Adharshila for Sustainable Socio-Economic Transformation & Welfare
Job Description
Position : MELS Assistant (Consultant)
Project : Livestock Health Management Project (LHMP) – Phase III
Organization: ASSET&W
Location: Muthukur and T.P.Gudur Mandals of SPSR Nellore District, A.P.
Duration: 1 Year
1. Position Summary
The MELS Assistant will support the Monitoring, Evaluation, Learning and Systems functions of the Livestock Health Management Project – Phase III. The position will be responsible for maintaining accurate project data, monitoring implementation progress, assuring data quality, supporting assessments and documenting results and learning.
The role will closely track veterinary health camps, deworming drives, farmer awareness activities and stakeholder meetings. Particular attention will be given to avoiding double-counting, tracking unique farmers and livestock, documenting women’s participation and producing timely reports for project management, ASSET&W and SEIL Energy India Limited.
2. Key Responsibilities
A. Monitoring and data management
- Develop and maintain project monitoring tools, beneficiary registers, camp reporting formats and digital databases.
- Maintain unique identification records for participating farmers and livestock to distinguish unique reach from repeat service contacts.
- Record farmer details, sex-disaggregated participation, village, panchayat, livestock species, services delivered, referrals and follow-up requirements.
- Track implementation against the approved work plan and project targets, including:
- 24 veterinary health camps and associated awareness activities;
- four mass deworming drives;
- 458 unique livestock farmers;
- approximately 9,171 unique livestock;
- four quarterly review and collaboration meetings.
- Maintain species-wise records for cattle, sheep, goats and poultry.
- Coordinate with field and veterinary teams to ensure that data is submitted completely and on time.
- Maintain hard-copy and electronic records using appropriate data-protection and confidentiality practices.
B. Data quality and verification
- Review camp and campaign records for completeness, consistency and accuracy.
- Conduct routine field verification and beneficiary spot checks.
- Identify duplicate, missing or inconsistent records and coordinate their correction.
- Undertake periodic data-quality assessments and maintain a log of corrective actions.
- Verify supporting documents, attendance sheets, treatment records, photographs and activity reports before consolidation.
- Ensure that reported achievements can be traced to verifiable source documents.
C. Evaluation, analysis and reporting
- Compile weekly, monthly, quarterly and annual progress data.
- Prepare indicator tracking tables, dashboards, charts and concise analytical summaries.
- Compare actual progress with targets and promptly highlight delays or performance gaps.
- Support farmer feedback exercises, outcome assessments, case studies and end-of-project reviews.
- Assist in analysing changes in access to veterinary services, adoption of preventive animal-health practices and knowledge of Improved Animal Management and biosecurity.
- Provide verified data and evidence for donor reports, management reviews and stakeholder meetings.
- Support the preparation of presentations for ASSET&W, SEIL Energy India Limited and relevant government departments.
D. Learning and adaptive management
- Document lessons, implementation challenges, good practices and recommendations emerging from field activities.
- Facilitate regular reflection sessions with project staff and help track agreed follow-up actions.
- Collect feedback from farmers, including women livestock keepers, on service accessibility, quality and relevance.
- Support the project team in using monitoring findings to improve camp scheduling, outreach and follow-up services.
- Maintain an organized repository of monitoring tools, datasets, reports and learning documents.
E. Coordination and compliance
- Work closely with veterinary personnel, field staff, the Communications Assistant and project management.
- Support quarterly reviews and coordination meetings with the Department of Animal Husbandry and other stakeholders.
- Follow organizational policies relating to safeguarding, informed consent, data privacy, gender equality and responsible use of beneficiary information.
- Perform other project-related monitoring and reporting duties assigned by the supervisor.
3. Key Deliverables and Performance Indicators
- Functional project database and indicator-tracking system established and regularly updated.
- Complete activity records submitted and entered within the agreed reporting timeline.
- Unique farmer and livestock numbers accurately tracked without double-counting.
- Monthly and quarterly progress reports produced on schedule.
- Sex-, geography- and species-disaggregated data available for decision-making.
- Routine data-quality checks completed and documented.
- Quarterly review materials and verified donor-reporting data prepared on time.
- Project learning, beneficiary feedback and corrective actions systematically documented.
4. Qualifications and Experience
Essential:
- Bachelor’s degree in Statistics, Economics, Rural Development, Social Sciences, Agriculture, Veterinary or Animal Sciences, Development Studies, Information Systems, or a related discipline.
- At least one to two years of relevant experience in monitoring, evaluation, data management, research or field-based development projects.
- Experience collecting, cleaning, analysing and reporting quantitative and qualitative data.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Excel and standard office applications.
- Ability to prepare clear tables, charts, presentations and narrative reports.
- Fluency in Telugu and working proficiency in English.
- Willingness and ability to travel frequently within the project area.
Desirable:
- Experience in livestock, agriculture, rural livelihoods, public health or CSR-funded projects.
- Familiarity with mobile data-collection platforms such as KoboToolbox, ODK or similar systems.
- Experience with data-visualization or dashboard tools.
- Knowledge of gender-responsive monitoring and participatory feedback methods.
How to apply:
The Last date to apply is 15th Nov 2026