Monitoring & Evaluation Officer TechnoServe

Organization Overview: TechnoServe is an international non-profit economic development organization whose mission is to help entrepreneurial men and women in poor areas of the developing world to build businesses that create income, opportunity and economic growth for their families, their communities and their countries. Our approach is based on hiring high-performing people who share our vision of private sector solutions that create king-term transformation in people's lives. For more information, please visit our website www.technoserve.org
TechnoServe is implementing the STRYDE Program - Strengthening Rural Youth Development through Enterprise - in Uganda, Kenya and Rwanda and the program shall be launched in October 2011. In Uganda, the four-year program will support 5,000 rural youth in the Central and Northern regions with the goal to increase their productive economic engagement. The following opportunities are available under the program in Uganda:

3. Monitoring & Evaluation Officer
Provide management of the monitoring and evaluation (M&E) components of the Strengthening Rural Youth Development through Enterprise (STRYDE) program in Uganda. The M&E Officer will report to the STRYDE Regional M&E Manager, and work closely with other program and country management, as well as TechnoServe's East Africa Regional M&E Manager. S/he will be responsible for enabling evidence-based decision-making processes by country project leadership, maintenance of STRYDE M&E systems, and effective implementation of STRYDE M&E activities.

Duties & Responsibilities
• Responsible for monitoring and evaluating program performance in accordance with the logical framework and reporting requirements;
• Work with country project team members to collect and analyze data on a regular basis;
• Enter data into and analyze information from M&E systems for use throughout project lifecycle;
• Undertake regular visits to the field to support implementation of M&E
• Ensure timely completion of major M&E deliverables, regular periodic analysts of data to identify and communicate lessons-teamed, and regular periodic presentation of data and analyses to country and regional management
• Work with country and regional management to integrate M&E data into program planning and decision-making processes;
• Review, monitor, and analyze reports for impact evaluation;
• Contribute to determining the effectiveness of technical training packages.
• Support country-level adaptation and use of standard templates and tools for key project deliverables;
• Share analyses and trends WitH-project team members to help synchronize decision-making processes with M&E results;
• Work with program staff to identify M&E needs at country levels and provide training, as appropriate.
• Monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of partners and sub-contractors;
• Make recommendations to country project management on the quality of partners' and sub-contractors' services.

Job requirement

Requirements
• Qualifications in business, economics, statistics or international development-related studies required;
• At least 3 years of experience with M&E methods and approaches, including designing, planning, and implementing M&E systems, analyzing and reporting using a logical framework and other strategic planning approaches;
• Proven ability to work with various M&E methods and approaches;
• Ability to identify and measure social indicators is critical;
• Excellent information analysis and report writing.
• Experience working with youth training and/or mentorship programs preferred;
• Willingness to be based in Kampala, ability to travel internationally, and ability to travel to; remote; rural locations.

How to apply

Successful candidates for these positions will be those who are passionate about success, believe In hard work, have strong communication skills (written and verbal), and effectively leverage the dynamism of creative teams. We are looking for people who are committed to innovation, learning, and timely results
Ability to work with minimum supervision is a requirement. Problem solving skills are a must.
If you are interested and you meet the requirements, apply by EMAIL ONLY to the Country Director at: ugandajobs@tns.org with the position title placed the subject line and on the application letter.
Send ONLY your application latter and resume with names and telephone contacts of three professional referees.
All applications must be received by close of business Wednesday 24th August 2011.

Note that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
TechnoServe is an Equal Opportunity Employer, Women are encouraged to apply