Monitoring, Evaluation, Research & Learning Manager NGO Careers – Sole Hope

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Job Title:    Monitoring, Evaluation, Research & Learning Manager

Organisation: Sole Hope

Duty Station:  Jinja, Uganda

Reports to: Program Team Leader

 

About US:

Sole Hope is a team of approximately 55 Ugandans and a handful of Americans working to bring hope and healing to people suffering from jiggers. Sole Hope employs about 25 full-time Ugandan men and women to handcraft our shoes!  We are currently making about 11,000 pairs of shoes per year. Closed-toed shoes help prevent jigger infestation for people that wear them.  They protect feet in harsh conditions and a source of pride for people that own them.  Our shoes are handcrafted in Uganda, but they start their journey with you! You can use your hands and your old jeans bring new life to vulnerable people in Uganda.

 

Job Summary:  As part of the SMT Team, the Monitoring, Evaluation, Research & Learning Manager will be responsible for maintaining and implementing M&E workplans, processes and practices. She/he will be expected to conduct trainings and provide continuous guidance to program & CSO/VHT staff to ensure performance indicators and output, outcome data are prepared and collected appropriately in targeted geographic and results/thematic areas and proactively identify key program themes/ areas for analysis to facilitate learning. The MERL Manager will be responsible for working with all project partners to ensure that quality data (timely, accurate, consistent, valid, reliable) is collected and is collated for the required learning, monthly and annual Reports. Excellent analysis, report writing and funding proposal writing skills are required for this position.

 

Key Duties and Responsibilities: 

  • Develop an appropriate and effective monitoring, evaluation and learning (MEL) system based on the organization’s outcome indicators. Periodically review and revise the system so that it is adapted appropriately to changing operating contexts;
  • Ensure relevant and timely M&E information is utilized for routine project-internal reflection on the effectiveness or need for adaptation to strategies;
  • Provide relevant and timely MEL information and in user-friendly formats to key stakeholders (project beneficiaries, partners, Sole Hope senior management and the donors).
  • Ensure all MEL reporting requirements are met;
  • Support the building of Sole Hope staff capacity and provide ongoing coaching;
  • Carry out day-to-day monitoring and evaluation activities of the project;
  • Lead the process of analysis, reporting and dissemination of evaluation findings and project results to donors and other stakeholders;
  • Participate in writing funding proposals and Fundraising




Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

  • The applicant must hold a master’s degree in a quantitative field such as sociology, econometrics or statistics;
  • Five to eight years of work experience on development projects where research and data analysis skills have been applied;
  • Three to five years of practical experience of working with donor performance management systems;
  • Good working knowledge of major databases and analytical programs including MS access, MS excel, STATA, SPSS and Epi Data, and GIS;
  • Candidate must have demonstrated leadership qualities, depth and breadth of technical management expertise and experience, and strong interpersonal, writing and oral presentation skills

 

How to Apply:

All interested applicants with the required qualifications, knowledge, skills, attributes and abilities should send their applications and CVs (detailing responsibilities carried out in previous positions) to the Human Resource Office, Sole Hope, through the following Email: hr.admin@solehope.org

 

Please indicate clearly on the application subject line the position name applied for.

NB: No hand delivered applications will be accepted. Please note that Sole Hope does not solicit for fees to have applicants shortlisted or offered employment. Shortlisted candidates will be contacted within two weeks from the application deadline.

 

Deadline: 5th November 2021 by 5:00pm

 

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