Job Title: Senior Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist
Organisation: United States
US Embassy, US Mission in Uganda
US Embassy, US Mission in Uganda
Duty Station: USAID, Program and Policy Development
(PPD), Kampala, Uganda
(PPD), Kampala, Uganda
Salary Grade: FSN-11
(Ugshs 137,483,2454 to 202,072,484 p.a. inclusive of allowances)
(Ugshs 137,483,2454 to 202,072,484 p.a. inclusive of allowances)
Vacancy Announcement Number:
104-16
104-16
About US Embassy:
The United States Embassy in Kampala, Uganda has enjoyed diplomatic
relations with Uganda for over 30 years.
Ambassador Deborah R. Malac currently heads the U.S Mission to
Uganda. The Mission is composed of
several offices and organizations all working under the auspices of the Embassy
and at the direction of the Ambassador.
relations with Uganda for over 30 years.
Ambassador Deborah R. Malac currently heads the U.S Mission to
Uganda. The Mission is composed of
several offices and organizations all working under the auspices of the Embassy
and at the direction of the Ambassador.
Among the offices operating under the U.S Mission to Uganda are:
·
United States Agency for International
Development (USAID)
United States Agency for International
Development (USAID)
·
Centers for Disease Control (CDC)
Centers for Disease Control (CDC)
·
Peace Corps
Peace Corps
Job Summary: The
Senior Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist is mainly responsible for ensuring
Mission compliance with USAID performance management and evaluation policy as
set forth in Automated Directives System Chapter 203, as well as Mission policy
as set forth in the current USAID/Uganda Evaluation Mission Order, across the
entire $1.5 billion Mission assistance portfolio. As the senior Mission subject-matter expert
(SME) on all matters M&E, s/he advises the PPD Director and Deputy
Director, the Mission Director and his/her Deputy, the Mission Office of
Acquisition and Assistance, and Mission technical teams on all aspects of
Mission program performance monitoring and evaluation, ensures that progress
towards intended results is monitored, recorded and reported upon in accordance
with USAID policy guidance, advises and trains, as needed, all Mission
Contracting Officer Representatives (CORs) and Assistance Officer
Representatives (AORs) and implementing partners on the design, implementation
and modification of performance monitoring plans (PMPs) for their respective
contracts and grants. The incumbent provides
final Mission-level clearance on all evaluations of Mission
projects/activities. The jobholder also supports
the Mission Project Design and Budget Team in applying lessons learned from
mid-term and post-project/activity evaluations to new project/activity
designs. S/he has overall management
responsibility for ensuring that the Mission’s performance-data reporting
system consistently conforms to Agency standards and policy guidance, and for
enforcing requirements for timely collection of Mission program performance
data for that system and for timely assessment of data quality. S/he is the principle COR for the $15.6 million
Mission-wide Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning contract. The incumbent leads the PPD M&E and
Learning (ME&L) Team and directly supervises a FSN-10 M&E Specialist, a
GS-14 USPSC Organizational Learning Advisor, a FSN-10 Knowledge Management
Specialist, a FSN-11 Geographic Information Systems Specialist, and a District
Operational Plan Coordinator (Fellow).
As ME&L Team Leader, she assigns tasks to team members, reviews and
clears their documents and other work products for the PPD Director and Deputy
Director, and is a required source of 360-degree feedback on ME&L Team
members’ work performance to those who prepare the members’ annual performance
evaluations and reports (the PPD Director or Deputy Director).
Senior Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist is mainly responsible for ensuring
Mission compliance with USAID performance management and evaluation policy as
set forth in Automated Directives System Chapter 203, as well as Mission policy
as set forth in the current USAID/Uganda Evaluation Mission Order, across the
entire $1.5 billion Mission assistance portfolio. As the senior Mission subject-matter expert
(SME) on all matters M&E, s/he advises the PPD Director and Deputy
Director, the Mission Director and his/her Deputy, the Mission Office of
Acquisition and Assistance, and Mission technical teams on all aspects of
Mission program performance monitoring and evaluation, ensures that progress
towards intended results is monitored, recorded and reported upon in accordance
with USAID policy guidance, advises and trains, as needed, all Mission
Contracting Officer Representatives (CORs) and Assistance Officer
Representatives (AORs) and implementing partners on the design, implementation
and modification of performance monitoring plans (PMPs) for their respective
contracts and grants. The incumbent provides
final Mission-level clearance on all evaluations of Mission
projects/activities. The jobholder also supports
the Mission Project Design and Budget Team in applying lessons learned from
mid-term and post-project/activity evaluations to new project/activity
designs. S/he has overall management
responsibility for ensuring that the Mission’s performance-data reporting
system consistently conforms to Agency standards and policy guidance, and for
enforcing requirements for timely collection of Mission program performance
data for that system and for timely assessment of data quality. S/he is the principle COR for the $15.6 million
Mission-wide Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning contract. The incumbent leads the PPD M&E and
Learning (ME&L) Team and directly supervises a FSN-10 M&E Specialist, a
GS-14 USPSC Organizational Learning Advisor, a FSN-10 Knowledge Management
Specialist, a FSN-11 Geographic Information Systems Specialist, and a District
Operational Plan Coordinator (Fellow).
