M&E Coordinator

Location: Bharatpur (Rajasthan) 

Type: Full time 

Reports to: Project Director

About the Opportunity 

Ansh is seeking a dedicated and experienced professional to join our team as a Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) coordinator. The Monitoring & Evaluation (M&E) Coordinator plays a crucial role in ensuring the quality, effectiveness, and impact of Ansh’s KMC program. This position involves collecting, analysing, and reporting on program data, conducting on-site monitoring, and providing recommendations for improvement. This position will be responsible for implementing, and managing Ansh’s comprehensive M&E systems to track and assess the performance and impact of Ansh’s neonatal care programs at the district hospital, ensuring data-driven decision-making, continuous improvement, and accountability. The successful candidate will be a detail-oriented individual with strong analytical and communication skills. Monitoring and Quality Assurance: You will be responsible for monitoring and ensuring the quality of our programs. This will involve working closely with our nursing staff and program coordinators on ground to record quality data on our effectiveness and impact fullness.

Responsibilities

 • Collect and manage data from various sources, including Dimagi, hospital records, and program coordinators. 

• Oversee and report on all program activities, including but not limited to, identification of lowbirth-weight babies, proper registration, vital signs reporting, discharge, telephonic follow ups and counselling in neonatal care. 

• Ensure data accuracy, completeness, and consistency. 

• Analyse program data to identify trends, patterns, and areas for improvement.

 • Observe KMC practices, counselling sessions, and weighing procedures. 

• Interview mothers and healthcare providers to gather qualitative data. 

• Identify and report systemic issues impacting program outcomes. 

• Conduct baseline and endline skill assessments for mothers to evaluate the effectiveness of counselling. 

• Monitor data quality to ensure accuracy and reliability. 

• Conduct random checks to verify data reported by nurses. 

• Identify and address data inconsistencies and errors.

 • Collaborate with program coordinators and hospital staff to support program implementation. 

• Participate in weekly M&E calls to discuss monitoring findings and develop action plans. 

• Contribute to the development and implementation of program evaluation plans

Required Qualification and Skills: 

• Prior experience in a healthcare setting 

• Knowledge of word processing, spreadsheets, data entry and databases like MS Word, Excel and data collection software 

• Familiarity with principles and current approaches to monitoring and evaluation using both quantitative and qualitative methods 

• Working knowledge of tools, methods and concepts of quality assurance 

• Excellent knowledge of local language (Hindi) 

• Value Alignment

Desired Experience and Skills 

• Critical Thinking:the ability to analyse, evaluate, and synthesise information to make sound and logical decisions. 

• Observation Skills: Keenly observe the happenings in the hospital to report events relevant to Ansh’s KMC program. 

• People and communication skills: ability to exchange information in a clear, respectful, and timely manner and adapt to needs of a diverse range of stakeholders 

• Knowledge of Postnatal and newborn care: understanding and experience in the application of principles, practices, and guidelines related to the care and well-being of mothers and newborns during the postnatal period.

 • Information Management Skills:the ability to systematically analyse, design, develop, operate, maintain and organise the databases as well as manage information for research 

• Research and Data Collection: the knowledge and ability to use research tools to produce useful insights and the ability to ethically and systematically gather relevant data.

 Remuneration: ₹6,00,000 per Annum. 

Contract: 6 months, with a probation period of 1 month. 

Contract extension contingent on performance. 

Joining: Immediate