Raintree Foundation
Website:
theraintree.org
Job details:
About Raintree Foundation:
The Raintree Foundation, founded by Leena Dandekar and her family, is focused on climate change and biodiversity loss, working on cultivating climate resilience in living landscapes. Our commitment to circularity and civic custodianship drives impactful initiatives, benefiting vulnerable ecosystems.
Our pilot programme is located in Velhe, spanning 2100 hectares, which hosts 9 villages, 4000+ people, and 654 households in a UNESCO hotspot, the Western Ghats.
Our programmes across Velhe (now Rajgad) in Pune and the Shastri River Basin in Ratnagiri districts are anchored in diverse thematic areas including Biodiversity & Environment Conservation, Water, Sanitation & Hygiene (WASH), Livelihoods & Entrepreneurship, Community Mental Health, Gender & Social Inclusion, Climate Education (through our ClimateShaala initiative), Institutional Strengthening, Disaster Preparedness, Urban Climate Resilience, Government Relations and Entitlement Conversions, Grassroots Communications, and broader trust-building activities.”
Role/Job Overview:
The Senior Executive MEL supports the MEL team in data collection, entry, quality checking, and reporting across all program pillars. This is a field-heavy role suited to a motivated early-career professional passionate about evidence-based development.
Roles and Responsibilities:
Data Collection & Field Support
- Conduct baseline, midline, and endline surveys with beneficiaries using the mobile app
- Support field officers in administering household, ecological plot, SHG income, and sapling survival surveys
- Ensure GPS tagging and accurate beneficiary UID capture at point of collection
- Facilitate PHQ-9 and SRQ-20 mental health screenings under designated supervisor
- Maintain field visit logs, consent forms, and attendance records
Data Entry, Cleaning & Quality Assurance
- Enter, verify, and clean all field data in the CanopyOS platform daily
- Conduct data quality checks: UID linkage, duplicate detection, GPS completion, incomplete responses
- Follow up with field officers for missing or inconsistent data within 24 hours
- Support data migration from KoBoToolbox, Google Sheets, and Excel into CanopyOS
Indicator Tracking & Reporting
- Update project output and outcome indicator sheets weekly
- Prepare monthly data summaries for each program pillar
- Support the M&E Officer in quarterly progress reports and donor reporting packages
- Compile survey wave summaries — actuals vs. targets across all active instruments
Survey Design Support
- Assist in designing and testing new survey instruments on the CanopyOS platform
- Translate survey questions into Marathi and verify accuracy with field teams
- Manage scheduling and tracking of follow-up survey waves (+3 / +6 / +12 months)
Knowledge Management
- Maintain the Raintree Knowledge Base with SOPs, data collection protocols, and field guides
- Document lessons learned from field data collection
- Support quarterly MEL review meetings: data compilation and minutes
Education - Master /Bachelor’s degree in Social Work, Development Studies, Statistics, Economics, Public Health, or related field
Years of Experience - 2 - 6 years of experience in data collection, field research, or program monitoring
Technical Expertise
- Proficiency in Microsoft Excel — data entry, basic formulas, pivot tables
- Working knowledge of a mobile data collection tool: RBase, KoBoToolbox, ODK Collect, or similar
- Fluency/ basic in Marathi (spoken and written) — essential for field work
- Good written English for report writing and documentation
- Familiarity with MEL frameworks: Logical Framework, Theory of Change, Results Framework
- Knowledge of SPSS, R, or Python for basic data analysis
- Familiarity with GIS tools — QGIS or Google Earth Pro
- Field Travel - 8–12 days per month to Pune & Ratnagiri districts
Industry Background - Development/Social Sector
Must have skills
Marathi language
Microsoft Excel — data entry, basic formulas, pivot tables
MEL frameworks
SPSS
R
Python
GIS tools
Qualifications
Master's or Bachelor’s degree in Social Work, Development Studies, Statistics, Economics, Public Health, or related field
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