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• Take lead or support the identification of
  new initiatives and opportunities that respond to identified needs and the
  country strategy, in coordination with the CPM and Program Managers, and
  other relevant staff.
• Plan and lead the country team to assess the
  needs for program design, evaluate, analyze and further develop a
  multi-year country specific strategic plan for Uganda, in line with the
  regional value
• Lead or support the development of solicited
  and unsolicited proposals and concept notes.
• Represent HIJRA at all relevant coordination
  meetings in and increasingly play a lead role in other advocacy and
  coordination bodies.

• Provide leadership in all aspects of program
  coordination to ensure consistent quality, including the incorporation of
  cross-cutting themes, quality data analysis, lessons learned and best
  practices.
• Ensure that program implementation is
  responsive to communities and partners and aligned with HIJRA’ principles,
  values, global strategic roadmap, and Uganda country strategy.
• Carry out frequent field visits to all
  project sites for monitoring, quality control and program staff mentoring
  and coaching.
• Build up programs’ staff capacity and ensure
  effective and qualitative program implementation

• Ensure that robust monitoring and evaluation,
  quality data collection and analysis systems are in place, adhered to and
  used as a decision-making tool, encouraging consistency across programs.
• Work closely with the CPM to roll out and
  monitor the new agency measurement system across all programs and develop
  M&E system.
• Provide ongoing training and guidance to staff
  on M&E best practices.

• Ensure that donor reports produced by the
  Programs team effectively demonstrate the impact of HIJRA’ program
  interventions.
• Work closely with Program Managers to put in
  place a tool for an easy tracking of upcoming donor reports.
• Regularly review all reports to ensure a
  high-quality
• Uploading progress data in Measure and
  ensuring that MESURE is fully operational and is regularly maintained to
  produce timely real time reports.

• Developing and maintain proper filing system
  in both hard and soft form
• Keep abreast of developments in grant/program
  changes and progress in order to advise and recommend tools and strategies
  to increase program performances and results.
• Identify strengths and weaknesses in existing
  data collection and management systems and propose solutions.
• Perform field visits to ensure the quality of
  data collected by Programs and to verify the accuracy of reported data.
• Implement and participate in program and
  project evaluations
• Perform any other tasks as assigned by your
  line manager.

• The ideal candidate should hold a bachelor’s
  degree in social science, management or quantitative economics/statistics,
  rural development/development studies, social science, M & E or
  related field
• Excellent track record in program design,
  proposal writing and development, and donor reporting.
• Strong M&E skills.
• Working knowledge of major donor requirements
  and compliance issues.
• Strong management skills with good
  understanding of relevant cross-cultural issues.
• Demonstrated attention to detail, ability to
  follow procedures, meet deadlines, and work independently and
  cooperatively with team members.
• Strong data management and analysis skills
  including familiarity with Excel, MS Access, Epi –info, STATA and SPSS.
  Experience maintaining computerized databases is an added advantage.
• Previous experience in one or more of the
  following technical areas: protection services delivery; community service
  & development, livelihoods, or capacity building.
• Strong understanding of institutional donor
  rules and regulations for Quality and M&E.
• High standards of ethics and integrity.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal
  skills

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