Country: Uganda
Closing date: 09 Jul 2018
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Program / Department Summary
Mercy Corps is taking a community-led, market driven approach to address poverty and food insecurity needs through interventions that get to the root causes and contributing factors of economic vulnerability. Among the many country programmes is the Building Resilience and Adaptation to Climate Extremes and Disasters (BRACED) whose implementation period is 2015-2019.
BRACED is being implemented in the Karamoja Region of Uganda, as well as Wajir County Kenya. The BRACED Mercy Corps programme is designed around three integrated thematic focus areas – Lands/NRM, Market Systems Development and Governance. Mercy Corps recently received an 18-month extension operating from January 2018-June 2019.
General Position Summary
The Monitoring & Evaluation Officer will contribute to the tracking, analysis and learning of the BRACED activities. Reporting to the Senior M&E officer, s/he will help create tracking tools to ensure team members and community members are reaching their goals. S/he will work with teams to identify critical knowledge gaps and carry out targeted research on those areas, engaging external assistance, when necessary.
M&E Officer will capture learning across the project, institutionalizing activity reviews, identifying and evaluating preconceptions and promoting a culture of inquisitiveness. Additionally, they will support Senior M&E Officer in managing a large quantity of data and deliver timely analysis to staff and to management. Further, s/he will provide insight to teams through rigorous and efficient research in critical need-to-know areas, identified by program staff.
•Draft tools for assessments, studies and learning reports
•Manage enumerators and data entrants ensuring paperwork and work is completed on time and on scope
•Enter and clean program data ensuring data is up to date
•Responsible for monthly, quarterly and annual data pulls for reporting
•Monitor program and M&E documents ensuring all attendance sheets, beneficiary data is compiled alongside a program report
•Organize all files from BRACED and BRACED X
•Work with Gender & Learning Officer to report to team on a monthly basis on database and issues/challenges
•Provide support on drafting learning pieces and monthly report
Essential Job Responsibilities
Program implementation
•Draft tools for assessments, studies and learning reports
•Manage enumerators and data entrants ensuring paperwork and work is completed on time and on scope
•Enter and clean program data ensuring data is up to date
•Responsible for monthly, quarterly and annual data pulls for reporting
•Monitor program and M&E documents ensuring all attendance sheets, beneficiary data is compiled alongside a program report
•Organize all files from BRACED and BRACED X
•Work with Gender & Learning Officer to report to team on a monthly basis on database and issues/challenges
•Provide support on drafting learning pieces and monthly reports
SECURITY
●Ensure data protection policies are adhered to, establishing security controls for software, hardware and archive beneficiary databases.
ORGANIZATIONAL LEARNING
●As part of our commitment to organizational learning and in support of our understanding that learning organizations are more effective, efficient and relevant to the communities they serve, we expect all team members to commit 5% of their time to learning activities that benefit Mercy Corps as well as themselves.
ACCOUNTABILITY TO BENEFICIARIES
●Mercy Corps team members are expected to support all efforts toward accountability, specifically to our beneficiaries and to international standards guiding international relief and development work, while actively engaging beneficiary communities as equal partners in the design, monitoring and evaluation of our field projects.
Supervisory Responsibility
There is no staff supervision assigned to this role.
Accountability
Reports Directly to: Project Manager
Works Directly with: Program Manager, Senior governance officer and the staff under BRACED.
ETHICS AND INTEGRITY
●All Mercy Corps staff are expected to behave ethically and demonstrate highest integrity in their professional and personal life. Mercy Corps has zero tolerance to any form of fraud, corruption, abuse, harassment or exploitation. Any breach of our policies or misconduct will lead to disciplinary action or may lead to termination.
Knowledge and Experience
•Bachelor's degree preferably in BSc (Economics), BSc (Statistics), B. Quantitative Economics, B. Population Studies or Development studies with a certificate level qualification in computer applications.
•At least 3 years of related professional experience
•Demonstrable quantitative skills, including familiarity with database management and analysis
•Superior writing and analytical skills
•Proven skills in networking, assessing information needs and developing appropriate tools
•Excellent reporting, communication and representation skills
•Knowledge of Uganda’s economy and business environment, particularly in the context of rural development and Karamoja.
•Skilled in promoting organization learning and knowledge acquisition and sharing
•Fluency in Ngakarimojong preferred
•30% Travel in Karamoja required
Success Factors
The successful candidate will be energetic, able to work long hours outside of the office. The successful candidate will also have strong attention to detail, the ability to communicate well with community representatives and be committed to maintaining a compliant workplace, free of fraud and corruption.
How to apply:
All suitably qualified and interested candidates should send their E-mail applications including a cover letter clearly stating the salary requirements, updated CV (with three professional referees), and copies of academic qualifications/certificates addressed to the Senior HR and Legal Manager, Mercy Corps Uganda to: ug-mcjobs@mercycorps.org. Deadline for Submission: Close of business on Monday, July 09th 2018. Only short-listed candidates will be contacted by Mercy Corps. Mercy Corps is an equal opportunity employer; qualified female candidates are strongly encouraged to apply.