis /research:

• Support the project management team in coordinating and/or conducting thematic assessments.
• Regularly track and analyse progress, challenges, gaps, and lessons learned through implementation.

Other:

• The role involves visit to project site in rural areas and travel will be 50-60 percent of the total monthly duration.
• Other duties that may be assigned by the Regional Manager within the scope of the role.

Apply if you have:

• Bachelor's Degree in Statistics, Computer science, Agriculture Economics/Economics, Development Studies, Rural Development, or Post graduate diploma in Development Management. B. Work Experience
• At least 2 years experience in the design, development and/or implementation of data collection process in the Development sector
• A minimum of 1 year of experience setting up and maintaining information and data management platforms is required.
• Experience using statistical packages such as Ms-Excel, Google sheets and Looker studio. C. Languages
• It is expected that the candidate is well conversant with Hindi and English in writing and speaking ability.

To Apply: Write to [HIDDEN TEXT] with an updated CV with subject line Re:MIS Executive-Manendragarh, Chhattisgarh and fill the following form: https://forms.gle/82MbCdaubDeUEWuS9