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Job Title:   Monitoring Evaluation and Learning Manager

Organization:
African Prisons Project (APP)

Duty Station:
Kampala, Uganda

Reports to:  Program Coordinator

About US:

The African Prisons
Project (APP) is a community of people passionately committed to bringing hope
and justice to men, women and children in African Prisons ensuring equitable
access to justice, health and education. 
Our 2020 strategy focuses on developing change makers amongst prison
staff and inmates who use the law to bring justice to the most vulnerable in
society; and to begin assembling world-class law teachers, law makers and
practitioners to aid the training and development of our people; and to plan
our expansion as we look to establish ourselves as a social enterprise offering
legal services in Africa and beyond. For details about APP, follow this link;
https://africanprisons.org/our-work

Job Summary:  The Monitoring Evaluation and Learning Manager
will provide program management quality and ensure technical quality of all MEL
(Monitoring, Evaluation, Analysis, and Learning) staff. The Manager will be
responsible for all MEL related program actions (design/proposal development,
project start-up, implementation and close-out), providing technical MEL
leadership for all program sectors with specific attention to data quality and
use. S/he will assess the MEL systems and the capacity of staff related to MEL,
and based on this, address identified needs through capacity building and
technical support on data collection methods, data analysis, data quality
assurance and result-based management. The MEL Manager will conduct frequent
visits to field operations to assess the quality of the program, MEL work. S/he
shall ensure understanding and compliance with MEL procedures and providing
guidance and coaching to staff. The MEL Manager will support program
development, to ensure that all MEL activities are adequately planned,
budgeted, and resourced. The MEL Coordinator will also play a key role in
organizational culture change and strategic planning, to ensure that data (from
monitoring, evaluation, feedback, context analysis, and gender analysis) is
consistently used to drive improvements in programming, and to ensure that a culture
of continuous learning is developed in the Country Program. This work will
require you travel to various country offices to support their implementation,
lead the analysis and work on project design.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:  

·       
Champion
M&E across the organisation, responsible for ensuring M&E is central
part of how the organisation operates and delivers its mission and objectives;

·       
Work
with the project leads to ensure that APP analysis is sound, supportable,
actionable and interpretable.

·       
Ensure
consistency of indicators across programs, with the goal of developing systems
and procedures.

·       
Ensure
the adoption of gender-sensitive analysis and practices among all direct
reports.

·       
Champion
an organizational culture shift to increase respect for and use of client
feedback, contextual analysis, and gender analysis.

·       
Support
greater sharing and use of gender-sensitive monitoring data, feedback, context
analysis, and lessons learned within and across APP’s programmatic sectors,
including by contributing to program development and design, to ensure that
interventions are responsive to the needs of clients and are informed by a
sound understanding of the context.

·       
Build on
existing practices, establish a coherent Uganda MEL system (approaches,
procedures, structures) across all sectors in APP

·       
Provide
strategic direction for the development and optimization of MEL systems and
resources to account for the Program’s growth programming portfolio.

·       
Ensure
Program meets APP’s monitoring standards for improved monitoring practices,
data quality, and use of data within the organization.

·       
Train
and lead MEL staff to conduct regular Project Data Quality Audits of projects
where and when needed.

·       
Ensure
continued functioning and improvements to country’s client feedback mechanisms
and regular context analysis mechanisms.

·       
Lead the
development and review of proposal log frames, indicators and measurement to
support long-term planning for the funding of all MEL functions,
infrastructure, methodologies, plans, and tools.

·       
Hire,
supervise, and build the capacity of APP MEL team members in relevant technical
and management competencies, set clear expectations, annual performance
objectives, provide regular and timely positive and constructive performance
feedback, and providing documented semi-annual performance reviews.

·       
Provide
a measurable development plan including on-the-job learning with the aim of
strengthening technical capacity, exchanging knowledge within the team, and
providing guidance on career paths.

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

·       
The applicant
must hold a Degree or Master’s in field relevant to Data Management, Monitoring
and Evaluation.

·       
At least
four years of field experience in project and program monitoring and
evaluation, including: Project Monitoring and Evaluation System Design,
Management of Monitoring Systems, Project Evaluation.

·       
Exceptional
professionals with 4-7 years of work experience designing and conducting
M&E activities, including relatively sophisticated analyses and clear
reporting, preferably with an NGO.

·       
Strong,
relevant work experience evaluating programmes;

·       
Professional/technical
skills. Advanced proficiency in Statistics necessary (note, this will be tested
during the interview process), along with a deep understanding of statistics,
evaluation design concepts, social value and impact assessment.

·       
Driving
programme indicators, with experience of qualifying social return on
investment, social value indicators. Shaping KPIs for each programme and
undertaking analysis of performance against all these.

·       
Ability
to explain technical concepts in plain coherent, lay terms.

·       
Ability
to grow others’ analytical skills.

·       
Practical
experience in data analysis software such as DHIS, SPSS, Excel, and Access.

·       
Ability
to handle multiple tasks; proven self-initiative and problem solving abilities.

·       
Proven
track record of quality performance in highly pressured environments.

·       
Computer
skills, including Word, Excel, Power-Point, and Access.

·       
Proven
experience of creating data collection tools.

·       
Proven
training/capacity building skills in MEL.

How to Apply:

Email your CV and
cover letter only to careers.ug@africanprisons.org clearly indicate the
position you are applying for as the subject.

Deadline: 10th March, 2020 by 5:00pm. 

NB: Only
shortlisted candidates will be contacted. Applications will be reviewed on a
rolling basis.

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