Summary
Date Posted: Wednesday, August 16 2023, Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:
QED is a global consulting firm with more than 20 years of experience providing data-driven and insightful solutions in close to 100 countries. We are passionate about transforming lives through knowledge-based solutions. Leveraging deep expertise in monitoring, evaluation, global health, and learning, we help our clients collect, analyze, visualize, and ultimately use data in more effective ways. Our work maximizes results through the use of cutting-edge technologies and innovation, organizational development, and evidence-based decision-making.

The purpose of the USAID Learning Activity (ULA) is to further strengthen USAID/Uganda performance and improve the performance of its implementing partners, with a focus on collaborating, learning, and adapting (CLA), in order to enhance the impact and sustainability of USAID-supported contributions to Uganda’s development. ULA will achieve this through three objectives:
• Collaboration: Strengthened collaboration, both internally and with external stakeholders, enables USAID to better leverage expertise, learning, and resources; and deepens local ownership.
• Learning: Systematic learning, through applied research, monitoring, and evaluation, informs and improves the relevance, quality and cost- effectiveness of programs and operations
• Performing: Adaptive management of program implementation and meta-level interventions to improve the quality of USAID program outcomes.

Period of Performance:
The Program Advisor (Health) will serve through the end of the contract (June 2024) unless terminated in accordance with QED policy and Ugandan law.

Position Overview:
The Program Advisor (Health) will be empowered to proactively integrate USAID learning cycle processes into a cohesive project management approach, which leads toward CLA for improved development results. Further, he/she will support USAID/Uganda in monitoring the work of health implementing partners (IPs).

Responsibilities:
Monitoring IP Performance:
• Ensure the quality and accuracy of IP data and reporting, IP compliance with U.S. Government policies and regulations, and progress toward results.
• Meet USAID/Uganda reporting requirements.

Knowledge Gathering:
• External evidence synthesis, literature reviews, overall evidence tracking, outcome and output data calls from USAID reporting systems and directly from IPs as needed, and relevant data and evidence gathering from other USAID activities with potential impact on respective assigned technical office results.

Knowledge Management:
• Theory of change tracking, assumption monitoring.
• Provide IP and mission with updates on activity progress.
• Support theory of change refinement and alignment to mission results.
Knowledge Dissemination:
• Internal and external presentations on relevant knowledge for activity management and collaboration.
• Prepare briefing papers, success stories, and other outreach documents.
Activity Advisory Services:
• Continuous advisory services support related to USAID Automated Directives System (ADS) guidance on activity management, overall program cycle, and specific monitoring, evaluation, and learning requirements for effective activity management.
Collaboration and Engagement:
• Ideation, supported design, and facilitation of activity collaboration activities, including internal USAID collaboration and external collaboration with IPs or other development partners including government.
• Stakeholder mapping and analysis.
• Relationship building with external activity partners as needed.
Activity Coordination Support:
• Activity site visits, regular meetings with the IP implementation team, and technical office team.
• Plan for USAID/Uganda events and field trips for portfolio management and review.

Requirements:
• Bachelor's degree in public health, health sciences, development studies, project management, or another relevant field
• Minimum seven (7) years’ experience working in health programs for USAID or other donors.
• Understanding of USAID and development programming. Understanding of development partner and host country government development landscape, key stakeholders, and potential USAID partners within respective project focus areas
• Knowledge of USAID project management processes and overall program cycle, including monitoring, evaluation, and learning practices and policy.
• Clear communication skills in both written and oral forms. Accuracy and fluency in written and spoken English, additional fluency in any of Uganda’s local languages preferred.
• Ability to work independently and excellent time management.
• Ability to generate ideas for a variety of activities, propose new courses of action, and suggest appropriate, mitigated risks.
• Relationship building: ability to understand and respond to project management needs and develop trust.
• Synthesis: ability to gather information from disparate sources and connect the dots to form a coherent picture of project progress and external circumstances; ability to tell a compelling story with evidence.
• Proactive: ability to take on new tasks with little direction; chart a course of action; and advise clients, colleagues, and supervisors on possible opportunities and challenges.
• Collaborative: ability to work with colleagues and partners across sectors and outside traditional functional expertise to catalyze activity toward shared objectives.
• Knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite

Please note that applications submitted by other means; or without either a resume/CV and/or biodata may not be considered. Only finalists will be contacted; no phone calls please.
A submitted application to QED in response to a position on a bid or proposal, indicates your agreement to be included in our submission to the client at least on an illustrative named basis.

The QED Group, LLC is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Women, Minorities, Veterans, and individuals with disabilities are strongly encouraged to apply. AA/V/D. Reasonable accommodation requests will be considered on a case-by-case basis.




Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 84

Level of Education: Bachelor Degree

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