Feb 12, URC Monitoring and Evaluation Advisor Jobs in Uganda

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URC Monitoring and Evaluation Advisor Jobs in Uganda

Overview:

URC is seeking experienced Monitoring and Evaluation Advisor for Bugisu (Mbale) for the USAID Uganda Health Activity (UHA), a five-year program. The purpose of UHA is to support the Government of Uganda’s (GOU’s) efforts to increase the survival and well-being of vulnerable populations and improve overall health system resilience in seven priority regions. The program will strengthen the quality and availability of MNCH, FP/RH, nutrition, and facility-level WASH services as well as health systems at the regional-, district-, facility-, and community-levels.

Responsibilities:

The M&E Advisor is responsible for providing technical support to USAID UHA technical teams and district teams in establishing & maintaining a robust and functional Monitoring & Evaluation System including family health, community, health systems strengthening (HSS) components and above site PEPFAR support. This role will be under the supervision of the Regional M&E Advisor.

Specific responsibilities include the following:

  • Working with the Regional M&E Advisor, support the implementation of the project performance-monitoring plan, ensuring adherence to the donor’s M&E guidelines throughout the project.
  • Build capacity of project technical teams, regional referral M&E staff, district data officers and medical records assistants on key M&E aspects including data management.
  • Provide above site support to PEPFAR local partners in M&E.
  • Initiate technical review meetings together with technical advisors on a routine basis to review performance by technical area.
  • Mentor and coach health facility staff in data management.
  • Working with the Regional M&E Advisor, support routine data quality assessments and implement relevant actions.
  • Support teams with routine analytics and utilization of the automated UHA dashboards.
  • Support data utilization at district and health facility level.
  • Working with Regional M&E Advisor, initiate, and conduct community level surveys (i.e. LQAS) to inform measurement of community level indicators.
  • Participate in the planning for dissemination and lessons learned and present results of program achievements and outputs.
  • Participate in quarterly, semi-annual, annual project report compilation.
  • Provide Technical Assistance to the districts to quantity for HMIS2 tools and work with cluster M&E staff to ensure timely distribution of HMIS tools.
  • Participate in the revision and development of annual workplans.
  • Any other duties assigned by the supervisor.

    Required Experience and Qualifications

  • Bachelor of Statistics, Economics, or related field
  • Masters in demography/Population studies, Public Health, epidemiology, Statistics or post graduate training in M&E will be an added advantage.
  • Minimum of 8 years leading M&E for large health system strengthening and/or service delivery programs.
  • Experience with DHIS2 or similar health management information systems.
  • Expertise in qualitative and quantitative research and evaluation methodologies.
  • Knowledge of current M&E, impact evaluation assessment trends, methodologies, and resources
  • Proficiency in use of Microsoft Office products, as well as data analysis software (e.g. STATA, SPSS, EPI INFO, etc.).
  • Familiarity with the various government-led reporting and data collection systems.
  • Strong written and oral communication skills with a demonstrated ability to review, synthesize information and produce quality reports.
  • Experience with data collection methods and management of information systems.

    Desired Experience and Qualifications

  • Previous experience working with URC and USAID is an added advantage.

    How to Apply

    For more information and job application details, see; URC Monitoring and Evaluation Advisor Jobs in Uganda

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