Monitoring & Evaluation Officer NGO Job Opportunities – Action for Community Development (ACODEV)
Job Title: Monitoring & Evaluation Officer
Organization: Action for Community Development (ACODEV)
Duty Station: Uganda
Reports to: Project Coordinator
About US:
Action for Community Development (ACODEV) is a regional NGO that was founded in 2003 and runs Integrated Community Development Programs in Public Health, Human Rights, OVC support, Livelihood and Grassroots Capacity Development programs including sub-granting for small grassroots organizations in East and now Southern Africa region.
About BERGESTROME FOUNDATION Project:
ACODEV through partnership with BERGESTROME FOUNDATION is launching a 3 year project in five refugee settlements in Adjumani District. The project focuses on promoting an informed and voluntary use of family planning services by women and men between 15-49 years by strengthening capacity of Village Health Teams (VHTs) to provide Quality Community Based Family Planning Services and Health Workers (H/Ws) to provide Quality Facility Based FP services particularly LA/PMs in the target sub-counties to deliver quality Family Planning services. The project will support Family Planning commodity supplies as well as creating an enabling environment to sustain delivery and utilization of quality Family Planning Services in the District of Adjumani.
Job Summary: The Monitoring & Evaluation Officer will ensure that participatory Monitoring and Evaluation systems and processes are in place for effective delivery of planned project activities. This implies excellent capacity to provide critical information to monitor outcomes /impact of the entire projects.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
- Work closely with the Project Coordinator and external M&E to develop the project M&E plan and data collection tools, and facilitate the use of data collection tools at all levels, through training.
- Collect and analyze data to measure and track project monitoring indicators.
- Collect and provide quantitative analytical support of primary and secondary data using Stat or SPSS.
- Actively coordinate with the external M&E to design, coordinate and implement qualitative and quantitative research including baseline evaluation and rapid assessments.
- Initiate/ensure clear, efficient and timely communication and reporting in respect to the programmatic needs of the project.
- Carry out routine data quality assessments at service delivery points.
- Cleaning data from project studies and assessments.
- Prepare tables, graphs, reports and visual presentations based on the data analysis for presentation to internal and external audiences.
- Actively contribute to strategic planning and work plan development based on data generated from the M&E system
- Support the program to strengthen the capacity of project staff, community partners, district staff and volunteers in collecting, analyzing and utilizing data;
- Analyze, interpret and disseminate information that document project performance and findings, including identification of best practices and lessons learned from Project activities.
- Organize and conduct periodic meetings with local collaborating agencies, partners and stakeholders to discuss achievements, challenges, and lessons learned.
- Any other tasked as may be assigned by the Project Coordinator
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
- The applicant must hold a Bachelor’s degree in a development field, social science, Statistics, or relevant discipline;
- Three years of work experience in an monitoring and/or evaluation role with a National development organization;
- Ability to create organizational work plans based on higher-level goals;
- Good report writing skills;
- Good organization and planning skills in order to balance competing priorities;
- Demonstrated technical expertise in implementing complex M&E performance management plans, including the ability to make determinations of methods to best measure results;
- Experience providing technical leadership or support to the development of Qualitative and quantitative data collection instruments; field-based, hands-on, and Long-term M&E implementation experience is preferred;
- Strong analytical thinking, able to pay attention to detail, organizational skills, timeliness, and work ethic;
- Able to perform multiple tasks and work under pressure with minimum supervision
How to Apply:
All suitably qualified candidates are requested to send their applications addressed to the Executive Director, ACODEV Plot 98/99 Masoli 600m off Gayaza Rd, Wakiso District. Applications should be sent via email (Not more than 2MB) to; recruitment@acodevuganda.org.
Please send application letter, CV & Biodata Form Only, Download Here, – Academic documents are not required at this stage). The application should address how the candidate’s background/experience relates to the specific duties of the position applied for, and also state names and addresses of three professional referees which must include either the Head of the applicant’s current or previous organization or applicant’s direct Supervisor/Superior at his/her present or former place of work.
Deadline: Friday, 27th April 2018
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