Earn over 117m annually as Senior Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist at United States US Mission

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Organisation: United States US Embassy, US Mission in Uganda
Duty Station: USAID, Program and Policy Development (PPD) Kampala,
Uganda
Salary Grade: FSN-11 (Ugshs 117,730,581 to 172,487,987 p.a. inclusive
of allowances)
Vacancy Announcement Number: 55-16

About US Embassy:

The
United States Embassy in Kampala, Uganda has enjoyed diplomatic relations with
Uganda for over 30 years.  Ambassador
Deborah R. Malac currently heads the U.S Mission to Uganda.  The Mission is composed of several offices
and organizations all working under the auspices of the Embassy and at the
direction of the Ambassador. 


Among
the offices operating under the U.S Mission to Uganda are:
  • United States Agency for International
    Development (USAID)
  • Centers for Disease Control (CDC)
  • Peace Corps 
Job Summary: The Senior Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist
will be responsible for ensuring Mission compliance with USAID performance
management and evaluation policy as set forth in Automated Directives System
Chapter 203, as well as Mission policy as set forth in the current USAID/Uganda
Evaluation Mission Order.  As the senior
Mission subject-matter expert (SME) on all matters M&E, s/he advises the
PPD Director and Deputy Director, the Mission Director and his/her Deputy, the
Mission Office of Acquisition and Assistance, and Mission technical teams on
all aspects of Mission program performance monitoring and evaluation, ensures
that progress toward intended results is monitored, recorded and reported upon
in accordance with USAID policy guidance, advises and trains, as needed, all
Mission Contracting Officer Representatives (CORs) and Assistance Officer
Representatives (AORs) and implementing partners on the design, implementation
and modification of performance monitoring plans (PMPs) for their respective
contracts and grants.  S/he provides
final Mission-level clearance on all evaluations of Mission projects/activities.  S/he also supports the Mission Project Design
and Budget Team in applying lessons learned from mid-term and
post-project/activity evaluations to new project/activity designs.  S/he has overall management responsibility
for ensuring that the Mission’s performance-data reporting system consistently
conforms to Agency standards and policy guidance, and for enforcing
requirements for timely collection of Mission program performance data for that
system and for timely assessment of data quality.


Key Duties and Responsibilities:  
1.  Design and Management of Mission
Performance-Management Plans and Systems: 30%
  • Provides high-level professional subject-matter
    expertise and guidance to all Mission technical teams and implementing
    partners (IPs) in the design, implementation and update/revision of
    performance monitoring plans for all Mission-funded activities.  
  • Reviews, approves, and modifies, as necessary,
    the performance-management plans for all Mission activities in accordance
    with Agency M&E policy guidance, in order to determine actual results
    achieved in comparison to targets; and interprets the significance of
    those results for broader Mission performance objectives and goals, and
    makes final determinations on behalf of the Mission regarding whether the
    intended result or target was achieved. 
  • Oversees the development of, and provides
    final Mission-level approval of, the M&E plan of the Mission’s Country
    Development Cooperation Strategy (CDCS). 
  • Makes formal recommendations to Mission
    Management, as required, for any revisions of, or adjustments to,
    performance targets, intermediate results, development objectives and
    strategic goals. 
2.  Development, Implementation and Oversight of
the Mission Analytic Agenda: 30%
  • Leads the Mission to develop an annual
    analytic agenda that conforms to Agency Evaluation Policy and its
    Collaborating, Learning and Adapting agenda and to the USAID/Uganda
    standardized Mission Order on Evaluation, identifying specific programs,
    activities, technical areas and issues requiring in-depth analysis and/or
    evaluation in order to meet Mission assistance-program objectives and
    goals; reviews and approves all Mission evaluation designs; and manages
    the Mission M&E budget for third-party evaluations and assessments of
    programs and activities. 
  • Keenly reviews all Mission evaluation reports
    and makes final determination on behalf of the Mission as to whether they
    meet the standards required by Agency and Mission policy. 
  • Leads the PPD M&E and Learning Team in
    advancing the Mission’s M&E and Learning agenda, identifying all data
    and analytical requirements for improving program management, impact and
    oversight.
3. Data Collection,
Verification, Analysis and Reporting on Program Performance: 25% 
  • Serves as the senior Mission authority and
    arbiter on all issues related to program-performance data identification,
    collection, quality-assessment, interpretation and dissemination.   
  • Manages the Mission in designing, planning,
    organizing and carrying out the bi-annual portfolio reviews for Mission
    Management, both at the Mission and in the field, of program performance
    in accordance with the USAID/Uganda standardized Mission Order on
    Portfolio Reviews.  Oversees the
    operation of the Mission’s Performance Reporting System and provides
    direct oversight of the five-year, $15.6 million Monitoring, Evaluation
    and Learning contract as the Contracting Officer’s Representative
    (COR). 
  • Attends Uganda-based and international
    conferences and workshops on M&E and Learning as the senior Mission
    subject-matter expert and administrative authority. 
  • Takes lead in the preparation, ensures the
    quality and accuracy, and approves for final submission to Washington of
    the annual Mission Performance Plan and Report.
4.  Improving the capacity of partner
organizations: 15%

