About Pratham
Pratham was founded in 1995, to provide pre-school education to children in Mumbai slums. Over the last 30 years, Pratham has grown to be one of the largest non-profit organizations working to provide quality education to children and youth in over 25 states and union territories across the country, through a range of interventions.
Pratham is a widely recognized organization, having received notable awards such as the Yidan Prize, Lui Che Woo Prize, WISE Prize for Innovation, Skoll Award for Social Entrepreneurship, the Henry R Kravis Prize in Leadership, and the CNN-IBN Indian of the Year for Public Service. For more details, refer to www.pratham.org
About the Early Years
Pratham Early Years team has decades of experience working with community partners and state governments to develop and deliver solutions targeting holistic development of children of age group 3 to 8 (i.e., children across preschool and grades 1-2). In the past few years, Pratham has also started working in the birth to 3 age group. Solutions include designing curriculum and material, training government and community resource groups, supporting on-site monitoring, providing measurement support and, most importantly, assisting state governments with evidence-based decision making for policy and practices. A key aspect of Pratham early years programs is mother and community engagement, which is done through the formation of mothers’ groups and weekly engagement with them thereafter, periodic school readiness melas, and upskilling for community volunteers.
About Team
Measurement, Monitoring, and Evaluation (MME) team at Pratham was established in 2013 to coordinate, standardize and streamline data collection, analyze data and establish reporting structures for Pratham’s flagship “Read India” program. A major objective of the team was to support data and evidence-based decision making at all levels of the organization – from the instructor in the field to the leadership at state or national level. Since then, the team has grown substantially in size but moreover in scope and now are integrally involved in most programs in 25 states which fall within Pratham’s education portfolio.
We are looking for a self-driven State MME Associate to strengthen and manage our measurement and monitoring processes in the state.
Position Summary:
The primary set of roles and responsibilities of a State MME Associate have been detailed below:
- Assisting with creation of Right Data Collection, Data Management, Dissemination, Monitoring & Feedback systems for the program.
- Plan and train the Implementation team on formats and other data collection tools like Android apps and online & offline data entry systems.
- Field visits to monitor the program implementation process and to support the field team in
- Giving proactive real time feedback to the implementation team on various program and data collection issues based on regular monitoring of processes of the program.
- Ensure accurate and timely data
- Ensure accurate and timely data entry and
- Assisting with the analysis and reporting of the data
- Understand data and disseminate the same to the state and central
- Capability Building of State team members to make data-driven
- Support on various internal pilots/ survey and evaluations across
Qualifications and Skills:
While a State MME Associate will undergo multiple rounds of capacity building exercises at Pratham and MME, it is important for the candidates to have the skills mentioned below:
- Should be interested in the social sector, willing to take initiative and drive a program forward with data-based evidence.
- Bachelor Degree in any relevant discipline (but any outstanding candidate who does not have the adequate qualifications can also be considered).
- At least 2 years of field experience in Pratham or ASER but freshers having adequate knowledge and skill will be considered.
- Comfortable with MS-Office- Word, Excel and PowerPoint; especially strong in MS- Excel and
- Good Communication skills- written and
- Strong analytical skill and ability to share qualitative
- Planning and time
- Willingness to travel to different
- Willingness to interact with different stakeholders in a program and give feedback to them
- Fluency in written and spoken language either English or Hindi/region. Command over the regional language will be beneficial.
Location: Districts of Dhamtari & Kanker (Chhattisgarh)
Application Procedure:
- To apply, please complete the application by filling out the Google Form here: https://forms.gle/RxoLCYFuNXwYQe6x8.
The CV should include:
- Contact information
- Academic background (universities attended, degrees obtained, and academic records)
- Relevant work experience, highlighting key skills
- Languages spoken
Incomplete applications will not be considered.
Note: Due to the high volume of applications received, we may not be able to respond to each applicant individually. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. We appreciate your understanding and patience.
