Job Title: Consortium MEAL Specialist
Organisation: Finn Church Aid (FCA)
Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda
Reports to: MEAL Manager
About US:
Finn Church Aid (FCA) is Finland’s largest international aid organization with operations in 12 countries and more than 70 years of experience in humanitarian and long-term development work. FCA specialises in supporting local communities in three priority areas: Right to Quality Education, Right to Livelihood, and Right to Peace. We work with the most vulnerable people, regardless of their religious beliefs, ethnic background or political convictions. Our vision is a world of just and resilient societies. With anticipated funding from the European Union/ECHO. FCA Uganda is now looking for competent persons to fill the following positions for the; TOGETHER consortium’s Education in Emergencies (EiE) project.
Job Summary: The Consortium MEAL Specialist will provide support in developing, implementing, and maintaining effective and appropriate monitoring and evaluation systems for all project activities implemented under the consortium. The post will involve coordination with project implementation teams in line with reporting requirements, and with FCA guidelines, policies, and best practices.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
- Coordinate planning and execution of all data collection, cleaning, management; and related activities across the consortium.
- Contribute to compilation and review of the monthly, quarterly, and annual reports as the donor requirements.
- Conduct data analysis and use quantitative and qualitative analysis to support writing.
- Preparing internal evaluation reports, review of evaluation findings and project results
- Ensure an effective rollout of MEAL and reporting systems to all members of the consortium.
- Carry out quality assurance to all reports under the consortium.
- Ensure that information obtained through monitoring and is also shared with communities, teachers, parents, and other relevant stakeholders through regular feedback mechanisms to ensure continuous performance improvement.
- Support program accountability through sharing client feedback (such as complaints from beneficiaries) and contributing to provision of the organisation’s feedback alongside program teams.
- Work with consortium partners in the area and project teams to popularise the reporting processes and ensure that all information and data is collected, documented, and reported accurately in a timely manner.
- Ensure routine data collection, analysis, reporting and learning in the consortium.
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
- Postgraduate studies in Monitoring and Evaluation or any other advanced training in MEAL, quantitative analysis, or data base management.
- Bachelor’s degree in statistics, social sciences, social work, development studies or a related degree from a recognized university.
- Minimum of 3 years work experience in MEAL in any related field of education, community development, or related fields.
- Knowledge of SPSS or other data analysis packages.
- Experience in education and Protection is an added advantage.
How to Apply:
All suitably qualified and interested applications should send a cover letter and a CV (not more than 4 pages) with at least three referees and a daytime telephone contact, addressed to: The Human Resource and Administration Manager, Finn Church AID, Uganda Country Office. P.O. Box 21826 Kampala, Roche Close – Off Tank Hill Rd, Plot 1495 Muyenga, Uganda. Email applications should be in one file attachment (MS Word or PDF) mentioning the position title in the subject to Ugaco.hr
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Please do not attach academic documents when you apply online.
Deadline: 2nd April 2024.
NB: Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. Finn Church Aid is committed to keeping children safe at all levels of its program operations, so our selection process reflects our commitment to the protection of children from all forms of abuses. Employment is subject to our Child protection standards, adherence to Child Safeguarding Policy including background checks”.
NOTE: FCA does not charge any fee at whichever stage of the recruitment process and does not act through recruitment agents.
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