Job Description

YouthInvest Foundation (YouthInvest) is a not-for-profit organisation working to ensure rights to health, education, and livelihoods for adolescents and youth (10-24 years). YouthInvest envisions healthy, educated, emotionally well-adjusted, and skilled adolescents and youth, especially from marginalised and disadvantaged populations, entering adulthood.

1. Position: Project Officer (Data and Documentation) – Assam

2. Reports to: Programme Manager

3. Position Based at: Kamrup with frequent travel to the field areas

4. No. of Position: 1

Last date for application: 20th April 2025

Position summary:

YouthInvest is seeking a detail-oriented Project Officer (Data and Documentation) to support monitoring, evaluation, and learning (MEL) functions across its multi-district health and nutrition programme in Assam. The Officer will be responsible for implement a robust data collection, collation and reporting systems, ensuring the quality and timeliness of data shared with internal teams, district authorities, and donors. The PO will play a key role in documenting project results, success stories, and lessons learned for strategic dissemination. The ideal candidate will embody the core values of integrity, excellence, and respect, and demonstrate a collaborative and supportive approach to leadership and teamwork. The role requires regular travel across 11 districts to monitor project implementation, assess progress, identify programmatic gaps, and provide location-specific feedback to strengthen programme delivery.

The position is full-time contractual, renewable on a yearly basis, subject to performance and availability of funds.

Duties & Responsibilities:

• Support the development and implementation of systems for routine data collection and reporting at the cluster and district levels.

• Conduct weekly and monthly field visits to monitor project activities, gather feedback, and assist in identifying areas for improvement.

• Data validation for ensuring data quality and consistency, assist field teams in conducting data quality checks and ensure proper documentation practices as per project SOP.

• Maintain the programme’s master database, ensuring accuracy, security, and integrity of the data.

• Compile and assist in analysing monthly and quarterly data from the field to produce timely reports.

• Contribute to the documentation of project processes, outcomes, and success stories for internal and external dissemination.

• Provide support in evaluation and research activities, including developing data collection tools, drafting protocols, field visits and managing IRB submissions.

• Participate in implementation of baseline, midline, and endline evaluations, and other assessments as needed.

• Prepare monthly, quarterly and annual reports for internal stakeholders, donors, and government partners.

• Participate in meetings with stakeholders at all levels.

• Any other task as assigned

Qualification & skills required:

• Graduate/ Post-graduate with diploma in Advanced Excel, with at least 2 years of relevant professional experience.

• Fluency in speaking Assamese, Hindi, and English with strong writing skills in English is essential.

• Must be open and flexible to travel to 11 districts on a regular basis and meet demanding work schedules.

• Well-versed with different analysis software and in large-scale quantitative data analysis using Excel and other statistical software (SPSS, SAS, or STATA) preferable.

Remuneration:

CTC will be 3.6 lakhs per annum.

Last date of receipt of application is 20th April,2025

Please send the application to: careers@youthinvestfoundation.org, mentioning the post in the subject line.

About Company

We are an Indian not-for-profit organization with a mission to empower young people in reaching their full potential and lead productive lives. We envision healthy, educated, emotionally well-adjusted, and skilled adolescents and youth – especially from marginalised and disadvantaged populations – entering adulthood.
We work in partnership with the government, local communities, and the private sector to strengthen youth participation in the development process and bring about sustainable change in education and skills training, health and nutrition, and life skills development of children and young people.

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