As ME&L Team Leader, she assigns tasks to team members, reviews and
clears their documents and other work products for the PPD Director and Deputy
Director, and is a required source of 360-degree feedback on ME&L Team
members’ work performance to those who prepare the members’ annual performance
evaluations and reports (the PPD Director or Deputy Director).
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
Design and Management of
Mission Performance-Management Plans and Systems: 30%
Mission Performance-Management Plans and Systems: 30%
·
Provides
high-level professional subject-matter expertise and guidance to all Mission
technical teams and implementing partners (IPs) in the design, implementation
and update/revision of performance monitoring plans for all Mission-funded
activities.
Provides
high-level professional subject-matter expertise and guidance to all Mission
technical teams and implementing partners (IPs) in the design, implementation
and update/revision of performance monitoring plans for all Mission-funded
activities.
·
Keenly
reviews, approves, and modifies, as necessary, the performance-management plans
for all Mission activities in accordance with Agency M&E policy guidance,
in order to determine actual results achieved in comparison to targets; and
interprets the significance of those results for broader Mission performance
objectives and goals, and makes final determinations on behalf of the Mission
regarding whether the intended result or target was achieved.
Keenly
reviews, approves, and modifies, as necessary, the performance-management plans
for all Mission activities in accordance with Agency M&E policy guidance,
in order to determine actual results achieved in comparison to targets; and
interprets the significance of those results for broader Mission performance
objectives and goals, and makes final determinations on behalf of the Mission
regarding whether the intended result or target was achieved.
·
Takes
lead in the development of, and provides final Mission-level approval of, the
M&E plan of the Mission’s Country Development Cooperation Strategy (CDCS).
Takes
lead in the development of, and provides final Mission-level approval of, the
M&E plan of the Mission’s Country Development Cooperation Strategy (CDCS).
·
The
jobholder makes formal recommendations to Mission Management, as required, for
any revisions of, or adjustments to, performance targets, intermediate results,
development objectives and strategic goals.
The
jobholder makes formal recommendations to Mission Management, as required, for
any revisions of, or adjustments to, performance targets, intermediate results,
development objectives and strategic goals.
Development, Implementation
and Oversight of the Mission Analytic Agenda: 30%
and Oversight of the Mission Analytic Agenda: 30%
·
Steers
the Mission to develop an annual analytic agenda that conforms to Agency
Evaluation Policy and its Collaborating, Learning and Adapting agenda and to
the USAID/Uganda standardized Mission Order on Evaluation, identifying specific
programs, activities, technical areas and issues requiring in-depth analysis
and/or evaluation in order to meet Mission assistance-program objectives and
goals;
Steers
the Mission to develop an annual analytic agenda that conforms to Agency
Evaluation Policy and its Collaborating, Learning and Adapting agenda and to
the USAID/Uganda standardized Mission Order on Evaluation, identifying specific
programs, activities, technical areas and issues requiring in-depth analysis
and/or evaluation in order to meet Mission assistance-program objectives and
goals;
·
Regularly
reviews and approves all Mission evaluation designs; and manages the Mission
M&E budget for third-party evaluations and assessments of programs and
activities.
Regularly
reviews and approves all Mission evaluation designs; and manages the Mission
M&E budget for third-party evaluations and assessments of programs and
activities.
·
Reviews
all Mission evaluation reports and makes final determination on behalf of the
Mission as to whether they meet the standards required by Agency and Mission
policy.
Reviews
all Mission evaluation reports and makes final determination on behalf of the
Mission as to whether they meet the standards required by Agency and Mission
policy.
·
Steers
the PPD M&E and Learning Team in advancing the Mission’s M&E and
Learning agenda, identifying all data and analytical requirements for improving
program management, impact and oversight.
Steers
the PPD M&E and Learning Team in advancing the Mission’s M&E and
Learning agenda, identifying all data and analytical requirements for improving
program management, impact and oversight.
Data Collection,
Verification, Analysis and Reporting on Program Performance: 25%
Verification, Analysis and Reporting on Program Performance: 25%
·
Acts
as the Senior Mission authority and arbiter on all issues related to
program-performance data identification, collection, quality-assessment,
interpretation and dissemination.
