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Impact Assessment Officer (Monitoring & Evaluation) NGO Job Careers – IMPACT Initiatives
Job Title: Impact Assessment Officer
(Monitoring & Evaluation)
Organisation: IMPACT
Initiatives
Duty Station: Kampala,
Uganda
Reports to:
IMPACT Assessment Manager
About US:
IMPACT Initiatives
is a humanitarian NGO, based in Geneva, Switzerland. The organisation manages
several initiatives, including the REACH Initiative. The IMPACT team comprises
specialists in data collection, management and analysis and GIS. IMPACT was
launched at the initiative of ACTED, an international NGO whose headquarter is
based in Paris and is present in thirty countries. The two organizations have a
strong complementarity formalized in a global partnership, enabling IMPACT to
benefit from ACTED’s operational support on its fields of intervention.
Job Summary: The IMPACT M&E Assessment Officer is
responsible for the management of all ULearn independent verification research
cycles, including implementation, partnership framework, dissemination and
evaluation. He/she directly supervises junior assessment and field staff and
plays a key role in the development and implementation of IMPACT strategy in
Uganda. The position will be based in Kampala, with 30% travel to the refugee
settlements.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
Management of all
Research Cycles
Assessment
Preparation and Planning:
- Ensuring that all of the consortium’s Independent Verification
activities are planned in line with relevant project and program
objectives and with IMPACT’s research cycle and other relevant guidelines; - Provide technical support to the Assessment team on research design,
sampling, methodology and analysis plans - Review and validate Independent Verification ToRs and ensure they
are used by assessment staff and stakeholders, and updated as required;
Review and validate in close coordination with Consortium Coordination,
qualitative and quantitative data collection tools; - Direct line management of IMPACT assessment officers on requirements
of research cycle/ monitoring activities; - Keep track of progress and delays of all assigned assessment
throughout the research cycle. Ensure that delays or identified challenges
for specific assessments are reported in writing and orally in a timely
manner; - Ensure relevant stakeholders and partners are engaged in assessment
design and planning.
Data collection
and management
- Monitor data collection, ensuring its correct implementation in line
with agreed TORs; - Ensure that the Consortium Committee, IMPACT Country Focal Point and
IMPACT HQ are alerted to any issues that prevents full implementation of
the methodology in line with the agreed TORs; ensure that all changes to
the methodology are documented throughout implementation; - Ensure logistics, financial, administration, security (for IMPACT
staff only) and HR processes directly related to data collection
activities have been appropriately implemented and coordinated with the
relevant ACTED departments; - Ensure regular situation updates on data collection have been
produced and circulated to the Consortium Committee, IMPACT, ACTED and
external counterparts. Provide support and follow up on identified
challenges during the data collection process.
Product drafting
- Manage assessment staff toward timely and accurate assessment
outputs (i.e. reports, factsheets, flash reports, etc.), which comply with
IMPACT’S guidelines and quality standards; - Review and validate all products before they are sent to IMPACT CFP
and IMPACT HQ for validation.
Product
dissemination and evaluation
- Under the direction of the IMPACT Country Focal Point and in close
coordination with the U-Learn Consortium, engage in the dissemination of
monitoring products, targeted e-mails, presentations, meetings, etc, with
DfID and their partners as appropriate, and in line with IMPACT
Dissemination and External Communication Guidelines and Research ToRs; - Ensure that lessons learned are gathered and documented throughout
the life of the research cycles.
Grants Management
and Reporting
- Liaise with Consortium finance and reporting units, with oversight
from the IMPACT CFP and HQ for timely and accurate submission of reporting
documents to DFID - Support the IMPACT Country Focal Point and ACTED support team in
drafting of relevant project narrative and financial reports; - Maintain an oversight, in close coordination with the IMPACT Country
Focal Point and the Consortium Finance Manager, of budget availability and
burn-rates for all data collection activities
External relations
- In coordination with the Consortium Committee, meet with DFIDs BRAER
implementing partners to ensure they are consulted and involved at all
stages of research cycle: the preparation of the assessment; data
collection; data analysis; review of research products; product
dissemination; and lessons learnt; ensure that partner engagement is
documented; - In coordination with the Consortium Committee, present research
findings to DfiD and partners to enhance their use and impact; - Ensure that external communications with partners and key
stakeholders, including DfID and its partners, is conducted and documented
as appropriate;
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
- Excellent academic qualifications, including a Masters degree in
relevant discipline; - Four years of relevant working experience in humanitarian,
development or related settings such as research, evaluation, assessments
and programmes; - Experience managing budgets exceeding GBP 1 million;
- Experience coordinating interagency assessments or monitoring activities;
- Excellent analytical skills;
- Excellent communication and drafting skills for effective reporting;
- Excellent team management skills;
- Ability to operate in a cross-cultural environment requiring
flexibility; - Past experience in the region is desirable;
- Fluency in English required;
- Ability to operate with Microsoft Word, Excel and Project Management
Software; - Ability to work independently and manage `people remotely.
How to Apply:
All candidates
should send their applications online at the link below.
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