Jobs at:
PEAS

Vacancy title:
Monitoring and Evaluation Officer

Deadline of this Job:
Monday 28th November, 2016

Duty Station:
Kampala, Uganda

Job details:
PEAS (Promoting Equality in African Schools) is a UK based charity/social enterprise with a mission to ‘expand access to sustainably delivered, quality secondary education across Africa‘. PEAS establishes and operates low-cost secondary schools in Uganda and Zambia in areas where access to quality secondary education is limited due to cost and geographical barriers. PEAS‘ interventions are built upon 3 pillars of education impact; Access, Quality and Sustainability. Since opening its first schools in 2008, the PEAS network has grown to 30 schools, and we are currently educating over 13,000 students. PEAS has a small team of about 10 people in London who provide fundraising, programme and management support to the country teams. PEAS Uganda has about 50 staff at the Country Office team and over 600 staff working in the network schools. PEAS Uganda is seeking to urgently fill the following vacancies

Role Summary:
As a member of PEAS M&E team, the M&E Officer is to lead the
implementation of the M&E system across the PEAS so that monitoring and evaluation ensures that PEAS contributes to unlocking children's potential by facilitating continuous organizational learning, providing credible evidence and improving program effectiveness. The M&E officer will lead the implementation of M&E activities and work hand in hand with school leaders. S/he reports to the Regional Manager with dotted lines to Country M&E Manager

Key responsibilities of the role

• M&E process implementation
• M&E Tool development and up-keep
• Reporting and communication

Person specifications
Essential
• Bachelor degree in Development studies , Social Sciences or related field,
• Training /background and professional training in Monitoring and Evaluation
• Knowledge of environment and current effective practice on monitoring & evaluation Experience in data analysis
• Knowledge of SPSS or any other statistical software

Desirable
• Strong knowledge of planning and implementing program monitoring and evaluation methodologies and frameworks
• Strong analysis skills for quantitative and qualitative data
• Excellent written and presentation skills in English, particularly related to presenting findings and writing M&E reports Excellent communication skills (both written and verbal); A 5 At least 3 years of practical experience in monitoring development work preferably focused on Education projects and the NGO sector

Job application procedure
Please submit a cover letter (paying particular attention to the person specification) and curriculum vitae to email: info-peasuganda@peas.org.uk. include all portions of your application in one attached document as a PDF document, and use Regional Manager Or Monitoring and Evaluation Officer as the subject of your email or Apply to; The Human Resource Manager. PEAS Uganda, P. O. Box 23308, Kampala Plot 2881, Block 216, Ntinda Kisaasi, Mumhejja Road, opposite Ndere Centre.

Only complete applications shall be reviewed and only qualified candidates will be shortlisted and contacted. PEAS is an equal opportunity employer that does not discriminate in its recruitment practices and, in order to build the strongest possible workforce, actively seeks a diverse applicant pool. PEAS has a strict Child Protection Policy and all staff are expected to abide by it. Closing date for applications: Monday 28th November, 2016 5.00pm. interviews date will be communicated only to shortlisted candidates a week after closing date. Full job descriptions can be obtained from PEAS website www.peas.org.uk