USAID Mercy Corps International Careers – Learning and Information Officer

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Organisation: Mercy
Corps
Duty Station:  Kotido, Uganda
About Mercy
Corps: 
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 comprises of
Water and Sanitation, Livelihood and Agriculture and Conflict Mitigation
Management Program in North and North Eastern Uganda.
Job Summary: The Learning and Information Officer
(LIO) will primarily support staff in using a facilitative approach, build data
gathering and analytical tools, maintain a set of data on results and behavior
change, and conduct research into specific areas of data need. The LIO will ask
staff tough questions on their approach, forcing them to consider whether or
not their approaches maximize leverage and lead to behavior changes that
catalyze systemic changes that grow and last beyond the project’s direct
intervention. S/he will hold staff accountable for gathering data and keep a
system where it is easily accessible when needed. The LIO will also develop and
support processes for integrating that information into program design (and
re-design). S/he will work with teams to identify critical knowledge gaps and
carry out targeted research on those areas, engaging external assistance, when
necessary.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
1. Market Facilitation
Support:
  • Coach and mentor program
    staff in use of market facilitation techniques;
  • Find, organize and
    share market facilitation resources with program staff;
  • Challenge program
    staff to think critically about strategy decisions and reflect on what
    they are observing.
2. Monitoring and Evaluation:
  • Create a dynamic
    program environment that promotes inquiry;
  • Develop tools to
    simplify data gathering and reporting and ensure teams gather and report
    necessary data, including maintaining Podio entries for mapping progress
    with partners;
  • Support program staff
    in monitoring and evaluating the progress and impact of work including
    setting and measuring benchmarks along results chains;
  • Development and
    maintain a central database to track all IPTT-required project
    information, and provide to Chief of Party, on request
  • Prepare data analyses
    to be used in quarterly strategic reviews, annual reports, and a midterm
    evaluation.
3. Research:
  • Carry out research
    projects on specific subjects critical to team success and recommend
    hiring of external support, where necessary;
  • Where needed, support
    external evaluations by research partner Feinstein International Center
    and other organizations;
4. Communication and
Publication:
  • Contribute data,
    analysis and write-ups to regular organizational publications and reports;
  • Work closely with the
    Monitoring, Evaluation, Learning and Communication Manager to develop
    publishable communication material about GHG;
  • Author occasional
    papers for wider distribution;
5. Other:
  • Conduct
    himself/herself both professionally and personally in such a manner as to
    bring credit to Mercy Corps and to not jeopardize its humanitarian
    mission;
  • Perform any other
    duties as assigned.
Qualifications, Skills & Experience:
  • The Learning and Information
    Officer should primarily hold a Bachelor’s Degree in related field
  • A minimum of three years’
    related professional experience
  • Demonstrable
    quantitative skills, including familiarity with database management and
    analysis
  • Excellent writing and
    analytical skills
  • Proven skills in
    networking, assessing information needs and developing appropriate tools
  • Excellent reporting,
    communication and representation skills
  • Good working knowledge
    of Uganda’s economy and business environment, particularly in the context
    of rural development and Karamoja.
  • Possess a high sense
    of humor on par with one’s level of curiosity.
How to Apply:
All suitably qualified and interested candidates should send
their applications including a cover letter clearly stating your salary
requirements, CV (with 3 referees), and copies of academic
qualifications/certificates to the HR/Admin Manager, Kampala Head Office in
Nsambya on Plot 1102 Nsambya Estate Road. Kampala, Uganda or to Mercy
Corps Offices in Kitgum. E-mailed applications with cover letter
to: mcuganda@ug.mercycorps.org will also be accepted. 
NB: Only short-listed candidates will be
contacted by Mercy Corps. Female Candidates are encouraged to apply.
Deadline: 5th March, 2014

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