Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist

POSITION SUMMARY
The  Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist  will be responsible for collecting school leader surveys, teaching quality data, and classroom observation data from approximately 100 schools around Tamil Nadu (including but not limited to Chennai, Madurai and Coimbatore). This will involve interviews with school proprietors, teacher mentors, teachers, occasionally parents, and classroom observation data of live lessons in classrooms. This data allows us to analyze the quality of schools and provide targeted training with the aim of aiding an improvement in conditions for learning.

RESPONSIBILITIES  include the following. Other duties may be assigned.
School Quality Data Collection:
Conduct yearly surveys on school quality and behaviour and school leadership knowledge and practice with school proprietors to gather relevant data on school quality and assess improved school leadership schools.
Conduct yearly classroom observations (COB) to assess the quality of classroom instruction, teaching concepts, and methods applied in the classroom.
Conduct interviews with school proprietors, teachers, and parents to gather relevant data on school quality.
Conducts yearly surveys of Edu Quality teachers and teacher mentors to assess progress.
Ensure accurate and comprehensive documentation of the data collected in a timely manner.
Occasionally support other data collection and documentation needs as requested by the implementation team
Collaborate with the M&E Manager to identify trends, patterns, and areas requiring improvement in learning outcomes.

Stakeholder Engagement and

Collaboration:

Collaborate with school proprietors, teachers, parents, and other stakeholders to facilitate data collection and promote engagement in improvement initiatives.

QUALIFICATIONS
Bachelor's degree in education, social sciences, or a related field
Previous experience collecting data through digital surveys and observation.
Highly competent users of tablets, laptop computers, and other technology
Willingness and ability to travel to collect data. This will involve independently organizing public transportation and accommodations.
Experience in the education sector is strongly desirable, but not required.
Strong desire to learn and improve technical and analytical skills.
Ability to act and operate independently with minimal daily direction from management to accomplish objectives.
Creative problem solver that leverages critical thinking ability into unique solutions to complex problems and communicates those solutions.
Clear commitment to the values of the organization—commitment, humility, respect, integrity, stewardship, and transformation
An understanding of and a commitment to advancing the mission and core values of Opportunity International

LANGUAGE SKILLS
Written and verbal fluency in Tamil and English.
Must be able to attend & fully participate in meetings conducted in English.

TRAVEL REQUIREMENTS (please provide a %)

· Up to 80% domestic  travel required annually.

· Must be able to travel with minimal notice and maximum flexibility.

· Must be willing to travel independently.

ABOUT OPPORTUNITY INTERNATIONAL
Opportunity International is a global non-profit that has been empowering people to work their way out of poverty since 1971. Opportunity provides 18.7 million people with innovative financial resources, training, and support to grow their small businesses and send their children to school. In 2023, Opportunity International and its partners served 20 million clients, helped fund 7,000 schools that reached 1.9 million children, and they released more than $1.85 billion in capital across 31 countries.

We respond to Jesus Christ's call to love and serve people living in poverty. We seek to emulate the Good Samaritan, whose compassion crossed ethnic groups and religions. We serve all people regardless of religion, race, ethnicity, or gender. Discover more at opportunity.org or join the conversation on Facebook, Linked In, and  Instagram.

CHILD PROTECTION COMMITMENT
Opportunity believes that all children have a right to protection from any form of abuse regardless of gender, culture, ethnicity, age, religion, sexual orientation, or ability. Opportunity operates in line with international best practices for child protection and recognizes its responsibility to ensure that all employees. This policy applies to anyone acting on behalf of Opportunity or is involved in its programs in any capacity.

All employees are subject to background checks, which include criminal checks and sex offender list checks, as allowed by local law.