Job Title: Monitoring, Evaluation & Learning
Manager
Organization:
Mercy Corps
Duty Station:
Uganda
Reports To: MEL
Advisor
About US:
Mercy Corps is a US-founded global non-governmental,
humanitarian aid organization operating in transitional contexts that have
undergone, or have been undergoing, various forms of economic, environmental,
social and political instabilities.
About the Project:
Mercy Corps
implements high quality- analytical work in tough environments. We’ve been
operating in Uganda since 2006 and currently manage a range of programs in
Acholi, West Nile and Karamoja sub-regions with funding from a host of donors.
In October 2017, Mercy Corps was awarded a 5 year USAID/ Food for Peace- funded
program working in 4 districts in Karamoja (Amudat, Moroto, Kotido and
Kaabong), the Apolou Activity.
Job Summary: The Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MEL)
Manager will work with the Mercy Corps Apolou Activity team as well as our
local partner organizations to oversee and ensure the collection of quality
M&E data for the program. The MEL
Manager will be responsible for supporting the MEL Advisor to oversee the
monitoring and data collection of the project, lead regular and annual field
based household and group interviews, analyze data to provide insight to
project team, and contribute to report writing. S/he will ensure that
performance monitoring and results reporting tools and processes across the
entire program are in place, effectively implemented and well synchronized
between the Activity sites. The MEL Manager will supervise the MEL officers in
the day to day data collection, data analysis, and reporting according to the
needs of the Activity. The MEL Manager will be responsible for ensuring data
quality of the program. S/he will design and produce research and learning
papers throughout the life of the activity. The MEL Manager will be responsible
for coordination and support of any external MEL consultants.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
· Work closely with the Apolou team and local
partners, to ensure effective monitoring, evaluation and reporting of program
activities and results.
· Coordinate reporting with local partners,
specifically tracking deadlines, ensuring adherence to formats and
requirements, ensuring reporting quality and accuracy, and periodic report
writing, editing, and submission.
· Compile progress against indicators and
report back to the team according to the monitoring plan.
· Develop accountability and transparency
mechanisms for the program and orient Apolou staff as well as local partners on
the same.
· Perform spot checks on the team’s data
collected and reports each month. Design and implement internal data quality
assurance measures.
· Supervise MEL Officers to ensure that tasks
are being completed
· Support the MEL Advisor in coordinating the
baseline, mid-term evaluation and final evaluation, along with other key
research activities.
· Identify, design and conduct research or
learning papers as assigned
· Build the capacity of all relevant team
members to implement program monitoring tools, accurately enter program data
into relevant databases, and enable them to develop excellent reports and other
documents.
· Build the capacity of our local partner
organizations through ongoing training and support on: monitoring tools,
entering program data into databases, the development of reports and other
documents.
· Design and implement a community workshop to
define baseline measures and indicators of progress that the community can use
to evaluate the effectiveness of the program.
· Document lessons learned and success stories on
the project.
· Ensure adherence to program management
minimum standards in carrying out his/her duties, advising and supporting other
staff in the same as required.
· Disseminate research learnings and
recommendations to team members, beneficiaries and other relevant audiences.
· Finance & Compliance Management
· Ensure compliance with donor and Mercy Corps
regulations related to food security programming.
· Security
· Ensure compliance with security procedures
and policies as determined by country
· Proactively ensure that team members operate
in a secure environment and are aware of policies.
· Organizational Learning
· As part of our commitment to organizational
learning and in support of our understanding that learning organizations are
more effective, efficient and relevant to the communities they serve, we expect
all team members to commit 5% of their time to learning activities that benefit
Mercy Corps as well as themselves.
· Accountability to Beneficiaries
· Mercy Corps team members are expected to
support all efforts toward accountability, specifically to our beneficiaries
and to international standards guiding international relief and development
work, while actively engaging beneficiary communities as equal partners in the
design, monitoring and evaluation of our field projects.
· Supervisory Responsibility
· Supervision of MEL Officers
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
· The ideal candidate must hold a Bachelor’s
degree in management, statistics, economics, social science or related field.
· At least 5 years’ experience in monitoring
and evaluation of nutrition, food security, agricultural livelihoods or value
chain development programs. With a minimum of 2 years management experience
· Good understanding and skills at data
management.
· Strong computer literacy with a full
knowledge of MS Office applications.
· Strong knowledge of mobile data collection
tools and best practices. Experience with case management systems preferred.
· Demonstrated attention to detail, ability to
follow procedures, meet deadlines and work independently and cooperatively with
team members.
· Strong team coordination, listening, and
consensus building skills.
· Fluent in both spoken and written English.
· Able to drive a motorbike safely, valid
license.
How to Apply:
All candidates are encouraged to apply online at the link
below.
Mercy Corps team members represent the agency both during
and outside work hours. Team members are expected to conduct themselves in a
professional manner and respect local laws, customs and MC’s policies,
procedures, and values at all times and in all locations.
Deadline: 20th April 2020
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