Organization: QED Group, LLC
Project: USAID/Uganda Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Project
Job Location: Kampala, Uganda
Deadline: 29th January, 2014
Reports to: Chief of Party
About QED:
The QED Group, LLC is a full-service international development firm that provides practical solutions to social problems through sound analysis, proven management techniques, and creative implementation. We focus our efforts on two core practice areas: Monitoring & Evaluation and Knowledge Management. We work with U.S. agencies and overseas governments, international donors, private-sector clients, and PVOs/NGOs in more than 80 countries around the world. Key clients include USAID, the U.S. Department of State, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the U.S. Department of Agriculture, and the U.S. Trade and Development Agency.
About USAID Project:
The USAID/Uganda Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning project (Learning Contract) is the five-year organizational program support vehicle through which USAID/Uganda will pursue realizing its development objectives within the complicated and shifting Ugandan development context. The purpose of the Learning Contract is to provide monitoring, evaluation and learning support services and build capacity of USAID/Uganda to implement USAID’s Collaborating, Learning, and Adapting methodology to strengthen the implementation of USAID/Uganda’s Country Development Cooperation Strategy and enhance USAID’s organizational effectiveness.
Job Summary:
The role of the Senior Program Specialist will be to focus on broad based program management for the grant.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
- Conduct statistical analysis of program data
- Quality assurance of project deliverables
- Lead collaborative data quality assessments in coordination with USAIS mission
- Design SOW’s for evaluations and assessments especially in regards with the methodology section
- Maintain the TLC workplan/deliverables tracker,
- track TLC PMP indicators,
- maintain the events and meetings calendar,
- collect and generate weekly reports,
- Assist with the quarterly reports
- Perform the wide range of logistics duties connected to the technical activities, including those related to external workgroups and learning networks,
- ensure USAID branding requirements are met for deliverables,
- maintain our document library,
- maintain communications with/provide support to short term consultants, and
- Perform any additional duties as appropriate
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
NOTE: All applicants must address each selection criterion detailed below with specific and comprehensive information supporting each item.
- The Senior Program Specialist should have at least seven years of progressively-responsible experience in USAID and/or other donor-funded development programs.
- Experience conducting monitoring and evaluation of USAID projects required.
- A good understanding of Uganda’s M&E landscape of donor organizations, implementing partners, and other stakeholders such as the Government of Uganda and the private sector.
- Ability to build positive working relationships with USAID and other U.S. government agencies and stakeholders in Uganda.
- Positive track record of quality work and deliverables.
- An advanced degree in a relevant discipline required.
- Strong organizational, writing and communications skills.
- Fluency in English required, knowledge of Swahili, Luganda and/or other local languages is an advantage.
- Ability to coordinate well with personnel within and outside the project, meet deadlines and work with minimal supervision.
Please submit your CV and cover letter expressing interest to qed.uganda.recruitment@gmail.com with the subject line
ATTN: Senior Program Specialist.
Only qualified applicants will be contacted.
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