Heifer International is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, gender, gender identify, sexual orientation, age, status as a protected veteran, among other things, or status as a qualified individual with disability.

The Organization

Heifer International is a global development organization on a mission to end hunger and poverty in a sustainable way. We work with farmers and their communities to identify and invest in business opportunities that deliver living incomes. Since launching in 1944, Heifer International has assisted more than 40 million families to build sustainable food and farming businesses that strengthen rural economies and put people on a pathway to Sustainable Living Income. We work with local farmers, and food producers because we believe ending poverty begins with agriculture.

Heifer International started work in Uganda in 1982 and has since reached and helped over 5 million families across the country. Heifer has worked in 52 districts of Uganda and currently, we are present in 15 districts of Central, Eastern and Northern Uganda. In the last 12 years, Heifer Uganda has reached over one million families through agriculture and environmentally sound economic development programs.

FUNCTION

The Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning role is a key position in the Stimulating Agribusiness for Youth Employment -SAYE project structure as it supports the organization and our partners to make smart decisions for adaptation, permanency and scaling up. Under the supervision of the Project Director and with a functional reporting line to the country MELs team, the MELs manager will play a major leading role in project monitoring, periodic data collection and analysis, developing mechanisms and leading the process for effective dissemination, utilization, and documenting learnings.

S/he will develop and oversee MEL and reporting systems and processes that integrate appropriate indicators, baseline data, targets, and a plan to evaluate performance and produce timely, accurate and complete reporting. Additionally, the MEL Manager will lead efforts to strengthen capacity of project partners to monitor, document and analyze system level changes and activities and ensure data quality. The MELs manager will provide technical assistance; advice and training on key aspects of MEL to shape the overall SAYE’s country framework and ensure that key outcomes are properly monitored, tracked, and documented. She/ He will also

work with the team to build capacity on the use of data indicators, analyze monthly data, and support training in quality assurance methods. The manager will lead the process working with partners in strengthening the partners information system, prepare periodic reports and promote programmatic learning.

ESSENTIAL CHARACTER TRAITS

The ideal candidate should be detail-oriented, self-driven, technically competent in results monitoring and eager to learn new skills and procedures. Additional traits include, but are not limited to the following: flexibility, honesty, strong moral and ethical principles, strong communication skill and strong work ethic.

RESPONSIBILITIES & DELIVERABLES

A. Program Effectives (50%)

Develop and oversee the implementation of the Activity MEL Plan and system including leading the development of MEL tools, platforms and methods that are appropriate to the scope, context, and technical requirements of the project.
Provide overall leadership in monitoring project outputs and outcomes, ensuring strong data analysis, tailoring reports for different stakeholders and disseminating lessons learned.

Provide technical leadership to the review of project framework, plans and indicators to capture performance results and provide effective, accurate and timely monitoring, evaluation and reporting of all project activities.

Provide leadership and direction on M&E to ensure the project achieves its goals and corresponding objectives and target.
Oversee the implementation of the Performance Monitoring Plan (PMP) to capture project performance and results, including routine service delivery data reporting, baseline and end line assessments, and all monitoring for process and outcome evaluations.
Oversee data flow pattern for the project, to ensure timely data collection and reporting.
Lead efforts to utilize training monitoring systems to track and monitor trainers and participants at training events to facilitate follow-up and recordkeeping.
Accountable for providing technical leadership on strategies to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the project by identifying bottlenecks in completing planned activities and developing plans to minimize such bottlenecks in SAYE.
Provide technical supervision to the SAYE cluster M&E officers.
Coordinate all M&E capacity-building activities with project staff, implementing partners and hubs staff.