Monitoring and Evaluation Manager NGO Jobs – Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC)

Job Title: Monitoring and Evaluation Manager

Organization: Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC)

Duty Station:  Kampala, Uganda

About US:

The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) is an independent humanitarian organisation helping people forced to flee. We work in crises across more than 30 countries, providing emergencies and long-term assistance to millions of people every year. We stand up for people forced to flee, advocating their rights. NORCAP is a global provider of expertise that contributes to solving challenges in the humanitarian, development and peacebuilding sectors. Our ultimate goal is to strengthen the resilience, and protect the lives, rights and livelihoods of vulnerable people and communities. NRC also runs the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre in Geneva, a global leader in reporting on and advocating for people displaced within their own country.

Job Summary:  The Monitoring and Evaluation Manager will lead the strategic direction and quality assurance of monitoring and evaluation in the country program

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

• Responsible to develop the Country Office monitoring, evaluation and learning strategy, responding to contextual challenges but also ensuring alignment with the regional strategy and global M&E framework, policy and strategy.
• Develop Country Office specific M&E SOPs responding to contextual challenges, according to NRC’s M&E minimum standards ensuring necessary resources
• Technical input to programme monitoring and evaluation plans, including methodological guidance and resource planning
• Ensuring the roll out and use of global and regional M&E developments at the Country Office  level.  Also leading new technical developments to respond to M&E needs in the context.
• Provide technical M&E support, guidelines and capacity building across the Country Office
• Line manage Country Office M&E staff and capacity building for area office M&E staff
• Ensuring learning moments are institutionalised in the Country Office , with systems in place for analysing and using M&E data and supporting programme and Country Management Group to interpret and use learning for strategic and programme decision making. This includes contributing to the development, learning and adaptation of a multi-year programme strategies.
• Lead the processes and design of country office and programme level monitoring and evaluation and accountability systems, ensuring learning is integrated, accurate and relevant.
• Ensure planning and quality control of all monitoring and evaluation activities throughout the PCM cycle, including technical support for Theory of Change, M&E plans, indicator reference sheets, data quality assessments and evaluation processes.
• Ensuring systems /processes are in place to ensure high quality reporting either in NRC’s Global Output and Outcome Reporting System (GORS), or equivalent system.

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

• The applicant for the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) Monitoring and Evaluation Manager job placement must hold an advanced degree in economics, research methods, social sciences or a related field
• 5-7 years of demonstrated management experience in design, implementation, and oversight of monitoring, evaluation, and research for large to mid-scale international projects or programmes
• Technical competency and prior experience implementing various programme evaluation methodologies and approaches
• Excellent analytic, communication, interpersonal, writing, collaboration, problem-solving, planning/organizing, and facilitation skills;
• Advanced experience in qualitative and quantitative data analysis and tools
• Strong experience in conducting a research studies including the entire evaluation cycle, from design and formulation to implementation, analysis and presentation of results and recommendations
• Fluency in spoken and written English.
• Must be result focused and be able to work under pressure and tight deadlines;
• Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to work well within a multi-cultural team environment;
• Strong analytical skills
• Experience within supporting M&E for one of NRC’s core competencies is an asset
• Knowledge of the political situation in the Uganda is an asset
• Knowledge of UN system, experience with field level coordination with UN organizations, INGOs, Donors and authorities
• Demonstrated experience of statistical packages and/ or data analysis software (e.g. KoBo, SPSS, Excel, Epi Info, SMART, STAT 01) and advanced computer skills (word-processing, spread sheets, and databases) are a must;

How to Apply:

All suitably qualified candidates who wish to join NRC in the aforementioned capacity should apply online at the link below.

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Deadline: 23^rd October 2020