Job Title: M & E Officer: Reports to: Executive Director
Organisation: Institute for Social Transformation (IST)
About IST:
The Institute for Social Transformation (IST) is a non- profit organization established in Uganda in 2006 to promote use of the Training for Transformation (TfT) methodology in English speaking countries of Eastern Africa. To this effect it is implementing projects aimed at building the capacity of partner organisations in gender mainstreaming, transformative learning and collective action towards their own progress.
Job Summary: The M&E officer will be in charge of the majority of tasks to be undertaken in collaboration with the IST programme staff and the partner organisations.
Key Duties & Responsibilities:
Assessing the existing M&E needs and processes of IST
Work with IST staff on designing and developing the M&E system including developing appropriate indicators and tools for data collection for the current projects to enable IST use the information for decision making.
Organisation: Institute for Social Transformation (IST)
About IST:
The Institute for Social Transformation (IST) is a non- profit organization established in Uganda in 2006 to promote use of the Training for Transformation (TfT) methodology in English speaking countries of Eastern Africa. To this effect it is implementing projects aimed at building the capacity of partner organisations in gender mainstreaming, transformative learning and collective action towards their own progress.
Job Summary: The M&E officer will be in charge of the majority of tasks to be undertaken in collaboration with the IST programme staff and the partner organisations.
Key Duties & Responsibilities:
Assessing the existing M&E needs and processes of IST
Work with IST staff on designing and developing the M&E system including developing appropriate indicators and tools for data collection for the current projects to enable IST use the information for decision making.
Ensure that performance questions, information needs, indicators and related targets, methods, sampling procedure and reporting formats and procedures are part of the M& E system. Ensure that these supplement and link to the existing M&E processes of partner organisations.
Work closely with IST training teams to identify how they do their own M&E and how this can be linked to project M&E in ways that are safe and appropriate.
Conduct monitoring and evaluation of programmes
Prepare reports on M&E findings, as required, working closely with IST staff.
In collaboration with the accountant, provide the Executive Director with management information that she/he may require
Ensure that monitoring data are discussed with relevant IST staff and in a timely fashion in terms of implications for future action.
Build the capacity of IST in M&E data collection, analysis, interpretation and use for decision making.
Support IST staff in entering and analyzing project data, ensure quality preparation.
Document good practices/ case studies
Qualifications, Skills & Experience:
Minimum of Master’s degree by coursework & research, community development or social studies from a recognized University.
Up to date on theory and research in radical approaches to learning, gender equality and leadership
A minimum of four (4) years working experience in monitoring and evaluation work using statistical and participatory approaches
Proven high level writing skills in report writing
Demonstrated ability to use computer assisted software for data collection and analysis
Excellent presentation skills.
Unquestionable integrity, self-motivation, team player, highly versatile, high-level interpersonal and good communications skills and capability to work under tight deadlines in a competitive environment.
How to apply:
Please send Applications with cover letter and CV to: isocialtransformation32@gmail.com
Deadline: 28th February 2013