Analyst, M&E, Routine Immunization

Key Skills

Analytical and Problem solving, Effective communication skills, Environmental, Microsoft Office suites, Microsoft-Excel, PowerBI, Statistics, Tableau

Job Description

We seek a highly qualified and motivated individual with strong analytical and insight generation skills. The candidate must be able to generate competitive data visualisations for insight dissemination. The candidate should be able to function independently with flexibility in a dynamic and often uncertain situation and require minimal handholding. The M&E analyst must have excellent problem-solving skills and be able to manage the state M&E framework, starting from the creating data collection tools to analysis the data and drawing insights. The candidate must be able to connect program evaluation functions and use datasets for data triangulation. The successful candidate will have excellent written and oral communications skills to share the findings with the state lead to ensure timely action. We place great value on relevant personal qualities: resourcefulness, responsibility, tenacity, independence, energy, and work ethic.

Responsibilities

• Assist in the design and implementation of M&E strategies aligned with program work plans.
• Contribute to the development of research tools, including protocols and standard operating procedures for evaluation surveys.
• Collaborate with program teams to collect and validate data, ensuring accuracy and timeliness.
• Participate in facility assessments and provide support to identify program bottlenecks and solutions.
• Assist in updating M&E dashboards and reporting frameworks for ongoing projects.
• Support program staff in data management, recording, and reporting processes.
• Support the creation of communication materials, such as presentations, reports, and briefs, to showcase program results through data analysis.
• Assist in the dissemination of knowledge products to stakeholders at local, regional, and global levels.
• Collaborate with program teams to document best practices and success stories.
• Participate in the implementation of a learning dissemination plan, aligning communication objectives with various stakeholder groups.
• Undertake primary and seconda ry research and deliver data-based insights to provide credible evidence for formulating systems strengthening strategies on immunization
• Acquire data from public data sources and maintain data sets and support primary data collection from the field
• Work closely with the programme team for providing effective data analysis against the set objectives and deviations
• Assimilate and triangulate information from multiple sources to monitor performance and inform strategy refresh where required
• Collaborate with government to ensure skills transfer and government ownership, identify the most critical hurdles to scaling up, and develop innovative strategies to address them.
• Co-ordinate project wide outputs related to reporting, compliance, and updates
• Undertake any other duties as requested by the supervisor.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Statistics, Economics, Mathematics, Science, or related discipline.
• 2+ years of analytics experience in pharma, consulting or other relevant area.
• Excellent analytical (qualitative and quantitative) and communication (written and verbal) skills.
• Entrepreneurial mind-set, including ability to work independently, self-motivate, and propose and implement new initiatives.
• Proven track record of working in a challenging multi-stakeholder environments and ability to think strategically, handle ambiguity, and problem solve in a fast-paced, limited-structure.
• Experience structuring and leading evidence-based decision-making processes.
• Willingness to travel at short notice to remote locations within the state of Bihar.
• High level of proficiency in Microsoft Office, particularly Excel, PowerPoint and Word.
• Fluency in English & Hindi.

Preferred:

• Proficiency in analytical tools such as Tableau, Power BI, Advanced Excel etc.
• Masters/Advanced degree in data science, operations research, public health or similar discipline. 
• Experience working in NGO of for-profit with hands-on experience in M&E frameworks.
• Experience working in developing countries, and partnering with donors, branches of the government, NGOs or demonstrated experience in related areas.