Job Title: MEAL Assistant (Fresher NGO Jobs)
Organisation: World Vision International
Duty Station: Soroti, Uganda
Reports to: Project Coordinator
About US:
World Vision Uganda is a Christian Relief, Development and Advocacy Non-Government Organization dedicated to working with children, families and communities to overcome poverty and injustice. We currently work in over 41 districts in Uganda. World Vision is committed to the protection of children and we will not employ people whose background is not suitable for working with children. All employment is conditioned upon the successful completion of all applicable background checks, including criminal record checks where possible. “Our Vision for every child, Life in all its fullness. Our prayer for every Heart, the will to make it so.”
Job Summary: The MEAL Assistant will provide technical guidance to the Uganda Malaria Elimination Project -Soroti in project planning, design, monitoring, evaluation, operations research and documentation in line with World Vision policies, standards and strategy
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
- Build capacity of project, Project staff and partners on key ICCM concepts and MEAL components.
- Undertake collection of primary and secondary data, and analysis to inform assessment for potential interventions in the target communities; special studies/operation research studies required to improve Grants programming.
- Develop and administer performance monitoring tools to track project indicators; in line with the program implementation and M&E plans.
- Establish and maintain program/indicator M&E databases; as well as the project level standardized M&E indicator database aligned to the National Office Strategy results framework
- Carryout out routine data quality assessment on project monitoring data collected including that collected by partners and staff used for reporting.
- Compile program data reports to inform evidence-based decision making at project levels; and for use in preparation of program quarterly reports, semi/annual management reports; and for dissemination to project team members, National Office, Support Office/Donors, District, and other partners as necessary.
- Work closely with the local government technical officers and partners to leverage use of the project information systems; and the district/local government information management systems e.g., HMIS, EMIS.
- Document best practices, lesson learned and success stories about the ICCM grant
- Lead the review, learning and reflection meetings in the on-project implementation, and evaluations.
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
- The applicant must hold a Bachelor Degree in Monitoring & Evaluation, Statistics, Public health, Demography, Biostatistics, or a related field is required.
- Three years of related work experience
- Work experience in health programming especially ICCM projects highly desired
- At least three years of work experience in Monitoring and Evaluation and research
- Knowledge of statistical tools such as SPSS, Excel STATA etc
- Knowledge in computer Literacy
How to Apply:
All suitably qualified candidates are encouraged to submit your application and complete Curriculum Vitae by applying online through visiting World Vision International’s e-recruitment jobs portal at the web link below.
Deadline: 13th March 2023