Monitoring and Evaluation Officer NGO Careers – Action for Community Development (ACODEV)

  Economics Jobs in Uganda, Monitoring and Evaluation Jobs in Uganda, NGO - Non-Government Organisations Jobs in Uganda, Social Sciences Jobs in Uganda, Uncategorized
Organization: Action for
Community Development (ACODEV)
Funding Source: Bergstrom
Foundation
Duty Station: Uganda
Reports to: M&E Manager
About US:
Action for Community Development (ACODEV) is a Non-Governmental
Organization that serves and empowers individuals, families and communities in
East and Southern African region through promotion of innovative solutions in
the areas of Human Rights, Health Promotions and Institutional Capacity
Strengthening.
About Bergstrom Foundation Project:
ACODEV, through an awarded grant from Bergstrom Foundation has been
contracted to implement a 3-years (2016/2018) project with an overall Goal of
contributing to the reduction of the unmet need for contraception by 20% through
enhancing access and use of quality family planning services for healthy timing
and spacing of pregnancies in Kasese District of Uganda.
Job Summary: The Monitoring
and Evaluation Officer will be responsible for managing current monitoring and
evaluation (M&E) systems to measure the effectiveness of Family planning
and other health services project and coordinating other existing M&E
activities within the organization. With technical guidance from the District
Project Coordinator and the M&E Manager, the Officer will support the
internal ACODEV monitoring and evaluation (M&E) system and M&E
activities. The M&E Officer will be responsible for helping design project
monitoring tools, day-to-day management of project monitoring data, cleaning
and documenting any primary data collected by the project, supporting the
collection of primary survey data, compiling and documenting secondary data
from other sources in Uganda, and quantitative data analysis of any of the
types of data mentioned above.
Key Duties and
Responsibilities:  
  • Work closely with the District Project
    Coordinator & M&E Manager to develop project M&E plan and data
    collection tools, and facilitate the use of data collection tools at all
    levels through training and supportive supervision at the point of data
    collection
  • The incumbent will collect and analyze
    data to measure and track project monitoring indicators.
  • Collect and provide quantitative
    analytical support of primary and secondary data using Stata or SPSS.
  • Actively coordinate with the external
    M&E experts to design, coordinate and implement qualitative and
    quantitative research including baseline evaluation and rapid assessments.
  • Initiate/ensure clear, efficient and
    timely communication and reporting in respect to the programmatic needs of
    the project.
  • Conduct routine data quality assessments
    at service delivery points.
  • In charge of cleaning data from project
    studies and assessments.
  • Prepare tables, graphs, reports and visual
    presentations based on the data analysis for presentation to internal and
    external audiences.
  • Actively contribute to strategic planning
    and work plan development based on data generated from the M&E system
  • Offer support to the program to strengthen
    the capacity of project staff, community partners, district staff and
    volunteers in collecting, analyzing and utilizing data; analyze, interpret
    and disseminate information that document project performance and
    findings, including identification of best practices and lessons learned
    from project activities.
  • Organize and conduct periodic meetings
    with local collaborating agencies, partners and stakeholders to discuss
    achievements, challenges, and lessons learned.
  • Perform any other tasked as may be
    assigned by the Regional Coordinator.
Qualifications, Skills and
Experience:
  • The ideal candidate for the ACODEV
    Bergstrom Foundation Project Monitoring and Evaluation Officer job vacancy
    should preferably hold a Bachelor’s Degree in Social Sciences, Economics,
    Statistics, Research Methodology, Project Management or a related field
  • A
    minimum of two to three years of Monitoring and Evaluation
    experience (Desirable);
  • Good Information Management skills
  • Project
    Management (essential);
  • Capacity
    to produce high-quality briefs and reports in English (Essential);
  • Good
    level of proficiency in computer-based M&E systems, SPSS, Windows
    Excel and quantitative and qualitative analysis;
  • Ability
    to design M&E systems, tools, surveys, surveillance systems,
    randomized field experiments and evaluations;
  • Proven
    ability to train and build capacity of others; Strong interpersonal skills
    and managerial capacity,
  • Proficiency
    in English (Essential);
  • Previous
    experience in a non-governmental organization (Desirable)
How to Apply:
All applicants should send an updated CV, certified relevant academic
documents, and include past experience and personal statement on why you think
you are the best fit for any of the position above and what you would offer if
selected for the position. You may hand deliver a well labelled application
specifying position applied for to: ACODEV National offices in Masoli Gayaza
Road near Namirembe Hillside School or ACODEV Western Regional Offices located
in Kasese-Muyenga Zone next to Rwenzori the Gardens Hotel Email your PDF
documents to: info@acodevuganda.org
Deadline: 23rd January 2017 by
5:00PM
For more of the latest jobs, please visit https://www.theugandanjobline.com or
find us on our facebook page https://www.facebook.com/UgandanJobline

Related Jobs