Job Title: Area
Monitoring & Evaluation Officer
Monitoring & Evaluation Officer
Organisation: ChildFund International
Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda
Reports to: Monitoring and Evaluation Manager
About ChildFund:
ChildFund International was founded over seventy years and has provided
support to deprived, excluded and vulnerable children to have the capacity to
improve their lives and opportunities to become young adults, parents and
leaders who bring lasting and positive change to their communities. We promote
societies whose individuals and institutions participate in valuing, protecting
and advancing the worth and rights of children. Our core commitment is
child-centered change that will ensure healthy and secure infants, educated and
confident children, and youth who are skilled and engaged meaningfully in the
affairs and decision making processes within their communities.
support to deprived, excluded and vulnerable children to have the capacity to
improve their lives and opportunities to become young adults, parents and
leaders who bring lasting and positive change to their communities. We promote
societies whose individuals and institutions participate in valuing, protecting
and advancing the worth and rights of children. Our core commitment is
child-centered change that will ensure healthy and secure infants, educated and
confident children, and youth who are skilled and engaged meaningfully in the
affairs and decision making processes within their communities.
Job Summary: The Area
Monitoring & Evaluation Officer should technically support the
establishment and implementation of a comprehensive organizational M&E and
knowledge management system to enhance impact monitoring, quality control and
evaluation in order to improve internal processes and results delivery.
Monitoring & Evaluation Officer should technically support the
establishment and implementation of a comprehensive organizational M&E and
knowledge management system to enhance impact monitoring, quality control and
evaluation in order to improve internal processes and results delivery.
Key Duties and
Responsibilities:
Responsibilities:
- Promote and monitor
best practices in program design and planning that lead to holistic and
quality programming, making best use of Country and Area Strategic
Planning guidance notes and correct interpretation and inclusion of
ChildFund strategic objectives into country and area programs for
demonstrable maximum impact for children, families and communities in
local country. - Establishing and
implementing a comprehensive organizational M&E and knowledge
management system to enhance impact monitoring, quality control and
evaluation in order to improve internal processes and results delivery. - The incumbent will
serve as program quality assurance role, the holder will ensure timely
monitoring and reporting of processes for management decision making to
ensure that the implementation of programs by ChildFund (directly and or
through other stakeholders) achieves the desired core outcomes of healthy
, and secured infants, educated and confident children, and skilled and
involved youth. - The M& E Officer
will also have the role to track and monitor ChildFund partners’ program
activities and incorporate feedback and lessons learned into programming
to improve the quality of interventions. - Support needs
assessments and other pre-program data collection activities as needed for
strategies development within the organization. - Support and provide
advice on inclusion of M&E frameworks in all strategies developed for
ChildFund programs. - Facilitate quality
programs/projects designs within the organization, correctly interpreting
ChildFund core program areas and inclusion of organization core outcomes
in the programs designs - Support the Area
Offices in ensuring that all programs (sponsorship, grants, etc.) are
aligned to, and directed towards organization core outcomes and
development priorities as defined in Area Strategy Plans and as well as in
the Organization (global) Strategy. - Develop and document
in a participatory manner the M&E framework identified at strategy
development stage into an elaborate program M&E system, with all
sub-systems (planning, monitoring and evaluation) and well defined
performance indicators. - Technically support
all program designs at National and Local Partner levels to ensure
rigorous logic between activities, outputs, results and indicators, i.e.
to ensure that all programs/projects are based on logical and sound log
frames. - Responsible for
supporting Area programs in developing monitoring and data collection
plans and methodologies, including appropriate tools, and oversee quality
implementation of M&E activities within ChildFund Uganda to meet
ChildFund International standards: i.e. coordinating the development of
projects’ Performance Monitoring Plan (PMP).
Qualifications, Skills and
Experience:
Experience:
- The ideal candidate
for the Area Monitoring and Evaluation Officer should hold a Bachelor’s
degree or higher-level degree preferred (Statistics, Quantitative
Economics, Economics and Statics) or equivalent relevant work experience
in lieu of degree. - At least five years’
experience in related field. - Demonstrated work
experience in planning, monitoring, and evaluation in development
organizations with proven track record working in child centered program
designs and implementation and managing field staff. Logical framework
approach and other strategic planning approaches – including, needs
assessment and programs design, logical framework development, selecting
indicators, implementing monitoring plans, coordinating evaluations and
data analysis. - Extensive knowledge
and understanding of M&E methods and approaches (including
quantitative, qualitative and participatory work with children). - Good computer literacy
skills i.e. proficiency including deep knowledge of and practice in
statistical and data management packages, such as SPSS, EPIINFO, LQAS and
others. - Demonstrated skills in
training and M&E capacity development of staff preferred/ facilitation
skills. - Possess the ability to
digest large amounts of information in short-time periods and summarize
and translate data into easy to understand formats is critical.
Outstanding written and oral communication skills in English: - Demonstrated high-level
interpersonal and cross-cultural skills including the ability to build
collaborative relationships internally and externally with sensitivity to
cultural, ethnic, social and political issues. - Computer proficiency
in general office software (i.e. Word, PowerPoint, Excel, and Outlook).
How to Apply:
If you meet the above job requirements and are interested, please
submit your applications including detailed Curriculum Vitae, academic and
professional papers and names of 3 work related Referees with their Email/
daytime telephone contacts to:
submit your applications including detailed Curriculum Vitae, academic and
professional papers and names of 3 work related Referees with their Email/
daytime telephone contacts to:
The National Director, ChildFund International, P.O. Box 3342, Kampala,
Uganda. Email: [email protected]. OR Delivers to ChildFund National Office
located on Plot 71/72 Namirembe Road, P.O. Box 3341, Kampala.
Uganda. Email: [email protected]. OR Delivers to ChildFund National Office
located on Plot 71/72 Namirembe Road, P.O. Box 3341, Kampala.
Deadline: 9th May 2014 by 2.00pm.
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