Uganda: Monitoring and Evaluation Officer

Position:Monitoring & Evaluation Officer.
Reports to:Program Area Manager.

Based In:Masindi with travel to all The Water Trust locations in Uganda.
Salary:Competitive benefit’s packages based on experience and education.

Start day:As soon as possiblebut no later than September 1^st

Hours: Provisionally 40 hours per week – Mon to Fri (maybe longer and include weekends depending upon workload).

THE ORGANIZATION:

The Water Trust (TWT) provides sustainable investments in water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) to combat disease and poverty in the developing world and allow people to live empowered lives of dignity. Currently, TWTs geographic focus is western Uganda. TWT implements community driven projects, the majority of which are village partnerships that consist of a hand dug well, TWT-facilitated Community Led Total Sanitation and monitoring and evaluation of these developments are implemented in collaboration with the local government, village and TWT. We also build and rehabilitate latrines and rain water harvesting tanks and raise best hygiene and sanitation practices in schools. TWT believes in gathering quantitative and qualitative data for analysis as using our data for the continued improvement of program design and implementation and for online reporting to our stakeholders. Additionally, TWT implements pilot studies aimed to improve the long-term management of the water sources. We are the first organization that commits to full scale transparency by making all of our data open and available to the public through our website.

MAIN PURPOSE OF THE JOB:

Responsible for coordinating the development and implementation of a comprehensive organisational monitoring & evaluation system to enhance monitoring, quality control and evaluation in order to improve program and results delivery.

MAJOR FUNCTIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

1) Monitoring& Evaluation (M&E).Manage and lead the implementation of an online or mobile monitoring and evaluation system to track and analyse delivery against The Water Trust goals and objectives. It includes managing the collection of baselines, post baseline and monitoring processes from year 1-7 to gauge and support the performance of the program; and identifying trends, analysing data in collaboration with the Program Staff and assessing progresstoward the KPIs and programmatic improvements:

a. Measure against established Key Performance Indicators:

b. Recommend when necessary new or alternative bench marks;

c. Implement a systematic and consistent M&E process;

d. Lead the implementation of baseline/post baseline/and other surveys as required;

e. Problem solve and support the Program staff in using the M&E tools;

f. Represent The Water Trust Uganda at Water and Sanitation M&E forums

g. Keep abreast of the latest developments in M&E and network with other organizations for best practices and technical assistance

2) Program Reporting.Provide regularly synthesized and updated reports on the status of implementation against The Water Trust strategic goals and objectives as well as status of KPIs; advocate for and lead on communication activities relating to the TWT M&E System; participate in sector networks such as UWASNET, interpretation of field data and preparation of reports;

THE PERSON’S PROFILE:

Essential

· Strong skills and 3 more years of experience with Excel (Charts and Graphs) and computer proficiency with the rest of MS Office.

· Strong skills and 1 or more years of experience with Data Management methods and applications.

· Proven strong report writing skills, ability to present monitoring data and survey finding clearly with different stakeholder groups.

· Minimum of a Bachelor’s Degree. Potential related degrees in Social Sciences, Information Technologies, Development studies or Research studies with a development bias.

· Training in M&E

· Ability to follow deadlines, accuracy and attention to detail.

Desirable

· Good interpersonal and leadership skills with commitment to The Water Trust’s values and working styles.

· Experience managing a team of 3 or more people; ideally more than 10.

· Knowledge and experience in the use of the mobile or online M&E system (s) is a huge asset.

· Experience working in rural areas and field deployment.

· Ability to speak local languages.

· Excellent communication and facilitation skills as well as good spoken and written English.

· Knowledge and understanding of qualitative and quantitative research/evaluation methodologies and strong analytical skills.

· Good skills in presentation, documentation and information management.

· Proven ability to produce results within tight deadlines in a very busy environment.

· Good knowledge of communication techniques and ability to develop and deliver effective presentations.

· Knowledge of the area where TWT works.

· Driving license and ability to drive vehicles and motorbikes.

Send a CV and a Cover Letter explaining how you meet the profile, the soonest possible start date and your salary expectation to jobs@watertrust.orgwith“M&E Officer” in the subject line of the email by 5pm on July 19th, 2015 or until position is filled; CV only applications will not be considered

Due to the number of applications received, we are not able to respond to each application.