Organisation: Pathfinder
International
Duty
Station: Kampala,
Uganda
About
Pathfinder:
Pathfinder
International is dedicated to creating access to and improving the quality of
family planning, reproductive health, abortion, and community – and
facility-based HIV and AIDS care and services.
Pathfinder
International in Uganda (PIU) has been in the Country since 1957. PIU
is implementing the following Projects in various parts of Uganda. And these
include; Health of People and Environment of Lake Victoria (HOPE LVB), Arise;
Addressing unmet need for Family Planning among HIV positivewomen in North
and .North East Uganda, Positive Action for Children’s Fund (PACF), Gender
Roles Equity and Transformation (GREAT) project AND Sayana Press project.
Job
Summary: The
M&E Specialist will be primarily responsible for the assignment and
implementation of monitoring and evaluation activities to measure the overall
projects performance against established goals and objectives, and report on
project achievements to the Monitoring and Evaluation Manager.
Key
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Conceptualize, develop
and implement the monitoring and evaluation plan, including identifying
appropriate indicators, and a data collection system for the various
Projects to collect and report on data to measure performance and
achievement of project s objectives. Create and adapt monitoring tools and
forms, including training materials to accompany them, for collection of
project data.
- Create and adapt other
data collection tools, as appropriate, including survey questionnaires,
key informant interview schedules, facility assessment and supervision
instruments, as well as relevant training materials for their use.
- Verify data
consistency and quality and prepare data required for performance review
by the M&E Manager, Country Representative and Project Director, as
well as for quarterly and annual progress reports and Pathfinder global
achievement reports
- Actively participate
in project midterm and final evaluations.
- Respond to Pathfinder
requests for programmatic information.
- Set up M&E systems
for various projects.
- Perform any other
duties as assigned.
Qualifications,
Skills and Experience:
- The applicant should
possess a master’s degree in demography, statistics, social
sciences, health information management or related field.
- At least three to five
years’ experience in successfully designing, implementing and overseeing
monitoring and evaluation tasks for health and/or development projects.
- Exhibit proven
technical skills in monitoring and evaluation, including at least four of
the following:
- Good understanding and
familiarity with international indicators and standard measurement tools
in the areas of reproductive health/family planning, maternal and neonatal
health, HIV/AIDS and other relevant technical areas.
- Demonstrated analytical,
problem-solving skills and use of data to make informed decisions
- Computer literacy
skills i.e. Competency in MS Word, Excel, and PowerPoint, and ACCESS, and
a statistical software package (SPSS, EPI-INFO, STATA, SAS or similar)
- Demonstrated ability
to work with various constituencies including Pathfinder headquarters,
donors and local partners.
- Excellent oral and
/written communication skills and ability to effectively communicate
technical material to both expert and lay audiences in English and any
other local language.
- Possess the ability to
travel up to 50 % within Uganda.
How
to Apply:
If
willing to work with Pathfinder International, please send your application via
e-mail to: piuapplication@gmail.com.
Deadline:
7th February, 2014
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