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Job Title:  Monitoring and Evaluation Officer (Fresher Jobs)

Organisation: Design without Borders Africa (DwB)

Duty Station:  Kampala, Uganda

About US:

Design without Borders Africa (DwB) is a product and service design company with offices in Kampala, Uganda, where we have served clients in Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Somalia, Ethiopia, Burundi, Mozambique, Benin, Malawi, India and Guatemala. DwB believes in the power of the human-centred design approach to save lives, improve living conditions and lift communities out of poverty. Our designers have specialised training and skill-sets to help address complex challenges through co-design and collaboration with users and stakeholders, as we co-create solutions that are useful and meaningful for the contexts in which they operate. Our approach is implemented through 3 core areas of service; Product and Service design, Design Training, and Research & Development (R&D). For the past 15 years, DwB has worked successfully with many leaders in the fields of Public and Private sector development, Humanitarian response and Sustainable Development using this highly participatory process to create innovative solutions.

Job Summary:   The Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) officer will be responsible for creating, developing, and implementing strategies to measure the effectiveness of projects and/ or programs run by the DwB. He/she will work with the DwB team to create systems and provide training on the best practices for efficient data collection, analysis, and reporting. Participate in the design, planning, and implementation of projects; as well as conduct data quality audits on design projects. While working extensively with various project teams, the M/E officer will report directly to the head of operations.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

• Formulate techniques for quality data collection to ensure adequacy, accuracy, and legitimacy of data;
• Support the development of data collection and data management standard operating procedures;
• Devise and implement efficient and secure procedures for data handling and analysis with attention to all technical aspects;
• Plan and provide technical support to projects and/ or programmes in their design, and evaluation;
• Assist with data extraction, and generate M&E reports, documenting progress and performance;
• Monitor and analyse information and data systems and evaluate their performance to discover ways of enhancing them (new technologies, upgrades etc.)
• Support with the creation and deployment of performance monitoring tools to track project/ program indicators in line with their implementation plan.
• Support with equipping the current team with basic M&E skills where necessary.

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

• The applicant must have proven experience (in the field) as an M&E consultant.
• Excellent understanding of data administration and management functions (collection, analysis, distribution etc.)
• Familiarity with modern database and information system technologies
• Proficient in MS Office (Excel, Access, Word etc.) and STATA or SPSS
• An analytical mindset with problem-solving skills
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills

How to Apply:

All candidates who wish to join Design without Borders Africa (DwB)  should apply online at the link below.

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Deadline: 10^th January 2024

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