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Title:         Monitoring and Evaluation
Officer

Organization: Good
Neighbors International

Duty Station: 
Jinja, Uganda

Reports to: Project
Manager 

About US:

Good Neighbors is an
international, non-profit humanitarian organization committed to child
education, community development, and emergency relief projects in 30 countries
around the world. We have fundraising offices in the USA, Korea, and Japan, and
an International Cooperation Office in Geneva. Good Neighbors USA opened its
Los Angeles office in 2007, which currently handles fundraising, donor
management, volunteer programs, and marketing campaigns for all major projects.
In December 2010, a Washington, D.C. office was established to network and
partner with other organizations, as well as obtain grants from U.S. government
agencies and foundations.

Job Summary: The
Monitoring and Evaluation Officer (M&E Officer) will be providing support
in monitoring and evaluating ongoing project in Jinja district. The incumbent
will be responsible for overall M&E and learning needs of the project and
will come up with findings based on real data to show performance of the
projects. The incumbent will also help Good Neighbors Uganda in strengthening
its M&E functions based on her/his experiences from the project. The
incumbent will play role in promoting key learning for the improvement of the
project and for wider leaning of the organization.

Key Duties and Responsibilities: 

• Work in close consultation with the
  Project manager and Project Coordinator, the M&E officer will develop
  M&E framework and tools, and put in place data quality assurance processes
  to ensure the timeliness of data entry and analysis.
• The M&E Officer will also provide
  technical support to and build capacity of projects team to ensure
  competent & quality monitoring and evaluation process.
• Contribute to the development of the
  annual work plan, ensuring alignment with project strategy, agreement on
  annual targets and inclusion of M&E activities in the work plan.
• Oversee and execute M&E activities
  included in the Annual Work Plan, with particular focus on results and
  impacts as well as in lesson learning. Based on the annual work plan and
  in particular the programs budget, design the framework for the physical
  and process monitoring of project activities.
• Assist in the development of project
  reports. Guide staff and partners in preparing their progress reports in
  accordance with approved reporting formats and ensure their timely
  submission. This includes quarterly progress reports, annual project
  reports, inception reports, and ad-hoc technical reports.
• Willingness to undertake regular field
  visits and interact with different stakeholders, especially primary
  stakeholders.
• Organize (and provide) refresher
  training in M&E for project and implementing staff, and primary
  stakeholders with view of developing M&E capacity.
• The proposed Monitoring and Evaluation
  Assistant will have responsibility for all monitoring, evaluation, and
  research activities associated with the project.
• Carry out quantitative and qualitative
  data collection activities at field level through surveys, interviews or
  focus group discussions with beneficiaries, as defined in the
  weekly/monthly M&E work plan.
• Ensure necessary data is collected from
  scheduled activities, this includes regular field visits and following up
  with data like baseline survey,mid term and final evaluation,  regular progress reports.
• Based on field observation propose new
  improvement for project and M&E activities to the Project Manager
• Solve problems and conflicts that might
  occur during monitoring and respond to minor complaints coming from
  beneficiaries.
• Keep M&E files archived at the
  project office and accessible to the team.
• Produce periodic monitoring reports to
  ensure programs have accurate and useful data to inform program
  development;
• Participate in the internal evaluation
  of the program;
• Support field data collection for ad hoc
  mission.
• Perform any other duties that may be
  assigned to you by the supervisor.

Qualifications, Skills and Experience: 

• The candidate should hold a Bachelor’s
  degree in Statistics, Quantitative Economics, social sciences, research
  methods or related field. Postgraduate diploma in Monitoring and
  Evaluation / Project Planning and Management is an added advantage.
• Three years’ experience in performing
  M&E related tasks in a development organization. Previous experience
  in designing and implementing M&E systems for international
  donor-funded projects in Uganda is desired.
• Having experience in Field Operations is
  desired.
• Proven proficiency in statistical
  software such as SPSS, STATA, EPI info, or similar, specifically for analysis
  of both quantitative & qualitative data
• Demonstrated excellent writing and
  presentation ability, as well as experience in successfully leading an
  intercultural team in a development context.
• Excellent analytical skills
• English fluent spoken and written
  language skills

How to Apply:

All suitably
qualified candidates should send download and send applications form and CV
with your email address to: moses.mukose@goodneighbors.org

Note:

• Only shortlisted candidates will be
  contacted for interviews.
• The shortlisted candidates will be
  required to come with their original Documents.
• The Schedule of the interviews shall be
  as follows; written interviews to be conducted in Kampala (Head Office)
  and oral Interviews to be conducted in Jinja.
• Any forgery will lead to automatic
  cancellation of the application and opportunity

Deadline: 18th August 2019

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