Monitoring and Evaluation Officer UKAID Project Jobs – Opportunity International
Job Title: Monitoring and Evaluation Officer
Organization: Opportunity International
Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda
Reports to: Senior Programme Manager
About US:
Opportunity International is working to end global poverty by creating/sustaining 20 million jobs by 2020. We believe that enabling individuals to create dignified and sustainable work is the foundation for transforming their lives, their children’s futures and their communities. Opportunity International was founded in 1971 by two visionary leaders who were inspired to take action by their experiences with people living in extreme poverty.
Job Summary: The Monitoring and Evaluation Officer will be the M&E focal point for Opportunity International’s £2.5 million Girls Education Challenge (GEC) Project, known in Uganda as Empowerment for Girls’ Education (EGE). This UKAID funded project focuses on supporting girls to transition through key stages of schooling to enable them to complete a full cycle of education. The project aims to reduce the number of girls dropping out of school through a combination of teacher capacity building, life-skills training and targeted use of financial services alongside raising awareness about the value of girls’ education and lifting educational standards through school governance improvement. The project is implemented by a consortium of seven partners with diverse skills and expertise from education, finance, youth empowerment and other development sectors. The M&E Officer will work closely with consortium partners M&E contact persons and the Education Finance (EduFinance) team of Opportunity International. EduFinance works to increase the number of children accessing to quality education, by improving the quality of teaching, school leadership and learning environment in Affordable Private Schools. EduFinance provides access to financial services for affordable private schools and parents and builds the capacity of school leaders and teachers in low income countries. EduFinance works in 17 countries worldwide and is growing rapidly. The M&E Officer will be in charge ensuring that accurate and timely information for tracking project performance against set outputs, outcomes and impact indicators is collected from schools participating in the EGE project and other Opportunity International’s Education Quality program in Uganda.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
- Tasked with designing tools for data collection activities, including observation checklists, focus group discussion survey schedules and interview questionnaires.
- Working with M&E officers in partner organization to standardize data collection tools across the project
- Collecting information from among others school proprietors, teachers, learners and parents
- Monitoring project activities including classroom activities, trainings, cluster meetings, girls’ club activities.
- Drafting project reports
- The M&E Coordinator will periodically report on the state of project performance to Opportunity International and its partners.
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
- The applicant must hold a bachelor’s degree in an education field. A master’s degree or equivalent such as post graduate diploma in education, research, statistics, or social sciences will be an added advantage
- Five years’ experience of practicing or leadership in an educational establishment or organisation.
- Three years’ experience in M&E or research involving education.
- Previous experience in writing case studies and reports on best practices.
- Use of Realtime ICT data collection tools such as in digital surveys and classroom observation.
- Good data analysis, interpretation and presentation skills.
- Good communication and facilitation skills.
- Willingness to travel regularly across the country using public transport.
- Flexibility to work on multiple projects, adjusting priorities based on need.
- Honest and direct in communication and business practice.
- Ability to work independently with minimal supervision.
- Commitment to organizational values (commitment, humility, respect, integrity, stewardship, and transformation).
- Fluency in English and at least 2 local languages.
How to Apply:
All suitably qualified and interested candidates should submit a letter of interest and updated CV by email to aburrows@opportunity.org
Deadline: 31st July 2018 by 17.00 GMT
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