Uganda: Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Advisor, Uganda

Pathfinder Overview

Pathfinder International is a global leader in sexual and reproductive health. We place reproductive health care at the center of all that we do—believing that it is not only a fundamental human right, but is critical for expanding life opportunities for women, families, communities, and nations, and paving the way for transformations in environmental stewardship, decreases in population pressures, and innovations in poverty reduction. Pathfinder provides women, men, and adolescents with a range of quality health services—from contraception and maternal care to HIV prevention and AIDS care and treatment. Pathfinder strives to strengthen access to family planning, ensure availability of safe abortion services and post-abortion care, advocate for sound reproductive health policies, and, through all of our work, improve the rights and lives of the people we serve.

Program Overview

Pathfinder is seeking a Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Advisor for the Uganda Expanding Family Planning Options program. The USAID’s Expanding Family Planning Options program will focus on increasing FP service options and improving quality of FP services in the public and private sectors as well as building demand for modern contraception. This activity will be complemented by linkages to and coordination with other USAID/Uganda activities including health communications and systems strengthening activities as well as contraceptive commodity procurement.

Position Purpose

The Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning Advisor will be responsible for development of monitoring, evaluation, and operational research plans to inform program management and strategic direction.

Key Responsibilities

• Develops and implements a project M&E system according to Pathfinder standards and practices.
• Consults with USAID and other stakeholders to establish a transparent, reliable, and valid M&E system that can easily be tracked and verified.
• Ensures that the M&E system is a cost-effective, results-orientated system that provides USAID and the program with necessary information to assess the progress, effectiveness, and outcome of activities.
• Collaborates with partners to develop individual and M&E work and training plans as appropriate.
• Develops/adapts tools for data collection; designs and implements surveys and other data collection tasks.
• Designs/adapts project performance monitoring database to report national and global indicator and performance indicator data quarterly to senior managers, COP, and Pathfinder headquarters.
• Oversees implementation of the project’s baseline and end-of-project surveys.
• Documents project achievements against targets using monitoring data and works with project staff to document the factors behind gaps and over achievements.
• Institutes regular use of performance monitoring data among project managers, Country Offices, and other relevant Pathfinder staff.
• Identifies best practices and state-of-the art approaches to the program activities and evaluates them.
• Disseminates information on project evaluations through written reports, conference presentations, and publications, and assists project staff to do likewise.
• Uses data to systematically and consistently document achievements, success stories, and best practices.
• Supervises M&E team members to: manage production of data to meet all reporting requirements including quarterly and annual reports, research, technical reports, presentations, etc.; ensure that all data is up to date and ready for immediate use; review quarterly reports prior to submission to donors and headquarters; assist project technical staff with preparation of reports as appropriate.
• Builds capacity of project staff, on the use of data for decision making and performance improvement.
• Provides technical assistance and training to program teams and partner organizations as necessary.
• Provides technical support to strengthening M&E systems at national and community level.
• Provides overall guidance and manages all the M&E related efforts, communicating and coordinating as needed with headquarters M&E and other staff.
• Any other duties as assigned by the Chief of Party.

Basic Requirements

• A degree in epidemiology, statistics, or health related field.
• Minimum of 6 years of relevant experience in M&E of large scale health programs.
• Demonstrated research experience and skills, complemented by experience in collaborating with various types of partners.
• Experience interacting with host country agencies, including central and local government, development partners, civil society, and community-based organizations is essential.
• Minimum of six years of successful supervisory experience.
• Excellent representational and communication skills, written and oral proficiency in English, and verbal communication skills in one or more local languages.
• Demonstrated ability to lead a project team and achieve results.
• Travel throughout the project area in Uganda will be required.

Please Note: This position is contingent upon project award and funding.
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