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2 Senior Monitoring & Evaluation Officer NGO Job Vacancies – International Rescue Committee (IRC)
Organization: International Rescue Committee (IRC)
Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda
About US:
The
International Rescue Committee (IRC) responds to the world’s worst humanitarian
crises and helps people to survive and rebuild their lives. Founded in 1933 at
the request of Albert Einstein, the IRC offers lifesaving care and
life-changing assistance to refugees forced to flee from war or disaster. At
work today in over 40 countries and 22 U.S. cities, we restore safety, dignity
and hope to millions who are uprooted and struggling to endure. The IRC leads
the way from harm to home. The IRC has been working in Uganda since 1998. The
current program portfolio in Uganda includes health, peace building,
gender-based violence, economic recovery and agribusiness, and children &
youth.
International Rescue Committee (IRC) responds to the world’s worst humanitarian
crises and helps people to survive and rebuild their lives. Founded in 1933 at
the request of Albert Einstein, the IRC offers lifesaving care and
life-changing assistance to refugees forced to flee from war or disaster. At
work today in over 40 countries and 22 U.S. cities, we restore safety, dignity
and hope to millions who are uprooted and struggling to endure. The IRC leads
the way from harm to home. The IRC has been working in Uganda since 1998. The
current program portfolio in Uganda includes health, peace building,
gender-based violence, economic recovery and agribusiness, and children &
youth.
Job Summary: The Senior Monitoring & Evaluation Officer
will ensure that quality data is obtained from the program facilities, VHTs as
well as program staff when performing activities aimed at increased quality and
coverage of child and maternal healthcare in the districts. S/he is to
supervise the data collection, data cleaning and input, ensuring a robust data
base with analysis and data interpretation on which to base program decisions.
will ensure that quality data is obtained from the program facilities, VHTs as
well as program staff when performing activities aimed at increased quality and
coverage of child and maternal healthcare in the districts. S/he is to
supervise the data collection, data cleaning and input, ensuring a robust data
base with analysis and data interpretation on which to base program decisions.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
Technical:
- Work with the program team to develop a
detailed M&E plan for the program based on the project log frame to
track progress against agreed indicators. - Track the M&E plan and frequently provide
the district and program team with trend analysis of tracked indicators
while identifying outliers.
- Conduct field visits to the health facilities
to mentor and coach facility staff on data collection, reporting and data
cleaning to inform program and HMIS reports. - Support the district/health facilities and
program staff to frequently use data for program improvement. - Support the health facilities to engage in
continuous quality improvement processes. - Participate in quality of care monitoring
together with the DHT and IRC project staff while ensuring availability of
data at the facilities for assessing program quality. - Provide accurate information that informs the
program review meetings. - Ensure the availability of data collection
tools at the health facilities and for community programming. - Maintain an accurate and up-to-date database
for the health program. - Maintain a good record keeping system and
undertake continuous monitoring and regular evaluation of the project
activities.
Liaison:
- Work closely with the district M&E team
while ensuring that accurate and timely data on the program is fed into
the district HMIS and program reports. - Attend relevant meetings to represent IRC’s
program activities in the district.
Communication/Reporting:
- Provide regular feedback to the program
Manager on project implementation. - Provide the program Manager, program staff
and districts with monthly reports on indicator trends. - Offer support in the preparation of donor
reports. - Facilitate the health facility/VHT reporting
requirements for program reporting and to feed into the HMIS and program
reports.
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
- The ideal candidates for the IRC Senior Monitoring
& Evaluation Officer Job Vacancies must hold Bachelor’s degrees in
statistics, demography, M&E or related field. A master degree or a
bachelors plus an advanced certificate in M&E, statistics or economics
preferred. - At least four years’ experience in Primary
Health Care settings with proven success in designing, implementing and
operating project M&E systems from project initiation to close out
stages. - Previous experience in data quality
assessments and oversight - Prior experience working with District Health
teams and building the district capacity in data collection, reporting and
analysis. - Experience in data analysis, trend analysis
and interpretations. - Experience in continuous quality improvement
processes. - Knowledge of the major evaluation
methodologies. - Experience in the use of the MOH data
collection tools. - Previous experience working with district
health teams, health facility staff and community based groups such as
VHTs - Previous work with an NGO in similar
programs. - Good experience in monitoring and evaluation
of programs. - Good report writing skills.
- Ability to enhance good interpersonal
relationship. - Good communication skills.
- Good knowledge and application of Microsoft
word, Excel and Power Point - Excellent command of both written and spoken
English.
NB: Female are strongly encouraged to apply.
International allowances are not available, position open to Ugandan Nationals
only.
International allowances are not available, position open to Ugandan Nationals
only.
How to Apply:
All
suitably qualified and interested candidates who wish to join the International
Rescue Committee (IRC) in the aforementioned capacity are encouraged to visit
the link below to Apply.
suitably qualified and interested candidates who wish to join the International
Rescue Committee (IRC) in the aforementioned capacity are encouraged to visit
the link below to Apply.
Deadline: 9th August, 2016
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