Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Manager US Non-profit Careers – Mercy Corps
Job Title: Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Manager
Organization: Mercy Corps
Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda
Reports to: NUTEC Financial Services Team Leader
About US:
Mercy Corps is an International NGO that exists to alleviate poverty and oppression by helping people build secure, productive and just communities. Mercy Corps has been fully registered in Uganda as an operational NGO. Currently Mercy Corps has an office in Kampala and is implementing Food Security programs which comprise of Water and Sanitation, Livelihood and Agriculture and Conflict Mitigation Management Program in North and North Eastern Uganda. We implement programs in the northern districts of Pader, Kitgum, Agago, Lamwo, Kaabong, Abim and Kotido with funding from USAID, USDA, Walmart Foundation, SDC, DFID as well as other private donations.
About NU-TEC FS:
NU-TEC FS is part of a broader agriculture sector development programme that intends to unlock market failures that create barriers to growth in the agriculture sector in northern Uganda. NUTEC FS is implemented using a market systems development approach. This approach dictates that NUTEC FS monitor the product development and lending activities in real time to enable adaptive learning as the programme progresses and measure the impact of lending to target borrowers, toward programme’s overall targets.
Job Summary: The Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Manager will be responsible for setting up the MEL systems at the partner financial institution and working closely with the credit and risk departments to ensure processes are followed as required. The data from the system will be utilized for evaluating success and learning from product delivery and capturing any evidence of successful agribusiness growth in northern Uganda. The MEL manager will be the key person responsible for activities stated in the programme’s MEL measurement plan developed during its inception period and track progress toward the overall log frame targets. MEL Manager will have a critical role in ensuring market driven financial products are being developed and for publication of market information to key stakeholders. MEL Manager will work closely with Short term technical assistance provided by Market Systems Advisors, Communications Advisors, Financial Product Development Advisors and Marketing and Sales teams at partner financial institution.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
Product development support
- Support Deputy Team Leader(DTL), Agri-Business Lending Unit and Financial Institution Partners during product development cycles with product evaluation data
- Work with Short-Term Technical Advisors(STTAs) to inform product development through data on lending and Agriculture enterprises
Supporting marketing teams
- Work alongside the research team at partner financial institution to support product research and innovation processes
- Work alongside the Financial Institution teams to identify new markets and agribusinesses
- Co-lead and support the bank team to conduct enterprise surveys through application processes
Research and Learning
- Update NU-TEC FS learning agenda with Deputy Team Leader
- Support data collection, analysis and presentation of data for 2 annual knowledge products, presenting programme learning – working with communications STTA
Data management
- Work with the bank MIS system
- Consolidate data from surveys etc.
- Manage programme MEL system
- Alongside the Team Leader, maintain the Risk Register
Programme MEL
- Work with the NUTEC team at the Bank to include key indicators for data collection in lending process including loan applications
- Compile MEL data required for DFID quarterly and annual reporting
- Present risk register as part of quarterly reports
- Provide updated learning agenda for annual reports
Donor reporting
- Support preparation and dissemination of monthly/ quarterly reports to donor, partner and Mercy Corps
- Work in close liaison with the Team Leader, to make regular visits to field operations to assess the quality of the programme delivery
Organizational Learning
- As part of our commitment to organizational learning and in support of our understanding that learning organizations are more effective, efficient and relevant to the communities they serve – we expect all team members to commit 5% of their time to learning activities that benefit Mercy Corps as well as themselves.
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
- The applicant for the Mercy Corps Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Manager job must hold a Bachelor’s degree with focus on finance, economics or management
- Five years of professional experience in monitoring and evaluation
- Two years of experience in banking related roles particularly and understanding of banking credit systems and processes. This experience in east Africa or Uganda a plus
- Proven experience / training in financial analysis and modelling
- Able to identify key programme and Bank-level risks and raise them with programme leadership
- Keen interest in inclusive finance / agriculture finance a plus
- Experience working with Agriculture enterprises
- Capable statistician / data scientist
- Proficiency in MIS based data management a plus
- Good self-management and interpersonal skills
- Experience working in or for northern Uganda a plus
- Good written and oral communications skills in English Language
How to Apply:
All suitably qualified and interested candidates should send their E-mail applications including a cover letter clearly stating the salary requirements, updated CV (with three professional referees), and copies of academic qualifications/certificates addressed to the Senior HR and Legal Manager, Mercy Corps Uganda to: ug-mcjobs@mercycorps.org
Deadline: 24th June 2019
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