USAID Monitoring & Evaluation Specialist Job Placement – WEI/Bantwana

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Organisation: WEI/Bantwana
Project Name: USAID’s Better Outcomes for Children and Youth
Project
Funding Source: PEPFAR/USAID
Reports to: Monitoring, Evaluation and learning (MEL) Director
Duty Station:  Jinja,
Uganda
About US:
WEI/Bantwana
Initiative is a Non-Governmental Organization that helps families and children
orphaned and made vulnerable by HIV/AIDS to access the comprehensive support
and care they need to grow into healthy adults.
About USAID Project:
The
Bantwana Initiative of World Education is implementing the USAID’s Better
Outcomes for Children and Youth in Eastern and Northern Uganda program—a $24.5
million program with a large sub grant component. The Program is being
implemented across 13 districts in Eastern and Northern Uganda. Better Outcomes
works with families, communities, Civil Society Organizations (CSOs), Local
Government and the private sector to address the long-term, comprehensive needs
of vulnerable children and families through improved OVC service delivery. The
project is being implemented in 13 districts (Arua, Apac, Gulu, Kitgum, Lira
and Oyam for North, and Bugiri, Iganga, Jinja Kamuli, Mayuge, Mbale, and Tororo
for the East).
Job Summary: The Monitoring & Evaluation Specialist will be
responsible for working with the project partners to ensure that quality data
is collected. The incumbent will also ensure that partners collect and report
data in a timely and rigorous fashion and that data is collated for the
required Quarterly and Annual Reports. The Monitoring & Evaluation
Specialist will also assume responsibility for reviewing and ensuring the
harmonization of data collection methodologies and data analysis for complex
quantitative indicators that are in the project AMELP.
Key Duties and Responsibilities: 
  • The incumbent will document performance of
    the project against targets with special responsibility for quantitative
    and qualitative indicators;
  • Ensure that audit requirements related to
    data quality are met for AMELP indicators;
  • Keenly review and analyze project monitoring
    data and generate user -friendly analyses thereof, including the use of
    graphics;
  • Carry out analysis of secondary data sets and
    generate user- friendly analyses thereof, including the use of graphics;
  • Ensure project reporting requirements are
    met;
  • Assume responsibility for maintaining project
    databases;
  • The incumbent will conduct support
    supervision visits to sub grantees to observe, monitor and provide
    guidance and quality feedback on the use of data and indicators;
  • Regularly analyze monthly data and support
    training of M&E personnel in quality assurance methods;
  • Work in liaison with the MEL Director and
    other program staff to develop indicators, data collection plans, and
    methodologies;
  • Work in liaison with the MEL Director, coordinate
    development of M&E database and data management systems;
Qualifications, Skills and Experience: 
  • The ideal candidates for the USAID OVC
    Project job should hold a degree in a quantitative field such as
    sociology, econometrics or statistics;
  • Evidence of formal training in performance
    management systems;
  • Possession of postgraduate training in
    Monitoring and Evaluation for Development programs
  • At least five years of related work
    experience on development projects where research and data analysis skills
    have been applied;
  • Five or more years of practical experience of
    working with donor performance management systems;
  • At least five years of professional
    experience in implementation and management of M&E systems for OVC
    & HIV/AIDS programs;
  • Good working knowledge of major databases and
    analytical programs including MS access, MS excel, STATA, SPSS and Epi
    Data, and GIS;
  • Demonstrated leadership qualities, depth and
    breadth of technical management expertise and experience, and strong
    interpersonal, writing and oral presentation skills;
  • Familiarity with computer programming,
    routine management of information systems, and maintenance of electronic
    databases;
  • Ability to think concisely and critically as
    well as to distill information for different audiences;
  • Extensive knowledge of PEPFAR/USAID reporting
    requirements;
  • Strong skills in teamwork and networking;
  • Good verbal communication and writing skills;
  • Ability to work in a challenging environment
How to Apply:
All
suitably qualified and interested candidates who wish to join the USAID Project
are encouraged to apply via E-mail only be sending an updated CV and cover
letter to: Hiring Manager at wei_recruitment@ug.worlded.org
Deadline: 6th May, 2016
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