Monitoring & Evaluation Expert – Uganda anticipated OVC RFA

Africare is a leader among private, charitable U.S. organizations assisting Africa. Africare is also the oldest and largest African-American led organization in the field. Africare's programs address needs in three principal areas: Agriculture & Food Security, Health & HIV/AIDS, and Water, Sanitation & Hygiene. Throughout its 40-year history, Africare has reached 30 million people across the continent with innovative, sustainable, culturally appropriate and life-changing projects to improve the quality of life in communities throughout Sub-Saharan Africa. Africare’s 1,400 staff members operate in 19 countries across Africa. Headquarters is based in Washington, DC where the President’s office and the Finance, Development, and Operations Departments are based.

SUMMARY:

Africare is seeking a Monitoring and Evaluation Expert for an anticipated five-year, $25 million Orphans and Vulnerable Children RFA for Uganda. The program attempts to achieve the goal of improved health, nutrition, education and psychosocial wellbeing, and reduced abuse, exploitation and neglect among OVC and youth. The program is one of several large-scale investments being made under USAID in Uganda and is expected to work in tandem (layer, integrate, sequence) with USAID’s current and future programming in the region.

As Monitoring and Evaluation Expert, the successful candidate will be responsible for coordinating and conducting the baseline, impact, and other evaluations, integrating technical and constituent sections while tracking program implementation against the Monitoring and Evaluation Plan (M&E), development of the Project's M&E framework, the development of a performance monitoring system, overseeing the maintenance of monitoring data collections systems (including developing and maintaining a project data base). S/he will also contribute to the design and assist in managing program assessments and evaluations and promote a culture of evidence-based decision making, and effectively communicating program results to a wide variety of stakeholders.

The M&E Director will report to the Chief of Party.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

· Ensure relevance and evidence base of all aspects of program design, and engage in dialogue with Chief of Party, Deputy Chief of Party and technical leads to continually strengthen program impact.

· Develops Performance Monitoring Plan (PMP) and oversees its implementation and periodic revision.

· Develops M&E instrumentation tools for the project as needed (including monitoring data collection forms for program and grantee staff)

· Ensure high quality data though the implementation of regular Data Quality Assessments (DQAs).

· Supports and supervises collection and analysis of data for project M&E in accordance with timeframes set in the PMP

· Develops, implements, and monitors the sub-grant awards and performance monitoring plans and systems for gathering, reporting, and analyzing performance data for impact and sustainability of project implementation. Updates and implements M&E framework for integrated delivery of community healthcare.

· Assist the Chief of Party analyze results achieved compared with objectives expected and identify the appropriate means and methods required at the project level.

· Ensure reliance on evidence produced from sector-specific monitoring tools based on relevant indicators to make key decisions.

· Develops an evaluation plan for the program and maintains a program monitoring data base

· Leads efforts, design tools and training sessions to develop an inquisitive learning culture within the project team and partners to feed innovations into organizational decision making.

· Manages all M&E activities and reporting for the project. Collects and reports on indicators required by USAID. Measures progress toward achieving project goals.

· Supports the documentation of best practices and facilitate the use of such data to drive program design and decision making. Produces information to share lessons learned and for advocacy purposes.

· Provides technical assistance to build or strengthening partner and stakeholder capacity for data management and M&E.

· Provides information and support in the development of the work plan, quarterly reports and annual reports

· Supervises M&E, management information systems (MIS) and Knowledge Management/ Communications team members to ensure that all program results are included in the PMP and other program documents.

· Apply and promote the use of participatory documentation techniques that involve project participants and staff in the process

· Develop and implement robust accountability systems to ensure activities respond to community member needs and that the results obtained are in line with the pre-established indicators and targets.

QUALIFICATIONS:

· Masters degree from a recognized institution in public health, statistics, or related field and minimum of 9 years of experience designing and implementing M&E systems for international donor-funded projects, in Uganda preferred.

