Summary
Date Posted: Tuesday, October 03 2023, Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:
Project Background and Description
The German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), Deutsche Stiftung Weltbevölkerung, Siemens Stiftung and Hanns R. Neumann Foundations collectively intend to improve the prospects of young people in rural areas of East Africa. They intend to empower girls and boys to actively shape developmental processes and to have their voice heard in the respective policy processes, thereby also contributing to jointly fight root causes of migration. This initiative provides the opportunity to unite the expertise, networks, and potentials of formerly disconnected stakeholders to collectively reach better results for more people. The initiative brings together German as well as Ugandan local development partners. It is designed to be a long-lasting cooperation, to be scientifically accompanied, monitored, and evaluated, while also being open to new partners.

The program follows a holistic approach and includes elements of agriculture, access to gender-sensitive, youthfriendly sexual and reproductive health and social services, youth participation in decision-making, reliable access to safe water and access to quality vocational orientation. Long term sustainability of the programme results should be ensured by integrated cross-sector collaboration and social entrepreneurial approaches. Building up on a successful pilot phase of 4 years, the programme now seeks to strengthen and scale up the TeamUp approach from district to national level through cross-learning and collaboration, to ultimately trigger integrated systemic change in the sectors of agriculture, water, and health in Uganda. Good practices and learnings will be evaluated and exchanged with other programmes of the partners to benefit future joint programmes.

The three foundations will bring together their partner contacts and networks, their experience, and ongoing activities in the regions as well as financial means for the implementation of the initiative. TeamUp Uganda Program activities are aimed to enter and strengthen the macro level, taking the impact from the meso level (district) to the macro level (national).

The Program Coordination Unit (PCU)
The Program Coordination Unit (PCU) was established to coordinate and support the successful implementation of the TeamUp Uganda program and to act as a linkage between the Ugandan and the German partners. The PCU works closely with all three implementing partners (both head office and Mityana field level), supports their collaboration, the creation of synergies and facilitates joint reporting. The PCU also engages with different stakeholders including NGO fora, technical working groups, government actors and the private sector. It is based at the A4HU office in Lubowa-Kampala, however frequent travel of PCU staff to the project area in Mityana and Kassanda is implied. A4HU was registered in October 2017 as a new entity to take over the operations of Deutsche Stiftung Weltbevölkerung (DSW) in Uganda. A4HU has the legal line management and is the employer of the PCU and in essence the data manager, with DSW having the programmatic / specific technical line management of the PCU.

A4HU therefore would like to recruit a data manager for the Program Coordination Unit on behalf of the TeamUp Uganda implementing partners (as mentioned above).

Reporting
The PCU Data Manager reports directly to the M&E Coordinator at the PCU and with overall supervision from the Head of PCU.

Job Purpose
He/she will be the key focal person for the implementation, management, and coordination of a mobile-based CommCare application. After an initial training by an external app developer, he/she will actively support the app development and oversee the roll-out of the system including user trainings. Throughout the project duration, he/she will be responsible for data management and analysis, data quality control, technical backstopping, and continuous system adaptations. The data management position will be part of the M&E department of the PCU and will require close collaboration with M&E and Programme management in Germany and Uganda.

Tasks and Duties
Performance Area
Key responsibilities
Development and testing
• Act as link between external app developer and TeamUp Uganda partners
• Periodically collect scoping information on data and reporting needs from implementing organizations.
• Support the external app developer in developing data flow (e.g., who enters data into which form etc.)
• Develop basic reporting from CommCare including quality control reports.
• Using data from CommCare to auto-calculate the indicator values and populate the figures in the TeamUp Uganda program’s Indicators Performance Tracking Table (IPTT).
• Train core staff on how to use applications, do quality control and extract reports.
• Support the implementation of changes according to test results and user experience from TeamUp Uganda partners

Training and backstopping for CommCare users.
• Provide technical backstopping support to database users, ensuring that any problems that arise with the database are resolved efficiently and in a timely manner.
• Troubleshooting of technical issues
• Train the core staff in use and basic modifications/alternations that may arise from time to time due to additions or removal of vital or unwanted elements and indicators from CommCare.
• Create roll-out plan and training schedule in collaboration with TeamUp Uganda partner and PCU M&E coordinator

Coordination and management
• To effectively chair the regular Data Technical Working Group (DTWG) meetings that are comprised of the IP field data officers, and coordinate execution of the resolutions to continuously improve the data management system.
• Consolidate data collected by local partners for reporting purposes and produce M&E reports.
• Consolidate and analyze advocacy specific data sets and provide the information to relevant IPs.
• Manage routine data, including data cleaning and entry in PowerBI software to ensure completeness and quality.
• Report any errors identified during data review to appropriate team members and assist in resolving issues.
• Mapping and visualization of CommCare data
• Establish a formal line of reporting with TeamUp Uganda partners.
• Conduct regular performance review meetings with the PCU M&E Coordinator providing updates on data analysis results identifying areas of action.
• Act as a link between Dimagi (software provider) and the PCU in collaboration with the M&E Officer at HQ

Coaching
• Where possible support TeamUp Uganda partners on how to strengthen M&E tools
• Assist TeamUp Uganda partners with the interpretation of data analysis findings vis-à-vis project goals, objectives, and activities and discuss adequate adaptation measures with them.
• Participate in meetings of the M&E Working Group

Documentation
• Mapping processes and workflows.
• Development of user manuals incl. SOPs and quality control check lists
• Development of troubleshooting guidelines for frequent technical problems

Responsibility for Assigned Adhoc Duties
• Perform any other duties that may from time to time be assigned

Minimum Qualifications:
• A master’s degree in a related discipline like computer science, mobile app development, data analytics or a related discipline.
• A minimum of three years of experience in similar positions.
• Experience in working within a consortium with multiple partners. Coordination and management experiences are an added plus.
• Experience in the development and work with online, open-source data collection tools and approaches and or database environment and/or project management software (DHIS2, Kobo Toolbox, Open MRS, ODK, CommCare etc.).
• Experience with CommCare is an added advantage.
• Experience with design of routine social service data collection tools and systems especially in either all the sectors we are working in or at least one of them (agriculture, water or health)
• Experience managing and processing (cleaning, entering, aggregating, and generating reports from) of data using database platforms; Knowledge of database platforms (high-functioning user level required)
• Experience with interactive data visualization software (e.g., PowerBI)
• Demonstrated ability to train and build capacity of staff and users in the field is of advantage.
• Experience with mobile data collection and data management using CommCare is an added advantage.

Personal Attribute:
• Good coordination and management skills.
• Demonstrable attitude for teamwork.
• High level of interpersonal skills.
• Fluent in English language, oral and written.
• Ability to communicate effectively both in writing and orally.
• Strong analytical skills.
• High level of personal integrity.
• Ability to be flexible in responding to changing work priorities.
• Able to prioritise and achieve results through collaboration.



Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 24

Level of Education: Bachelor Degree

Job application procedure
All interested and qualified persons are strongly encouraged to apply. Please send your application document by email to:
The CEO
Action 4 Health Uganda
Email: jobs@a4huganda.org 

Applications and CVs should be sent as one document. Please include name and active contact of three references in the CV.

Deadline for application is 13/10/ 2023. Only short-listed candidates will be contacted.



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