Station: Kampala, Uganda
ID: 1455
GOAL:
realization of the fundamental rights of the poor, the vulnerable, and those
affected by humanitarian crisis. GOAL currently works in 15 countries;
Ethiopia, Haiti, Honduras, India, Kenya, Malawi, Niger, Sierra Leone, Sudan,
South Sudan, Syria, Uganda, Iraq, Philippines and Zimbabwe. GOAL’s head office
is in Dublin, Ireland with support offices in London and New York.
in Uganda:
three strategic sectors: Health (including WASH and health accountability
programming); and Livelihoods. GOAL Uganda mainstreams HIV, gender, child
protection and the environment/DRR across all programming. GOAL works on a
district focused approach, and uses a mixture of direct implementation and
partnerships with local civil society organizations, private sector partners
and District Local Government to give effect to our mission.
Duties and Responsibilities:
with MEL officers and partner teams:
- As part of the learning
function, identify and write learning papers across the range of work
carried out and identify opportunities to share this learning. - Work in liaison with the ACT
Health Mentorship Manager initiate and facilitate monthly one hour
learning sessions with the implementing partner to reflect on the monthly
progress summaries (action plan and implementation).
- Regularly review activity
tracker submitted by Partner Manager and provide feedback. - Submit reviewed process
tracker to SMEL Manager every month. - Quickly respond to any
queries/comments on the activity tracker from the Kampala MEL Officers
within 2 days of receipt of feedback. - Manage (update and report on)
the ACT Health Programme social contracts and action plans database - Work closely with the
District Health Officers to access the District HMIS for each health centre
every 3 months, and submit the data to the SMEL Manager.
Health programme monitoring system
- Work in liaison with the ACT
Health Mentorship Manager and Partner Programme Manager attend at least
60% of all programme activities in the targeted Rwenzori region districts. - Provide quality assurance of
implemented activities with the use of the approved MEL checklists. - Provide weekly progress
briefs on programme procedure adherence and learning to the SMEL. - Carry out spot checks of HC
files to ensure all labels, keys and tabs are used on the files and check
for completeness of files & accuracy of data against the latest
available activity tracker
- With support from the Senior
MEL Manager plan for, facilitate and document first tier significant
change story selection meetings. - Manage the implementing
partner change story data base. - Develop and send monthly work
plans and submit plans to the SMEL Manager.
Skills and Experience:
- The ideal candidate should
preferably hold a Bachelor’s Degree (B.A) in social sciences or relevant
qualifications - Proven experience designing,
using and managing MS Access (or equivalent) databases - Detail orientation and strong
writing skills - Past exposure and experience
in doing qualitative analysis - Significant experience in
doing quantitative analysis using analytical software - Possess excellent
communication skills, including fluency in oral and written English. - Ability to travel up to 20%
of time – possibly for duration up to one month at a time. - Past experience using mobile
data collection is desired - Prior experience with Most
Significant Change Story Collection is an added advantage
to Apply:
updated CV / resume should include your contact information and three work
related references and a one page statement describing your suitability for the
role should be included.
20th February 2015
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