Educate!,Monitoring & Evaluation Manager Jobs in Uganda

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Educate! is seeking
an enthusiastic and self-driven Monitoring & Evaluation (M&E) Manager
to lead Educate!’s M&E team as a critical partner in the organization’s
scale up. The M&E Manager will lead the continued build out of a scaleable
and efficient M&E System, in order to provide the information to both
improve the program with frequent performance data and evaluate its impact
long-term impact.

Educate!’s top
priority as an org

anization is scaling in Uganda and expanding to new
countries. In Uganda, we took a big leap in 2014 from 54 to 238 schools and over
80,000 students. We will now scale to 350 schools in 2016 (12% of the country)
and at least 450 in 2017, en route to an eventual 1,000 schools nationally.
Strong M&E systems to manage program performance will be critical to this
scale up.

We have already
developed dynamic, high-performing leadership teams in Uganda and globally, and
as we expand the need for exceptional leaders hungry for an opportunity to lead
and build will only grow. The M&E Manager will be at the center of this
work, researching, designing, and evaluating the systems used at Educate!.
Educate! aspires to be best in class in M&E in the youth space, effectively
proving educations’ impact on life outcomes, and this drive for information to
both prove and improve its program distinguishes Educate! from other
organizations. For this reason, Educate! is looking for the next leader of its
Uganda M&E, knowledgeable in both quantitative & qualitative M&E
approaches, to drive its trend-setting work forward.

Objectives

The M&E
Manager is responsible for achieving four main functions:

M&E
Strategy and Research (40%)

  • Develop
    and oversee monitoring systems to track success of program implementation.
  • Design
    research and evaluation efforts to assess the impact of Educate!’s
    programs.
  • Improve
    data systems (collection, storage, usage) to increase effectiveness and
    scalability of M&E systems.
  • Manage
    a team of 3 full-time staff

Monitoring
&Evaluation Implementation (40%)

  • Conduct
    and oversee analysis of data from day-to-day M&E activities as well as
    the ongoing ILO-funded impact evaluation of the Educate! Experience
    program.
  • Prepare
    high-quality reports for internal and external audiences.
  • Build
    an organizational knowledge base through research and partnerships.
  • Develop
    and sustain a partnership with at least one top-tier international
    academic/research institution to provide additional evaluation technical
    support.

Organization
Strategic Planning & Reporting (10%)

  • Use
    data to make programmatic recommendations to Educate!’s senior leadership.
  • Collaborate
    with management team to set program milestones and Key Performance
    Indicators.
  • Oversee
    impact narrative for external communications including donors, government,
    and partners.

Operational
Systems Support (10%)

  • Explore
    and provide recommendations for innovative technologies to streamline
    monitoring, evaluation and other operational functions.
  • Build
    staff capacity through training and technical assistance for accurate data
    collection and reporting

Qualifications

To succeed in this
role, you’ll need to have:

  • Bachelor’s
    degree in quantitative discipline (preferably in Social Science,
    Economics, or Statistics), Master’s degree preferred
  • At
    least 3 years of professional experience in the field of Monitoring and
    Evaluation
  • Knowledge
    of major quantitative & qualitative monitoring methodologies and
    proven ability to design monitoring instrumentation tools
  • Extensive
    knowledge in (quasi-) experimental program evaluation designs
  • Broad
    experience in the design and implementation of capacity building
    activities in M&E
  • High
    level of proficiency in Windows Excel and/ or Statistical Software (SPSS,
    STATA)
  • Advanced
    skills in data analysis presentation and report writing
  • Excellent
    analytical skills combined with a proactive, energetic approach to problem
    solving
  • An
    outstanding fit with our Five Cultural Tenets – see What is Educate!
    About?
  • Flexibility
    and be willing to travel between Uganda, Rwanda, and Kenya

In order to thrive
at Educate!, a candidate must:

  • Be
    proactively self-engaged in research and innovations in the field of
    M&E
  • Excel
    in an entrepreneurial, rapidly-growing and independent environment with
    minimal supervision
  • Eagerly
    jump on opportunities to exceed expectations and solve new challenges autonomously
  • Exhibit
    commitment to the professional development of him/herself, developing new
    skills whenever necessary

Terms

  • Location
    is in Kampala, Uganda
  • Compensation
    will be competitive and based on experience.
  • Benefits
    include health care
  • Position
    reports to the Country Director and oversees 3 direct employees, as well
    as multiple interns/fellows

How
to apply

Intrigued? To apply,
please submit the following to: ugandajobs@experienceeducate.org

1) resume

2) cover letter
describing yourself

3) list of
references

Use the subject header:

“M&E
Manager- Where you found the position- Your Name”

( If someone
referred you for this position, please include his/her name in the subject as
“Referral: Name”.)

This application
deadline will be rolling, but our goal is to fill this position ASAP.

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