Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist Career Opportunity at The Global Partnership for Education (GPE) Program

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Organisation: The Global
Partnership for Education (GPE) Program
Duty Station: Kampala,
Uganda
About GPE:
The Global Partnership for Education (GPE) Program is a programme where
various donors pool funds together to support low income countries towards the
achieving the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) of Universal Education For All
(EFA) and gender parity in education.
In July 2011. Uganda became eligible for a grant from the Global
Partnership for Education (GPE) Fund (GPEF) as support towards the
implementation of the Education Sector Strategic Plan (ESSP). In November 2013,
Uganda’s Application for the grant worth USD $100M was approved by the GPE
Board. The development partners, in consultations with the Government of Uganda
endorsed the nomination of World Bank to act as the Supervising Entity for the
grant.
The Project Development Objective is to support the Government of
Uganda in improving teacher and school effectiveness in the public primary
education system. The project is centered on improving education service
delivery at teacher, school and system level to realize meaningful gains in
pupil achievement in primary grades.
Job Summary: The Monitoring and
Evaluation Specialist will be responsible for the development of robust M&
E plans and implement them to track the progress of the project and provide
recommendations for appropriate interventions and strategies to ensure
successful project execution. Maintain and update auditable project
documentation
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
 
  • Developing the project’s monitoring and
    evaluation plans which includes developing their monitoring and evaluation
    database/framework and the related tools such as the Gantt chart, action
    matrices and work plans as may be necessary and develop them on an annual,
    quarterly or ad hoc basis and use them to evaluate and monitor the
    performance of the Project;
    Monitoring the progress of Project Components to ensure adherence to
    the budget provision, set specifications and agreed implementation
    schedules;
  • Advising and making appropriate
    recommendations to the management team on identified project
    implementation strategies and project targets and operational problems
    through reports, review meetings and site visits;
  • Convening, generating and processing the
    minutes of all the Project’s quarterly performance review meetings that
    are held either as a stand alone activity or alongside on-going
    supervision missions fielded by the World Bank
  • Preparing and producing annual, quarterly,
    and ad hoc reports summarizing the performance of the project for the
    Local Education Group (LEG), Office of the Prime Minister (OPM), Ministry
    of Finance, Planning and Economic Development (MoFPED) and MoES;
  • Facilitating missions from the LEG
    including organizing the stakeholders’ workshops;
  • Organising and participating in site
    handovers to contractors at the beginning of the civil works activities
    (ground breaking) and to the beneficiary communities at the completion of
    the civil works activities (commissioning);
  • Technically supporting the process of
    formulating follow up interventions:
    • Maintain an electronic
      database of the progress of project activities in still and video format
      and;
    • Leading the process of
      preparing the Project Completion Report (PCR);
Qualifications, Skills and
Experience:  
  • The ideal candidate should possess a good Bachelors’
    Degree in Economics, Statistics, Development Studies or its equivalent
    from a recognized university with a relevant Post graduate degree in
    monitoring and evaluation from a recognised university and/or an
    internationally recognised certification in international development
    project management
  • At least five (5) years of experience in
    managing the M&E functions in a public or private institution.
  • Good understanding of the project cycle of
    donor funded projects is an essential requirement
  • Extensive knowledge of sector wide approach
    (SWAPs) is an essential requirement.
  • Working knowledge of the M&E protocols
    in donor funded projects is an added advantage.
  • Good knowledge and understanding and
    interpretation of development project result- based logical framework
How to Apply:  
All suitably qualified candidates are encouraged to send their applications
to the: Assistant Commissioner, Human Resource Management, 4th Floor, Embassy
House, Ministry of Education and Sports (MOES), Kampala, Uganda.
Deadline:  30th April, 2014

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