Assistant Manager/Senior Officer (Monitoring)

• Job Title: Assistant Manager/Senior Officer (Monitoring) in Central Project Management Unit (CPMU)
• Location: Pune
• Travel: As per the project need

Position Overview

• This position is responsible for centrally driving strategic monitoring for
• the Catalyst program of Lend A Hand India (Catalyst program is spread in 20+ States of
• India where our State PMU teams provide strategic support to State Governments on Skill
• Education). This position will be responsible to ensure through central strategic monitoring,
• goals of the State programs are met and their qualities are improved through continuous &
• strategic monitoring.

Key Responsibilities

• Centrally Driving outcome of Catalyst (Govt Program) in 20+ States: For
• Catalyst program; driving end to end monitoring for strategic areas in co-ordination
• with 20+ State PMUs

• For Catalyst Program: Designing Monitoring framework: Indicators, Data

collection Tool, Dashboards etc development to ensure end to end central monitoring

of 20+ states on key strategic areas as per org priority

• Co-ordination with State PMUs to drive outcome of Catalyst Program: Driving

• weekly monitoring review calls; coming up with right action steps to ensure program
• quality improvement targets set for 20+ States are met by the end of the academic
• year

• Updated Central Data Repository & Insights: Ensure for identified strategic area of

• Catalyst Programs, updated data & insights from 20+ States is available with CPMU
• team on monthly basis; developing Indicator & tracker for this; collecting data & post
• analysis sharing insights with Org management

• Strong Understanding of 20+ State Program Work: Develop strong understanding

of 20+ State Program work & close co-ordination with our 20+ State PMU teams to

drive monitoring for these states centrally

• 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 with CPMU & MEL Head to manage monitoring work: Work closely with

CPMU & MEL Head (CPMU-Central PMU & MEL-Monitoring, Evaluation & Learning)

to work on strategic priority of the org in the monitoring space.

• Looking strategically at various State Program of the organization (State PMU work)

• and streamlining key areas that need to be monitored regularly by CPMU-MEL
• team, developing those monitoring frameworks and managing those continuous
• monitoring.

• Work closely with cross function teams of the org (Tech, MEL, State PMUs,

Internship, Training etc) and develop long term robust monitoring mechanism for the

org (data collection-analysis-visualization-decision making)

• Organize and lead/facilitate meetings and events with multiple senior stakeholders
• Liaison with Lend A Hand India External partners to facilitate consultation,

collaboration in MEL space as required

• Flexibility to travel within and across states
• Take up any other work & opportunity as part of CPMU-MEL team under the

guidance of Manager-CPMU & Head-CPMU-MEL team of Lend A Hand India

About Lend A Hand India

• : Lend A Hand
• India (LAHI) is a leading multi-state Think Tank/NGO working in the skill education
• sector for the last 18 years with partnership with 20+ States/UTs across India. At its core,
• Lend A Hand India strives to facilitate the "school to work" transition of 14-18 years old
• school children. Its project management teams provide Systems change support to the State
• Samagra Shiksha offices across India, in alignment with the Co-Impact (a donor
• collaborative of Gates/Rockefeller/Skoll/Nilekanis etc) vision and mission of sustainable
• change and development. Currently, 16,000+ schools and 15 lakh + students are a part of
• this program with around 200 team members working Pan-India.
• Majority of our work is in partnership with the State governments by helping the state
• governments to scale up Skill education in the state under ‘Samagra Shiksha’ scheme of
• Ministry of Education & with Central Govt & National Skilling & Education bodies to
• come out with better policy/guidelines for Skill education ecosystem to ensure easier
• adoption by State Govts.

Our Mission

Equip

School Students to Maximise Their Potential Through Skill

Education

Our Approach

Direct

• implementation in schools
• Partnership with
• central-state governments to define, and scale
• policy
• Building of Centres
• of Excellence that act as lighthouses for innovation

Resource

organisation for the skilling ecosystem

Our

• Knowledge in Action
• Through the design
• & execution of innovative models from training
• centres, innovation hubs to mobile outreach initiatives,
• LAHI’s innovative knowledge resource drives both
• grassroots learning and systemic transformation across
• India. With 250+ LAHI staff embedded in state education
• systems across 20+ states, we provide technical and
• project management support, enabling governments to translate
• policy into action.

Our Reach

• LAHI’s current
• scale of work includes -
• 20+ States and UTs

15000+ Schools

15 Lakh+ Students

250+ Team Members

What Truly Sets a

• Career at Lend A Hand India Apart –
• Work as a Systems
• Architect, not just an Implementer: You help build and
• refine the system itself, influencing policy and creating
• lasting change.

Experience the thrill

• of scale with depth: See your ideas and
• efforts replicated across thousands of schools, impacting
• millions of students in a measurable way.
• Master Complex Collaboration: Gain unparalleled
• experience navigating and synergizing the worlds of government,
• corporate CSR, and community.
• Career with a
• Tangible Legacy: Your work directly
• creates skilled professionals, confident entrepreneurs, and a
• stronger national economy.
• Investment in you: We offer competitive
• compensation, comprehensive support & robust benefits and a
• culture that actively champions your professional development
• and holistic well-being.

Requirements

Minimum Experience

• Overall experience of 5-8+ years in MEL role (Monitoring Evaluation &
• Learning) in Education, Skill Development, related field
• Experience of working on Govt. Program (education program preferable)
• Experience of driving Monitoring outcome end to end for large programs (e.g
• 1000+ schools, 1lakh+ students): Indicator Development, Data Collection; Data
• Analysis & outcome finding presentation
• Strong understanding of India’s School Education system & experience of
• working with them
• Proficient in MEL tools: Excel, Google Spreadsheet, Kobo, Power BI dashboards,
• Google studio
• People Management: Proficient in working with cross functional teams & multiple
• stakeholders
• Relevant Fellowship experience: Gandhi/TFI/MGNF etc desirable
• Experience of working with Bureaucrats and Govt. Institutions at State /Central level

(desirable)

• Proficient in communicating ideas, strategy to State & National level Senior
• Govt. officers, Senior external partners & middle management internal teams
• Strong monitoring & evaluation, people management, program management
• skill
• Excellent written & verbal communication skills in English & Hindi

Educational Background

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Education, Social Sciences, Development Studies, Management, Public Policy, Economics, Statistics, Data Analytics, or a relevant field.

• Skills & Competencies:

Monitoring, Evaluation & Learning (MEL)

Program Monitoring & Management

Data Analysis & Insights

Monitoring Framework Development

Government Program Management

Personal Attributes

Strategic & Analytical Mindset

Data-Driven & Detail-Oriented

Ownership & Accountability

Proactive & Self-Driven

Collaborative Team Player