Fresher Monitoring and Evaluation Fellow NGO Jobs – Educate!

Organization: Educate!
Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda
About US:
Educate!’ develops young leaders and entrepreneurs in Africa. Educate!
provides a proven mix of a leadership and entrepreneurship course, long-term
mentoring, and practical experience starting an enterprise for secondary school
students. Educate! is working with over 20,000 diverse youth across Uganda,
growing to a staff of 53 in just five years, and has already incorporated its
curriculum into Uganda’s national education system to reach 25,000 students
annually. The organization has received the Ashoka Fellowship and several
international awards and grants, proving out a program model that can be
replicated across Africa.
Job Summary: The Monitoring
and Evaluation Fellow will support the ambitious M&E Team at Educate! in
its efforts to inform program design and implementation. The position offers a
unique opportunity to conduct hands-on program monitoring and evaluation for a
dedicated non-profit youth organization in Uganda. The M&E Fellowship with
Educate! allows the candidate to engage in active research in Uganda that
affects implementation immediately. Every M&E Fellow works hard and leaves
a meaningful legacy at Educate!.
Key Duties and
Responsibilities:   
Develop the Soft and Hard Skills Assessment for Secondary School Youth:
  • The incumbent will develop Concept Note
    and plan Skills Assessment Tool development following the human-centered
    design approach involving teachers and other community stakeholders
  • Present the Concept Note to senior
    management for approval
  • Pitch the Concept Note to Educate! staff,
    trainers & teachers
Develop & Pilot the Skills Assessment Tool:
  • Carry out quantitative and qualitative
    research to inform tool development
  • Use the findings from research to develop
    a prototype
  • Present the prototype to Headteachers and
    teachers for feedback
  • Develop 
    piloting plan for the prototype with teachers in secondary schools
  • Coordinate and manage the piloting process
    in schools for 2 rounds of piloting
  • Analyze the feedback and incorporate
    changes
  • Develop final Skills Assessment tool for
    teachers and present it to the Educate! Team & Teachers
Data Analysis:
  • Take the lead in designing and developing
    Skills Assessment tools
  • Conduct data collection to test tool
    prototypes
  • Supervise both quantitative and
    qualitative data entry
  • Lead the statistical analysis to validate
    skills assessment tools
Training & Management:
  • Lead the training process for the Skills
    Assessment Tool for the Educate! Team and teachers
  • Develop the training structure and plan
    for Educate! staff and teachers.
  • Conduct the training for the Skills
    Assessment Tool
Qualifications, Skills and
Experience:  
  • The ideal candidate should hold a Degree
    or Msc.  in Research related
    subjects, Monitoring & Evaluation
  • One to two years’ experience in research
    skills, tool development, data analysis both quantitative and qualitative
    analysis.
  • High proficiency in STATA, SPSS or
    alternative statistical software
  • Fits our Five Cultural Tenets (Check
    website for details)
How to Apply:
All suitably qualified and interested candidates should apply online by
clicking on the link below
Deadline: 15th January,
2017
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