Vacancy title:
Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation Officer

Jobs at:
National Agricultural Advisory Services ( NAADS )

Deadline of this Job:
not later than Friday 24th November 2017 at 5:00 pm

Duty Station:
Kampala

Job details:
The National Agricultural Advisory Services ( NAADS ) Secretariat was established through an act of parliament, the NAADS Act 2001. NAADS underwent restructuring in 2014 and has since refocused its mandate from providing agricultural advisory services to supporting fanners with the provision of agricultural inputs through the implementation of Operation Wealth creation (OWC) interventions.

NAADS is now seeking to recruit qualified Ugandans with high level of professionalism, integrity, team work, and commitment on contract basis to the position as- below:

Post: Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation Officer
Reports to: Head Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation
Responsible for: Database officer, ICT and systems administrator an resource centre assistant
Salary: Attractive
Location: Kampala

Job Purpose: The Planning Monitoring and Evaluation Officer is a senior position for supporting the coordination, planning, monitoring and evaluation function for the NAADS organisation and developing project proposals to enable it attract the required resources to effectively deliver on its mandated functions.

Functions:
The Planning Monitoring and Evaluation Officer (PM&EO) will have the following general functions:

• Providing Support in the preparation of Strategic Plans, Work Plans, Master Budget and guidelines to guide the NAADS Secretariat on the priority actions and resource allocation
•  Supporting all stakeholders to undertake effective programming
• Providing support in developing and disseminating Technical Standards and guidelines for NAADS implementation
• Providing support in planning and implementing periodic technical Audits of the NAADS activities at all levels of implementation
• Providing support in documenting and sharing lessons and experiences identified during NAADS implementation.
• Providing support in disseminating of relevant information during NAADS implementation progress through various media
• Assist in carrying out research on issues related to operations of the NAADS Secretariat to inform the policy formulation process
• Providing support in incorporating the overall planning and management into the into the programmes operational planning and the guidelines for planning
• Providing support in preparation of periodic performance reports, work plans and budgets for the NAADS Organisation
•  Any other responsibilities assigned by the Supervisor

Required Qualifications and Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in, Economics, Statistics, Agricultural Economics, Business Management
• Minimum of a Master’s degree in Public Policy and Planning
• Post graduate training in Monitoring and Evaluation, Project Planning and Management.
• A minimum of seven (7) years relevant experience in a similar position in a big reputable public or private institution; of which 3 years should have been at a senior level with increasing responsibility demonstrated in planning, budgeting, monitoring and evaluation.

Job application procedure
Interested applicants should submit their applications with detailed Curriculum Vitae, and photocopies of all academic certificates/ testimonials to the office of the Executive Director NAADS Secretariat P.O Box 25235 Kampala not later than Friday 24th November 2017 at 5:00 pm.