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Job Title:  Monitoring, Evaluation
and Learning Officer

Organisation: CARE
International

Duty Station: 
Uganda

Reports to:
Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning (MEAL) Coordinator

About US:

CARE (Cooperative
for Assistance and Relief Everywhere, formerly Cooperative for American
Remittances to Europe) is a major international humanitarian agency delivering
emergency relief and long-term international development projects. Founded in
1945, CARE is nonsectarian, impartial, and non-governmental. It is one of the
largest and oldest humanitarian aid organizations focused on fighting global
poverty.

Job Summary:  The Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning
Officer is technical in the area of monitoring, evaluation, accountability, and
learning; and information management.

Under the various
funding streams within CARE Uganda’s DRC refugee response, MEAL Officer focuses
on the maintenance of data collection, analysis, dissemination, learning and
reporting. She/he is responsible for the maintenance and updating of the
information management system and will contribute to broader MEAL goals.

Key Duties and Responsibilities: 

Monitoring and
evaluation (50%)

• Support project teams to develop and implement quality MEAL plans
• Design methods that ensure data integrity at activity, output and
  outcome levels
• Conduct regular monitoring visits to project activities, report on a
  timely manner in a standardized format, and where relevant conduct
  debriefing sessions with relevant staff on recommendations and/or action
  plans
• Continuously conduct data verification through monitoring visits and
  means of verification, and report on the progress against indicators
  monthly
• Prepare and share progress reports demonstrating quality in project
  MEAL plans
• Provide support/guidance to the team in monitoring and reporting
  responsibilities ensuring coherence with existing reporting requirements
• Develop effective methods and tools to be applied to projects for
  evidence-based data collection, analysis and reporting
• Train and provide capacity building to project staff, volunteers and
  partners on MEAL strategy, methods and tools

Information
Management (25%)

• Focal point for protection/GBV & reproductive health Information
  Management System (IMS), data entry and functionality.
• Liaise with project staff and ensure relevant data is entered into
  the database.
• Filter the database, provide analysis of information to inform
  programming within CARE on trends
• Share information within the programme team about M&E approaches
  and supports the documentation of lessons learnt, approaches and good
  practices.
• Establish strong working relationships with key actors in other
  agencies dealing with protection/GBV & reproductive health Information
  Management System

Quality and
accountability monitoring (10%)

• Ensure the standards and systems used to deliver quality and
  accountable services and monitoring reports include information on levels
  of compliance achieved against standards and indicators
• Promote monitoring, evaluations and audits as means of guiding and
  supporting the project
• Assist planning and/or implementation of baseline and end line
  studies, evaluations, and assessments when needed
• Establish and manage the complaints and feedback mechanism for the
  project

Project knowledge
management (10%)

• Contribute to the implementation of a Monitoring and Evaluation
  Knowledge Management and Learning Strategy
• Work in close collaboration with the MEAL Coordinator to develop a
  strong learning culture through project evidences
• Document, analyze and disseminate lessons learned, human interest
  stories, best-practices and innovations and evidence-based case studies
  from projects
• Work in close collaboration with MEAL Coordinator for effective
  dissemination of programme outcomes and lessons learnt

Other duties as
required (5%)

• As agreed with the line manager, this position may also work on
  broader M&E tasks within the DRC refugee response.

Qualifications, Skills and Experience: 

• The ideal candidate must hold a University degree in statistics, Social Sciences or related field, with back ground in Monitoring and
  Evaluation.
• At least two years of work experience in humanitarian/ development
  sector, with minimum of 1-year work experience focusing on Monitoring and
  Evaluation.
• Knowledge of the Information Management System with 2 years’
  experience
• Exceptional writing and other communications skills required
• Strong analytical and research skills essential
• Must be a team player with good interpersonal skills
• Experience developing data collection questionnaires, forms, or
  other tools preferred
• Excellent organizational and time-management skills, ability to
  think critically and work independently are a must.
• Ability to work in a complex environment with multiple tasks, short
  deadlines and intense pressure to perform
• Proficiency in institutionally supported software (Word, Excel,
  PowerPoint, and SharePoint) essential
• Ability to ride a motorcycle will be an added advantage (must have a
  riding permit)

How to Apply:

Candidates who are
interested in the above jobs should submit an updated CV and Application letter
giving a day time telephone contact and names, telephone contacts and email
addresses of 3 (three) work related referees only through our recruitment
email: ugarecruitment@care.org clearly indicating the job title in the email
subject.

NB: Please note that
when you are successful for the above position, CARE will need verified copies
of your academic documents.

Deadline: 23rd August 2019

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