  • In support of the achievement of the
    Mission’s performance plan, provides of technical assistance to Mission
    IPs to enhance their institutional M&E and Learning capacity.  This includes providing assessments of
    current IP capacity in these areas, and identifying any training and/or
    other resources needed for the IPs to be able to carry out these functions
    with the necessary level of competence and quality. 
  • On a periodic and as-need and appropriate
    basis, provide technical assistance to Ugandan institutions such as the
    Uganda Bureau of Statistics, the Office of the Prime Minister, and the
    Office of the Auditor General in enhancing their M&E capacity.
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
NOTE:  All
applicants must address each selection criterion detailed below with specific
and comprehensive information supporting each item.
  • The applicants for the US Embassy Senior
    Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist job placement should hold a Master’s
    degree, or host country equivalent, in a field related to monitoring and
    evaluation and performance/statistical research and analysis, which may
    include economics, applied mathematics/statistics, public or business
    administration, organizational/management theory and practice, demography
    is required
  • A minimum of ten years’ experience in professional
    level experience in the performance monitoring and evaluation of
    development-assistance programs, 4 years of which should be with a U.S.
    Government (USG) agency or other bilateral or multilateral official aid
    donor organization.
  • Previous experience must include the
    development and management of performance monitoring plans,
    oversight/management of computer and/or web-based performance data
    recording and reporting systems, design and management of program/project
    evaluations and assessments, data source selection and quality analysis,
    report writing, and work in diverse team settings.
  • Possess excellent interpersonal,
    conceptualization and problem-solving, and communication skills, including
    the ability to write persuasively and with appropriate attention to
    detail, timeliness, and quality of presentation; the ability to work
    effectively and with minimal guidance or supervision within a
    culturally-diverse team setting and to provide leadership to peers and
    subordinates that ensures quality work while promoting professional
    growth; a demonstrated ability to work effectively with a broad range of
    professional counterparts within and outside of the employing
    organization.
  • Ability to interact effectively on a
    peer-to-peer basis with local and international M&E professionals in
    professional fora, conferences, and work groups, including, as
    appropriate, the development and presentation of original research and
    analyses that meet international standards of professional peer review in
    the M&E field.
  • Advanced computer literacy, including the
    ability to, entirely independently, create, interpret, edit, and modify
    documents and spreadsheets using common word-processing, spreadsheet and
    slide-show software packages, such as those included in the Microsoft
    Office suite, with minimal supervision.
  • Broad working knowledge of the economic,
    social and political contest of developing countries such as Uganda; of
    official development assistance theory and practice; detailed professional
    practitioner-level knowledge of M&E and organizational learning theory
    and practice, including data selection, collection, and analytical
    methodologies, and data-quality assessment.
  • Knowledge of computer and/or web-based
    M&E data-management systems.
  • The incumbent will be able to provide expert
    technical advice to assist Mission Management and the Executive Office in
    identifying Mission training needs related to monitoring and evaluation,
    including the incumbent’s own training required to maintain an effective
    Mission leadership role in M&E and Learning and any necessary certification
    requirements.
  • Language: Level IV English ability Oral and
    written professional-level (Fluent) is required
How to Apply:
All those interested in working with the US mission in Kampala should send their applications and strictly adhere to the following:
  • Download a completed and signed Universal Application for Employment as a Locally Employed Staff, Download it Here.
  • Any additional documentation that supports or addresses the requirements listed above (e.g. transcripts, degrees, etc.)
Submit Application To:
Human Resources Office
By email at KampalaHR@state.gov
NB: Your application will be reviewed if you have fulfilled all the requirements including submission of standard file types such as Microsoft Word (.doc) and Adobe Acrobat (.pdf) in a single attachment (No Zipped files, Links or Multiple Attachments) and should not exceed 10MB. Please clearly indicate the position number and title you are applying for on the DS-174 form.
Deadline: 23rd June 2016
The US Mission in Kampala provides equal opportunity and fair and equitable treatment in employment to all people without regard to race, color religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, political affiliation, marital status, or sexual orientation.  The Department of State also strives to achieve equal employment opportunity in all personnel operations through continuing diversity enhancement programs.
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