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Job Title:        Monitoring, Evaluation and
Learning Assistant Coordinator

Organization: Restless
Development

Duty Station: Kampala,
Uganda

Salary: UGX
37,241,409 Gross (Annual)

Reports to: Monitoring,
Evaluation and Learning Coordinator

About US:

Restless Development
(Uganda) is an International NGO established to address the challenges faced by
young people in Uganda by placing young people at the forefront of change and
development. Our vision is for all Ugandan youth to live healthy and productive
lives, fully supported by those around them. Our programming focuses on three
core areas: youth sexual and reproductive health and rights, youth civic
participation and youth employment and livelihoods.

Job Summary:  Restless Development Uganda is seeking to
recruit a talented individual for the position of Monitoring, Evaluation and
Learning Assistant Coordinator to lead M&E functions of the exciting Living
programmes in Kampala. Through our living programmes we work with young people
to help them build sustainable livelihoods through skills development,
establishing market-driven enterprises, and creating job- shadowing and work
placement opportunities. We support young people to achieve a decent living and
hold governments accountable for investing in youth-driven sustainable
economies.

The MEL Assistant
Coordinator will work with the support of the programme team and MEL
Coordinator to deliver the MEL functions for the Living programmes across
Uganda and build the capacity of staff and partner organizations.

Key Duties and Responsibilities: 

Leading planning,
monitoring and reporting systems (40%)

• Contribute to the development of an
  M&E Plan and lead its implementation.
• Assess the information requirements for
  the project and lead on design, development and review of all monitoring
  and reporting function, systems and tools for the project.
• Support the programme teams to utilise
  planning, monitoring and reporting tools to capture information across
  programme indicators
• Contribute to the development of
  performance frameworks and tools used by different stakeholders and ensure
  consistency with the definition and methodology of collection by keeping
  an M&E analysis plan for each indicator.
• Support the design of M&E guidelines
  and Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for the project as aligned to the
  national compendium and ensure compliance across the entire project
  process in liaison with the M&E Unit at Head Office.
• Design and lead training and other
  capacity building initiatives on monitoring and reporting systems for
  staff and volunteers in liaison with the M&E unit.
• Prepare monthly, quarterly and annual
  M&E project reports as per organisational and donor requirements and
  guidelines such as Key Performance Indicator reports showing progress
  against each indicator, efficiency reports, NPRs (National Progress
  Reports) to support donor reporting requirements at all times (monthly,
  quarterly, bi-annual and annual reports)
• Conduct performance reviews, validation
  and data use workshops periodically as agreed with the line manager
• Conduct Data Quality Assessments for the
  project in collaboration with program staff and M&E Unit.
• Support programme teams in development
  of monthly status updates of programmes by reviewing the quality of data.

Package and
disseminate learnings (20%)

• Lead the analysis of monitoring and
  reporting data and produce reports for timely dissemination to internal
  and external stakeholders
• Organize multi-stakeholder review
  meetings and other internal and external fora to disseminate programme
  results and learning
• Prepare internal and external reports as
  required in liaison with the Programmes team and the M&E unit at Head
  office.
• Document lessons, best practices and
  impact from area project for learning within, across and outside Restless
  Development.
• Ensure learning is shared and
  disseminated between Restless Development, development stakeholders at
  different fora within and outside the organization
• Document case studies (Monthly) and Most
  Significant change Stories (MSCs) on a quarterly and bi-annual basis
  highlighting programme success and lead in the participatory review and
  selection of the MSCs.

Manage data storage
system (20%)

• Support programme team in documentation
  and filing of all programme data using both on and offline systems
• Support the programme team to Manage
  (record/capture, analyse, report, disseminate and safely store) project
  data.
• Establish and regularly update programme
  databases clearly showing the project reach across target population
• Conduct data verification and quality
  assurance in line with organisational and donor requirements
• Provide reports drawing on data captured
  as per organisational and donor requirements

Financial
Management (10%)

• Ensure timely requisitioning and
  accountability for activity funds as required
• Ensure adherence to Restless Development
  Uganda’s financial policies.
• Ensure value for money in all finance
  transactions

Other (10%)

• Fulfil other reasonable duties and
  responsibilities, as requested by the MEL Manager, Programme Manager and
  MEL Coordinator. Occasionally, work on weekends and holidays may be
  required, for which time off in lieu can be taken.

Qualifications, Skills and Experience: 

• The Restless Development Monitoring,
  Evaluation and Learning Assistant Coordinator job should hold a degree in
  the field of Statistics, Demography, Development Studies, Social Sciences,
  Social development, Social Work and Social Administration, or any other
  relevant field of study.
• Post-graduate Diploma in M&E is an
  added advantage
• Post-graduate training in statistical
  data analysis software and packages is an added advantage.
• Three years of experience in the
  development sector, including Research monitoring, evaluation and learning
  (e.g. data collection, entry, cleaning, analysis, reporting).
• Understanding of monitoring, evaluation,
  learning and reporting systems and tools, including both qualitative and
  quantitative methods.
• Excellent understanding of development
  issues, particularly in relation to youth livelihoods and employment,
  sexual reproductive health, and civic engagement.
• Excellent IT skills, including database
  design and maintenance, Excel, Access, PowerPoint and Word.
• Well versed and conversant with IT and
  internet based communications and sharing platforms like google drive,
  Email, Skype and social media.
• Excellent written and verbal
  communication skills in English and any other Ugandan language
• A strong personal commitment to the
  values of Restless Development Preferred
• Experience working in a youthful,
  multicultural environment.

Desirable

• Experience in training others in
  monitoring and evaluation tools and techniques
• Strong data management and analysis
  skills including familiarity with Excel, Epi Info, SPSS, STATA and NVIVO,
• Experience of supporting youth
  volunteering programmes
• Experience in monitoring and evaluating
  livelihood programs

Competencies: Individual must be results-oriented, highly
self-motivated and have demonstrated analytical skills. The successful
candidate will thrive in a multicultural environment as part of a rapidly
growing and developing organization and be personally committed to Restless
Development’s mission and values.

How to Apply:

All suitably
qualified and interested candidates who wish to join Restless Development in
the aforementioned capacity should fill in this form, download
here, and send it to ugandajobs@restlessdevelopment.org. Please note
that we DO NOT accept CVs, resumes and cover letters.

Deadline: 14^th August 2019

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