Summary
Date Posted: Monday, September 30 2024, Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:
Swisscontact – the Swiss Foundation for Technical Cooperation, is an independent non-profit foundation based in Zürich, founded in 1959 by leading figures from the Swiss private sector and Swiss universities. It is exclusively involved in international development, active in 41 countries with 133 programs and more than 1,300 staff members. At the heart of all Swisscontact’s work stands the private sector and its crucial role in achieving more inclusive economic growth.
Our development work focuses on unleashing the potential of private initiatives in developing and emerging countries. We foster sustainable and inclusive economic development with the objective of improving living standards, creating jobs, and bettering the quality of life for all people. Our involvement is based on three foundational pillars: We strengthen the competitiveness of individuals so they can improve their opportunities for employment; we enhance the competitiveness of companies to help them grow; and we promote socio-economic systems that favour comprehensive development in the affected regions.
Swisscontact has been operating in Uganda for more than 25 years, establishing its office in the country in April 1998. Building on the wider organization’s regional and global experience, Swisscontact in Uganda strives to support local areas of focus, including skills development, sustainable agriculture, entrepreneurship, and trade.
Swisscontact is currently recruiting for key positions for an anticipated project in Uganda under sustainable agriculture thematic area. The project is expected to be funded by funded by ENABEL-Belgian Development Agency and European Union. The project's ambition is to transform Uganda’s horticultural sector into a driver of sustainable economic growth, particularly for young men and women in rural areas.
It aims to create employment and economic opportunities, with a special focus on green jobs, improve livelihoods, and enhance the economic resilience of 1,600 young Ugandans by facilitating their participation in both on-farm and off-farm activities along selected horticultural value chains.
We are looking for a motivated candidate to fill the role of MRM Officer for an anticipated ENABEL funded project. S/he will play an important role in supporting the implementation of the organization's and program's finance department.
Position title: MRM Officer
Position type: Staff
Starting date: November 2024
Contract duration: 2 years with possible renewal
Place of duty: Kampala, Uganda
Reports to: Project Manager
Purpose
Monitoring and Results Measurement (MRM) Officer is a key staff in the project team and primarily
responsible for overseeing the overall monitoring and results measurement system of the project. The position is also expected to maintain working relationship with all its project partners in relation to proper monitoring and supervision of the project’s implementation work. The incumbent is also responsible for preparing project progress reports, including technical reports and other reports as per project requirement.

Tasks
• Support the Project Manager and other team members to implement the project as per the donor mandate.
• Contribute to planning, budgeting, monitoring & evaluation and documenting of project interventions.
• Lead preparation of partnership strategies, concept notes and intervention plans.
• Lead implementation of activities on the ground and support the Project Manager on strategic decision-making based on ground realities.
• Ensure that the project delivers all desired targets on time and with quality.
• Establish and operationalize performance management framework for monitoring and overseeing various project components in coordination with the technical team.
• Develop and operationalize results chain, monitoring and results measurement plan with partner organizations.
• Develop and operationalize reporting format for all the interventions.
• Develop and operationalize a framework for aggregating quantitative results from the interventions, analyze the results and present progress to the team within agreed timeline and format focusing on outcomes.
• Analyze the quantitative data from partners to assess progress towards achievement of outcome and prepare progress reports.
• Lead development of a knowledge management process to identify the key evidence and lessons learnt from interventions.
• Contribute to knowledge exchange activities with findings from different interventions and research studies.
• Support in organize knowledge exchange workshops, identify global learning events and exposure visits for the public and private institutions and support the organizations to participate in these events.
• Collaborate with other projects within Swisscontact for efficient and effective project implementation and mutual learning.
• Actively participate in the Pause & Reflect meetings organized within the framework of the WeWork project framework.
Communication and Reporting
• Support the Project Manager to prepare project progress reports (monthly, quarterly, bi-annually and annually), including technical reports and other reports as per project requirement.
• Coordinate closely with the MRM Manager and respond to requests for information.
• Comply with the information/data flow and deadlines established by the donor for the submission of reports and quantitative information on project indicators, to be uploaded to the project's Monitoring Information System (MIS).
• Take lead in organizing different seminars and workshops to disseminate project learnings as and when required; and represent the project during relevant information events.
• Support the project team to prepare communication materials based on findings.
Technical Expertise
The Officer – Monitoring and Results Measurement needs to have demonstrable experience in:
• Implementing and (or) monitoring projects in agribusiness/economic development, humanitarian sector, financial inclusion, sustainable livelihoods development, market systems development (MSD approach), gender mainstreaming and (or) private sector development.
• The incumbent must have strong hands-on experience of developing and using Impact aggregation
• system, Project Cycle Management (PCM), Theory of Changes, results chains for monitoring and results measurement.
• Experience with EU/ENABEL working principles is a plus
• Applicants with familiarity with DCED (the Donor Committee for Enterprise Development) standard and Result Based Financing will be highly valued.
• Experience and understanding of OECD-DAC (Development Assistance Committee of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development) criteria for project evaluation would be a plus.
• The experiences of analyzing complex data set and reporting based on data analysis and managing impact evaluation are mandatory for this position.
• Applicant needs to have practical understanding of managing delicate partner organizations from Government, private sector and NGO sector of Uganda.
• A strong experience in using and managing MRM information systems

Academic and Professional Background
• Minimum 2-3 years of work experience preferably in research and MRM roles in a development
• organization.
• Advanced degree or bachelor’s degrees in business, Development studies, Statistics, and Economics, Public Policy, Rural Development, Enterprise Development or any other relevant field.
• S/he must have experience of project cycle management with excellent analytical and strategic skills.
• Applicants must have strong leadership and management skills and ability to deliver complex tasks
• within deadline in a dynamic and fast-paced environment.
• Applicants must be proficient in English and advanced knowledge of a local language.
• Competency of using computer applications like MS Office (Excel, Word, Outlook, and PowerPoint) must be at an advanced level.
• Experience of using statistical software will be an added advantage.

Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 24

Level of Education: Bachelor Degree

Job application procedure

Swisscontact is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply by submitting their CV along with a cover letter explaining why you are a suitable candidate for this position to ug_info@swisscontact.org and copy suzanne.oweka@swisscontact.org  and
kenneth.aedu@swisscontact.org  by 31st October 2024. Please indicate the name of the position applied for in the “subject” line of your email.
Female candidates with a private sector background are strongly encouraged to apply. For more information, visit www.swisscontact.org 

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