Vacancy title:
3 Monitoring and Evaluation Assistant

Jobs at:
RTI International

Deadline of this Job:
3rd April 2017

Duty Station:
Kampala, Uganda

Job details:

Job Title: Monitoring and Evaluation Assistant
No.of Jobs: 3
Duty station: Kampala with frequent field travels
Contract: Part time
Start time: ASAP

The Neglected Tropical Disease (NTD) Control Program is currently seeking for (3) qualified individuals to fill the position of M & E Assistants (Consultants). Funded by the United States Agency for international Development (USAID) and implemented by RTI International, the NTD Control Program is an integrated treatment program aimed at reducing the collective disease burden of five neglected tropical diseases: lymphatic filariasis, onchocerciasis, trachoma, schistosomiasis and soil
- transmitted helminthes. The M&E Assistants will provide direct support to the M&E unit by helping in the data collection and compilation of program data and ensure data generated from the districts is accurate to guide planning and implementation of NTD project activities.

Responsibilities:

• Collect and analyze information on the progress of MDA activities in the districts where NTD project is being supposed by Envision.
• Assist in analyzing and compiling data in districts to measure the progress and impact of project’s activities.
• Coordinate and provide guidance to relevant district personnel on data collection, validation and report compilation.
• Regularly report to Envision technical team
•  Provide regular spot checks to audit data collected in the field to ensure data integrity.
• Enter data into the M & E database
• Provide inputs in the development of the overall monitoring and reporting system of the program.
• Provide support during training of district NTD implementers.
• Work closely with Envision data manager to assess performance of M&E Systems
• Perform other duties related to data management and analysis as assigned.

Reports to: Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist

Job Requirements:

• Bachelor of Statistics, BA. Economics and any related field with 3 years of relevant experience.
• Proven experience in monitoring and evaluation particularly in data management for at least 2 years.
• Familiarity with modern database and information systems
• Highly analytical mindset with problem-solving skills
• Proficient programming skills in one or more statistical software packages (Stata, SPSS, etc.)‘
• Ability to manage small and large datasets, create codebooks, manipulate data, move and merge data files from different platforms 
• Experience reading, exporting, and converting data sets between multiple statistical software packages
• Experience in using mobile technology for data collection is an advantage
• Must be detail-oriented and able to work independently. Prior experience of working on a US government or donor funded program is an added advantage.

Job application procedure
All applicants should send an updated CV including three work related referees and cover letter to the Human Resources Manager via E-mail to: applications@ug-ntd.rti.org  and aatim@rti.org . Emails should not exceed 2MB. The applicants must include the POSITION TITLE in the subject line of their email.
Deadline: 3rd April 2017
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