· Additional skills/experience in one or more of the following technical areas: community-based health programs;

· Must have proven experience and capabilities in conducting evaluations (impact, baseline, others, etc.)

· Experience in data collection, statistical analysis, qualitative research, and dissemination of results.

· Experience in designing survey and research tools, organizing and delivering training workshops, managing community mobilization and advocacy activities for local non-governmental organizations.

· Strong technical skills in data management, M&E, disease surveillance, mapping, and/or assessment.

· Must have demonstrated expertise (relevant education and years of experience), including experience in monitoring large donor funded programs.

· Demonstrated ability to be collaborative across program components.

· Strong ability to communicate effectively (written and oral) with a wide range and level of audience

· Demonstrated knowledge of USAID facilitation approach and its application to program implementation, in addition to broader knowledge of USAID development approaches, techniques and a deep understanding of democracy and governance approaches applicable to the project as well as understanding of USAID rules and regulations and mandatory reporting requirements.

· Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to work in a team. Demonstrated ability to build consensus and navigate complex political contexts. Ability to develop effective working relationships with USAID, local organizations, other program partners and counterparts.

· Excellent computer skills including MS Office (Excel); strong presentation skills

· Candidates from Uganda are strongly encouraged to apply

How to Apply:

Applications should include a CV and cover letter. In the cover letter (of no more than two pages in length) the candidate should briefly describe his or her motivation for the position and highlight relevant experience.

Please send CVs to resumes@africare.org, include the position for which you are requesting consideration in the subject line. Resumes must be submitted by close of business on April 11, 2014.

ONLY short listed candidates will be contacted.

For more information about Africare, please visit http://www.africare.org/ .

Africare is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer committed to workplace diversity.

In view of the further development of its activities BTC is currently looking for a (m/f):

International Expert in capacity development

(project coordinator) – UGANDA

Support to beneficiary institutes to the skills development of their Human Resources

Ref.: UGA/11/888

Location: Kampala, UGANDA

Duration of the contract: 48 months

Probable starting date: as soon as possible

Monthly salary package: between 5.079,60 euro and 7.224,55 euro (this includes the gross monthly salary and the expat benefits: hardship allowance and expat allowance). The salary is calculated, depending on the composition of the family and the number of years of relevant experience.

According to the new strategy approved by DGD (Directorate General of Development Cooperation and Humanitarian Aid) on 29th January 2012, the system of granting scholarships on an individual and isolated basis will evolve towards an integrated capacity development project that will target selected institutes mainly in the two concentration sectors of the Indicative Development Cooperation Program 2013/2016: health and education. In addition, the environment sector is also considered as one of the priority sectors but to a lesser extent.

The intervention aims ‘to contribute to a better service delivery of Ugandan institutes and organizations (general objective)’ by increasing the human resource skills of selected Beneficiary Institutes (BI) in the health, education and environment sectors’ (specific objective), namely by:

(1) Strengthening the Sectorial Technical Committees for each sector to perform their tasks effectively.

(2) Strengthening the capacities of selected Beneficiary Institutes to develop and implement their human resource development plans based on a human resource needs assessment.

(3) Reinforcing effectively the human resource capacity of Beneficiary Institutes.

(4) And by managing scholarships for key selected trainings.

As for the selection process, specific attention will be paid to:

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The sector ministries will be deeply involved through the establishment of 3 Sectorial Technical Committees (one for each sector);

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For both selection of Beneficiary Institutes and training activities the focus will be put on quality;

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Organizational aspects as well as wide range of training activities such as short and long term skills development programs, scholarships in-/outside the country, mentoring and coaching, study tours, distance learning, in-service training, partnerships and conference.

In this way, the Sectorial Technical Committees will ensure the technical and operation follow-up of this intervention for their respective sector.

The joint responsibility of Government of Uganda and Belgium, will be further formalized by a Project Steering Committee, composed by representatives of the 3 ministries and a representative of BTC who will be responsible for the administrative and technical follow-up of the intervention. The daily implementation will be managed by a Project Coordination Team (PCT).

