Senior Officer MEAL (DRC) NGO Job Opportunities – Save the Children International

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Organization: Save the
Children International
Duty Station: Kampala,
Uganda
Reports to: Regional
Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability & Learning (MEAL) Manager
About US:
Save the Children is the world’s leading independent organization for
children and has program presence in over 120 countries in the world and has
been implementing programs for over 90 years. Save the Children envisions a
Uganda in which every child attains the right to survival, protection,
development and participation. Our mission is to inspire breakthroughs in the
way the world treats children, and to achieve immediate and lasting change in
their lives. We strive to create impact for children by delivering our
Programmes through partnerships, by being innovative, by acting as the voice
for and of children, and by achieving results at scale.  In Uganda, we implement programmes in six
thematic programme areas of Child Protection, Child Rights Governance,
Education, Livelihoods & Food Security, Health, Nutrition and HIV/AIDS in
development and emergency contexts. Save the Children delivers programs in over
36 districts in the North, Rwenzori, North-Eastern and Central regions of
Uganda, Currently, Save the Children has a staff complement of over 200
persons. We save children’s lives. We fight for their rights. We help them
fulfil their potential. In 2014, we reached over 143 million children through
our work around 52m directly and 91 million indirectly around the world.
Job Summary: The Senior
Officer MEAL (DRC) is mainly responsible for providing oversight for the
project MEAL function. This includes putting in place and ensuring that the
project uses basic MEAL tools to adequately plan, monitor and report in a
timely manner on activity implementation and results.  The incumbent will work with the MEAL and the
project team ensure that the project has information briefs, regular sharing of
project updates and has a mechanism for collecting, tracking and responding to
feedback and complaints. In addition, the job holder ensures that quality bench
marks are used during implementation of project activities and puts in place a
tailor made documentation strategy for impact stories, reports, best practices
and ensures that lessons learnt feed into the project planning processes.  The staff is responsible for ensuring that
project data on outputs and outcome progress is collected accurately and in a
timely manner to inform decisions on the project priorities. The job holder may
be called upon as and when necessary to support the emergency team in cases of
humanitarian crisis.
Qualifications, Skills and
Experience:
  • The ideal candidate for the Save the
    Children International Senior Officer MEAL (DRC) job placement should
    preferably hold a Bachelor’s Degree in either Statistics or Development
    Studies with post graduate training in monitoring and evaluation.
  • At least three years’ experience in
    monitoring and evaluation working experience (preferably in
    education/protection-related programmes with an International NGO).
  • Knowledge and use of various survey
    methods for monitoring of different programs.
  • Additional training and mentorship of
    Community based volunteers, Sub-county as well as District level partners
    in data collection management and reporting.
  • Additional training and experience in
    biostatistics or monitoring and evaluation and MIS of an added advantage
  • Willingness to travel and work in
    hard-to-reach areas, occasionally under strenuous conditions.
  • Past exposure and experience of working
    with local partners and District Local Government in Child Rights
    Governance, Health, Nutrition, Education, HIV/AIDS or Child Protection is
    an added advantage.
  • Excellent analytical skills and strategic
    planning abilities.
  • Ability to establish and maintain
    conducive collegial relations and perform effectively as a member of a
    team.
  • Computer literacy and excellent
    documentation skills are a must.
  • Willingness to travel and work in
    hard-to-reach areas, occasionally under strenuous conditions.
  • Availability and willingness to work extra
    hours during times of humanitarian responses.
  • Highly developed cultural awareness and
    ability to work well in an international environment with people from
    diverse backgrounds and cultures.
  • Ability to intervene with crisis
    management or troubleshooting as necessary.
  • Exceptional interpersonal and
    communication skills including influencing, negotiation and coaching.
  • Excellent time management and planning
    capacity.
  • Availability and willingness to work extra
    hours during times of humanitarian responses.
How to Apply:
All suitably qualified candidates are encouraged to send their
application letters with detailed CVs indicating three referees, two of whom
should have been direct supervisors submitted to:
uganda.recruitment@savethechildren.org addressed to:
The Director of Human Resources & Administration,
Save the Children,
Plot 68/70, Kira Road,
Kampala. Uganda.
NB:
  • Testimonials/certificates should not be
    attached to applications.
  • Hand delivered applications will not be
    accepted and are therefore not considered during the shortlisting process.
Deadline: 21st April 2017

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