Summary
Date Posted: Friday, May 26 2023, Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:
QED is a global consulting firm with more than 20 years of experience providing data-driven and insightful solutions in close to 100 countries. We are passionate about transforming lives through knowledge-based solutions. Leveraging deep expertise in monitoring, evaluation, global health, and learning, we help our clients collect, analyze, visualize, and ultimately use data in more effective ways. Our work maximizes results through the use of cutting-edge technologies and innovation, organizational development, and evidence-based decision-making.
The purpose of the USAID Learning Activity (ULA) is to further strengthen USAID/Uganda performance and improve the performance of its implementing partners, with a focus on collaborating, learning and adapting, in order to enhance the impact and sustainability of USAID-supported contributions to Uganda’s development. The ULA will achieve this through three objectives:
• Collaboration: Strengthened collaboration, both internally and with external stakeholders, enables USAID to better leverage expertise, learning and resources; and deepens local ownership.
• Learning: Systematic learning, through applied research, monitoring and evaluation, informs and improves the relevance, quality and cost- effectiveness of programs and operations
• Performing: Adaptive management of program implementation and meta-level interventions to improve the quality of USAID program outcomes.
The USAID/Uganda's Accountability and Risk Management Support Services (ARMSS) initiative supports USAID's efforts to strengthen accountability and risk management of its development assistance activities in Uganda. It is implemented by Q2 Impact under ULA. The initiative which was launched in 2020 helps USAID/Uganda-supported local organizations improve their capacity to be more accountable and ensure sound risk management as they implement USAID activities. ULA has been implementing ARMSS for over two years, working with USAID local partners in capacity building, risk management, and third-party monitoring. ULA is conducting a sustainability analysis, whose findings will strengthen the ARMSS mechanism's strategic direction and provide advice to USAID on how to support local partners improve their capacity and continue growing their contributions to achieving USAID’s development objectives.
This analysis is intended to assess existing local partners critically and facilitate alignment with program goals, while prioritizing sustainability, resource mobilization, localization, and cost-effective implementation. The main target audience of the findings is USAID/Uganda, USAID local partners, and ULA/ARMSS.

The sustainability analysis objectives are to:
• Help USAID evaluate the sustainability strategies that the local partners have embedded in their operations.
• Inform any need for redirection or rethinking the sustainability strategies for these activities.
• Help USAID design tailored support for the local partners to build sustainable impact for their organizations and activity outcomes.
Period of Performance:
May to August 2023
Position Overview:
The Capacity Building Advisor will support the ARMSS Sustainability Analysis, helping to ensure the development and delivery of high-quality, timely deliverables.
Level of Effort Expectations:
This position is expected to have an LOE of 45 days.

Responsibilities:
• Contribute to the development of data collection tools and help facilitate orientation of the data collection teams.
• Schedule appointments with partners, subcontractors, and USAID.
• Conduct KIIs and FGDs and support data analysis.
• Support report writing and dissemination with key stakeholders.
• Review stakeholder inputs and incorporate feedback into final deliverables.
• Work collaboratively with team members and ULA.
• Support the finalizing of the analysis design.
• Consolidate individual input from team members and coordinate the process of assembling the final findings and recommendations into a high-quality document/report.
• Coordinate activities, including arranging periodic meetings.
• Support the preparation and presentation of the key findings and recommendations to the Local Partners, USAID/Uganda, and other major stakeholders.
• Ensure the clarity, completeness, and practicality of the overall approach, including a demonstrated understanding of USAID’s sustainability and capacity building rationale, application, and detailed contents, as well as relevant solutions to issues pertinent to the quality control and review findings for this analysis.
• Ensure the responsiveness of the approach and the deliverables outline to the purpose as described in the scope of work.
• Demonstrate the realism of the approach to completing the work in the timeline required.
• Respond to comments from the mission.
• Engage meaningfully with the Local Partner senior leadership in Kampala concurrently with personnel in their regional locations, if any.
• Apply an understanding of sustainability approaches, tools, and methodologies in the context of the transition to local partners initiative in Uganda.

Deliverables:
The Capacity Building Advisor is expected to play a contributing role to the following deliverables:
• In-briefing
• Inception report
• Presentation of preliminary findings
• Draft evaluation report
• Final evaluation Report

Requirements:
• Postgraduate qualification (Master’s) in an appropriate field, with an area of expertise in research; sustainable development; organizational development; capacity building; monitoring and evaluation; knowledge management; change management; NGO operations, rules and regulations in Uganda; or another related field.
• At least 5-10 years of professional experience in conducting sustainability analyses and qualitative and quantitative data collection/analysis.
• Possess business development knowledge with an NGO focus; strategic planning skills; resource mobilization knowledge; an understanding of partnership management and human resources; procurement, acquisition, and assistance experience; and training and facilitation skills.
• Past experience conducting similar activities and projects is required. Relevant experience in the sub-Saharan region, especially in Eastern/Southern African and within Uganda for USAID Local Partners, in the past 3 years is preferred.
• Experience in copy editing, supervision, and managing field work.
• Strong communication and report writing skills.
• Ability to travel within Uganda.

Please note that applications submitted by other means; or without either a resume/CV and/or biodata may not be considered. Only finalists will be contacted; no phone calls please.
A submitted application to QED in response to a position on a bid or proposal, indicates your agreement to be included in our submission to the client at least on an illustrative named basis.
The QED Group, LLC is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Women, Minorities, Veterans, and individuals with disabilities are strongly encouraged to apply. AA/V/D. Reasonable accommodation requests will be considered on a case-by-case basis.

Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 120

Level of Education: Associate Degree

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