Job Title: Monitoring and Evaluation Assistant (6 Job Placements)
Organisation: Ripple Effect (formerly Send a Cow)
Duty Station: Uganda
About US:
Ripple Effect Uganda is a growing and dynamic international development charity creating a wave of change in rural Africa. We are a partnership of experienced and committed staff, working with farming families in Africa. We are all inspired by the need to create an even greater impact on hunger and poverty in rural communities that are increasingly threatened by economic challenges and the climate crisis. Together, we support families to learn more, grow more and sell more. They then share what they know and have with their communities, creating a ripple effect of environmentally sustainable change across rural Africa. We are at an exciting stage in our history, as we re-brand from Send a Cow with an ambitious new 2030 strategy to multiply our impact
About YIDaMS Project:
In partnership with Mastercard Foundation, Ripple Effect Uganda plans to implement a five-year (2022 – 2027) Youth Inclusive Dairy Market Systems Project (YIDaMS) whose aim is to enable 50,000 young women and men to access dignified and fulfilling work in the dairy sector. These will comprise of youth aged 18-35 with 70% young women, 5% young people with disability and 10% refugee youth.
Job Summary: The M&E Assistant shall be a member of the project M&E and Data Management technical support team for districts under the supported field office. Under the guidance of the M&E Officer, the M&E Assistant is responsible for gathering data and ensuring accurate entry, maintaining data, and following up and reporting progress of project activities.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
- Assist in routine data collection and entry for various project interventions implemented in the field and ensure that complete, accurate, clean, and consistent data is shared with the M&E Officer for data analysis and action planning.
- Ensure proper filing and storage of M&E documents including questionnaires, monitoring reports, datasets, among others.
- Participate in regular data verification and audit exercises to assess the quality of data reported and address any anomalies identified.
- Submit to the M&E Officer weekly and monthly updates on M& E activities conducted in the field.
- With support from the M&E Officer, conduct capacity building and mentorship to field staff in M&E.
- Keep the M&E database up-to-date and support program staff prepare periodic high-quality reports.
- Assist program staff during survey planning and implementation especially preparing logistics needed, participating in data collection and cleaning.
- Develop project monitoring and evaluation tools with support from M&E Officer and Project Lead.
- Keenly track project progress through standardized data collection tools and methodologies
- Maintain confidentiality and observe data protection and other associated guidelines.
- Support M&E officer in the compilation of Monthly, Quarterly, Biannual, and annual reports through provision of timely accurate and updated data.
- Support project teams to prepare activity reports and documentation of best practices, lessons learnt, assessment reports.
- Support the implementation of MEAL standards including the Monitoring for action (MFA) standards in field sites.
- Support program staff to engage in continuous data quality improvement and support project staff to frequently use data for program improvement.
- Participate in quality of intervention monitoring together with stake holders while ensuring availability of data for assessing program quality.
- Support the operation of feedback channels (logbook, client satisfaction and engagement surveys).
- Support the recording of feedback, analyses, and accessibility of feedback data for programmatic decision making.
- Support profiling of beneficiary Profiling
- Take lead in Farmer Organization survey
- Tracking group monthly sales of FOs
- Support the documentation of learnings and best practices
- Participate in the development, implementation, and review of annual and quarterly work plan
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
- The applicant must hold a Bachelors in statistics, computer science, business economics, quantitative economics, information technology, with a post graduate diploma in M&E from a reputable institution
- At least three years in implementing M&E systems with an NGO in humanitarian environment
- Experience in using web-based data systems
- Strong verbal and writing skills
- Ability to enhance good interpersonal relationship.
- Excellent communication skills.
- A good command of both written and spoken English.
- Experience working in a multidisciplinary environment with rapid turnaround of work products
- Attention to detail, especially regarding data accuracy.
- Team player and management skills, as well as good communication skills
- Competence in electronic data base packages
- Good understanding WFP requirements, expectations and tools
- Knowledge in M&E, Research, Data Management & Quality Assurance.
- S/he must have demonstrable advanced computer skills in STATA, SPSS, MS Excel and MS Access KOBO Toolbox, ODK Collect, CommCare
- Full and deep understanding of all technical aspects of the SACU programme
- Strong people management ability
- Good communication and presentation skills
- Strong networking skills.
- Able to participate on a practical level with government and other development partners
- Have empathy with Ripple Effect’s Christian foundation and core values
- An initiator and self-driven
- A team builder and developer
- A good eye for detail
- A team player. Flexible.
- Understands the importance of confidentiality especially for data.
Desirable:
- Postgraduate training in gender and social development; Community leadership and management; or rural development.
- Experience in NGO work.
- Experience of project proposal writing especially development of project theory of change
- Experience in data analysis
- Experience in research and development
How to Apply:
All applicants should send a filled application form, Download Here and attach a comprehensive CV and certified copies of academic documents
Please submit application online to hruganda@sendacow.org clearly indicating the position and location you are applying for in the subject line.
Deadline: 3rd October 2022 at 5:00pm EAT
NB: Only shortlisted candidates shall be contacted