Earn over 117m annually as Senior Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist at United States US Mission

Organisation: United States US Embassy, US Mission in Uganda

Duty Station: USAID, Program and Policy Development (PPD) Kampala,

Uganda

Salary Grade: FSN-11 (Ugshs 117,730,581 to 172,487,987 p.a. inclusive

of allowances)

Vacancy Announcement Number: 30-16

Welcome

to the United States Embassy in Kampala, Uganda.  The United States has enjoyed diplomatic

relations with Uganda for over 30 years. 

Ambassador Scott H. DeLisi currently heads the U.S Mission to

Uganda.  The Mission is composed of

several offices and organizations all working under the auspices of the Embassy

and at the direction of the Ambassador.

Among

the offices operating under the U.S Mission to Uganda are:

• United States Agency for International
  
  Development (USAID)


• Centers for Disease Control (CDC)


• Peace Corps 

Job Summary: The Senior Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist

will be responsible for ensuring Mission compliance with USAID performance

management and evaluation policy as set forth in Automated Directives System

Chapter 203, as well as Mission policy as set forth in the current USAID/Uganda

Evaluation Mission Order.  As the senior

Mission subject-matter expert (SME) on all matters M&E, s/he advises the

PPD Director and Deputy Director, the Mission Director and his/her Deputy, the

Mission Office of Acquisition and Assistance, and Mission technical teams on

all aspects of Mission program performance monitoring and evaluation, ensures

that progress toward intended results is monitored, recorded and reported upon

in accordance with USAID policy guidance, advises and trains, as needed, all

Mission Contracting Officer Representatives (CORs) and Assistance Officer

Representatives (AORs) and implementing partners on the design, implementation

and modification of performance monitoring plans (PMPs) for their respective

contracts and grants.  S/he provides

final Mission-level clearance on all evaluations of Mission projects/activities.  S/he also supports the Mission Project Design

and Budget Team in applying lessons learned from mid-term and

post-project/activity evaluations to new project/activity designs.  S/he has overall management responsibility

for ensuring that the Mission’s performance-data reporting system consistently

conforms to Agency standards and policy guidance, and for enforcing

requirements for timely collection of Mission program performance data for that

system and for timely assessment of data quality.

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

NOTE:  All

applicants must address each selection criterion detailed below with specific

and comprehensive information supporting each item.

• The applicants for the US Embassy Senior
  
  Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist job placement should hold a Master’s
  
  degree, or host country equivalent, in a field related to monitoring and
  
  evaluation and performance/statistical research and analysis, which may
  
  include economics, applied mathematics/statistics, public or business
  
  administration, organizational/management theory and practice, demography
  
  is required


• A minimum of ten years’ experience in professional
  
  level experience in the performance monitoring and evaluation of
  
  development-assistance programs, 4 years of which should be with a U.S.
  
  Government (USG) agency or other bilateral or multilateral official aid
  
  donor organization.


• Previous experience must include the
  
  development and management of performance monitoring plans,
  
  oversight/management of computer and/or web-based performance data
  
  recording and reporting systems, design and management of program/project
  
  evaluations and assessments, data source selection and quality analysis,
  
  report writing, and work in diverse team settings.


• Possess excellent interpersonal,
  
  conceptualization and problem-solving, and communication skills, including
  
  the ability to write persuasively and with appropriate attention to
  
  detail, timeliness, and quality of presentation; the ability to work
  
  effectively and with minimal guidance or supervision within a
  
  culturally-diverse team setting and to provide leadership to peers and
  
  subordinates that ensures quality work while promoting professional
  
  growth; a demonstrated ability to work effectively with a broad range of
  
  professional counterparts within and outside of the employing
  
  organization.


• Ability to interact effectively on a
  
  peer-to-peer basis with local and international M&E professionals in
  
  professional fora, conferences, and work groups, including, as
  
  appropriate, the development and presentation of original research and
  
  analyses that meet international standards of professional peer review in
  
  the M&E field.


• Advanced computer literacy, including the
  
  ability to, entirely independently, create, interpret, edit, and modify
  
  documents and spreadsheets using common word-processing, spreadsheet and
  
  slide-show software packages, such as those included in the Microsoft
  
  Office suite, with minimal supervision.


• Broad working knowledge of the economic,
  
  social and political contest of developing countries such as Uganda; of
  
  official development assistance theory and practice; detailed professional
  
  practitioner-level knowledge of M&E and organizational learning theory
  
  and practice, including data selection, collection, and analytical
  
  methodologies, and data-quality assessment.


• Knowledge of computer and/or web-based
  
  M&E data-management systems.


• The incumbent will be able to provide expert
  
  technical advice to assist Mission Management and the Executive Office in
  
  identifying Mission training needs related to monitoring and evaluation,
  
  including the incumbent’s own training required to maintain an effective
  
  Mission leadership role in M&E and Learning and any necessary certification
  
  requirements.


• Language: Level IV English ability Oral and
  
  written professional-level (Fluent) is required

All

those interested in working with the US mission in Kampala should send their

applications and strictly adhere to the following:

• Universal Application for Employment as a
  
  Locally Employed Staff or Family Member (DS-174), Download
  
  it Here.


• Candidates who claim US Veterans preference
  
  must provide a copy of their Form DD-214 with their application.  Candidates who claim conditional US
  
  Veterans preference must submit documentation confirming eligibility for a
  
  conditional preference in hiring with their application.


• Any other documentation (e.g. essays,
  
  transcripts/certificates, awards) that addresses the qualification
  
  requirements of the position as listed above.

By

email at KampalaHR@state.gov

NB: Your application will be reviewed if you have

fulfilled all the requirements including submission of standard file types such

as Microsoft Word (.doc) and Adobe Acrobat (.pdf) in a single attachment (No

Zipped files, Links or Multiple Attachments) and should not exceed 10MB. Please

clearly indicate the position number and title you are applying for on the

DS-174 form.

The

US Mission in Kampala provides equal opportunity and fair and equitable

treatment in employment to all people without regard to race, color religion,

sex, national origin, age, disability, political affiliation, marital status,

or sexual orientation.  The Department of

State also strives to achieve equal employment opportunity in all personnel

operations through continuing diversity enhancement programs.