Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MEL) Officer USAID ICAN Project Jobs – Abt Associates
Job Title: Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MEL) Officer
Organisation: Abt Associates
Project Name: USAID/Uganda’s Integrated Community, Agriculture, and Nutrition (ICAN) Activity
Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda
Reports to: MEL Advisor
About Abt:
Abt Associates is an international development organization composed of dedicated professionals who provide technical assistance, research, analysis, and practical training services in more than 128 countries. Abt seeks to implement a five-year project funded by the U.S Agency for International Development (USAID).
About USAID ICAN Project:
Abt Associates is implementing the USAID/Uganda’s Integrated Community, Agriculture, and Nutrition (ICAN) Activity, which will aim to sustainably enhance the resilience of vulnerable households by increasing economic opportunities for poor households, improving nutrition with a focus on women and children, and strengthening community and local governance.
Job Summary: The Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MEL) Officer is primarily responsible for supporting ICAN partners and staff to collect monitoring data in the projects target districts.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
- Working closely with the Field Director, manage collection of MEL data in the target districts and provide overall support and troubleshooting to field staff in data collection methods
- Conduct data quality and spot checks, including through routine monitoring visits to project sites, to ensure data quality and aggregate data at the sub-region level
- Takes initiative to conduct brief and cost-effective operational checks on the project to gauge outcomes/impacts and to use data/information to improve on project activities
- Conducts pertinent data analysis for informed decision-making, and assists in following up on implementation of recommendations
- Perform any other duties as required
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
- The ideal candidate for the Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MEL) Officer USAID Project job placement should hold a Bachelor’s degree in statistics or a related field
- At least 4 years of professional experience supporting monitoring, evaluation and learning activities, preferably on USAID-funded projects. Six years of experience and a master degree OR the equivalent combination of education and experience
- Familiarity with quantitative and qualitative data collection techniques
- Demonstrated ability to work with a minimum of direction and supervision
- Demonstrated ability to work both as a member of a team and as a team leader, with the ability to accept the inputs of other team members
- Excellent interpersonal communication, organizational, and computer skills
- English language fluency
How to Apply:
All suitably qualified and interested candidates who wish to join the USAID Project are encouraged to apply online at the link below.
Deadline: 10th August 2018
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