The intervention disposes of a budget of 6.4 million Euros and a timeframe of 5 years for execution. A gender balance of trainees of 50 % is targeted and a specific strategy will be developed accordingly.

Function:

The International Expert in capacity development shall be selected by BTC and presented to MoFPED (Ministry of Financy, Planning & Economic Development). He/she will work under the supervision of the Resident Representative to whom he/she is accountable. He/she will be assisted by a national scholarship officer, a national project officer and by an accountant and administration officer recruited by BTC. S/he will be one of the members of the PCT.

The expert will provide to the intervention his expertise in capacity development (CD) applied to the sectors of Education, Health and Environment. He/she will play an important role in the first phase of the intervention for the implementation of the new approach aiming at supporting a limited number of Beneficiary Institutes in their capacity development efforts.

The CD expert will refer to the Project Steering Committee (PSC) and ensure that the members are well informed of project progress and are adequately supplied with sufficient information to carry out their decision-making responsibilities. The CD Expert will provide feedback to the MoH (Ministry of Health), MoES (Ministry of Education and Sports) and MoWE (Ministry of Water and Environment) and other important actors on any changes in policy or direction that the PSC may wish to carry out within the Project framework.

Technical tasks:

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Makes sure that guiding principles and strategy of the project are shared, understood and respected, and are developed based on existing documents/plans/strategies; if needed contributes to the fine-tuning of those principles and strategy;

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Oversees the planning and preparation phase of the intervention;

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Ensures that short term expertise is recruited timely and adequately and that all necessary studies and missions are planned and implemented so as to provide the expected support to the project;

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Supervises the baseline study preparation and implementation and pays special attention to the indicators selected (reflective action concept);

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Contributes to the final selection of Beneficiary Institutes (BI);

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Makes sure that the BI capacity development strategies are developed and assessed prior to the start of planned training activities;

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Provides advice on the best suited CD modalities according to the objectives and plans of any BI;

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Provides advice and helps on the selection process of the best training institutes to be used, for each sector, giving priority to national and regional centres;

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Participates in the selection and follow-up committees for the different sectors;

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Promotes use of coherent approaches in different sectors;

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Participates in portfolio meetings of each sector and promotes synergies with the other interventions in the priority sectors of Belgian cooperation;

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Informs actively other development partners of developed approach and results of the selection process;

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Pays special attention to capitalization and communication on the results obtained and on lessons learned;

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Prepares a monitoring system to be used throughout the intervention in order to prepare for the final evaluation and final report of the project and for possible other tools or documents to be used to this effect.

Coordination tasks

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Has to ensure, in close consultation and collaboration with respective officers of MoH, MoES and MoWE, the coordination between different stakeholders;

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Organizes, coordinates and supervises implementation of project activities in accordance with approved project work plans;

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Presents to the Project Steering Committee the state of progress of project activities;

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Participates, without voting right, in the Project Steering Committee meetings and ensures its secretariat.

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Supervises financial management, accounting and timely compilation of quarterly progress reports and budgeted work plans for the following period for consideration by the PSC;

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Analyses and consolidates monitoring reports and prepare recommendations to the PSC;

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Organizes bi-annual PSC meetings;

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Prepare contents and agenda of PSC meetings;

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Is responsible for regular communication with BTC on management and supervision of Project implementation;

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Ensures the capturing and integration of lessons learnt and experience drawn in the implementation of project activities;

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Is authorized account-holders for the accounts.

