Senior Executive - Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability

Senior Executive - Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability, and Learning (MEAL)

Location: Bangalore, Karnataka, India

Job Summary

Strategic MEAL System Architecture & Leadership.

Responsibilities

• Framework Design: Design and lead the implementation of multi-sectoral, organization-wide MEAL strategies, log-frames, and Theory of Change (ToC) models.
• Goonjan Enterprise Stewardship: Drive the strategic deployment and architectural customization of Goonjans MIS modules (Beneficiary Tracking, Services Management, and Impact Measurement) across diverse projects.
• Impact Evaluations & Research
  • Evaluation Execution: Oversee end-to-end execution of large-scale, methodologically rigorous research and evaluation projects (baselines, midlines, and endlines).
  • Validation Frameworks: Develop advanced quantitative and qualitative validation frameworks to evaluate long-term community development indicators.
  • Data Quality Governance: Serve as the primary custodian of Data Quality Assessments (DQA), establishing strict validation parameters to ensure database integrity.
• Data Analytics & Stakeholder Reporting
  • Executive Dashboards: Convert complex field data into high-level analytical dashboards on Goonjan to serve strategic requirements for the CEO, Board of Directors and donors.
  • Compliance & Impact Reporting: Author comprehensive, evidence-based impact reports mapping programmatic achievements against national and international compliance benchmarks.
• Accountability & Institutional Learning
  • Community Feedback Systems: Institutionalize a robust, technology-driven Community Feedback and Response Mechanism (CFRM) to enforce organizational transparency.
  • Learning Symposia: Design and facilitate periodic learning symposia for senior leadership to convert raw project data into actionable program iterations.
• Team Management
  • Cross-Functional Team Leadership: Lead, mentor, and line-manage a multi-disciplinary team comprising project-level MEAL Single Points of Contact (SPOCs) and technical MIS SPOCs across all thematic project locations.
  • Consultant & Subject-Matter Governance: Direct and manage external consultants, research agencies, and subject-matter experts hired for specialized impact evaluations, baseline/endline studies, and third-party data audits.
  • Capacity Building & Technical Guidance: Conduct routine technical supervision, set performance KPIs, and build data literacy and system-adoption capacity among MEAL/MIS SPOCs to ensure standardized reporting and software utilization.

Requirements

• Education: Masters degree in Statistics, Economics, Public Policy, Social Work, or a related analytical discipline.
• Experience: Minimum 8+ years of relevant experience in MEAL framework design, data governance, and large-scale program evaluation.
• Language Proficiency:
  • Kannada: Proficient (Mandatory for field leadership, stakeholder engagement, and community communication).
  • Marathi: Working knowledge is an asset.
• Technical Stack:
  • Expert-level understanding of Goonjan (or deep expertise transitioning an enterprise from legacy systems to Goonjan/custom MIS).
  • Proficiency in advanced analytics software (SPSS, Stata, or R) and BI visualization suites (Power BI or Tableau).

Job Type

Full time

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