Job Title: Program Officer/ Monitoring and Evaluation
Organisation: Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development
(MGLSD)
(MGLSD)
Project Name: Uganda Women Entrepreneurship Programme (UWEP)
Duty Station: Kampala,
Uganda
Uganda
Reports to: M&E
Manager
Manager
About US:
The
Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development (MGLSD) is implementing the
Uganda Women Entrepreneurship Programme (UWEP), an initiative of the Government
of Uganda that is aimed at improving access to financial services by women
entrepreneurs and equipping them with skills for enterprise growth, value
addition and marketing of their products and services. The Programme will be
implemented under three components namely; Capacity and Skills Development, Women
Enterprise Fund for projects and Institutional Support.
Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development (MGLSD) is implementing the
Uganda Women Entrepreneurship Programme (UWEP), an initiative of the Government
of Uganda that is aimed at improving access to financial services by women
entrepreneurs and equipping them with skills for enterprise growth, value
addition and marketing of their products and services. The Programme will be
implemented under three components namely; Capacity and Skills Development, Women
Enterprise Fund for projects and Institutional Support.
Job Summary: The Program Officer/ Monitoring and Evaluation
will regularly monitor and evaluate the performance of the UWEP.
will regularly monitor and evaluate the performance of the UWEP.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
1. Monitoring:
- Responsible for the design and update the
monitoring and evaluation framework of UWEP. - Develop project monitoring plan for UWEP.
- Coordinate with partners for collecting data
against agreed indicators. - Ensure quality, timely, complete and
comprehensive data is collected at all levels. - Prepare feedback for Programme teams on
projects’ performance based on monitoring data findings. - Support the M&E Manager in building
capacity of Programme teams and local governments on Planning, Data
collection, Report writing and monitoring.
2. Development and management
of MIS:
of MIS:
- Provide and update details of information
that will be collected at each phase of the programme cycle and how is to
be captured by the Management information System (MIS) - Develop in collaboration with the
information, communication and technology (ICT) Officers, the
specifications for the MIS databases and support the development of the
MIS for monitoring the effectiveness of the programme in generating
community projects. - Work in liaison with the ICT officers to design,
develop and test computer systems and databases to make the MIS
operational. - Study relevant reports, synthesize and
consolidate them for purposes of tracking progress and follow-up action.
3. Evaluation:
- Support the M&E Manager in designing,
coordinating and conducting project evaluations (mid-term, other relevant
learning studies and impact evaluation). - Support partners in designing and
disseminating research studies by providing relevant inputs. - Work closely with other institutions to
monitor and evaluate aspects of poverty/unemployment among women at local
government and community levels.
4. Reporting and
Documentation:
Documentation:
- Support the Manager M&E in developing
quarterly, Bi-annual and annual reports. - Develop and share field visit reports with
relevant stakeholder. - Ensure that approved reports are uploaded on
website. - Support the development and harmonization of
the UWEP database - Supervise the collection of information for
analyzing the Programme performance.
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
- The applicant for the Program Officer/
Monitoring and Evaluation vacancy should preferably be a Ugandan who holds
an Honours Bachelor’s Degree in Economics, Statistics, Development Studies,
Social Sciences from a recognized University. Possession of a Master’s degree
in any of the above is an added advantage - A postgraduate certificate or Diploma in
monitoring and evaluation - A minimum of three years of relevant working
experience. - Broad knowledge and understanding of the log
frame approach in planning, monitoring and evaluation - Familiarity with both quantitative and
qualitative monitoring and evaluation methods. - Competencies; Computer literacy, Self-motivated,
Organizational, Coordination and planning, Interpersonal, Communication
skills and Ethics and Integrity.
How to Apply:
All
suitably qualified and interested candidates should send hand deliver their
applications to:
suitably qualified and interested candidates should send hand deliver their
applications to:
The
Permanent Secretary,
Permanent Secretary,
Ministry
of Gender, Labour & Social Developments,
of Gender, Labour & Social Developments,
Plot
2, Simbamanyo House, George Street,
2, Simbamanyo House, George Street,
P.O.
Box 7136, Kampala, Uganda
Box 7136, Kampala, Uganda
Deadline: 27th May 2016 by 3:00pm
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