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• Ensure
  that communities in selected districts can identify and articulate their
  needs and demand quality services;
• Ensure
  that the Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) develop effective advocacy
  initiatives, and are able to represent the communities’ demands for 
  better  quality  services;  and 
• Build
  the technical and operational capacity of the CSOs to qualify them as
  potential direct recipients of future USAID funding. 

• Develop
  the overall framework for M&E systems, including requirements,
  baseline and evaluation surveys;
• Ensure
  the alignment of research and M&E activities with program goals, and
  contribute to the development of annual workplans to identify project
  targets and ensure inclusion of M&E activities;
• Develop
  and implement M&E reporting guidelines and systems designed to inform
  the direction of the project, including data quality and data use
  strategies;
• Train
  program staff on M&E guidelines, survey instruments, data collection
  tools, and other tools  for M&E;
• Supervise
  all staff involved in collecting and analyzing data and reporting results;
• Design
  process for monitoring and evaluation of subgrantees, in collaboration
  with program leadership;
• Foster
  participatory planning and monitoring by training and involving primary
  stakeholders (using a rights-based approach)
• Conduct
  field-based monitoring, technical assistance, and training to program
  teams, and partner organizations, to strengthen their capacity in the
  collection, cleaning, and analysis of data for program management and
  donor reporting
• Collaborate
  with counterparts and partner organizations, including other USAID programs,
  in work planning and program implementation;
• Contribute
  to the development and implementation of a strategy for synthesizing and
  disseminating key results, programmatic lessons learned, and other
  research outputs of the program;
• Contribute
  to and review program reports prior to submission to donors and
  headquarters

• The
  candidate should possess a Master’s Degree in a relevant field
  (development studies, public health, demography, statistics, etc.);
• At
  least eight (8) years’ experience and demonstrated practical skills in monitoring
  and evaluation of voice and accountability programs, preferably for donor
  funded programs;
• Excellent
  knowledge of monitoring and evaluation principles and practices is
  essential
• Demonstrated
  capacity to use project M&E to advance strategic goals and provide data
  for decision-making;
• Demonstrated
  ability and skills in data analysis and synthesis, performance evaluation
  and correction,  and report writing;
• Knowledge
  of family planning, reproductive health, and adolescent health issues
  related to M&E
• Competency
  in training, institutional capacity-building, citizen participation, and
  advocacy and public policy is highly desired;
• Excellent
  representational and communication skills;
• Written
  and oral proficiency in English, and verbal communication skills in one or
  more local languages.
• Knowledge
  of statistical software (such as SPSS, STATA, and SAS) and familiarity
  with Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Access (or similar tools) is
  preferred.
• Knowledge
  of USAID data collection and reporting requirements is highly desirable;
• Ability
  to travel up to 25% of the time.
• Demonstrated
  experience in the development and implementation of monitoring and
  evaluation frameworks and systems required for community development
  programs;
• Experience
  developing study design and methodology including sampling procedures,
  assisting with implementation, analysis and write-up to inform policy is
  preferred.
• Must
  have legal authorization to work in Uganda

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