Country: Uganda
Closing date: 29 Dec 2017
Position: Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Officer
Project: REACH-Uganda Project
Duty Post: Field based (Kabale or Mbale)
Grade: 7
Duration: Four year project
The International Fertilizer Development Center (IFDC) is a Public International Organization governed by an international board of directors with representation from developed and developing nations. The non-profit center focuses on increasing and sustaining food and agricultural productivity in developing countries through the development and transfer of effective and environmentally sound crop nutrient technology and agribusiness expertise. IFDC is recruiting staff for the 4-year REACH-Uganda Project, funded by the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, Kampala.
This position will be field based in Kabale or Mbale and will support the Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Coordinator to monitor and evaluate progress on achieving project outcomes vs. targets at field level, to the end of enabling management, donors and partners to make vital adjustments to maximize project effectiveness. The position will be responsible for ensuring Management Information System (MIS) in each region is properly utilized in terms of data collection and data management with project staff and partners. He/she will also support the field teams to conduct basic analysis and data presentation. He she/ will also ensure the M&E system has an in-built learning component that will ensure relevant learning products are developed to ensure continuous learning in the project.
The M&E and Learning Officer will report to the M&E and Learning Coordinator
Responsibilities
To supervise regular data collection through implementing partners and ensure quality of the data by random verifications and validations
Contribute to planning and execution of baseline, annual surveys, semiannual reviews, and impact evaluation studies at household level
Ensure the accuracy and consistency of data entry into the project database
Assist in maintenance of data storage and data quality
Assist the M&E Coordinator in Building capacity of IPs in data collection, analysis and reporting
Conduct data analysis, including creation of GPS maps
Ensure that learning activities and products are incorporated into the project cycle
Support the development of work plans at field level
Ensure that implementation of field activities adheres to the M&E framework of the REACH project; Assure quality of trainings and other activities delivered by local partners and compose reports of observations and recommended actions
Qualifications:
· Bachelor’s Degree; preferably in Agricultural Economics, Statistics, Environmental Science, Development Studies , Population Studies or similar fields
· Minimum 4 years relevant field experience in M&E in agriculture/agribusiness projects
· Proven experience in use of gender- and youth-related monitoring tools
· Experience with the implementation of real time data collection methodologies employing mobile phone apps and PDA’s and advantage.
· Extensive experience in survey design and data collection (key stakeholder interviews, focus groups, surveys, and secondary data analysis techniques), data management, and data analysis skills, particularly experience with MS Access, SPSS or STATA
· Experience in building capacity of partners on how to utilize Management Information Systems
· Experience in the development of learning products and their incorporation into project implementation
· Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English, including the ability to present materials in meetings, at conferences and to write project documents (including evaluation design plans, results frameworks, data collection and data analysis plans, and progress reports)
· Ability to work well a multi-disciplinary team, good interpersonal skills, is attentive to detail
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