Monitoring and Evaluation Officer

Advancing Gender Equality through Civil Society (AGECS) is a Sub-Project of AKF and Global Affairs Canada’s Foundations for Empowerment and Education (F4EE) initiative. F4EE is active in five countries (Kenya, Madagascar, Mozambique, Tanzania, and Uganda) and will improve education systems at the pre-primary and primary levels, strengthening women’s empowerment and gender equality.

Job Summary: AKF seeks an experienced and dynamic M&E Officer under the AGECS project in Uganda. The position will be responsible for providing support to the monitoring and Evaluation activities in the effective implementation of the Country AGECS Sub-Projects and their implementing partners to ensure the project is implemented on time, on budget, and achieves its objectives while remaining compliant with all donor requirements.

Responsibilities:
Support the Establishment and implementation of a gender-responsive Performance Management Framework (PMF) AGECs.

• Ensure M&E data needs are integrated into program quality tools and do not exist as separate M&E or data collection tools and processes.

Design program data quality assessment system including data auditing protocols and processes, and conduct data verification, validation, and quality assurance.

• Support the Project coordinator, in-country and regional MERL personnel, and key partners’ M&E personnel to plan and implement the various ME activities such as baseline, midline, and end-line studies.
• Establish a high-quality, project, end-to-end M&E data management system integrating ICT where appropriate. Ensure all data management systems adhere to AKF’s safeguarding and data protection policies.
• Support the development of appropriate data collection tools and analysis protocols as required and conduct data validation and quality assurance

Provide timely and quality M&E data inputs to the regular (monthly, quarterly, and annual) program reports.

• Work with the CSO partners to establish community feedback loops to ensure they are used in program improvement. Be responsible for all data management needs under the program.
• Support CSO partners to document success stories, and impact from the ground maintaining a rich database of stories with pictures and case studies on lessons learned and best practices.
• Support CSO partners where necessary to strengthen data collection processes and provide feedback where necessary.
• Participate in updating AKF online technologies in M&E including the Awards Information Management System (AIMS), and Global Reach System (GRS)
• Perform other relevant duties as and when assigned, by or via the Country Manager, Programme Manager, and senior management team.
• Participate in internal and external risk assessment activities with CSO partners and consolidate and analyze data on a weekly, monthly, and quarterly basis.

Required Skills & Experience:

• Minimum bachelor’s degree in development studies, statistics, economics, or related field. Postgraduate qualification in M&E is an added advantage.
• Relevant M&E experience of at least 3 years
• Strong computer and analytics skills, along with experience managing complex data sets, and using different analysis tools required
• Proven ICT skills, especially in the development of MIS software using database software.
• Strong report-writing skills
• Ability to communicate clearly and effectively with diverse audiences in English.
• Experience of working in multi-cultural and diverse teams
• Evidence of an understanding of and commitment to child protection and safeguarding as well as other vulnerable populations.