Vacancy-Appraisal Monitoring & Evaluation (Ame) Assistant
ACTED (Agency for Technical Cooperation and Development) is a non-governmental organization created in 1993. Independent, private and not-for-profit, ACTED respects a strict political and religious impartiality and operates according to non-discrimination and transparency principles.
ACTED’s vocation is to support vulnerable populations worldwide and to accompany them in the
construction of a better future.
The programmes implemented by ACTED in Africa, Asia, Middle East and Latin America/Caribbean, aim at addressing the needs of the populations affected by wars, natural catastrophes and/or economical and social crises.
ACTED has been present in Uganda since 2007, and currently implements its interventions in Gulu, Amuru and Oyam (Acholi and Lango regions) as well as in ‘Nakapiripirit (Karamoja region) where the organization works on a cross-border basis with North Pokot District of Kenya.
Job Title: Appraisal Monitoring & Evaluation (AME) Assistant
Reporting to: Area AME Officer Karamoja/Pokot/Turkana
Duty Station: Kapenguria with frequent travel to all the bases within West Pokot and Turkana Counties
Duties and Responsibilities
• Obtaining all data from primary sources as stipulated in the monitoring and evaluation plan;
• Participate in needs assessment, evaluation preparation and implementation of projects and ensure effectiveness of CRM put in place;
• Supervision of enumerators and interns in the department when necessary;
• Providing data to Data Officer on a monthly basis;
• Identify any gap in the existing data collection tools for improvement
• Undertake routine quality control of project activities using key performance indicator;
• Collect and collate data as well as managing project data bases;
• Routine updates of established resource centre at the base to enhance learning
• Facilitate project staff to undertake routine monitoring activities;
• Carry out regular field monitoring visits to ascertain project progress;
• Identify information needs, performance questions related to key indicators and targets for each project component to track progress;
• Write weekly , monthly monitoring, assessment and evaluation reports;
• Case studies and lessons learned documentation;
• GIS support through facilitating coordinates collection and building staff capacity in use of GPS receivers and new GIS technology;
• Supervise data collection and ensure data quality control in the field;
• Any other duties assigned by the supervisor from time to time
Requirements
• A professional qualification from a recognized institution in the related field preferably, social sciences, statistics, Agriculture, Rural development and any relevant qualification.
• Proven professional experience or technical background (at least 2 years) in M&E or research and working experience in implementing community projects with an international NGO preferred.
• Ability to plan and manage a complex and busy workload.
• Have excellent documentation and recording skills including the use of MS Office, data analysis and management computer packages (SPSS), ability and commitment to work with community members in a sensitive, non-judgmental and objective manner, combined with ability to apply experimental learning.
• Ability to work as a part of a diverse team irrespective of ethnicity, gender or age and adhere to the ethics and values of the ACTED
• Fluency in Swahili, Pokot and Turkana Languages will be an added advantage.
Application Procedures:
Qualified candidates are invited to send their CV’s, cover letter and telephone numbers of three professional referees to Uganda.jobs@acted.org,Karamoja.admin@acted.org,Kapenguria.finance@acted.org.
(Don’t attach Academic Documents to email applications) Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for interviews. Deadline of receiving applications is 24th May 2013.
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