Job Title: MEAL Officer
Organization: Kulika Uganda
Duty Station: Arua, Uganda
Reports to: Programs Manager
About US:
Kulika Uganda a non-profit making organisation registered with the NGO- Board is a brainchild of Kulika UK which started in 1981. It was founded by Patricia Brenninkmeyer who had been a social worker in Uganda. She saw the need in post- Amin Uganda to give opportunities to bright students to study when much of the academic and institutional infrastructure of the country was non-functional. Patricia had special interest in children and their feeding, hence the start of agriculture to feed the children and educational scholarships, to empower them.
Job Summary: The MEAL Officer shall be responsible for assisting in the promotion of appropriate skills, product promotion and innovation for improving livelihoods of the targeted individuals and communities. The officer will support the development and implementations of Kulika Uganda strategies and activities within the project area. He/ she will define project objectives and oversee quality control of the project.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
Project Administration and Implementation
- To ensure high quality project implementation
- Making regular field visits to the project locations
- Assist the Project Manager in the drafting of project reports, preparing estimates for budgeted activities, monitoring budgets and expenditure, fundraising and proposal development, and undertake monitoring and evaluation tasks.
- Provide technical support/guidance to management to develop simple and value- adding operational strategies and tools
Reporting
- Write monthly, quarterly, semi-annual reports relating to the progress of the project, as deemed necessary, for the successes and challenges of the projects.
- Ensure reports are submitted in a timely manner, meeting reporting requirements.
- Ensure quality management and timely accountabilities and compliance to systems and procedures.
- Support Kulika Uganda to seek innovative methods for remote management and monitoring to improve accountability
Project Monitoring and Evaluation
- Maintains responsibility for the coordination of project monitoring and evaluation
- Follow up with coordinators by providing technical, logistical and organizational support to ensure continued engagement in project activities
- Develops evaluation plans and implements the monitoring and evaluation framework
Information and communication management
- Maintain and regularly update the Kulika database on all project related matters
- Document electronically impact of projects including project implementation activities
- Utilize the communication systems to link the recipients of project activities with the management team
Capacity Building
- Identify and formulate monitoring and evaluation findings, lessons learned and recommendations to be integrated into management efforts, disseminated in learning events and channeled into decision-making processes
- Contribute to the implementation of Monitoring and Evaluation Knowledge Management and Learning Strategy
- Undertake any other duties assigned
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
- The applicant must hold a Degree in Agricultural Extension Education, Agriculture, Forestry, Development Studies, or in a field related to community development.
- Post graduate diploma in Monitoring and Evaluation
- Three years of work experience in project implementation and management within the NGO sector or a similar sector
- Experience in working with refugee and host communities
- Experience of project development and delivery within short timescales
- Willingness to work in rural areas
How to Apply:
All interested and suitable candidates should submit a detailed CV and application letter via email to: kulikauganda@kulika.org or Hand deliver to Kulika Uganda Head office at Millenium House Plot 472 Nsambya Hospital road or Kulika Uganda Arua field Office along Water Supply road.
Deadline: 31st March 2023