Summary
Date Posted: Tuesday, June 16, 2020 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:
  The Uganda Governance And Poverty Alleviation Program (UGOPAP)
Vacancy Announcement
Post: Head of Monitoring and Evaluation Uganda Governance and Poverty Alleviation Program initiatives
Background
The Uganda Governance and Poverty Alleviation Program (UGOPAP) is a country program implemented by four partners namely: Caritas Uganda (CU), the Community Integrated Development Initiatives (CIDI), the Eastern Archdiocesan Development Network (EADEN) and the Central Archdiocesan Province Caritas Association (CAPCA) with funding from DANIDA through Caritas Denmark since 2001.
The program operates in 15 districts of Central and Eastern parts of Uganda, serving 11,893 households, 412 farmer groups, 9 farmer associations, and 32 cooperatives The overall objective of the program is to achieve inclusive sustainable development through strengthening rural civil society.
The specific objectives of the program include:
1) Strengthening joint initiatives by farmer organisations in supporting member households to attain food security and sustainable livelihood;
2) Strengthening capacity of the local farmer organisations and their networks to pursue advocacy initiatives for improved livelihoods and access to basic rights;
3) Advocating for improved policy environment at all levels of government for better service delivery to smallholder farmers and youth
4) The partners operate in a semiautonomous manner (each serving a designated area of operation) and working towards achieving the program goal.
5) The program has a top level technical committee called the 'Program Management Committee' (PMC) made up of representatives from the four UGOPAP partners. The PMC is responsible for coordinating the program, giving strategic direction to the program and playing an oversight role.
6) The PMC works hand in hand with Caritas Denmark to ensure that the program achieves her intended goal. UGOPAP has an advocacy platform, called the Uganda Farmers' Common Voice Platform (UFCVP) hosted by Caritas Uganda, responsible for pursuing advocacy at national level, intended for promoting rights of small holder farmers in order to facilitate rural development.
7) In addition, UGOPAP has a National Youth Advocacy Platform (NYAP) hosted by CIDI, responsible for facilitating creation of a conducive environment for participation of youths in development initiatives.
• UGOPAP is recruiting a Head of Monitoring and Evaluation. The officer will work with the PMC Office currently located at Caritas Uganda, Nsambya - Kampala.
• He/ She will be responsible for overall coordination of the Monitoring Evaluation and Learning function of the program. He or she will be required to visit the UGOPAP implementing partners according to the approved work plan and whenever need arises. T
• he Head of Monitoring and Evaluation will report to the PMC Coordinator, under the supervision of the PMC..

Specific Roles and Responsibilities
• Consolidate, analyze, and compile informative, high quality quarterly, semi - annual and annual program progress reports, in collaboration with the partners.
• Coordinate program annual data collection in relation to the program indicators and prepare high quality, evidence -based, well analyzed, informative reports for the PMC and other stakeholders during the Annual
• Review Meeting iii. Develop Data Quality Plan for the program
• Coordinate the development of Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) as required in the Monitoring Evaluation and Learning (MEL)
• Plan, Conduct Routine Monitoring visits to partners/ agencies.
• Conduct Routine Monitoring visits to partners/ agencies.
• Coordinate and organize meetings with the M&E team and follow up MEL Plan to ensure that the milestones are achieved.
• Oversee and improve the indicator performance tracking system in order to ensure the programme is on track.
• Coordinate the usage of the Management Information Systems (MIS) at Agency, Partner and Program levels to ensure that the system meets the needs of the program.
• Maintain a Central Management Information System which links up the data from the partner MIS.
• Assist the UGOPAP advocacy platforms (UFCVP and NYAP) to generate high quality evidence-based reports for advocacy.
• Ensure proper documentation of the program results and achievements.
• He/She should be able develop and manage publications that demonstrate UGOPAP results in form of Newsletters, brochures, reports, success stories, video stories and other IECS
• Should maintain an active and regularly updated UGOPAP website to ensure visibility of the Program

Job Skills: Not Specified

Qualifications
The Head of M&E will be recruited competitively and should have the following qualifications:
• A minimum of a Masters' degree in Economics, Statistics, Business Administration, Monitoring Evaluation and Learning or any other related field.
• A minimum of 3 years of Monitoring Evaluation and Learning experience with Non-Government Organizations especially in the field of advocacy, food security and agricultural projects.
• Knowledge and understanding of quantitative and qualitative evaluation methodologies
• Proficient user of statistic software such as STATA and SPSS
• Excellent analytical, presentation, and report writing skills.
3. Duration, Location and Nature of
Appointment The appointment will be long term subject to donor funding and satisfactory annual staff appraisal. The Head of M&E will serve six months of probation and will be based at the PMC office currently located at Caritas Uganda Offices in Kampala.

Job Education: Not Specified

Job Experience: Not Specified

Work Hours: 8

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Job application procedure
  How to Apply Interested qualified candidates should submit application letters together with detailed Curriculum Vitae including three referees from previous places of work and copies of academic and professional certificates, not later than 5:00pm on 25th June 2020.
The applications should either be sent by email to nakanyike@yahoo.co.uk  or hand delivered to:
The PMC Coordinator Uganda Governance and Poverty Alleviation Program Caritas Uganda,
Uganda Catholic Secretariat,
Plot 672, Hanlon Road,
Nsambya Hill,
P.O. Box 2886,
Kampala - Uganda.
For more information please click http://capcauganda.org/head-of-meneeded/

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