This position is with EAII Advisors, Evidence Action's technical partner in India.
About EAII Advisors
EAII Advisors, Evidence Action’s technical partner in India, supports the implementation of the school and Anganwadi-based National Deworming Day program, as well as iron and folic acid supplementation programs, across 10 states by providing technical assistance to applicable state ministries of health, education, and women and child development. Moving forward, EAII Advisors aims to expand its impact by collaborating with more state governments on these existing programs, as well as supporting new public health, water, & nutrition programming.
About Evidence Action
At Evidence Action, we deliver data-driven interventions that transform lives at an unprecedented scale. We identify neglected global health issues and deploy proven solutions, forging healthier futures for generations.
Our model operationalizes leading academic research (including from Nobel-winning economists). We measure progress and outcomes at every stage to ensure we’re making a real impact for people living in poverty and suffering from preventable or treatable health issues. Operating across 9 countries, our team of 800+ has reached over 500 million people, working closely with governments to scale these interventions.
- Our Deworm the World program has delivered over 2 billion treatments, significantly reducing worm prevalence and generating more than $23 billion in lifetime productivity gains.
- Through Safe Water Now, we’ve saved the lives of over 15,000 children.
- Our Accelerator explores untapped opportunities in global health, testing low-cost interventions with the greatest potential to save and improve lives.
At Evidence Action, your colleagues are your greatest asset. You'll partner with high-caliber colleagues in an environment blending innovation, autonomy, and teamwork. Our team excels in disruptive thinking and believes in rolling up our sleeves to get things done. If you're looking to work flexibly and with purpose, join a team that delivers measurable change for millions.
About the India Safe Water Team
Evidence Action’s India Safe Water program aims to provide safe drinking water to over 17 million people across multiple states. Through its technical partner in India, EAII Advisors, it is launching the ISW program through a major technical assistance program to help the government of India reach millions of people across multiple states with safe water. This complements the Indian government’s effort to bring water access to every household in the country.
Recent evidence highlights that water treatment may be among the most cost-effective interventions available to save young children's lives, reducing all-cause child mortality by about 25%. The In-Line Chlorination (ILC) program, based on research by a Nobel-winning economist, utilizes an innovative and cost-effective solution to deliver clean water at the household level in rural settings, achieving usage rates which are 5x that of comparable interventions.
EAII Advisors ran a pilot to test the operations, cost-effectiveness and scalability of the ILC program in the states of Rajasthan, Andhra Pradesh (AP) and Madhya Pradesh (MP), and is scaling up in the states of AP and MP. While implementing the ILC program scale up, EAII Advisors will support the government on capacity building to effectively implement the program and further scale it up.
The Role
We are looking for an experienced and dynamic Senior Manager, Program Learning Strategy to enhance the scalability and effectiveness of the India Safe Water (ISW) team by optimizing internal processes, systems and staff capabilities.
This individual will be in charge of defining the ISW learning agenda across workstreams in close collaboration with the ISW Strategy and Operations Teams, setting up learning goals and agendas, and managing a team to achieve those goals and mainstream them into our programming. The Senior Manager will support all of Evidence Action global water programs with initial focus on India.
The ideal candidate has a strong background in managing highly technical projects and a commitment to programmatic system strengthening and optimization, with emphasis on learning and development. They must understand how to lead indirectly and maintain strong relationships with a range of stakeholders across the organization. This candidate should have over 10 years of experience, and with a successful track record in managing teams and collaborating with peers.
Responsibilities
Development of Learning Strategies
- Create strategies to identify and prioritize learning needs across different workstreams and regions, such as technology improvement, community engagement, market shaping and procurement.
- Develop learning agendas and goals based on programmatic needs, risks and priorities, with the support of the respective workstream owners.
- Coordinate a team of workstream owners in charge of following the learning agendas and allocate resources appropriately, including team’s bandwidth of indirect reports.
Learning and Development Management
- Together with Managers in charge of the implementation of the different workstreams, define work plans and establish milestones to meet learning needs and ensure these cover the needs across workstreams and regions.
