Job Title: MEAL Advisor
Organisation: VVOB International
Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda
About the Company:
VVOB is an international NGO with Programmes and projects in 10 countries worldwide. Our head office is based in Brussels, Belgium. When you join VVOB, you become a key player in VVOB’s mission to ensure quality education as a key enabler for achieving the sustainable development goals. We implement our programmes and projects with one shared passion: to ensure the improvement of quality education. Our teams of national and international experts achieve this by providing technical assistance to governmental and other education actors. In doing so, worldwide we ensure capacity building of governmental and other education actors.
Job Summary: We are looking for a MEAL Advisor who will operate from our country office in Kampala Uganda, with frequent travel to other locations as the programme may require. The MEAL advisor will support the programme development and implementation process by generating relevant data and evidence. Do you want to take on this challenge? Then continue reading!
As a Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Advisor, You will develop and coordinate the implementation of a MEAL system that facilitates the efficient planning, monitoring and evaluation of the UCatchUp project objectives, results, and activities.
The MEAL Advisor reports to the Education Manager. You are part of the M&E and Research department and work closely with your direct colleagues. Furthermore, you work closely together with the Programme Team in -country, Strategic Education Advisor Research and Learning, Global Strategic Advisor Research, and the Global Strategic Advisor M&E.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
- Take the lead in monitoring and evaluating project objectives effectively and you ensure lessons are drawn, documented, and disseminated to inform on-going implementation and future programming.
- Provide coordination, technical support, and advice to VVOB Programme Advisors, Coordinators, and partners in planning of activities.
- Ensure capacity development on M&E of the partners according to the needs of the partner and particular situations and phases of the projects.
- Take part in internal and external working groups, task forces, … related to MEAL.
- Support in data collection and research on the effects and impact of VVOB’s projects within the country.
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
- Master’s degree in statistics, education, social sciences or other relevant field or equivalent experience
- Experience in international development cooperation, in particular on M&E
- Experience with the development of indicators, the use of M&E tools and implementation of M&E processes, including data collection methodologies, software and analysis.
- Research experience, preferably in the education sector
- Fluent in English both verbal and written
- Prior experience with Teaching at the Right Level is an advantage
Matching competences
VVOB core competences:
- Results and goal oriented
- Lifelong learning and improvement
- Cooperation within a team and with other stakeholders
- Function specific competencies:
- Creativity
- Development oriented
- 360 Empathy
- Communication Skills
- Problem Analysis & Judgement
How to Apply:
All candidates should upload their motivation letters detailing your match with the profile as well as your motivation behind applying for the vacancy and a detailed CV. Please use the webform to apply for this vacancy at the link below.
Deadline: 22nd September 2024
NB: Only shortlisted candidates will be invited for a written test (home assignment), and selected candidates will be invited for a face-to-face interview. Reference checks will be conducted before a final offer of employment.
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