Care International Research & Evaluation Advisor Jobs in Uganda
Care International Research & Evaluation Advisor Jobs in Uganda
Job Summary The Research & Evaluation Advisor is responsible for functionality and quality implementation of MEAL function of the program.
The Advisor is responsible for aligning program MEAL frameworks to Country Office Theory of Change and CARE global strategic MEAL frameworks.
Role Specifications
Job Responsibility #1: Establish and Maintain a robust MEAL System (10%)
Working together with PQL Manager and Project Manager (PM), the MA is responsible for establishing, managing and ensuring effective utilisation of the MEAL system by all program staff and partners. This includes developing relevant MEAL tools and processes, building capacity of staff and partners to use these tools and processes, and providing ongoing technical accompaniment required for this to happen.
Job Responsibility #2: Program QUALITY and LEARNING (30%)
The MA is responsible for ensuring that Program Quality and Learning (PQL) is prioritized throughout the program cycle. This includes ensuring that quality markers (gender, resilience and governance) are embedded at design stage and progress is measured and reported regularly. S/he will support the PM to ensure that all projects deliver high quality results that empower women and girls. This will require the MA to ensure PMs embrace and embed CARE quality markers across the cycle of all projects, regularly monitoring and reporting progress of all projects using the established PQL reporting system including quarterly program dashboards, AIIR tool and PIIRS reporting systems.
It will require the MA to maintain a solid PQL field footprint and consistent presence across all field locations where the program is implemented in the country.
Specific tasks include:
Come up with policy and action suggestions based on research and analytics
Provide leadership and support towards translating and development of policy papers, policy briefs, other information and communication materials with a WEE lens
Initiate and work with others to organise public debates, symposia and other policy related events to increase research uptake
Review and analyse the learning from the project research and learning activities in order to drive continuous improvement of program strategies, disseminate knowledge, and thereby maximise our impact of WECs for WEE
Liaise with the Project Components lead to determine the most appropriate learning platforms
Job Responsibility #3: Research, Evaluation and Knowledge Management (30%)
The MEAL Advisor (MA) is responsible for overseeing research, evaluations and knowledge management for the program. This includes all research, baseline, mid-line, and end-line evaluations. The MA will ensure the program invests in research and evaluations to generate new knowledge (learning) and credible evidence.
The MA will ensure that research and evaluation findings inform new program design, ongoing program adaptation and credible body of evidence contributing to accountability, advocacy and policy engagement. Working with PM, the MA will ensure that research and evaluations budgets are sufficient (in the range of 5-10% of total budget), processes are rigorous and results are credible. The MA will ensure knowledge management is effective and efficient, whereby knowledge products and credible evidence are accessible, shareable, transferable and usable by relevant people in real time.
Specific tasks include:
Work closely with the Project team and different project components to ensure the expeditious completion of all key research components and ensure timely and quality deliverables according to the project document
Support and ensure timely undertaking of the WEC’s Landscaping study as per donor terms of reference
Coordinate and support PROFIRA to generate new research, knowledge and evidence on women’s economic empowerment outcomes
Support and coordinate with other key stakeholders to improve and strengthen UWEP’s phase II monitoring, research and implementation approaches, ensuring strong infusion of women’s economic empowerment measures
Support the data needs consolidation for the project objective of strengthening of Savings groups ecosystem’s enabling legal and regulatory environment
Monitor the different project research activities in relation to research performance standards and guidelines and advise the project accordingly
Support the hiring function of research related consultancies including development and reviewing of ToRs, data collection, analysis and reporting quality assurance
Coordinate, develop, initiate, and respond to information and data requests received from
within and outside the project to allow for evidence-based and data-informed policy
Job Responsibility #4: Team Leadership and Capacity Building for Staff and Partners (10%)]
The Advisor is responsible for hiring, training and retaining a gender-balanced team of competent MEAL & Research Coordinators and establishing a collaborative culture, high performance standards and transparent performance management practice using appropriate combination of reward, recognition and reprimand.
The MA will ensure that annual performance goals and regular evaluations of supervised staff are concluded in time. In addition, the MA will ensure that all CARE staff, especially staff assigned to their program are properly oriented on the MEAL system, tools and processes and that staff continue to receive technical support and accompaniment for new or complex MEAL tools and processes.
This will require the MA to support the recruitment of MEAL staff and staff who will be engaged in MEAL work.
Job Responsibility #5: Contribution to Program Development (10%)
The MEAL Advisor (MA) is responsible for supporting design of new program logic model including: Theory of Change, Logical Framework, and Results Framework or Results Chain. This includes ensuring that the results statements and indicators are SMART (Specific, Measureable, Achievable, Realistic and Time bound) and gender transformative.
S/he should ensure that the targets and impact groups are well defined in all proposals. The MA should ensure that program design embrace and embed critical indicators from the quality (gender, resilience and governance) markers in all new program designs. This includes ensuring that the MEAL measurement framework for all new programs designed are aligned with CARE (CI) MEAL principles and standards. The MA will review new program budgets to ensure MEAL resources are in the range of 5% of the total program budget.
Job Responsibility #6: Promote Gender Equity and Diversity & Safeguarding Practices (5%)
Ensure that CARE Safeguarding policies and procedures are adhered to by all and the staff that S/he supervisors both directly or indirectly
Ensure that staff and related personnel under your jurisdiction are familiar with the following organisational policies and procedures and can identify when needed how these may have been breached;
Job Responsibility #7: Any other duties assigned from time to time (5%)
Support country office MEAL functions from time to time
Take on stretch assignments assigned from time to time
Education and Experience
Essential
A Master’s in Research, Monitoring & Evaluation or relevant field of study from a reputable university. Equivalent post-graduate studies will be considered
A Minimum of 7 years of relevant experience with reputable organisations in similar roles
Skills in using quantitative data Analysis software like SPSS or STATA or Excel
Experience in gender transformative approaches, including specific experience in working with and empowering women and girls in emergency or conflict or disaster settings
Experience in networking and strategic relationships management and engagements
Conceptual abilities, strategic thinking and analytical writing skills and knowledge
Good communication, presentation, public speaking, discussion and negotiation skills
Good research, learning, evidence-generation, policy debate and advocacy skills
Organizing skills and capacity to multi-task in rapidly changing & fast-paced environments
Knowledge of and demonstrated personal commitment to relevant organizational codes of conduct for emergencies, including anti-fraud and anti-corruption, safeguarding etc.
Leadership and interpersonal skills and proven experience influencing others without necessarily directly managing them
Desired
Professional training and experience in gender equality, women and girls’ empowerment
Professional experience in working with young people (youth) and refugee communities
Professional training in research, analytical writing, advocacy and policy influencing
How to Apply
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