5 M&E Assistant Jobs – LWF World Service

Job Title: M&E Assistant (5 Job Opportunities)

Organization: LWF World Service

Duty Station: Uganda

Reports to: M&E Officer

About US:

LWF World Service is the humanitarian and development arm of the Lutheran World Federation. We are a widely recognized, international, faith-based organization working in over 20 countries. We seek to bring people of all backgrounds together in the common quest for justice, peace, and reconciliation in an increasingly complex and fragmented world.

A commitment to the human rights of every individual, regardless of their status, guides our work, actions, and operations. We are particularly known for our timely, compassionate, and professional humanitarian work, and for our field presence in hard-to-reach areas. Our work is people-centered and community¬based. Above all, we work with the most vulnerable, and in order to claim and uphold their rights, we engage proactively with local government and community structures.

About the Project:

Lutheran World Federation (LWF) Uganda is part of the LWF World Service and we are currently supporting Congolese and South-Sudanese refugees living in settlements in the districts of Kamwenge, Adjumani, Obongi, Kyangwali and Lamwo respectively.

Job Summary:   The Monitoring and Evaluation Assistant will work with the Monitoring and Evaluation Officer to monitor progress and evaluate the effectiveness of LWF interventions in order to ensure high quality of assistance and continual learning.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

• Assist the M&E Officer in developing and implementing monitoring and evaluation plans for the program;
• Assist in planning and conducting data collection for monitoring activities and provide support in the development and review of standard tools for data collection
• Train and supervise enumerators for specific data collection activities including checking questionnaires for reliability and consistency;
• Support the analysis of qualitative and quantitative data, writing and compiling reports to inform
• Contribute to the development of case studies, success stories and lessons learned reports to demonstrate the impact of LWF’s work and inform future programming;
• Help to identify gaps in information in current reporting and work with the programme staff address these gaps
• Under the supervision of the M&E Officer, maintain up to date databases and records of outputs/activities and beneficiaries reached in all project locations covered by the field office.
• Support data quality assessments and verification to ensure that all data used for reporting and decision making are as accurate as possible

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

• The ideal candidate must hold a Bachelor’s Degree in Statistics, Information Technology, Development Studies or Communications
• At least one years’ experience supporting monitoring and evaluation of humanitarian programs
• Experience in participatory approaches and tools of community planning, monitoring and evaluation.
• Ability to write reports and communication pieces
• Strong interpersonal and ability to establish effective working relations with various stakeholders
• Sound understanding of Project Management Cycle and support activities
• Experience in Statistical Analysis Packages e.g. SPSS, STATA etc

How to Apply:

All Candidates who are interested in the above jobs should submit an updated CV and Application letter giving a day time telephone contact and email addresses of 3 (three) work related referees only through our recruitment email recruitment.uga@lutheranworld.orgclearly indicating the job title in the email subject.

Hand delivered applications can also be sent to our Offices in Kampala. Please indicate the position you have applied for on the top of the parcel addressed to:

The Human Resource Manager

Lutheran World Federation

Plot 1401, Ggaba, Road next to Quality Hill

1. O. Box 5827 Kampala, Uganda.

Deadline: Friday 31^st July 2020