Chemonics recruits 01 Monitoring, evaluation and learning manager

Monitoring, evaluation and learning manager I Kampala I 2019

Chemonics seeks a monitoring, evaluation and learning (MEL) manager for USAID’s anticipated five-year, $100-300 million Integrated Child and Youth Development (ICYD) Activity in Uganda. This activity aims to improve youth learning outcomes while ensuring that children and youth are safe and healthy in their community and learning environments. Specifically, this activity will address primary school retention, provide technical assistance to orphans and vulnerable children service providers, and employ high-impact local partnerships to accomplish the activity’s objectives. This position is based in Kampala. The MEL manager will be a monitoring and evaluation (M&E) professional with exceptional leadership experience and a deep understanding of the local context.

The MEL manager will provide leadership and technical guidance to ICYD staff and partners on all MEL related activities. We are looking for individuals who have a passion for making a difference in the lives of people around the world.

Responsibilities include:

Establish and manage a data processing environment responsive to USAID reporting and learning requirements, including U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) reporting expectations

Lead the development, implementation, refinement, and harmonization of ICYD’s MEL system

Develop and operationalize indicators and ensure timely data collection

Monitor ICYD’s implementation progress

Determine and implement a learning agenda across all the technical components of ICYD, including HIV/AIDS, orphans and vulnerable children, basic education, youth engagement, and local partner institutional capacity strengthening

Contribute to ICYD’s program efforts to build the technical, systems, and operational capacities of local partner organizations and other relevant stakeholders

Qualifications:

Bachelor’s degree required; master’s or other advanced degree preferred

Minimum seven years of MEL or M&E experience required

Knowledge of USAID and/or PEPFAR funding and its contractual and reporting requirements required; experience working on USAID-funded health or education programs strongly preferred

Strong data analysis skills required

Experience and knowledge of the principles of quantitative and qualitative research, research design, and mixed-methods research

Significant experience in data collection, dissemination methodologies, and indicator target creation

Strong leadership and motivational ability

Experience using M&E data analysis and tracking systems

Demonstrated ability to work and communicate effectively in a cross-cultural environment and collaborate in a multi-agency setting

Experience with USAID’s Collaborating, Learning and Adapting framework preferred

Demonstrated capacity building experience

Outstanding problem-solving skills, decision-making skills, resourcefulness, and flexibility

Demonstrated leadership, versatility, and integrity

Fluency in written and oral English required

Application instructions:

Please apply at https://chemonicsesaf.formstack.com/forms/ugandaicyd_mel_manager. Candidates will be reviewed on a rolling basis until the position is filled. No telephone inquiries, please. Finalists will be contacted.

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