US Embassy in Kampala Program Management Specialist (M&E) Jobs

US Embassy in Kampala Program Management Specialist (M&E) Jobs

Background:

USAID/Uganda provides development assistance to Uganda through its Country Development Cooperation Strategy (CDCS), with a focus on increasing health security, enhancing resilient growth and strengthening accountability in local and national governance systems. The CDCS is implemented by over 70 IPs of USAID/Uganda.

The Program Office provides strategic and technical support to technical teams at USAID/Uganda and its IPs to ensure that the Mission’s portfolio is fully aligned to the development results of its CDCS, resources are budgeted for to implement the planned activities and results are systematically tracked and analyzed to support accountability, learning and adaptations in strategies and approaches.

Statement of Duties to be performed

Development, Management and Maintenance of the Mission Performance Management Plan

Provides strategic and technical leadership in the ensuring the alignment of existing USAID/Uganda

Activities with the strategic results framework of the new CDCS.

Works closely with office directors/team leaders, Agreement/CORs (A/COR) and USAID IPs to develop and implement a mission-wide Performance Management Plan (PMP). In doing so, provides technical leadership in the design, implementation and management of strategic and activity evaluations, studies and investigations as defined in the Mission Learning Agenda.

Provides technical leadership in selecting indicators to measure overall context in areas of interest to the Mission, as well as performance indicators and tools for measuring progress toward the Mission’s development objectives, intermediate results, and sub-intermediate results.

Provides technical guidance to A/CORs in ensuring that the Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Plans (AMELPs) of their Activities, including performance indicators, targets and learning plans are fully aligned with the PMP of the CDCS.

Development and Implementation of Mission wide M&E Tools and processes

Provides technical leadership and guidance to Mission teams and implementing leadership in the design, implementation and update of various MEL tools and processes in line with the new CDCS by:

Reviewing and updating IP annual and quarterly work planning and reporting templates and provides
guidance to IPs in the design and execution of baseline surveys, studies, operational research.

Takes a lead role in the development of other MEL tools and ensures their dissemination to IPs as part of a consolidated MEL starter pack.

Coordinating the development and implementation of USAID/Uganda’s Data Quality Assurance (DQA) Plan. In so doing, the Specialist is responsible for consolidating the DQA plans of various offices, ensuring budget availability for implementation, coordinating timely implementation, and ensuring that the DQA
reports are produced, discussed, and follow up actions agreed upon in a timely and quality manner.

Providing technical guidance to A/CORs in reviewing the quality of periodic IP progress reports and performance data in Development Information Solutions (DIS), with a focus on accuracy

and completeness to ensure overall coherence and timeliness in the compilation of the annual Performance Plan and Report and the portfolio review(s).

Works closely with A/CORS across the Mission in identification of MEL capacity gaps of their IPs and developing periodic MEL training clinics and technical assistance towards strengthening both the Mission and IP’s M&E systems.

Collecting, preparing, and analyzing performance monitoring data for quarterly and annual results reporting, annual portfolio reviews and mid-course stocktaking to determine program progress by the implementing partners and the Mission.

Facilitating learning from and appropriate management/use of data analysis.

Providing technical and administrative oversight as the COR for a US $27 million Mission-wide MEL

Activity that aims to help improve the overall performance management of USAID/Uganda, through
evidence-based programming.

Management of the Mission’s Performance Management Information System

Minimum Qualifications Required for This Position

Education:

Bachelor’s degree in social sciences, economics, demography, evaluation and management, or a related field is required.

Prior Work Experience:

Minimum of five (5) years of progressively responsible, professional level experience in monitoring and evaluation of development programs.

Professional experience related to the development of monitoring and evaluation plans at different levels, design and management of evaluations, surveys and studies, operation of management information systems and reporting involving working with teams in dynamic environments is required. Experience in supporting teams utilize evidence to guide program adaptation is required.

Language Proficiency:

Level IV (fluent) English writing and speaking ability is required.

Job Knowledge:

Possess a thorough knowledge and understanding of Uganda’s development issues including familiarity with key government programs and their measurement frameworks, donor programs and a sound awareness of the country’s social economic environment.

Skills and Abilities:

Must possess strong interpersonal skills and demonstrated ability to work effectively within different team environments, demonstrated ability to guide, facilitate and collaborate with both internal and external counterparts to achieve quality results on time;

Strong conceptualization and problem-solving skills; excellent communication skills, including outstanding writing skills, with special attention to detail and yet succinct, timeliness, and quality; ability to conduct quantitative and qualitative data analysis and conversant with the use of software analysis packages.

How to Apply

For more information and job application details, see; US Embassy in Kampala Program Management Specialist (M&E) Jobs

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