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Job Title:     Monitoring & Evaluation Officer

Organization: Finn Church Aid (FCA)

Duty Station:
Uganda

Reports to: Senior
M&E Officer

About US:

Finn Church Aid
(FCA) is the largest international aid organization in Finland. FCA operates in
14 countries where the need is most dire. FCA works with the poorest people,
regardless of their religious beliefs, ethnic background or political
affiliations. FCA work is based on promotion of human dignity and fundamental
human rights and freedom, implying that FCA operations are guided by equality,
non-discrimination and responsibility.

Job Summary:  The Monitoring & Evaluation Officer will
support data gathering, collation and reporting activities to ensure the
quality and accountability of the programs implemented by FCA in Yumbe and
other project location. Under the Technical Direction of the Monitoring &
Evaluation Specialist and in collaboration with the Project Managers, the
M&E Officer will develop and implement clear and practical M&E plans
for the program by ensuring that program indicators, monitoring formats,
databases, data analysis, and reporting are maintained and harmonized. He/she
will also track progress of key indicators and provide timely report to the
Senior M&E Officer and M&E Specialist

Key Duties and Responsibilities:  

·       
Based on
the project proposal, implementation plan, and donor reporting requirements,
develop a system for capturing and documenting data and relevant information on
project activities, beneficiaries, outputs, outcomes, and impacts, which is
feasible, practical, and “user friendly”, and will obtain valid and reliable
information.

·       
Be
responsible for generating project reports and share with the project
Coordinator for further review and final submission to line departments

·       
Ensure
an effective roll-out of M&E and reporting systems to all staff through
training, site visits, manuals, and other technical support as needed.

·       
Help
coordinate overall project review and evaluation activities as required in
partnership with the UNICEF. This includes coordinating mid-term and final
evaluations, and supporting donor and external reviews as might be required.

·       
Lead the
routine collection, analysis, and use of data quality data for reporting and
planning purposes.

·       
Responsible
for development and setting up effective project monitoring and evaluation
systems.

·       
Responsible
for establishment of an effective data management system, safe storage and
retrieval of the data

·       
Setting
up project Monitoring and evaluation framework and aligned program M&E
plans

·       
Providing
technical support to project staff in development of project monitoring tools

·       
Promote
the standardization of M&E processes throughout the project cycle
management, ensuring coherence and quality of information collected against
planned results and activities.

·       
Provides
technical and surge support to the project coordinator/staff on M&E
processes, outcome monitoring, quantitative and qualitative data collection and
analysis for assessments, donor reporting and other processes

·       
Provide
technical advice and backstopping support to the Project staff and contribute
to the setting and monitoring targets for the project

·       
Plan and
execute project assessments, reviews and evaluations in coordination with the
Project Coordinator and program staff.

·       
Establish
and implement an Accountability Framework for target population with an
ingrained Complaints Response and Feedback Mechanism (CRFM) for timely decision
making and improvements to programming

·       
Ensure
standardization of tools for all the Project and to undertake regular Project
monitoring including carrying out assessments, establishing baseline surveys,
documenting progress and endline surveys and evaluations

·       
Support
the project coordinator in reviewing project progress reports ensuring they
reflect on outcomes and desired quality

·       
Work
with the Program and Humanitarian coordinators and programs team to ensure that
the project’s M&E system is well linked and/or integrated with overall
M&E systems for the FCA Uganda Country Program.

·       
Create a
system for ensuring that information obtained is also shared with communities,
teachers, parents and other relevant stakeholders through a regular feedback
mechanism to ensure continuous performance improvement.

·       
Keep
record of information obtained during research (database of information, hard
files, etc.)

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

·       
The
ideal candidate for the Finn Church Aid (FCA) Monitoring & Evaluation
Officer job must hold a Degree in Monitoring and Evaluation, Project planning
and Management, statistics, demography or related subject, with previous experience
working in humanitarian projects

·       
A
minimum of five years of proven experience in the Monitoring, Evaluation and
Accountability of humanitarian or development programs.

·       
Demonstrated
knowledge of M&E concepts and international humanitarian quality standards

·       
Experience
of data collection, collation, analysis, and report writing

·       
Professional,
motivated, open, creative, mature, responsible, flexible and, culturally
sensitive

·       
Strong
organizational and analytical skills, and ability to work under pressure

·       
Excellent
team, budget and project management and representation competencies

·       
Excellent
computer skills, particularly with Microsoft Excel, spreadsheets, SPSS other
statistical packages

·       
Computer
literate and use of data analysis tools and methods

·       
Strong
communications skills (both written and verbal). The ability to analyze complex
data and summaries it for a range of different audiences

·       
Willing
and able to be based and travel regularly within remote areas, where services
are limited

How to Apply:

All suitably
qualified and interested applications should send a cover letter and a CV (not
more than 5 pages) with at least three referees and a daytime telephone contact
with copies of academic papers addressed to:

The Human Resource
and Administration Manager,

Finn Church AID,
Uganda Country Office.

P.O. Box 21826
Kampala, Tank Hill Rd, Roche Close, Plot 1495 Muyenga, Uganda.

Email applications
should be in one file attachment (Ms Word or PDF) mentioning the position title
in the subject to Ugaco.hr@kua.fi and your preferred location.

NB:

·       
Women
and PWDS are encouraged to apply.

·       
Host and
Refugee communities are encouraged to apply

Deadline: 2^nd August 2020

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