NGO Jobs – Monitoring and Evaluation Officer at International Rescue Committee (IRC)

Organisation: International
Rescue Committee (IRC)
Duty Station: Uganda
About IRC:
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.
Job Summary:  The IRC seeks an experienced M&E Officer
to provide technical support for a proposed US Department of Labor (USDOL)
program to help Ugandan youth develop the skills to secure decent work and to
serve as civic leaders in their communities. The project will target vulnerable
youth ages 15 to 18, promoting education and vocational training and decent
work opportunities for those of appropriate work age. The project will also
seek to enhance livelihoods for youth and their households, support civic
engagement of youth, and encourage youth to take on leadership roles within
their communities.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
  • Ensuring the quality and relevance of the
    project’s monitoring and evaluation design, including but not limited to
    the development of all relevant tools;
  • Developing an evaluation design that will
    provide data and lessons learned in order to replicate the youth
    empowerment and development initiative design in other African contexts;
  • Leading and designing an outcome-oriented
    research study;
  • Leading implementation of monitoring and
    evaluation activities for the project, by providing technical support,
    training and guidance on best practices vis-à-vis monitoring and
    evaluation for the proposed project;
  • Hiring and managing all monitoring and
    evaluation staff;
  • Working with the project team, including
    all partner staff and organizations, and others to ensure that all
    interventions fall under a cohesive monitoring and evaluation design.
Qualifications, Skills and
Experience:
  • At least five years professional
    experience in a senior M&E position responsible for implementing M&E
    activities of international development projects.
  • Bachelors or Master’s degree in
    statistics, demographics, public policy, international development,
    economics, or related field. Master’s degree or Bachelor plus an advanced
    certificate in M&E, statistics, or economics preferred.
  • Proven success in designing, implementing,
    and operating project M&E systems from project initiation to closeout
    stages.
  • Experience designing and managing
    beneficiary monitoring and database systems.
  • Experience in strategic planning and
    performance measurement, including indicator selection, target setting,
    reporting, database management, and developing M&E and/performance
    monitoring plans.
  • Knowledge of the major evaluation
    methodologies (e.g., qualitative, quantitative, mixed method, and impact)
    and data collection and analysis methodologies.
  • Experience in planning and managing
    surveys.
  • Experience developing and refining data
    collection tools.
  • Experience with data quality assessments
    and oversight.
  • Experience managing and providing ongoing
    training to M&E field officers.
  • Ability to facilitate and serve as a
    project liaison for externally-managed evaluations.
  • Candidates should have strong writing and
    editorial skills, be able to work under pressure, and possess strong
    interpersonal and intercultural skills that enable them to work well with
    a diverse team. 
  • Candidates with experience working on
    USDOL-funded projects is a plus. 
  • Experience working in Uganda a plus.
  • Fluency in English is required. 
How to Apply:
If interested in this vacancy, please click link below and review
details and express interest if you much the profile http://ch.tbe.taleo.net/CH02/ats/careers/requisition.jsp?org=IRC&cws=1&rid=9218
Deadline: 31st July,
2013
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