Islamic Development Bank (IDB) Project Jobs - Monitoring and Evaluation Officer at Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries (MAAIF)

Organisation: Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and

Fisheries (MAAIF)

Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda

Project Name: Enhancing National Food Security through

Increased Rice Production (ENRP) Project
Funding Source: Islamic Development Bank (IDB)

Reports to: Project Coordinator

About MAAIF:

The Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries received

funding from the Islamic Development Bank (IDB) to implement the Jeddah

Declaration initiative (2008) through Enhancing National Food Security through

Increased Rice Production (ENRP) project. The project is to provide short term

assistance to the Government of Uganda to withstand global food market and

climate shocks as well as medium to long term support to build and strengthen

the institutional and technical capacities, for sustained agricultural growth

that contributes to poverty alleviation and food security.

Job Summary: The Monitoring and Evaluation Officer will be

responsible for the development and implementation of a comprehensive

monitoring and evaluation system for the project, including capacity

development and establishment of an effective management Information System.

Key Duties and Responsibilities: 

• Developing an M&E
  
  system for the Project and coordinate the development of the project’s
  
  M&E guidelines


• The Monitoring and Evaluation Officer will establish a baseline.


• Developing monitoring
  
  and evaluation guidelines for the project, for use by staff at different
  
  levels of implementation of the project.


• Coordinating data and
  
  information collection on project implementation and undertake analysis.


• Preparing M&E
  
  reports to the Coordinator for decision making and improvement of
  
  implementation of the project.


• Actively contributing to the
  
  preparation of the Project Implementation and Financial Manuals.


• Preparing and
  
  disseminating the project’s periodic progress reports in consultation with
  
  the Project Coordinator.


• Organizing and
  
  facilitating the Annual Review Workshops, Annual Work-plan and budget
  
  (AWPB) Workshops, supervision missions and other technical backstopping
  
  missions in consultation with the Project Coordinator.


• Coordinating,
  
  supervising and providing technical backstopping for surveys, studies and
  
  project assessments.


• Perform any other duty
  
  (related to the project’s activities) as may be assigned by the Project
  
  Coordinator.

Qualifications, Skills and Experience: 

• The ideal candidate
  
  must be a Ugandan citizen holding an honors Bachelor’s degree in
  
  Agriculture or related field, a Masters degree in Agriculture,
  
  Agricultural Economics, Economics, Development Studies. Business
  
  Administration or equivalent field plus a post graduate diploma/certificate
  
  in MIS or M&E will be an advantage.


• At least five (5)
  
  years’ experience of working in the field of M&E and good knowledge of
  
  participatory M&E approaches and techniques and development of
  
  performance based indicators.


• Age: 28 years and above

How to Apply: