Social Design and Monitoring Specialist (Ahmedabad)

Social Design and Monitoring Specialist (Ahmedabad)

12 Sep
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Ashray Foundation
|
Ahmedabad

12 Sep

Ashray Foundation

Ahmedabad

Social Design & Monitoring Specialist

Location: Ahmedabad, Gujarat

Reporting to: Director - Programs

Vacancy: 1

Role Purpose

Lead social design, evaluation strategy, and organisational learning systems. Focus on understanding how change happens, strengthening program design, and ensuring impact-driven decision-making across the organization.

Key Responsibilities

1. Social Design & Program Strategy (35%)

● Apply human-centered design to rethink and strengthen programs ● Develop Theory of Change and logic models

● Identify system-level gaps and innovation opportunities

● Lead co-creation workshops with communities and stakeholders

● Guide programs toward sustainable and scalable impact

1. Monitoring, Evaluation & Learning Systems (30%)

● Design organization-wide M&E; frameworks ● Ensure alignment across programs while maintaining flexibility

● Lead impact evaluations (baseline–endline + beyond)

● Track intended and unintended outcomes

● Build real-time learning systems and feedback loops

1. Research & Insight Generation (15%)

● Lead action research and deep-dive studies ● Analyze why interventions succeed or fail

● Generate insights on behavior change, adoption, and systems impact

● Build knowledge assets and institutional memory

1. Organizational Learning & Capacity Building (10%)

● Mentor junior team members ● Build internal capacity on:

a. M&E; tools b. Design thinking c. Data use in decision-making





● Enable teams to shift from reporting → learning → improving

1. Strategic Communication & Reporting (10%)

● Develop high-quality donor and impact reports ● Translate data into strategic recommendations

● Present insights to leadership and external stakeholders

Required Qualifications

Education

● Master’s degree in Social Design or related field Experience

● 5–8+ years in:

a. Monitoring & Evaluation b. Social research c. Program design/strategy

● Proven experience in design thinking / human-centred design

Technical Skills

● Strong mixed-method research expertise:

a. Qualitative (FGDs, ethnography, participatory methods)

b. Quantitative (surveys, analysis)

● Advanced tools: Excel / SPSS / R / Power BI / Tableau

● Experience in dashboard design & data storytelling

Soft Skills

● Systems thinker (understands complexity & change pathways)

● Strong analytical and synthesis ability

● Facilitation & stakeholder engagement expertise

● Comfortable with ambiguity and innovation

● Leadership and mentoring ability

Success Indicators

● Programs show transparent theory of change and evolution

● Organization makes data-informed strategic decisions

● Learning systems are active and influencing program design

● Innovation and adaptation are visible across programs

Pay: From ₹30,000.00 per month

Work Location: In person

📌 Social Design and Monitoring Specialist (Ahmedabad)
🏢 Ashray Foundation
📍 Ahmedabad

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