date: 03 Oct 2016
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Position: **Monitoring & Evaluation Coordinator
Project: REACH-Uganda Project
Duty Post: Field based and some time in Kampala
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 an upcoming
4-year REACH-Uganda Project, to be funded by the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, Kampala.
The Monitoring and
Evaluation (M&E) and learning Coordinator will monitor and evaluate progress on
achieving project outcomes vs. targets, to the end of enabling management,
donors and partners to make vital adjustments to maximize project
effectiveness. The position will be responsible for designing, and roll out the
project M&E system in each region where the project operates including data
collection, storage, analysis and presentation. He she/ will also ensure the
M&E system has an in-built learning component that will be ensure relevant
learning products are developed to ensure continuous learning in the project.
The position will be mostly field based with some time in Kampala.
Responsibilities
- Design standard data collection and survey tools based
on project needs and conduct pre-tests and adjustments for uniform
comprehension - Contribute to planning and execution of baseline, annual
surveys, and impact evaluation studies at household level - Ensure the accuracy data entry into the project database
- Maintain data storage and data quality
- Conduct data analysis, including creation of GPS maps
- Support the development of work plans and annual reports
- Assure quality of trainings and other activities
delivered by local partners and compose reports of observations and
recommended actions
Basic Qualifications
- Minimum Bachelor’s Degree; Master’s preferred,
preferably in Agricultural Economics, Statistics, Environmental Science,
Development 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 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 - Willingness to travel extensively in Uganda
Submission:
Interested candidates should
apply online. Complete position descriptions and application procedures can be
found athttps://ifdc.silkroad.com/ifdc/Employment_Listings.html
Deadline for submission
is 3rd October 2016
https://ifdc-hr.silkroad.com/epostings/index.cfm?fuseaction=app.jobinfo&…