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Monitoring Officer

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Job Description

About PCI India

PCI India, a registered Indian society, has been working in India for the past 25 years. We drive interventions to transform the lives of communities at scale by solving complex development problems. In the past year, PCI India reached more than 1.5 crore, i.e. 15 million people in 1649 Blocks of 163 Districts in 14 States.

Our Vision and Mission

Vision – A happy, healthy, safe and a sustainable world for all.

Mission – Rooted in community realities, we co create and scale sustainable solutions to complex development problems.

Our Values

  • Excellence – Quality in everything no matter how small, is paramount.
  • Respect – There is inherent value in all people for who they are and what they contribute.
  • Collaboration – Only through collaboration we can address complex development problems.
  • Boldness – Boldness requires disruptive thinking backed up by courage and conviction.
  • Creativity – Creativity ensures dynamic responsiveness, relevance and impact.
  • Integrity – Integrity is non-negotiable in both personal and professional domains.

PCI is an Equal Opportunity Employer

PCI is committed to providing equal opportunity to all working for it and in creating an inclusive work environment. We respect the diversity of our people and follow a fair, non-discriminatory approach in terms of gender, age, nationality race, caste, religion, community, marital status, physical challenge, and sexual orientation.

We promote diversity in the workplace and ensure a culture of zero tolerance to any form of discrimination, abuse or harassment whether sexual, physical or psychological.

PCI provides equal opportunity in recruitment, appraisals, promotion and career progression. Our people policies are fair, objective and non-discriminatory and everyone is expected to adhere to them.

About the Position

  • Job Title: Monitoring Officer
  • Number of positions: 02
  • Location: Delhi
  • Salary Range: Competitive salary commensurate with experience
  • Type: Project Based
  • Qualification required:
  • Graduate or Postgraduate degree in social sciences, Development Studies, Public Health, Statistics, Economics, or related field.
  • Experience required:
      • 3-5 years of experience with social development projects. Preference for experience in monitoring / M&E roles in development or CSR projects.
      • Prior experience with nutrition, health, education, gender, or adolescent programmes preferred.
      • Hands-on experience with MIS, mobile data collection tools, dashboards, and Excel-based analysis.
      • Experience working with government platforms (ICDS, Health, Education, RKSK, WIFS, etc.) is an advantage.

Application closure date: 12th February 2026

About the Project:

She Shines – Empowering the Girls: The project adopts a life-cycle approach targeting three age groups: 0–5 years (Early Childhood), 6–12 years (Growing Minds), and 13–18 years (Emerging Adulthood). This is a comprehensive intervention program across the catchment areas of 10 of its production units of HINDALCO, spread across six states—Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat, Odisha, Maharashtra, Jharkhand, Karnataka and Madhya Pradesh.

The program is expected to directly benefit 50,000 girls across 534 villages over three years with the aim of transforming the status of girl children and contribute to significant improvements in their education access, nutrition and health outcomes, menstrual hygiene, digital safety, and adolescent empowerment. This project is supported by Hindalco under its CSR initiative, and the project geography is spread across its production units in seven states.

The Position

The Monitoring Officer will be responsible for ensuring timely, accurate, and high-quality monitoring of project activities and results across villages and implementation platforms (AWCs, schools, SHGs, VHSNDs, etc). The role focuses on routine data collection, MIS management, data quality assurance, dashboard reporting, and field-level learning, in line with the project’s Theory of Change and monitoring framework.

S/he will work closely with the Project Manager and will also be responsible for quality implementation of the project in the field. For the assigned geography / region, will manage various components of the project such as capacity building of stakeholders, awareness and mobilisation, community and family engagements and sustainable interventions.

Major Duties and Responsibilities

  1. Program Implementation and Coordination
  • Assist in developing detailed implementation plans, village wise intervention plan and coordination mechanisms aligned with the outcomes and project proposal.
  • Lead district-level implementation, and monitoring of project activities, as per the assigned geography / region.
  1. Field Monitoring & Supportive Supervision
  • Undertake regular field visits to observe implementation quality across platforms:
    • Anganwadi Centres
    • Schools
    • SHGs/federations
    • VHSNDs and community campaigns
  • Use structured monitoring checklists to assess:
    • Fidelity to toolkits and protocols
    • Participation and inclusion
    • Quality of facilitation and messaging
  • Track output and process indicators across all four pathways (awareness, FLW capacity, family engagement, agency building).
  • Provide real-time feedback to supervisors, village volunteers, and unit coordinators.
  • Maintain unit-level databases with village-wise, age-disaggregated data (0–5, 6–12, 13–18 years).
  1. Capacity Building & Support
  • Train project staff and frontline teams on monitoring tools, data entry protocols, and reporting formats.
  • Provide troubleshooting and ongoing technical support for digital data collection systems.
  1. Data Quality Assurance and Reporting
  • Conduct routine data quality checks, validation visits, and spot verifications across intervention sites.
  • Generate monthly monitoring reports highlighting progress, gaps, and actionable insights at unit level.
  • Ensure adherence to monitoring protocols, formats, and indicator definitions.
  • Support development and updating of dashboards for internal review and donor reporting.
  • Assist in preparation of quarterly and annual reports for Hindalco CSR and PCI leadership.
  1. Learning & Documentation
  • Capture qualitative insights, field observations, and stories of change, especially related to:
    • Girls’ agency and aspirations
    • Family engagement and social norm change
    • Service uptake and convergence with government schemes
  • Contribute to learning notes, best practice documentation, and dissemination materials.
  • Skill and Competencies
      • Ability to collaborate and coordinate at different levels with the donor, stakeholders and project teams.
      • Strong field orientation with willingness to travel extensively
      • Clear communication skills (written and verbal)
      • Ability to work collaboratively with field and programme teams

What can you expect in PCI

  • A warm, inclusive and happy work environment.
  • Performance driven reward mechanism.
  • Best of class benefits with competitive remunerations.
  • Health Insurance coverage for self, spouse & Children.
  • Group Terms Life Insurance and Group Accident Insurance for Self.
  • All other statutory benefits.
  • Regular Recognition of performance and PCI Value display in work
  • An empowering organization structure which values individual’s skills, competencies and potential.
  • Opportunities to operate in cross functional role.
  • Higher responsibilities and larger roles are merit based.
  • Young Talent Programs for developing future leaders.
  • Leadership roles for women is encouraged and given preference in selection and training.

Recruitment Process

  1. Applications will be shortlisted based on the specified criteria mentioned in the Job Description.
  2. Shortlisted candidates will appear for a written assignment (if required).
  3. Group Discussions may be part of the interview process for certain positions.
  4. The process could also include presentation of the assignment.
  5. Shortlisted candidates will be invited to attend one or more rounds of panel interview/s.

The complete process usually takes 2 to 3 weeks. If your application is not shortlisted, you will receive a mail from the People & Culture team. Those moving to the final round of interviews will be hearing from the People & Culture team. We prefer in person meetings but in case of location distances, we are happy to meet you virtually.

After the final round, if you are not selected for the position advertised, we will inform you over a mail. However, we invite you to apply to other open positions. We always look forward to engaging with talent that add value to our endeavours in various capacities.

PCI is committed to preventing any type of unwanted behaviour at work including sexual harassment, exploitation and abuse, lack of integrity and financial misconduct

 

 

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