Acts
as the Senior Mission authority and arbiter on all issues related to
program-performance data identification, collection, quality-assessment,
interpretation and dissemination.
·
Steers
the Mission in designing, planning, organizing and carrying out the bi-annual portfolio
reviews for Mission Management, both at the Mission and in the field, of
program performance in accordance with the USAID/Uganda standardized Mission
Order on Portfolio Reviews.
Steers
the Mission in designing, planning, organizing and carrying out the bi-annual portfolio
reviews for Mission Management, both at the Mission and in the field, of
program performance in accordance with the USAID/Uganda standardized Mission
Order on Portfolio Reviews.
·
Manages
the operation of the Mission’s Performance Reporting System and provides direct
oversight of the five-year, $15.6 million Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning
contract as the Contracting Officer’s Representative (COR).
Manages
the operation of the Mission’s Performance Reporting System and provides direct
oversight of the five-year, $15.6 million Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning
contract as the Contracting Officer’s Representative (COR).
·
Attends
Uganda-based and international conferences and workshops on M&E and
Learning as the senior Mission subject-matter expert and administrative
authority.
Attends
Uganda-based and international conferences and workshops on M&E and
Learning as the senior Mission subject-matter expert and administrative
authority.
·
Oversees
the preparation, ensures the quality and accuracy, and approves for final
submission to Washington of the annual Mission Performance Plan and Report.
Oversees
the preparation, ensures the quality and accuracy, and approves for final
submission to Washington of the annual Mission Performance Plan and Report.
Improving the capacity of
partner organizations: 15%
partner organizations: 15%
·
In
support of the achievement of the Mission’s performance plan, provides of
technical assistance to Mission IPs to enhance their institutional M&E and
Learning capacity. This includes
providing assessments of current IP capacity in these areas, and identifying
any training and/or other resources needed for the IPs to be able to carry out
these functions with the necessary level of competence and quality.
In
support of the achievement of the Mission’s performance plan, provides of
technical assistance to Mission IPs to enhance their institutional M&E and
Learning capacity. This includes
providing assessments of current IP capacity in these areas, and identifying
any training and/or other resources needed for the IPs to be able to carry out
these functions with the necessary level of competence and quality.
·
On a
periodic and as-need and appropriate basis, provide technical assistance to
Ugandan institutions such as the Uganda Bureau of Statistics, the Office of the
Prime Minister, and the Office of the Auditor General in enhancing their
M&E capacity.
On a
periodic and as-need and appropriate basis, provide technical assistance to
Ugandan institutions such as the Uganda Bureau of Statistics, the Office of the
Prime Minister, and the Office of the Auditor General in enhancing their
M&E capacity.
Qualifications, Skills and
Experience:
Experience:
NOTE: All applicants must address each selection
criterion detailed below with specific and comprehensive information supporting
each item.
criterion detailed below with specific and comprehensive information supporting
each item.
·
The applicants for the United Stated US Embassy
USAID Senior Monitoring and Evaluation
Specialist career should hold a Master’s
degree, or host country equivalent, in a field related to monitoring and
evaluation and performance/statistical research and analysis, which may include
economics, applied mathematics/statistics, public or business administration,
organizational/management theory and practice, demography, or related field, is
required.
The applicants for the United Stated US Embassy
USAID Senior Monitoring and Evaluation
Specialist career should hold a Master’s
degree, or host country equivalent, in a field related to monitoring and
evaluation and performance/statistical research and analysis, which may include
economics, applied mathematics/statistics, public or business administration,
organizational/management theory and practice, demography, or related field, is
required.
·
A
minimum of ten years of progressively more responsible, professional level
experience in the performance monitoring and evaluation of development-assistance
programs, at least 4 years of which should be with a U.S. Government (USG)
agency or other bilateral or multilateral official aid donor organization. Experience must include the development and
management of performance monitoring plans, oversight/management of computer
and/or web-based performance data recording and reporting systems, design and
management of program/project evaluations and assessments, data source
selection and quality analysis, report writing, and work in diverse team settings.
A
minimum of ten years of progressively more responsible, professional level
experience in the performance monitoring and evaluation of development-assistance
programs, at least 4 years of which should be with a U.S. Government (USG)
agency or other bilateral or multilateral official aid donor organization. Experience must include the development and
management of performance monitoring plans, oversight/management of computer
and/or web-based performance data recording and reporting systems, design and
management of program/project evaluations and assessments, data source
selection and quality analysis, report writing, and work in diverse team settings.
