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USAID Project Jobs – Research, Monitoring and Evaluation Manager at Marie Stopes Uganda (MSU)
Job Title: Research, Monitoring and Evaluation
Manager
Manager
Organisation: Marie Stopes
Uganda (MSU)
Uganda (MSU)
Duty Station: Kampala,
Uganda
Uganda
Reports to: Senior Manager;
Research, Monitoring and Evaluation
Research, Monitoring and Evaluation
About MSU:
Marie Stopes Uganda (MSU) is a marketing-focused, results-oriented
social business that uses modem management and marketing techniques to provide
family planning and reproductive healthcare across every district of Uganda. We
aim to contribute 15 points to Uganda’s contraceptive prevalence rate by 2015
saving and improving many thousands of Ugandan lives. MSU has 25% of the market
share in modem contraceptives and, In 2010/2011, safely delivered 50,000 babies
and contributed 4 points to Uganda’s contraceptive prevalence rate. MSU has
enjoyed 20% year on year growth since 2007 MSU is part of a global network,
Marie Stopes International (MSI), and subscribes to MSI goal and mission, to prevent
unwanted births and to ensure individual’s rights to Children by Choice not
Chance.
social business that uses modem management and marketing techniques to provide
family planning and reproductive healthcare across every district of Uganda. We
aim to contribute 15 points to Uganda’s contraceptive prevalence rate by 2015
saving and improving many thousands of Ugandan lives. MSU has 25% of the market
share in modem contraceptives and, In 2010/2011, safely delivered 50,000 babies
and contributed 4 points to Uganda’s contraceptive prevalence rate. MSU has
enjoyed 20% year on year growth since 2007 MSU is part of a global network,
Marie Stopes International (MSI), and subscribes to MSI goal and mission, to prevent
unwanted births and to ensure individual’s rights to Children by Choice not
Chance.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
1. Improve
communication and Coordination:
communication and Coordination:
- Strengthen coordination across the
function, ensuring that research and M&E support to clients within MSU
is aligned with organisational priorities. Key clients include the
Operations team and USAID project managers, as well as the social
marketing and social franchise teams. - Ensure that quick, responsive and high
quality support is provided to key clients. - Ensure that the work of the new MIS and
Innovation function is well integrated within the RM&E team. - Ensure that there is clear functional
separation within the R,M&E team for both research and M&E,
drawing up appropriate job frameworks which delineate between the
respective roles and duties of team members. - Liaise proactively with Marie Stopes
International’s Regional Research Manager to ensure that MSI best practise
informs the MSU’s work and that there is good information flow between MSI
and MSU. - Represent the team internally and
externally at stakeholder forums
2. Ensure the provision of high quality project M&E and Research Support:
- Create an M&E plan for M5J drawing
together indicators across multiple projects to inform high level decision
making and strategy development - Develop wee budgeted and realistic M&E
components for MSU concept notes and proposals - Develop log frames, performance monitoring
plans and M&E frameworks, with effective and clearly defined
indicators aligned to MSU’s strategic objectives and donor requirements,
such as USAID. - Create usable M&E tools for monitoring
and evaluating programme activities - Proactively monitor performance vs.
indicators in conjunction with the relevant project managers - Design and manage project baselines and
evaluations - Provide high quality and timely updates
for project reporting purposes - Ensure compliance with M&E donor
requirements, in particular USAID. - Build close working relationship with
UMEMS.
3. Provide and facilitate the provision of Research technical support to
MSU team members:
MSU team members:
- In liaison with the Operations Director
and Private sector partnership Director, ensure that timely action
research is undertaken which serves MSU’s organisational objectives and
improves MSU programming. - Ensure that the R,M&E team is able to
deliver high quality research projects in accordance with well designed,
realistically budgeted protocols - Ensure clear and user friendly
dissemination of research reports and findings to key internal and external
stakeholders through verbal presentations, publications and abstracts, - Translate findings into practical lessons,
actionable insights and recommendations for MSU colleagues to rapidly
improve their programming - Ensure that capacity development approaches
are strategic and build the long-term sustainability of research teams)
Ensure that stakeholder national and international strategies are
monitored and that connections with MSU’s programme results are
disseminated to SMT, to assist MSU’s external relations activities and
inform evolving strategy.
Qualifications, Skills, and
Experience:
Experience:
- The Monitoring and Evaluation Manager
should possess a University Degree in research, Public Health or related
discipline - A minimum of at least six (6) years experience
in an NGO setting preferred - Previous experience working in the health
sector is an added advantage - Experience Monitoring & Evaluating
donor projects - Experience in Reproductive Health
- Experience in USAID-funded projects
Desired skills, abilities - Knowledge of Clinical Health, Family
Planning, Community Outreach and Social Marketing desirable - Demonstrated technical oral, written, and editing
abilities - Quantitative and qualitative research
skills - Extensive working knowledge of Microsoft
Office - Ability to work well with others in team environments
- Able to work in deadline driven/results
orientated atmospheres - Strong people management skills
- Able to multi-task and efficiently manage
competing priorities - Good
leadership personality, and able to take on and solve problems quickly and
efficiently:
How to apply:
If interested in working with Marie Stopes Uganda, Please send a CV and
Cover letter by email to jobs@mariestopes.or.ug or post to the
Senior Manager, People and Development. Plot 1020, Kisugu- Muyenga, P.O Box
10431, Kampala-Uganda, quoting the position title. Marie Stopes Uganda is an
equal opportunities employer committed to fostering a diverse workforce. Mane
Stopes Uganda is thankful to all applicants for their interest but only candidates
who meet alt requisite criteria and are short listed will be contacted.
Cover letter by email to jobs@mariestopes.or.ug or post to the
Senior Manager, People and Development. Plot 1020, Kisugu- Muyenga, P.O Box
10431, Kampala-Uganda, quoting the position title. Marie Stopes Uganda is an
equal opportunities employer committed to fostering a diverse workforce. Mane
Stopes Uganda is thankful to all applicants for their interest but only candidates
who meet alt requisite criteria and are short listed will be contacted.
Deadline: Friday 26th July, 2013
by 6pm
by 6pm
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