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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