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Job Title:  MEL & Knowledge Management Officer

Organisation: Grassroots Alliance for Rural Development (GARD)

Duty Station: Kotido, Uganda

Reports to: Executive Director

About US:

Grassroots Alliance for Rural Development (GARD) is an independent not-for profit organization established and registered with the Uganda NGO Bureau in April 2019. Our vision is empowered and resilient communities, with the mission statement of a platform for building resilience and sustainable wellbeing. GARD works in a non-discriminatory and non-partisan way, with its head office in Kotido Municipality and two field offices in Amudat and Napak districts, Karamoja Uganda.

About Project:

GARD recently signed an MoU to implement a UNDP/KOICA Building Resilience in Conflict affected and Fragile Communities of Karamoja (BRICK) project in Kotido district. The BRICK Project is jointly funded by UNDP and Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) for the period 2024 to 2026. The project is a joint (consortium) initiative between UNDP/KOICA, GARD WSF, Riamriam, VEDCO and Better World with the aim of addressing main conflict drivers, which include but not limited to; competition over natural resources; the mass influx of refugees; inadequate transitional justice processes; and flawed electoral processes, leading to a more peaceful, secure, and resilient communities in Karamoja. The project is being implemented in 3 District and 6 Sub-counties of Kaabong: (Loyoro, Timu); Kotido (Nakapelimoru, Rengen); Moroto (Nadunget, Rupa). The overall project goal is to enhance the socio-economic empowerment of vulnerable households and the peaceful co-existence of communities through resilient and gender responsive livelihoods in three districts of the Karamoja sub-region.

Job Summary:  The Overall responsibility of MEAL & Knowledge Management Officer is to steer GARD’s humanitarian and development work by undertaking monitoring, evaluation, accountability, and learning; and knowledge management by assessing program impact, quality, sustainability and facilitating learning.

This position focuses on improving the understanding and quality of GARD’s humanitarian and development work, fostering evidence-based decision-making and program innovation, adaptation, and enhancing the organization’s influence across the sectors. The role also ensures that GARD’s Humanitarian and development approaches, including strong community engagement and affected populations’ feedback, safe programming, local humanitarian leadership and development approaches are adopted throughout the organisation program.

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

• Minimum, University Degree in Social Sciences, Development Studies, Economics/Statistics, Demography, Population Studies, Development Economics, information management, social sciences or a field related to international development with post graduate training in Monitoring and Evaluation.
• A minimum of three (3) years’ experience in Monitoring, Evaluation, Research and Learning, preferably in the humanitarian or development context
• Proven and substantial experience in humanitarian and development work with background in social research methods and tools as well as knowledge management, particularly in humanitarian responses, covering conflict, climate-driven and complex emergencies, as well as natural disaster crises.
• Experience in designing tools and strategies for data collection, analysis, and production of reports.
• Proven experience in ICT skills, especially in the development and implementation of M&E/MIS in development projects of MIS software using database software.
• Ability and experience leading strategically on areas related to quality and knowledge management systems and processes, reports, creation of practical tools and their dissemination. Strong conceptual, analytical, and critical thinking.
• Excellent understanding and practical experience on how quality MEAL and knowledge management can support improvements in the quality of humanitarian and development work.
• Excellent understanding and ability to further develop or promote internal and sectoral processes, codes and standards that inform and steer quality, learning and knowledge integration.
• Demonstrable experience facilitating learning processes.
• Strong collaboration and networking skills.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills Excellent written and spoken English, Ngakarimojong desirable.
• Competent to work with significant levels of autonomy, showing creativity and ability to identify and implement opportunities for innovation with excellent prioritisation and time-management skills.
• Sensitivity to cultural differences, and the ability to work in a wide variety of cultural contexts.

Skills and abilities

• Excellent communication skills – written and oral.
• Good report-writing skills with excellent written and spoken English.
• Skills in participatory approaches to programming, and community engagement.
• Demonstrable interpersonal and team working skills; and the ability to work closely with local partners and community members.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office and use of internet for research.
• Ability to relate sensitively to diverse groups.
• Self-driven and able to deliver results with minimum supervision.
• Flexibility in traveling and working in challenging situations with unpredictable working hours.

Personal qualities Skills and conducts

• Commitment to and compliance with GARD’s safeguarding principles, vision, mission, and values.
• Transparency and Accountability: Holds self-accountable for making decisions, managing resources efficiently and transparently, achieving and role modelling GARD’s values.
• Integrity: Strong sense of integrity, Honesty, openness, builds trust and confidence
• Ambition: Sets ambitious and challenging goals for himself and team, takes responsibility for their own personal development and encourages their team to do the same
• Collaboration: Approachable, good listener, easy to talk to; builds and maintains effective relationships with colleagues and external partners and stake holders
• Creativity and innovation: Develops and encourages new and innovative solutions.
• Self-driven and able to deliver results with minimum supervision.
• Commitment to respect and value equality and diversity and understanding of how this applies to own area of work.
• Commitment to own continuing personal and professional development.

How to Apply:

All suitably qualified and interested applicants should send their application to info@gardug.org with a cover letter and an updated CV detailing your experience and qualifications, as well as copies of your academic qualifications in relation to the role with the subject line ‘Application: MEL & Knowledge Management Officer’ Including contacts of three professional referees (two must be 2 professional references and 1 being your supervisor from the most recent/previous employer).

Deadline: 14th May 2024 at MID-DAY.

NOTE that this position will be recruited as soon as possible, CANDIDATES are encouraged to submit as early as possible.

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