- Work closely with the Safe Water Now leadership and the People and Culture team for designing and implementing successful learning and training programs.
- Ensure that goals are effectively met and collaborate with SWN Strategy and Operations teams to embed those lessons into implementation work plans.
- Support development of team capacity to establish systems that incorporate lessons learned and standardize processes for rapid scale-up.
- Assess the effectiveness of training programs and make necessary adjustments to improve outcomes.
Collaboration with Stakeholders
- Work with department heads and senior management to identify learning and training priorities while ensuring priorities alignments across workstreams and regions. Indirectly lead and manage initiatives across stakeholders.
- Coordinate with the P&C team to align the SWN team’s learning strategies to the overall learning and development strategy of Evidence Action.
- Foster a culture of continuous learning and development across the SWN team.
- Bachelor’s degree in public administration, product development, organizational development, or a related field
- Minimum of 10 years of experience in managing highly technical projects with a focus on strategy and programmatic growth, training, or a related field. Exposure to program design and implementation is highly desirable
- Ability to use data to guide decision-making and continuous improvement
- Proven track record in designing and implementing successful learning and training programs
- Effectively collaborate with employees at all levels
- Team management and leadership abilities to inspire and motivate others
- Willingness to travel up to 25% of the time both domestically and internationally
- 3+ years of experience in adult learning principles and instructional design
- Analytical skills to assess training needs, evaluate program effectiveness, and develop strategic plans
- Experience implementing, evaluating or designing projects in water or WASH
Disclaimer: The duties and responsibilities described are not a comprehensive list and that additional tasks may be assigned to the employee from time to time.
Position Location
This position is located in New Delhi. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of a India employment visa at this time. Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the India for roles based in India.
EAII provides a comprehensive benefits package for employees worldwide. Benefits include:
- comprehensive health insurance,
- retirement savings options,
- life insurance,
- generous leave,
- avenues for engagement and recognition.
Compensation: Competitive and commensurate with the individual's credentials, experience, and previous pay scale.
All contracting arrangements will be made through EAII Advisors Private Limited. EAII is an equal opportunity employer. Employment at EAII is based solely on an individual's merit and qualifications directly related to professional competence. EAII does not discriminate against any employee or applicant because of race, caste, creed, colour, religion, gender, origin, disability, marital status, or any other basis protected by law.
All candidates applying for the position should upload a resume along with cover letter mentioning current and expected salary.
We may end this search process earlier than the specified close date in case of exceptional candidates. Due to resource constraints, we will only be able to contact shortlisted candidates.
What We Do
Evidence Action is a global non-profit operating in seven countries in Africa and Asia. We were founded in 2013 to address a big gap in the fight against global poverty–many of the most promising interventions are either implemented at a very small scale, or not at all. We set out to address this gap by building programs that would scale evidence-based and cost-effective interventions, leading to significant improvements in quality of life for hundreds of millions.
Our model worked. In less than a decade, our two flagship programs, the Deworm the World Initiative and Dispensers for Safe Water, have grown to measurably impact over 280 million people each year by supporting governments to deworm and through our last-mile delivery network providing safe water access. This success is achieved through the dedication and talent of our staff, the hard work of our partners, and the commitment of our supporters.
Every part of our work across the lifecycle of our programs is driven by evidence. This starts with the interventions we select to invest in, and continues as we use real-time data to refine and adapt our operations, including responding rapidly and effectively to resolve challenges as they arise.
Our pursuit of cost-effectiveness is driven by a recognition that when we optimize every aspect of our programs, we can reach as many people–and do as much good– as possible with each dollar. We measure value for money in terms of the number of lives we can help improve.
Scale enables our massive impact. We invest in solutions for which the need is great, and leverage existing networks like schools or community organizations to grow rapidly, minimize costs, and increase efficiencies. We think big and act urgently–because poverty does not wait.
By 2024, we seek to double our impact. We are strengthening and expanding our existing programs, and working to identify a new generation of evidence-based and cost-effective interventions that we can scale to reach millions more
