Duty Description
About US:
IRC is an international non-profit organisation in the field of water supply, sanitation, hygiene (WASH) and integrated water resources management (IWRM). With 49 years of experience, IRC runs large-scale programmes in six focus countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America; and projects in more than 25 countries supported by a team of over 70 staff across the world. IRC is headquartered in The Netherlands.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
- The jobholder will ensure that the organisation delivers on all internal and external Monitoring and Learning requirements in a timely manner and with high quality information.
- Support development and review of IRC Uganda Programme and project level Theories of Change
- Ensure that data collection methodologies used at field level are standardised, enabling the specific vulnerabilities of different target groups to be captured and analysed.
- Ensure that verifiable, quantitative data is routine collected and analysed for IRC’s projects
- Support project teams with assessment/evaluation planning, ensuring that minimum criteria for quality evaluations are integrated into design and implementation.
- Take part in designing and implementation of studies, assessments and learning in coordination and cooperation with programme staff.
- Facilitate learning and knowledge exchange on IRC approaches and tools with strategic partners at National and District level
- Assist the Country team in annual reflection and learning sessions to adapt program strategies and plans
- Programme management
- Manage IRC Uganda’s reporting cycle that includes; updating the dashboard biannually, uploading program Out puts/knowledge products
- Support development of new projects and proposals in conjunction with country teams and the IRC Strategic Partnerships Department
Required Qualifications
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
- The ideal candidate for the IRC Monitoring and Learning Advisor career opportunity should preferably hold a Master’s Degree in Development Studies, Public Health, and Monitoring and Evaluation or Project Planning and management
- Possession of a post graduate training in monitoring and evaluation
- Additional training in local governance, participatory planning and budgeting, gender and development
- Ten or more years of professional working experience in a similar function with at least 5 years in the water, sanitation and hygiene sector
- Significant exposure and experience with development programmes (esp. participatory processes, community based programmes, poverty reduction programmes)
- Experience with an international multi-disciplinary team
- Strong research, evaluation and analytical skills
- Proficiency in Quantitative data analysis and good knowledge of excel and other quantitative data analysis packages
- Qualitative Data analysis skills.
- Excellent planning and management skills
How to Apply:
All suitably qualified and interested candidates should send their application letters, updated CVs and details of their contacts (telephone, email address and contacts of three referees) to ugandacountryprogramme@ircwash.org