SEWA Bharat is seeking a suitable candidate for the role of MEL Coordinator. The said person will anchor the process of continuous learning and assessment of all activities under its microentrepreneurship program for informal women workers. The job will be based out of Delhi, with travel to various project locations across the 10 states.

About SEWA Bharat

Founded by Ela Bhatt in 1972, the Self-Employed Women’s Association (SEWA) works to empower poor women in India’s informal economy by equipping them with the personal confidence, community support, and practical tools necessary to fulfill their needs and exercise their rights. With over 2 million active members across fifteen states, SEWA is a nationwide movement, as well as one of India’s largest and oldest non-profit organizations.

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Programme Description:

SEWA Bharat runs a microentrepreneurship programme that works towards building resilient women microentrepreneurs, to address the needs of women-owned collective social enterprises and women micro-entrepreneurs as part of COVID-19 preparedness and response. The COVID-19 pandemic has majorly impacted all businesses, especially women owned enterprises, who are either incurring income losses due to the recurring lockdowns, and/or are faced with the additional burden of domestic chores. With supply chains being affected, and demand dwindling, these enterprises continue to pay fixed costs like salaries and rents forcing grave losses. This programme aims to provide technical assistance to entrepreneurs to help them gain better access to markets, finance and assets.

Job Description

We are seeking a suitable candidate for the role of the MEL Coordinator, who will be responsible to anchor the process of continuous learning and assessment of all activities as well as intended impacts. The MEL Coordinator will act as the results monitoring lead of the project, documenting processes and reflecting on the lessons learned across all states. The MEL Coordinator will coordinate with, accompany and build capacity of the field teams, ensure the quality of the monitoring and data gathering on the ground as well as rapid synthesis and data management to ensure feeding this into annual and quarterly reporting as well as SEWA’s ongoing reflection about the programme. The MEL Project Coordinator will be guided by and work under the supervision of the Project Coordinator and will coordinate monitoring and reporting efforts with all State Coordinators. S/he will have to build a good understanding of the other projects in the organisation to ensure work is aligned to the overall organizational outcome.

Key Skills and Qualifications

  • Experience of theories of change based monitoring approaches, developing MEL systems, including MEL Plans, indicators, data collection tools, analysis methodologies, reporting and disseminating learning.
  • 3-5 years’ experience of MEL reporting for mid-size international donor funded projects.
  • 2-4 years’ experience of reporting on, evaluating and capturing lessons learnt from action research projects, especially in the areas of women empowerment, micro and nano-entrepreneurs, social enterprises, and gender.
  • A Masters’ degree from a recognized university is mandatory.
  • Experience in qualitative and quantitative research.
  • Good working knowledge of Microsoft excel, data management and analysis is essential.Experience of other analysis software (qualitative and quantitative) would be desirable.
  • Experience of working closely with grassroot communities, thus having a deep familiarity of their requirements is desirable.
  • Passion for bringing about real, sustainable, large-scale change for women in India’s most marginalized communities 

Location

  • Delhi (with travel to various project locations across the 10 states).
  • Joining Date Will be hired on an urgent basis.

How to Apply

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