About the Organization:
Village Enterprise is an innovative microenterprise development organization working in East Africa. Its mission is to equip people living in extreme poverty with resources to create sustainable businesses. Village Enterprise provides business training, seed capital/start-up funds, and on-going mentoring to new entrepreneurs to start businesses.
Village Enterprise is an innovative microenterprise development organization working in East Africa. Its mission is to equip people living in extreme poverty with resources to create sustainable businesses. Village Enterprise provides business training, seed capital/start-up funds, and on-going mentoring to new entrepreneurs to start businesses.
About the Job:
Village Enterprise is looking for a Monitoring and Evaluation Fellow. S/he will lead Village Enterprise's field-level monitoring and evaluation activities, design, and manage innovative pilot projects as well as current special projects in a highly dynamic team. S/he will also support East African staff to implement and improve the organization’s core program, supervise interns and regional managers, and monitor program implementation.
Village Enterprise is looking for a Monitoring and Evaluation Fellow. S/he will lead Village Enterprise's field-level monitoring and evaluation activities, design, and manage innovative pilot projects as well as current special projects in a highly dynamic team. S/he will also support East African staff to implement and improve the organization’s core program, supervise interns and regional managers, and monitor program implementation.
Tasks and Responsibilities:
- M&E role:
- Manage and assess Village Enterprise business owner targeting (an ultra-poor targeting process);
- Design and lead special project evaluations, write reports for funders;
- Oversee and increase the quality and efficiency of core and special project monitoring;
- Manage relations with external evaluation partners for a planned impact evaluation;
- Supervise the training of staff and enumerators on data collection/interviewing, data entry, analysis, and other tasks as required.
- Operations role:
- Assist in the implementation, monitoring, and expansion of the Village Enterprise core program;
- Provide management oversight and leadership, in cooperation with the senior director of programs and operations, country directors, and field staff, in Kakamega in Kenya and Soroti and Hoima in Uganda;
- Promote a strong work ethic among the regional manager and business mentors.
Qualifications:
- Masters degree is required with concentrations in Development or Agricultural Economics, International Development, Public Policy, Statistics or other applied social research strongly preferred;
- Previous experience in both quantitative and qualitative evaluation preferred;
- More than 2 years of experience in a management/leadership role is preferred;
- Fluency in English required, Swahili is not required.
Closing Date: 01 Feb 2013
How to Apply:
Interested candidates can send their resume and cover letter to Anne Olson and a copy toPhilip Arscott
Interested candidates can send their resume and cover letter to Anne Olson and a copy toPhilip Arscott
Please mention "M&E Fellowship Application" in the subject line.
Monitoring and Evaluation Fellow, Uganda Village Enterprise
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