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Job Title: Monitoring and Evaluation Officer –
Response to Public Health Emergencies (2 positions)

Organisation: Uganda Red Cross Society (URCS)

Duty
Station:  Uganda

Reports to:      Fleet and Logistics Officer

Grade:             UR
7

About US:

The Uganda Red Cross Society (URCS) is the leading
humanitarian organization in Uganda. Since its inception in 1939 as a small
women’s emergency organization, URCS has developed over the years into a
formidable well-respected humanitarian agency. In 1941, it became a branch of
the British Red Cross. The URCS was recognised by an “Act of Parliament in
1964” and admitted as a member of International Federation of Red Cross
and Red Crescent in 1965.

Job summary: The Monitoring and
Evaluation Officer will be responsible for Monitoring, Evaluation, and
Reporting of the Public Health Emergencies program implementation.  S/he will collaborate closely with URCS
PME&R Department, Project Team Members and Ministry of Health to develop a
Program Performance Management Framework with gender-specific indicators in
each of the project components i.e. Injury Prevention and Control, Epidemic
Preparedness and Response and WASH. 

Key Duties and Responsibilities: 

·      
Design and implement, in collaboration with
project staff and the Project manager, data collection such as KAPB Surveys,
Needs Assessments, Post Distribution Monitoring, coverage surveys for emergency
responses;

·      
Coordinate implementation of M&E tools,
including training and support for relevant project staff and volunteers on
M&E, data collection and analysis, basic surveying and sampling techniques
and support data analysis and usage;

·      
Support project in establishing a
community-based, gender-sensitive MEAL system with quality data controls using
ICT4D and strengthen capacity as needed;

·      
Ensure the collection of good quality data in
order to reflect the progress of programming by supervising enumerator teams
and data clerks.

·      
Provide, in collaboration with the Project field
teams regular field data and compile reports on progress towards indicators;

·      
Provide analysis of data in a timely manner for
internal monitoring and donor reporting, writing project reports as required;

·      
Provide, in collaboration with input from the
relevant project staff and field teams, a comprehensive written report on
survey results in a timely manner.

·      
Coordinate in collaboration with the Project
Manager the technical aspects of field M&E operations such as mapping the
survey area and asking for the latest population data;

·      
Actively participate in designing questionnaires
for surveys and assessments and ensure that data collections tools are
appropriately developed, revised when needed and used throughout the program
implementation period;

·      
Coordinate the logistics involved in survey
related field work: following up with the project staff on enumerator
management;

·      
Coordinate the translation and back translation
of questionnaires and other data collection tools;

·      
Maintain robust records to provide a clear and
transparent account of performance and take immediate action in areas of poor
performance.

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

·      
The ideal candidate must hold  Bachelors’ Degree in Social Sciences,
Statistics, or Economics or a related field from a reputable organisation;

·      
Post-Graduate qualification in either Monitoring
and Evaluation, Project Planning and Management or Health Information Science.

·      
Minimum 3 years’ relevant experience in
Planning, M&E or in implementation of humanitarian and development projects
from a reputable NGO organization;

·      
Training in Emergencies and Relief operations/
Disaster Risk Reduction will be of added advantage;

·      
Analytical Skills

·      
Data analysis and reporting skills

·      
Public speaking and presentation

·      
Budgeting and budgetary control

·      
Networking, alliance building and stakeholder
management

·      
Negotiation skills.

·      
Team building and management.

How to
Apply:

All candidates should send their filled application
forms, click
here, and attach your academic transcripts and certificates. The filled
application forms and academic transcripts and certificates can be e-mailed to;
vacancies@redcrossug.org or hand delivered, and or by post to:

The Secretary General,

Uganda Red Cross Society,

Plot 551/555 Rubaga Road,

P.O. Box 494, Kampala, Uganda.

Email to: vacancies@redcrossug.org

Due to large volumes of applications; only short
listed candidates shall be contacted. Canvassing shall lead to automatic
disqualification.

Deadline:   25th
November 2019 by 5:00 PM  

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