Job Title: Monitoring and Evaluation Officer – Napak District – Karamoja Region
Organisation:Â Self Help Africa (SHA)
Duty Station:Â Napak, Uganda
Reports to: Project Manager
About US:
Self Help Africa is an international development organisation that works through agriculture and agri-enterprise development to end hunger and extreme poverty. The organisation has Programmes in 15 countries in sub-Saharan Africa and implements projects in Brazil and Bangladesh.  Our wider organisation also includes social enterprise subsidiaries Partner Africa, which provides ethical auditing and consultancy services, TruTrade, an innovative trading platform in East Africa, and CUMO, Malawi’s largest micro-finance provider.
Job Summary: Â The M&E Officer will implement the effective Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning agenda of the BUILD project in Napak District. Under the supervision of the Project Manager with the support of the MEL Advisor, S/he will be responsible for process monitoring, data collection, analysis, management, learning activities and use of monitoring outputs to improve project programming. S/he will be working closely with project teams to assess field conditions, support capacity building initiatives for improved programming The duties and responsibilities as set out below are not exhaustive and the role holder may be required to carry out additional duties within reasonableness of her / his level of skills and experience.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
Program Management Support/System Development.
- Lead on implementation of all M&E initiatives for BUILD project including process monitoring, data quality and tracking activity progress.
- Ensuring timely drafting of result oriented result project plans and scopes of work and their approval for efficient project implementation
- With guidance from the Project Manager and MEL Advisor draft and revise tools and as well as data collection procedures.
- Draft standard operation procedures in relations to project activities.
- Support documentation and review of case studies and best practices.
- Support project planning, review and reporting procedures
Data Collection, Management and Analysis.
- Facilitate data collection, entry, basis analysis and the flow of data with the project teams.
- Perform regulated field visits to ensure that quality of data are collected by the project team and verify the accuracy of reported data.
- Support the Project Manager and MEL Advisor to ensure that donor and senior management data queries are addressed.
- Support and participate in market diagnostic, baseline, mid-term and end line survey.
- Design models of data input, using appropriate software especially Excel among others as and will be specified.
- Ensure filing and electronic archiving of project reports and other documents produced within the framework of project implementation
Communication and reporting
- Support the Project Manager and the MEL Advisor in reviewing internal and donor reports.
- Guide the regular sharing of the outputs of M&E findings with project staff, and primary stakeholders
- Perform other related duties as required
Learning and Innovation
- Facilitate learning, promote peer-learning between staff and partners, participate in relevant national networks and actively engage in organization level focal groups.
- Explore opportunities for positioning, innovation, upscaling and potential follow up,
- Represent in the organization in coordination meetings.
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
- Hold a bachelor’s degree in Agriculture, Development Studies, agribusiness or its equivalent
- Three years of experience related to Project M&E, planning and implementation of M&E systems, M&E methods and approaches data analysis, and knowledge of statistical data
- Additional post graduate qualification in M&E or project planning and management or its equivalent will be an added advantage.
- Good knowledge of data management (collection, analysis and interpretation using relevant software/ applications)
- Ability to manipulate large data sets, and excellent attention to details.
- Ability to effectively use MS Office suite
- Must be good in English with good writing skills. A working knowledge of one or more of the native languages in Napak District would be an advantage;
- Ability to work in a multicultural environment; ability to establish and maintain good working relationships;
- Understanding of key aspects of SHA development work; including food, nutrition and livelihood security and cross-cutting themes (e.g. youth, social inclusion, environment, HIV and AIDS);
- High level of integrity and high standards of personal conduct;
Desirable:
- Experience working in project geographical region
- Experience working with farmer groups and private sector actors.
Critical Proficiencies:
- Excellent communication skills
- Ability to work as part of team across different cultures.
- Ability to work with minimum supervision and take initiative
- Ability to solve problems and take corrective action.
How to Apply:
All candidates should send an updated CV, Application form and cover letter at the link below.
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Deadline: 12th June 2024
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