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Job Description

Monitoring and Evaluation Associates

Transform Schools, The Transform Trust

Agartala, Tripura

1. POSITION VACANT: Monitoring and Evaluation Associates, Transform Schools, The Transform Trust, Agartala, Tripura, India (Two Vacancies).

 

2. ORGANISATIONAL AND PROJECT BACKGROUND:

 

The Transform Trust and its partner People For Action, are impact-focused organisations with the mission to improve learning outcomes of secondary school students in multiple states of India, via a collaborative initiative called “Transform Schools.” (Please visit www.transformschools.in, for details)

 

Mission: Improving learning outcomes for secondary school children in India.

 

Vision: Every child realises their full potential in school and life beyond.

 

To deepen the impact and scale of this initiative, Transform Trust is now embarking on an exciting journey and setting up a successful payment for outcomes and services social enterprise. The first and large-scale, management and technical support consulting effort of this new social enterprise is Dhokho Shikshak (Proficient Teacher), a three-year (extendable) initiative to support the Government of Tripura’s TRESP programme, backed by the World Bank.

 

The Trust aims to grow this arm of its work as an effective scale pathway to impact learning and life outcomes in India. It is seeking to recruit a talented and proven impact consulting leader to build this vertical, deliver its first service contract, impact learning outcomes via an effective teacher professional development programme in the state of Tripura, and grow this effort, both in Tripura and beyond.

 

By 2030, the Transform Trust and People For Action, aim to impact 20M children, reaching and supporting 25% of children in elementary and secondary government schools across India.

 

About The Project:

 

Transform Schools is providing technical support to the Tripura State Council of Educational Research and Training (SCERT) for In-service Teacher Professional Development and support within 12 aspirational blocks of Tripura under Tripura Rural Economic Growth and Service Delivery (TRESP).

 

Objective Of The Project:

 

(1) Build the capacity at SCERT and District Institute of Education and Training (DIETs)  to improve planning, implementation, and monitoring of in-service teacher professional development by developing stronger linkages with data/evidence from student learning assessments and teacher subject and pedagogical knowledge assessments.
(2) Supplement the technical and operational capacity of SCERT and DIETs to provide evidence- based support to teachers through the development and rollout of in-service professional development courses.
(3) Development of grade and subject-wise structured lesson plans and guidebooks for upper primary, secondary, and senior secondary teachers
(4) Develop communication collaterals around the teacher professional development initiatives to be rolled out under TRESP:

 

3. JOB DESCRIPTION/ RESPONSIBILITIES:

 

Reporting to the Program Manager – Monitoring and Evaluation, the Monitoring and Evaluation Associates will be responsible for monitoring & evaluation and database management for the project.

 

Key Deliverables:

(1) Develop and implement monitoring and evaluation frameworks, systems, and tools using State's and/or open-source software’s and solutions to track programme implementation, outcomes and data;
(2) Design and conduct data collection activities, including surveys, interviews, focus groups, and observations, to gather relevant data for monitoring and evaluation purposes;
(3) Support finalisation of Student Learning Achievement Surveys (SLAS) Tool for classes 6-12 for subjects and plan for assessment, monitoring, data collection and analysis;
(4) Support the desk research and stakeholder consultations (along with SCERT staff & Learning Assessments technical partner agency) completed to understand the performance of students of classes 6-12 in NAS, Board and State assessments;
(5) Support the development of tools for diagnostic capacity review of SCERT and DIETs;
(6) Support the collaboration with TRESP's Learning Assessment technical agency for finalisation of the Teacher Subject and Pedagogical Knowledge Assessment (TKSA) Tool and plan for assessment, monitoring, data collection and analysis;
(7) Support and conduct the analysis of pre-post, Quality Assurance (QA) and other assessments.

 

4. QUALIFICATIONS, EXPERIENCE AND COMPETENCIES:

 

Qualifications and Experience:

(1) Graduate or equivalent in economics/ public policy/ statistics or related discipline;

(2) Minimum two years of experience in concurrent monitoring and periodic evaluation of large-scale education sector interventions.

 

Skills and Competencies:

(1) Preference will be given to candidates who have proficiency in Bangla, Kokbarok, or other dialects of Tripura;
(2) Ability to articulate and present data in a clear, simplified, and concise manner;
(3) Strong analytical skills with experience in quantitative and qualitative data analysis;

(4) Ability to effectively communicate with diverse stakeholders, including teachers, administrators, and community members.

 

5. COMPENSATION OFFERED:

 

The consolidated remuneration for the position is Rs. 4.25 lacs per annum and will commensurate with the experience and salary history of the candidate.

 

6. DURATION OF CONTRACT:

 

The contract for the Monitoring and Evaluation Associates position shall be for 11 months including a three-month probationary period. Following the successful completion of the probationary period, the contract will continue for the remaining period of 11 months and at the end of contract period, it will be renewed for another 11 months subject to satisfactory performance evaluations and mutual agreement between the employee and Transform Schools.

 

7. LOCATION: Agartala, Tripura, India

 

8. REFERENCE: MEA-TS-PFA

 

9. CONTACT INFORMATION:

 

Team SAMS

Strategic Alliance Management Services P Ltd.

1/1B, Choudhary Hetram House, Bharat Nagar

New Friends Colony, New Delhi 110 025

Phone Nos.: 011- 4081 9900; 4165 3612

 

10. APPLICATION PROCESS:

 

Eligible candidates interested in the position, are requested to apply using the link: https://bit.ly/MEA-TS-PFA at the earliest.

 

Due to the urgency of filling the positions, we have initiated interviews with qualified candidates even before the application deadline. Interested candidates are urged to apply at the earliest.

 

Transform Schools, The Transform Trust is an equal opportunity provider and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion (creed), gender, gender expression, age, national origin (ancestry), disability and/or marital status.