M&E Coordinator ISSD Programme Jobs – Wageningen UR Uganda

Job Title:   M&E Coordinator
Organisation: Wageningen UR Uganda
Project Name: Integrated Seed Sector Development (ISSD)
programme
Funding Source: Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands
Duty Station:  Kampala,
Uganda
Reports to: Chief of Party
About Wageningen UR:
Wageningen
UR Uganda is an organization supporting societal learning and innovation
processes at macro, meso and micro level in Uganda involving different
stakeholder groups working together on development issues.
About ISSD:
Wageningen
UR Uganda with support from the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands is
implementing a four years’ Integrated Seed Sector Development (ISSD) programme.
The programme aims to strengthen the development of a vibrant, pluralistic and
market-oriented seed sector that is able to address key challenges that hamper
the seed sector such as seed quality assurance and availability of foundation
seed.
In
collaboration with the government of Uganda, three field offices are hosted at
Abi (West Nile), Mbarara (Western Uganda) and Ngetta (Northern Uganda) Zonal
Agricultural Research and Development Institute (ZARDI). Each centre hosts an
Agribusiness Expert and a Seed Expert working with 10 farmer groups spread over
several districts strengthening their capacity to produce and market quality
seed of locally demanded crops and varieties and support them towards
developing commercially sustainable local seed businesses. In 2015, ISSD Uganda
will engage in out-scaling the number of Local Seed Businesses (LSBs) from 30
to 100 through partner organisations.
Job Summary: The M&E Coordinator will assist the Chief of
Party and field-based technical experts in coordinating evidence based
monitoring and evaluation among the seed sector stakeholders in Uganda; and
share knowledge about the ISSD programme and approach with key seed sector
stakeholders, as well as a wider audience. The M&E Coordinator will monitor
and evaluate progress on achieving project outcomes & outputs vs. targets,
to enable management, donors and partners to make vital adjustments to maximize
project effectiveness.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:  
  • Routinely monitor and manage reports to
    communicate program results and to improve implementation including:
    establishing systems for gathering, reporting and analyzing performance
    data for impact and sustainability of project implementation; overseeing
    data collection processes as required for by the project’s parameters;
    developing documentation of best practices; and facilitating the use of
    data to drive program design and decision making;
  • Prepare and submit monthly, quarterly and
    annual progress reports on the status of the project implementation and
    contribute to other project reports such as annual work plans;
  • Regularly review and update the M&E
    strategy and M&E plan for ISSD Uganda and keep it up to date;
  • Facilitate organisational learning and
    reflective M&E processes and organise quarterly review meetings for
    the ISSD team;
  • Design data collection tools, supervise data
    collection and analysis and maintain the ISSD database and support
    internal and external studies and research;
  • Coordinate the publication of ISSD materials
    through appropriate communication channels such as flyers, newsletters,
    magazines, stories, newspaper articles, radio messages and information on
    the ISSD webpage etc.
Qualifications, Skills and Experience: 
  • The applicant should preferably hold an MSc
    degree in Agricultural related field or MA in social science with experience
    in the agricultural sector;
  • At least three years’ M&E experience
    including technical experience in managing quantitative and qualitative
    data collection and analysis;
  • Previous experience relevant in leading the
    development of Output and Activity Monitoring and the design of a Learning
    Plan including designing and monitoring key indicators;
  • Broad working knowledge of learning-oriented
    M&E, ‘Theory of change’ approach and ‘outcome mapping’;
  • Excellent technical and analytical skills
    directly related to the work in the seed sector, including excellent
    writing skills;
  • Significant experience in data management and
    use of qualitative and quantitative data collection tools and methods;
  • Computer literacy skills i.e. proficiency in
    word processing, MS Excel, MS PowerPoint, MS Access, internet use, website
    content management systems and statistical packages;
  • Ability to work well in a multi-disciplinary
    team, excellent interpersonal skills, analytical and attentive to detail;
  • Ability to analyse issues and problems systematically,
    gather broad and balanced input, draw sound conclusions and translate them
    in monitoring strategies and documentation;
  • A productive self-starter who can develop and
    put in place innovative information ideas;
  • Willingness to travel extensively in Uganda;
  • Previous experience in the Uganda seed sector
    is an added benefit.
How to Apply: 
All
suitably qualified and interested candidates should send their application
letters and updated CVs to info@issduganda.org
NB: Please don’t include certificates and academic
papers.
Deadline: Wednesday, 20th April, 2016
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