·
Broad
knowledge and understanding of the economic, social and political contest of
developing countries such as Uganda; of official development assistance theory
and practice; detailed professional practitioner-level knowledge of M&E and organizational
learning theory and practice, including data selection, collection, and
analytical methodologies, and data-quality assessment.
Broad
knowledge and understanding of the economic, social and political contest of
developing countries such as Uganda; of official development assistance theory
and practice; detailed professional practitioner-level knowledge of M&E and organizational
learning theory and practice, including data selection, collection, and
analytical methodologies, and data-quality assessment.
·
Knowledge
of computer and/or web-based M&E data-management systems.
Knowledge
of computer and/or web-based M&E data-management systems.
·
The
incumbent will be able to provide expert technical advice to assist Mission
Management and the Executive Office in identifying Mission training needs
related to monitoring and evaluation, including the incumbent’s own training
required to maintain an effective Mission leadership role in M&E and Learning
and any necessary certification requirements.
The
incumbent will be able to provide expert technical advice to assist Mission
Management and the Executive Office in identifying Mission training needs
related to monitoring and evaluation, including the incumbent’s own training
required to maintain an effective Mission leadership role in M&E and Learning
and any necessary certification requirements.
·
Possess
excellent interpersonal, conceptualization and problem-solving, and
communication skills, including the ability to write persuasively and with
appropriate attention to detail, timeliness, and quality of presentation; the
ability to work effectively and with minimal guidance or supervision within a
culturally-diverse team setting and to provide leadership to peers and
subordinates that ensures quality work while promoting professional growth; a demonstrated ability to work effectively with
a broad range of professional counterparts within and outside of the employing
organization.
Possess
excellent interpersonal, conceptualization and problem-solving, and
communication skills, including the ability to write persuasively and with
appropriate attention to detail, timeliness, and quality of presentation; the
ability to work effectively and with minimal guidance or supervision within a
culturally-diverse team setting and to provide leadership to peers and
subordinates that ensures quality work while promoting professional growth; a demonstrated ability to work effectively with
a broad range of professional counterparts within and outside of the employing
organization.
·
Ability
to interact effectively on a peer-to-peer basis with local and international
M&E professionals in professional fora, conferences, and work groups,
including, as appropriate, the development and presentation of original
research and analyses that meet international standards of professional peer
review in the M&E field.
Ability
to interact effectively on a peer-to-peer basis with local and international
M&E professionals in professional fora, conferences, and work groups,
including, as appropriate, the development and presentation of original
research and analyses that meet international standards of professional peer
review in the M&E field.
·
Advanced
computer literacy, including the ability to, entirely independently, create,
interpret, edit, and modify documents and spreadsheets using common
word-processing, spreadsheet and slide-show software packages, such as those
included in the Microsoft Office suite, with minimal supervision.
Advanced
computer literacy, including the ability to, entirely independently, create,
interpret, edit, and modify documents and spreadsheets using common
word-processing, spreadsheet and slide-show software packages, such as those
included in the Microsoft Office suite, with minimal supervision.
·
Language
Proficiency: Oral and written professional-level fluency
(Level IV) in English is required.
Language
Proficiency: Oral and written professional-level fluency
(Level IV) in English is required.
How to Apply:
All those interested in working with the US mission in Kampala should
send their applications and strictly adhere to the following:
send their applications and strictly adhere to the following:
·
Download a completed and signed Universal
Application for Employment as a Locally Employed Staff, Download it Here.
Download a completed and signed Universal
Application for Employment as a Locally Employed Staff, Download it Here.
·
Any additional documentation that supports or
addresses the requirements listed above (e.g. transcripts, degrees, etc.)
Any additional documentation that supports or
addresses the requirements listed above (e.g. transcripts, degrees, etc.)
Submit Application To:
Human Resources Office
By email at [email protected]
NB: Your application will
be reviewed if you have fulfilled all the requirements including submission of
standard file types such as Microsoft Word (.doc) and Adobe Acrobat (.pdf) in a
single attachment (No Zipped files, Links or Multiple Attachments) and should
not exceed 10MB. Please clearly indicate the position number and title you are
applying for on the DS-174 form.
be reviewed if you have fulfilled all the requirements including submission of
standard file types such as Microsoft Word (.doc) and Adobe Acrobat (.pdf) in a
single attachment (No Zipped files, Links or Multiple Attachments) and should
not exceed 10MB. Please clearly indicate the position number and title you are
applying for on the DS-174 form.
Deadline: 25th December
2016
2016
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religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, political affiliation, marital
status, or sexual orientation. The
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personnel operations through continuing diversity enhancement programs.
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personnel operations through continuing diversity enhancement programs.
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