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Job Title:  Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) Specialist TB

Organisation: Ministry of Heath (MoH)

Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda

Reports to: Assistant Commissioner Health Services, National Tuberculosis and Leprosy Program

About the Company:

The Ministry of Heath (MoH) received funding from the Global fund to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (GFATM) as well as build strong, resilient systems for health to tackle current and new emerging threats.

Job Summary:   The Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) Specialist is responsible for providing day-to-day M&E technical assistance to the program in implementation and monitoring the quality of the strategic plan, grants and the general activities. In accordance with the guidance from the program M&E requirements, the M&E Specialist will play a pivotal role in ensuring that the M&E activities are well documented and reported in a results-based manner including relevant context. The M&E Specialist will work closely with other programs, partners regional and districts and other stakeholders to write strategic plans, funding requests, develop and review policies, plans and guidelines and support the implementation, monitoring and evaluation of program and grant activities.

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

• An Honours Bachelor’s Degree in either Economics, or Development Economics, or Quantitative Economics, or Statistics, or Monitoring and Evaluation or Bachelors Degree in Medicine and surgery plus a minimum of a Postgraduate Diploma in Monitoring and Evaluation from a recognized University/ Institution.
• Applicants should have a minimum of six (6) years relevant working experience, three (3) of which should have been served at the level of Monitoring and Evaluation officer or Economist in Monitoring & Evaluation Department in Government or equivalent level of experience from a reputable organization.
• Should have extensive experience in training of trainers, developing functional monitoring and evaluation systems, M&E plans for health programs, DQAs, research, training, supervising M&E teams and managing M&E activities.
• Must be well versed with the Results based Financing to facilitate analysis of the resource inputs and cost benefit which consequently informs planning.
• Should have good knowledge and advisory skills to guide the development of the programmatic goals, objectives, strategic Indicators and activities and familiar with development and review of the Institutional performance management plan (PMP).
• Must be able to lead baseline studies, midterm and end-term programme/post implementation evaluations (impact evaluation), M&E Experience working within the health sector in International and National NGOs/Donors whether of implementation, strategy or policy is an added advantage.

How to Apply:

All applications for the above positions should be addressed to the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Health, P.O. Box 7272, Plot 6, Lourdel Road, Wandegeya, KAMPALA, (and should be hand delivered to Ministry of Health Headquarters Security Registry in Room A.102, between 8.00 am — 5.00 pm working days) to be received not later than 12th August, 2024.

Please note that.

• All applications should bear the title of the post being applied for
• Applicants should include their telephone and email contacts on their application forms.
• Only successful Candidates will be contacted.

Applicants should attach the following to their applications.

• Application letter
• Recent passport-size photograph.
• Detailed Curriculum Vita showing three referees.
• Copies of academic papers
• Copies of record of employment history (Appointment letters & Contract Agreements) stated in the Curriculum Vita. Any period of employment not backed up by an appointment instrument shall not be considered as relevant experience.
• Copy of National Identity Card

Applicants who will be shortlisted for interviews shall be required to present Originals of their Academic Transcripts and Certificates and National Identity Cards at the time of sitting the Interviews.

Deadline: 12th August, 2024

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