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Job Title:        Monitoring
and Evaluation Manager

Organization: World
University Service of Canada (WUSC)

Duty Station: Kampala,
Uganda

Reports to: Deputy
Program Manager, WUSC Uganda

About US:

World University
Service of Canada (WUSC) is a Canadian non-profit organization with a mission
to enhance education, economic opportunities, and empowerment for youth. We
work with a diverse network of students, volunteers, institutions, governments,
and businesses. Together, we foster youth-centered solutions to overcome
inequality and exclusion. WUSC is working in partnership with the Aga Khan
Foundation of Canada (AKFC) with funding from Global Affairs Canada (GAC) to
implement the Adolescent Girls’ Education in Crisis Initiative (AGENCI). This
four-year project will focus on enhancing the empowerment of vulnerable refugee
and host community girls in northern Uganda through life skills, mentorship
programs, support to reduce financial barriers, and community engagement. WUSC
will work closely with AKFC teams in Uganda to jointly implement this
initiative.

Job Summary:  The AGENCI Monitoring & Evaluation
(M&E) Manager will provide leadership on M&E activities and ensure
quality oversight in order to meet project obligations and donor requirements.
The M&E Manager is expected to provide technical expertise to ensure
efficient, effective and timely planning and execution of the various project
M&E processes and activities.

Key Duties and Responsibilities: Specifically, the M&E Manager is
responsible for the following:

• Implementation of the AGENCI monitoring framework, using GAC’s
  Results-Based Management principles;
• Ensuring M&E tasks (such as planning, coordination of monitoring
  and data collection activities, training of staff, etc.) are effectively
  carried out in accordance with the expectations of the donor;
• Developing and updating monitoring and evaluation systems (such as
  the Performance Management Framework) linked to key indicators for the
  purpose of informing program activities and reporting to the donor, and
  supporting continous improvements in the process;
• Providing high quality technical expertise on planning, development
  and implementation of M & E systems to AGENCI staff and local
  counterparts;
• Ensuring regular communication and coordination with regard to the
  collection, coordination and exchange of M&E information with project
  staff in Uganda, AKFC counterparts, and Canada-based WUSC staff; and
• Ensuring all AGENCI program activities develop and apply M&E
  systems which meet the evidence-based data collection requirements.

M&E
Design/Quality Assurance

• Develop tracking and monitoring tools for routine tracking and
  collecting of monitoring information;
• Ensure project tools are being used effectively by project staff and
  that the data they are collecting informs the results intended;
• Ensure that tools in use meet the needs of the project and that
  staff have the capacity to utilize them effectively for reporting and
  monitoring of progress;
• Identify training needs of staff working on the project and
  recommend actions for improving capacity with regard to M & E;
• Ensure that data collected through M & E processes is reliable,
  accurate and complete – to the extent possible in the project context; and
• Apply a continuous improvement approach toward all data collection
  processes.

Data Collection

• Ensure M&E that activities are completed in a timely manner to
  contribute to high quality and accurate reporting;
• Manage on-going data collection processes, analyses and internal
  verification for project evaluation purposes;
• Identify monitoring needs based on program implementation and
  collect data that effectively informs on-going progress;
• Ensure that accurate and complete monitoring, evaluation and data
  collection and and files are set up, maintained and updated;
• Support qualitative data collection for the purposes of
  documentation and dissemination of lessons learnt; and
• Support planning, logistics and coordination of WUSC staff and
  AGENCI consultants or technical assistance visits as required.

Reporting Duties:

• Ensure timely and regular monitoring and evaluation data is shared
  with AGENCI colleagues to feed into reporting cycles in an efficient and
  timely manner, in accordance with GAC standards;
• Ensure that regular updates on AGENCI monitoring and evaluation
  processes are communicated and shared with project staff;
• Assist as required with all relevant project reports;
• Respond to requests for information from WUSC and AKFC staff,
  project partners, and WUSC Senior Management; and
• Other duties as required.

Qualifications, Skills and Experience: 

• The applicant must hold a Master’s degree in a relevant field or
  equivalent mix of education and experience;
• A minimum of eight years of experience in the field of monitoring
  and evaluation of development programs;
• Experience working with international development partners,
  international non-governmental organizations and donors, ideally with
  Global Affairs Canada (formerly known as DFATD or CIDA);
• Experience with monitoring and evaluation concepts and principles is
  required;
• Knowledge of quantitative data collection and analysis is preferred;
• Knowledge of international development, and with issues that impact
  refugees and host communities;
• Experience working with ethnically diverse communities and with
  projects implementing gender mainstreaming strategies; and
• Demonstrated high level written and verbal communication skills in English,
  Kiswahili, and ideally at least one other language commonly spoken in
  Uganda.

How to Apply:

If you wish to apply
for this position, please submit a letter of motivation and CV to jobs@wusc.ca
with the subject line “AGENCI M&E Manager- Uganda”

Deadline: 15^th November 2019

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