Management Information System Executive

Job Description

About the job A little bit about who we are: At WOTR, we are committed to tackling the key causes of rural poverty by rejuvenating ecosystems and building the community’s resilience to climate change by enhancing water availability, increasing land and agricultural productivity, diversifying livelihoods, empowering women, and strengthening the health and well-being of vulnerable rural communities. WOTR brings together practitioners, academics, researchers, trainers, and policy makers to work collaboratively in building the resilience of rural communities. Our partners, including donors and government agencies stand resolutely behind us to affect this. Over the course of 32 years, we have already made a significant impact, having worked in 10 states and 7,255 villages, and positively impacting the lives of about 8 million people. We remain dedicated to continuing this important work and expanding our efforts to make an even greater difference in the lives of those we serve. Brief Snapshot of the role: The MIS Executive will play a critical role in developing, managing, and maintaining a comprehensive Management Information System (MIS) to support project implementation and decision-making. The role involves significant data management responsibilities, including designing collection methodologies, training project staff, and ensuring data accuracy, reliability, and usability. A key focus will be on developing interactive dashboards and reports to track project progress against set indicators. As a Management Information System Executive you will be responsible for: Management information System • Support the development of a comprehensive MIS system in consultation with project teams and regional office members. • Develop and/or revise the project related data collection methodologies to suit the appropriate project objectives and organisational goals. • Support, train and guide the project team members in data collection methodologies, so that accurate and reliable data is collected. • Support in compiling baseline data for each project component and for all project indicators. Data management and reporting • Support the development of an automated and interoperable information management system and dashboard to enable the translation of raw data into an interactive visual platform to track real-time progress and inform decision making. • Regularly collect data on targets of each agreed indicator in consultation with donors, to measure achievement against performance indicators at all levels. • Ensure validity, reliability, precision, integrity, and timeliness of information through quality checks and implementation of corrective actions to improve data quality and accountability of project team including technical assistants. • Maintain and update the MIS platform to ensure that M&E data are readily available. • Compile and analyse data to support the Regional Manager in the preparation of monthly, quarterly, and annual reports as well as ad hoc updates which provide comprehensive insight to the progress, constraints, gaps, and lessons of the project both to internal and external stakeholders. • Support the regional manager in preparing briefing materials on project performance and status, as required. Analysis /research • Support the project management team in coordinating and/or conducting thematic assessments. • Regularly track and analyse progress, challenges, gaps, and lessons learned through implementation. Other • The role involves visit to project site in rural areas and travel will be 50-60 percent of the total monthly duration. • Other duties that may be assigned by the Regional Manager within the scope of the role. Apply if you have: A. Education • Bachelor’s Degree in Statistics, Computer science, Agriculture Economics/Economics, Development Studies, Rural Development, or Post graduate diploma in Development Management. B. Work Experience • At least two (2) years’ experience in the design, development and/or implementation of data collection process in the Development sector. • A minimum of one (1) years of experience setting up and maintaining information and data management platforms is required. • Experience using statistical packages such as Ms-Excel, Google sheets and Looker studio. C. Languages: • It is expected that the candidate is well conversant with Hindi and English in writing and speaking ability To Apply:- https://forms.gle/hmMk1gXK4sS6zKn88 Show more Show less