Description

Uganda Law Society is hiring a Monitoring and Evaluation Assistant with the following key duties and responsibilities;

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

• Participate in the development of M&E policies, plans and Standard Operating Procedures with support of the M&E manager;
• Participate in development and review of data collection tools and ensure timely availability to staffs in the field;
• Assist in the conduct of client satisfaction assessments/surveys as a means of generating client feedback on the quality and relevance of ULS/Legal Aid services;
• Provide support in the management of ULS data base and ensure that it is routinely updated;
• Offer technical support to project staff on data issues and ensure that staffs understand the data requirements of the organization;
• Provide support in the systematic and continuous data collection and analysis on the progress of project activities and monitor results in terms of timeliness, quality and accuracy;
• Participate and support the project teams to identify, document and disseminate lessons learned, best practices and/or case studies;
• Support the coordination and execution of events in the M&E unit such as training, collecting and disseminating relevant information on monitoring, evaluation and research;
• Support in preparing weekly, monthly, quarterly, semi-annual and annual programmatic performance reports;
• Under the guidance of the M&E Manager respond to donor data inquiries and questions; and
• Any other related duties as may be assigned.

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

• Should hold a Bachelor’s Degree in Statistics, Quantitative Economics, Development Studies or related field.
• Training in Monitoring and Evaluation is an added advantage.
• A minimum of two years’ experience in participatory, community-driven facilitation skills and experience in data management.

Key Competencies

• Good communication and interpersonal skills
• High integrity, self-driven and able to set own work schedule with rigorous deadlines.
• Ability to initiate and complete assignments and to work under demanding circumstances with minimal supervision.
• Strong organization, problem-solving, interpersonal, communication as well as team building and negotiation skills.

• Participate in the development of M&E policies, plans and Standard Operating Procedures with support of the M&E manager;
• Participate in development and review of data collection tools and ensure timely availability to staffs in the field;
• Assist in the conduct of client satisfaction assessments/surveys as a means of generating client feedback on the quality and relevance of ULS/Legal Aid services;
• Provide support in the management of ULS data base and ensure that it is routinely updated;
• Offer technical support to project staff on data issues and ensure that staffs understand the data requirements of the organization;
• Provide support in the systematic and continuous data collection and analysis on the progress of project activities and monitor results in terms of timeliness, quality and accuracy;
• Participate and support the project teams to identify, document and disseminate lessons learned, best practices and/or case studies;
• Support the coordination and execution of events in the M&E unit such as training, collecting and disseminating relevant information on monitoring, evaluation and research;
• Support in preparing weekly, monthly, quarterly, semi-annual and annual programmatic performance reports;
• Under the guidance of the M&E Manager respond to donor data inquiries and questions; and
• Any other related duties as may be assigned.

• Good communication and interpersonal skills
• High integrity, self-driven and able to set own work schedule with rigorous deadlines.
• Ability to initiate and complete assignments and to work under demanding circumstances with minimal supervision.
• Strong organization, problem-solving, interpersonal, communication as well as team building and negotiation skills.

• Should hold a Bachelor’s Degree in Statistics, Quantitative Economics, Development Studies or related field.
• Training in Monitoring and Evaluation is an added advantage.
• A minimum of two years’ experience in participatory, community-driven facilitation skills and experience in data management.