Job Title: M&E Specialist
Organization: Send A Cow Uganda
Location: Kampala Uganda
Deadline: Monday 8th November 2013
About Send A Cow:
Send a Cow Uganda is a development Christian Non-Governmental Organization. It envisions Uganda free of poverty and malnutrition, with a mission to work with vulnerable people in Uganda to overcome poverty and malnutrition in a sustainable manner through the development of animal production, organic farming and self –sustaining groups.
Job Summary:
The Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist will be responsible for putting in place and ensuring the implementation of Monitoring and Evaluation System that will ensure tracking of progress, documenting experiences and challenges, sharing lessons learnt. S/he will also supervise the monitoring and evaluation of project results and ensure proper and timely reporting to donors.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
1. Planning and Strategies:
Design, develop and implement monitoring and evaluation strategies and guidelines in line with the mission, vision and strategic plan of SACU
2. Program Planning and Design:
Design and facilitate needs assessments, organisational capacity assessments, and other pre-programme data collection activities as needed.
Develop and appraise monitoring and evaluation tools and systems that ensure appropriate information gathering, interpretation and usage.
Appraise of monitoring and evaluation tools, reports, findings, etc. from other country programmes and recommend adoption of systems and practices that are deemed beneficial to the efficient and effective functioning of SACU.
3. Programme Quality, Monitoring and Evaluation:
Develop and maintain a management information system (MIS) in collaboration with programmes staff and IT Officer.
Conduct operational audits on SACU projects and track, analyse and report on quality and performance trends
Develop performance and impact result reports for donors and other stakeholders
Interpretation of Monitoring and Evaluation findings in line with programme goals, objectives, and activities
Conduct monitoring and evaluation visits to ascertain that programme implementation meet set standards.
4. Capacity Building:
Organise and facilitate training workshops for staff and extension workers and partners in general monitoring and evaluation skills as well as technical, sector-specific methodologies as and when required or called upon by the programmes department.
Strengthen the internal capacity of staff and partners in M&E to facilitate the documentation of the performance
Participate in Staff and extension worker induction and orientation exercises.
5. Fundraising:
Provide support to the Programme Funding and Development and the Programmes Management and operations Departments in developing strategies for resource mobilisation and in the designing of appropriate monitoring and evaluation systems in proposal development process.
6. Networking:
Participate in inter-agency surveys, workshops, and meetings as agreed with Executive Director
Promote and maintain strong professional relationships with other Monitoring and Evaluation professionals in other SAC Offices and in other local and international organisations.
7. Reporting and Documentation:
Provide reports on operational audits, baselines, mid-term reviews and other monitoring and evaluation visits carried out.
Systematically document and disseminate good practices and models within the Send a Cow Uganda
Provide a monthly progress report to the Executive Director
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
The applicant should hold a Bachelor’s degree in Social Sciences, SWSA, Development Studies, Statistics and other development related fields. A post graduate qualification project Planning and Management and M&E fields is required.
Computer literate in Word, Excel, Access or other database. Internet use and emailing, PowerPoint, use of Information systems
At least three years’ experience in a position that involves programme M&E within the NGO sector.
Middle to senior level managerial experience of not less than 2 years
At least 2 years’ experience in organizational capacity strengthening
Evidence of interest and aptitude in Quality compliance implementation
Experience in research and handling of field data
Experience in Report writing for donors
The job holder must be a hard working, independent, focused and trustworthy individual that upholds a high sense of integrity and accountability and commitment to the vision, mission, values and aspirations of SACU.
Experience in participatory training and empowerment of others.
How to Apply:
Please send your CV and cover letter via email to sendacow@sendacowuganda.org. You must state on the subject like clearly REF: APPLICATION FOR POST OF M&E Specialist
Post directly to:
The Executive Director
Send a Cow Uganda
Plot 1 Ssemawata Road, Ntinda
P.O. Box 23627 Kampala, Uganda
Telephone: +256414286887, +256 392 700627/8
Fax: +256 414 286778
Email: - sendacow@sendacowuganda.org
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