Entry Level M&E Monitoring and Results Management Assistant Jobs - Palladium

Project Name: DFID-funded Northern Uganda: Transforming the

Economy through Climate Smart Agriculture (NU-TEC)

Duty Station: Gulu, Uganda

Palladium

develops and delivers solutions that create positive impact for communities,

businesses, societies and economies. We transform lives and create enduring

value by working with governments, corporations and non-profit organisations.

Palladium is built on the idea that progress will be supported by four key

pillars: International Development, Strategy Execution Consulting, Impact

Investment, Training and Events.

About DFID NU-TEC Program:

NU-TEC

Market Development (MD) is a five year DFID-funded programme that aims to

increase the incomes and climate resilience of poor men and women in northern

Uganda by (a) stimulating sustainable, pro-poor growth in selected agricultural

markets and (b) improving the position of poor men and women within these

market systems, to make them more inclusive for poor people. Palladium manages

the programme on behalf of DFID.

Job Summary: The Monitoring and Results Management Assistant

will offer technical support in the research function of the NU-TEC MD

programme by collaborating with the Monitoring and Results Management Manager,

and Intervention Managers in implementing appropriate research methodologies

and information gathering approaches for interventions with private sector actors

designed to support economic growth and improved livelihoods. This position is

also responsible for contributing toward the project’s mainstreaming of gender

and social inclusion initiatives.

Key Duties and Responsibilities: 

• The incumbent will support the Intervention
  
  Managers in developing monitoring plans for interventions with private
  
  sector actors within their market sectors;


• Work in liaison with the MRM Manager to
  
  assist intervention managers in the design of effective study tools,
  
  methods and plans for gathering information that can inform programme
  
  strategies and capture impact information for interventions;


• Render support in the creation of a strong
  
  and effective link between the Programme?s result measurement team and the
  
  intervention managers by collaborating with both in agreeing appropriate
  
  research approaches for interventions and supporting in the design of
  
  appropriate information gathering, analysis and dissemination strategies
  
  and tools;


• Actively contribute to the programme
  
  strategies by providing data on intervention performance in a timely and
  
  accurate manner;


• Offer timely support to the Intervention
  
  Managers in gathering relevant information for their supporting the
  
  Intervention Managers in conducting research and gathering information for
  
  their work with private sector actors in the various sectors and support
  
  in the implementation of their monitoring plans. S/he will work to ensure
  
  a culture of data use among programme staff and respond to their data
  
  needs. various interventions and identifying knowledge gaps where
  
  available and developing strategies to fill those gaps;


• Send timely feedback on various reports and
  
  data analysis done from various studies to facilitate the production of
  
  internal progress reports as well as contribute to the overall programme
  
  reports for the donor.

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

• The applicant for the DFID NU-TEC Project Monitoring
  
  and Results Management Assistant job opportunity should hold a degree or
  
  similar qualification in Statistics, Economics or any other social science
  
  with a quantitative element;


• Previous exposure and experience in
  
  designing, managing and implementing research projects;


• Past exposure in inclusive development,
  
  including gender issues within an understanding of market systems
  
  development;


• Prior exposure and experience in the
  
  development of surveys and data collection instruments for monitoring
  
  programmes;


• Previous data analysis experience using
  
  Microsoft Excel or any other data analysis tool;


• Previous experience in private sector
  
  development programmes would be of great advantage;


• Working knowledge of the institutions and
  
  organizations and/or businesses that provide services to the agricultural
  
  sector in Uganda;


• Experience or knowledge of relevant Northern
  
  Ugandan agricultural markets;


• Fluency in speaking and understanding Langi
  
  or Acholi is desirable.

If

you want to work for the Palladium Group in the aforementioned capacity should

Apply Online by clicking on web link below.

Deadline: 12th April, 2016