Vacancy title:
Monitoring and Evaluation Officer

Jobs at:
Uganda Protestant Medical Bureau

Deadline of this Job:
two weeks from the date of the advert

Duty Station:
Kampala

Job details:
Uganda Protestant Medical Bureau , a leading Christian organization coordinating over 291 health facilities spread all over Uganda, nviting applications for the following position from suitably qualified individuals to work as part of a professional and self-driven team dicated to provision of quality health care in Uganda.

POSITION: MONITORING AND EVALUATION OFFICER
DEPARTMENT: HEALTH
JOB OBJECTIVES: Play a leading role in developing M&E plans for health department programs and projects, tools for monitoring and evaluation, monitoring the achievement of program and project objectives and conducting intermediary evaluation activities.

Description of Duties

• Support the UPMB secretariat in establishing an M&E framework and system to ensure effective implementation of the UPMB strategic plan as well as key project based initiatives.
  
• Work with member units to ensure the collection of relevant and appropriate data which is needed for an effective M&E system to be utilized in monitoring of strengths, weaknesses and gaps in program implementation
  
• Produce periodic (monthly, quarterly and annual) M&E reports based on agreed performance indicators that shall guide decision making and program implementation.
  
• Act as a liaison between the UPMB secretariat and other national or international agencies on matters of M&E including HMIS
  
• Ensure that member units are regularly provided with national HMIS tools and relevant staff are oriented and updated on HMIS policies, guidelines and tools.
  
• Ensure submission of data into the national online systems ll such as oi-iisz, OPENMRS, Mtrac etc
  
• Documentation of best practices and lessons learnt if

Qualifications and required attributes

• Degree in statistics or a qualification in a related field
  
• At least four (4) years of experience in M&E programs for large NGOs with good working knowledge of the Uganda national HMIS.
  
• Excellent oral and written English communication skills |
  
• Adaptable and able to work in stressful conditions
  
• Fairness and Maturity, Strong analytical skills ,
  
• Fully computer literate with working knowledge of database and spreadsheet applications I
  
• Familiarity with research and scientific data collection methods
  
• The job will require a lot of travel; evening and weekend hours may be required from time to time.

Job application procedure
Remuneration is attractive and negotiable. Applications with e-mail addresses, telephone numbers and two references should be addressed to:

The Chairman, Board of Directors, Uganda Protestant Medical Bureau P.O. Box 4127 Kampala Email: upmbadmin@upmb.co.ug Tel: 041 271776