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Monitoring and Evaluation Manager

Contract: 1 Year Full Time Consultancy  (extension contingent on performance)
Location: Remote in India, Preferably in Rajasthan or Delhi 

Languages: must be fluent in English and Hindi

Salary: 12 Lakhs per annum 

Application: Please apply here by the 31st January, 2025

Travel: Program Districts (2-5x per year) 

About Ansh

Ansh, a Charity Entrepreneurship incubated charity, is dedicated to saving newborn lives by building healthcare capacity in government district hospitals in India. Our mission is to create a scalable and cost-effective model that implements Kangaroo care and other impact-focused newborn care practices such as breastfeeding counselling, monitoring of danger signs, IPC (Infection Prevention and Control) measures, counselling in best newborn care practices, and closely working with the hospital on making these services long-term and sustainable.
 

Our main intervention is Kangaroo Care, a highly cost-effective and scientifically proven intervention for saving newborn lives. Kangaroo Care has three components:

  1. Skin-to-Skin Contact: Skin-to-skin contact with the mother regulates the infant’s body temperature, reducing hypothermia

  2. Close Monitoring: Monitoring mothers and newborns for danger signs

  3. Exclusive Breastfeeding: Exclusive breastfeeding provides benefits to the infant's immune system and helps in weight gain

 

We are ending the year 2024 with 70+ on-ground full-time staff, 2 implementation partners, and 6 core team members delivering our programs in 5 hospitals—Pali District Hospital, Baran District Hospital, Dholpur District Hospital of Rajasthan, Pratapgarh District Hospital and Tonk District Hospital—with the aim to replicate and adapt this model for broader implementation in public health systems.

 

We run two KMC programs in all of our hospitals:

  1. KMC in PostNatal Care (PNC) Ward Program for Stable Low Birth Weight and Preterm Newborns

  2. Early Initiation of KMC in Special Newborn Care Unit (SNCU) Program for Unstable Low Birth Weight and Preterm Newborns

 

The main model components are:

  • Repurpose some space in the health facilities and create dedicated space for Kangaroo Care

  • Recruit health workers to act as dedicated Kangaroo Care counsellors for mothers

  • Provide training to clinicians and nurses on supporting and managing kangaroo care and other components of the program

  • Follow up with mothers after discharge to ensure continued behavioural change and monitor the newborn for any danger signs

Position Overview 

Ansh is seeking a highly motivated Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) Manager to oversee and strengthen our data-driven approach to saving newborn lives in India. This role is pivotal in ensuring the effectiveness, scalability, and quality of Ansh's evidence-based healthcare interventions in government district hospitals.

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As the M&E Manager, you will lead the design, implementation, and optimization of robust M&E systems, while managing a team of M&E Coordinators. Your work will directly contribute to the delivery of life-saving programs to newborns, by generating actionable insights and enhancing program impact.

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The role will involve working with a range of colleagues including the CEO, Program Managers and Coordinators on ground, as well as engaging with our partners and advisors (such as academics, tech partners and research institutions).

Key Responsibilities

People Management 

  • Manage and supervise a team of M&E Coordinators on the field, providing guidance, support, and oversight to ensure high-quality M&E work.

  • Recruit, train, and onboard new M&E Coordinators, ensuring they have the necessary skills and knowledge to perform their duties effectively.

  • Foster a culture of teamwork, collaboration, and continuous learning within the M&E team, promoting open communication, and encouraging innovation and creativity.

  • Address conflicts, resolve issues, and provide support to M&E Coordinators as needed, ensuring a positive and productive work environment.

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Data Management and Analysis 

  • Designing and managing M&E tools, systems, and processes to ensure data-driven decision-making.

  • Overseeing the collection and management of program data from various sources. Ensuring data quality, accuracy, completeness, and integrity through regular audits and validation processes.

  • Using statistical software and tools to perform complex data analysis, presenting data-driven insights through dashboards and reports and providing recommendations to inform program planning and decision-making.

Why should you apply?

  • Your work will save lives.

  • You’ll get to nerd out on in-depth M&E work whilst also contributing across a range of connected areas (e.g. strategy, program delivery, operations, tech). Your work will actively feed into organizational decision-making.

  • You’ll have lots of autonomy, contributing to decisions about which areas of investigation we should prioritize, with high flexibility about how/when/where you work.

  • You’ll be part of a mission-driven, impact-focused organization with strong values, delivering programms grounded in evidence.

  • It’s a high-leverage role in a young organization. We are aiming for huge growth of our programs and impact in the coming years, so there are plenty of opportunities for outsized personal impact.

  • Benefits include 30 days’ paid holiday leave per year at full pay.

Who we're looking for

  • You’re highly motivated by the impact of the role, and this will guide your day-to-day decision-making. You want to see your work having a clear impact in the real world, not just sitting in a journal.

  • You are an experienced manager, who knows how to support your team members to allow them to excel at their individual roles. You are also good at summarizing information collected and know how to present it to others.

  • You have strong analytical and problem-solving skills with proficiency in statistical software (e.g., SPSS, R, Python), Microsoft® Office applications (including Excel and Access) and data visualization tools (e.g., Looker Studio. Tableau, Power BI).

  • You have a degree or equivalent experience in economics, development economics, public health, public policy, statistics or a related field. Ideally, you’ll have both a master’s degree and some experience working in India on health/development projects, but these are not hard requirements. We are more interested in how fast you grow than where you start from.

  • You have a strong foundation in analytical skills. These skills should include both a strong aptitude for critical thinking and an ability to analyze multiple types of data.

  • You’re interested in skeptical truth-seeking to really understand what’s going on.

  • You are high-agency - you will be proactive about exploring questions, identifying considered ways that we could make our work more impactful, and making them happen.

  • You excel at both focused, independent, self-driven work and collaborative projects requiring coordination and teamwork.

Hiring Process

If this all sounds exciting, please fill out this form to confirm your interest in the role. We will be reviewing applications on a rolling basis and progressing candidates to the next stage. The final cut-off dates for each stage beyond which we won't assess any candidates for that stage are below:​

 

Application Deadline: 31st January 2025 

Test Task 1 Deadline: Till 10th February 2025

Test Task 2 Deadline: Till 20th February 2025

Final Interviews: Till 25th February 2025

Expected Start Date: 1st March 2025

 

We are considering rolling applications, so these dates can change, and we are open to the new hire starting earlier or later than listed.

 

Don’t hesitate to apply, even if you feel you don’t meet every single criterion—we’re more than happy to tailor the role to the right individual. Meeting some of the qualifications is a great start, and we’re excited to learn about the unique strengths you’ll bring to our team!

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