Fresher Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Officer NGO Jobs – CARE International
Job Title: Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Officer
Organisation: CARE International
Duty Station: Uganda
Reports to: Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning (MEAL) Coordinator
About US:
CARE (Cooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere, formerly Cooperative for American Remittances to Europe) is a major international humanitarian agency delivering emergency relief and long-term international development projects. Founded in 1945, CARE is nonsectarian, impartial, and non-governmental. It is one of the largest and oldest humanitarian aid organizations focused on fighting global poverty.
Job Summary: The Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Officer is technical in the area of monitoring, evaluation, accountability, and learning; and information management.
Under the various funding streams within CARE Uganda’s DRC refugee response, MEAL Officer focuses on the maintenance of data collection, analysis, dissemination, learning and reporting. She/he is responsible for the maintenance and updating of the information management system and will contribute to broader MEAL goals.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
Monitoring and evaluation (50%)
- Support project teams to develop and implement quality MEAL plans
- Design methods that ensure data integrity at activity, output and outcome levels
- Conduct regular monitoring visits to project activities, report on a timely manner in a standardized format, and where relevant conduct debriefing sessions with relevant staff on recommendations and/or action plans
- Continuously conduct data verification through monitoring visits and means of verification, and report on the progress against indicators monthly
- Prepare and share progress reports demonstrating quality in project MEAL plans
- Provide support/guidance to the team in monitoring and reporting responsibilities ensuring coherence with existing reporting requirements
- Develop effective methods and tools to be applied to projects for evidence-based data collection, analysis and reporting
- Train and provide capacity building to project staff, volunteers and partners on MEAL strategy, methods and tools
Information Management (25%)
- Focal point for protection/GBV & reproductive health Information Management System (IMS), data entry and functionality.
- Liaise with project staff and ensure relevant data is entered into the database.
- Filter the database, provide analysis of information to inform programming within CARE on trends
- Share information within the programme team about M&E approaches and supports the documentation of lessons learnt, approaches and good practices.
- Establish strong working relationships with key actors in other agencies dealing with protection/GBV & reproductive health Information Management System
Quality and accountability monitoring (10%)
- Ensure the standards and systems used to deliver quality and accountable services and monitoring reports include information on levels of compliance achieved against standards and indicators
- Promote monitoring, evaluations and audits as means of guiding and supporting the project
- Assist planning and/or implementation of baseline and end line studies, evaluations, and assessments when needed
- Establish and manage the complaints and feedback mechanism for the project
Project knowledge management (10%)
- Contribute to the implementation of a Monitoring and Evaluation Knowledge Management and Learning Strategy
- Work in close collaboration with the MEAL Coordinator to develop a strong learning culture through project evidences
- Document, analyze and disseminate lessons learned, human interest stories, best-practices and innovations and evidence-based case studies from projects
- Work in close collaboration with MEAL Coordinator for effective dissemination of programme outcomes and lessons learnt
Other duties as required (5%)
- As agreed with the line manager, this position may also work on broader M&E tasks within the DRC refugee response.
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
- The ideal candidate must hold a University degree in statistics, Social Sciences or related field, with back ground in Monitoring and Evaluation.
- At least two years of work experience in humanitarian/ development sector, with minimum of 1-year work experience focusing on Monitoring and Evaluation.
- Knowledge of the Information Management System with 2 years’ experience
- Exceptional writing and other communications skills required
- Strong analytical and research skills essential
- Must be a team player with good interpersonal skills
- Experience developing data collection questionnaires, forms, or other tools preferred
- Excellent organizational and time-management skills, ability to think critically and work independently are a must.
- Ability to work in a complex environment with multiple tasks, short deadlines and intense pressure to perform
- Proficiency in institutionally supported software (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and SharePoint) essential
- Ability to ride a motorcycle will be an added advantage (must have a riding permit)
How to Apply:
Candidates who are interested in the above jobs should submit an updated CV and Application letter giving a day time telephone contact and names, telephone contacts and email addresses of 3 (three) work related referees only through our recruitment email: ugarecruitment@care.org clearly indicating the job title in the email subject.
NB: Please note that when you are successful for the above position, CARE will need verified copies of your academic documents.
Deadline: 23rd August 2019
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