Profile:

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University degree (minimum Master level) in Education, Social-Sciences or Human resource management;

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At least 8 years experience in project management. If this experience concerns capacity strengthening at individual and organizational level it will be an asset;

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At least 3 years experience in international development project coordination overseas dealing with national institutes;

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Has proven experience in at least one of the 3 priority sectors of the intervention (Education, Health & Environment) and demonstrates the capacities of managing the other sectors’ activities;

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Has proven relevant experience in leading a team of professionals, in supervising staff and in coaching collaborators;

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Has solid expertise in the field of capacity development/institutional strengthening;

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Has solid expertise in human resources development;

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Knowledge of the local context will be an asset;

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Writes clear and concise reports and other administrative and technical documents;

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Has good communication, presentation and facilitation skills;

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Fluent in English;

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Good training and coaching ability;

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Able to work under stressful conditions and not objecting to overtime and field missions.

Interested?

Please apply no later than March 26th 2014, through our website http://www.btcctb.org/. Use

our Standard CV and a letter of motivation to apply. You can find the model of our Standard

CV on the Jobs page of our website. If you have any additional questions, don’t hesitate to

contact us at +32 (0)2/505 18 65.

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I am currently seeking a social expert for a project in Uganda.

A Post-Graduate in Social Sciences or Sociology or Social works or Anthropology with at least 8 years of experience in handling / conducting stakeholders' consultations, public meetings on social issues in the developing countries context, WTP (willingness to pay) surveys, advising on rehabilitation and resettlement issues, land acquisition plans, social mitigation measures, educating the masses on social benefits of solid waste management. Experience in handling the social aspects of SWM projects in South Asia, especially in collection, treatment and disposal functions is preferred.

Expected work start date: Nov 2012.

Expected project duration: 10 to 12 months.

Short description: The Government of Uganda is seeking to engage the private sector in the integrated management of solid waste within the city and the possible use of landfill gas in the production of energy through a PPP (“Project”). The project will help the local authorities to (i) prepare and structure this PPP transaction, and (ii) implement public tenders to select a private operator/investor.

If you are interested please send me a copy of you're your latest CV (if WB format if available) and daily fee.

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•Hold critical internal and external crop expertise across a range of agronomic and market conditions
•Facilitate and lead the application of specific crop solutions, Integrated Solutions or branded, and also serve as the conduit for field-level generation of potential Integrated Solutions.
•Actively participate in design, communication, and implementation of technical crop solutions for the assigned crop.
ACCOUNTABILITIES
Territorial Business Accountabilities

•Reside locally, aligned with the agronomic value map associated with the assigned crop market for maximum impact and optimal coverage.
•Identify, communicate and steward measurable technical attributes of our product and Integrated Solutions portfolio for each assigned crop market by providing technical guidance.
•Set up and follow up commercial trials to build deep understanding of Syngenta product offers and help Product Manager to sharpen their positioning and maximize the impact of product launches and the overall commercial assortment sales and market share.
•Develop training tools and materials to educate different stakeholders on new solutions.
•Organize and locally manage field trial demonstration sites and liaise with growers in support of the local sales team.
•Leverage deep understanding of leading producers' Key Buying Factors to efficiently sell on the value of Syngenta products and offers and drive market share gains.
Accountable for six major areas: crop expertise, solution and product launch maximization, claim opportunity support, and collaboration at the farm-gate/internally/externally.
o Crop expertise: Provide agronomic support, training and coaching to the sales force, key account managers, channel partners and grower customers
o Solution and product launch maximization: identify potential solutions to address grower needs and support new product launches via participation in trials and training
o Claim opportunity support: resolve grower claims and create new opportunities
o Collaboration at the farm-gate/internally/externally: Partner with the channels to maximize grower return on investment, and with internal and external stakeholder to position Syngenta for success within the assigned crop market. E.g., Develop grower agronomic solution partnership opportunities, coach sales force, build relationship to Key Accounts and Centers of Influence

Transition accountabilities

•Quickly build Integrated Solutions delivery capability at Territory levels for the assigned crop

Critical experience and knowledge
•?Good agronomical background
•?3 years of experience as a Sales Representative, Product Evaluator or Product Manager in the agri-business sector,
•?Solid crop management knowledge
•?Computer skills (Microsoft Office user)
Critical leadership capabilities
•Sets ambitious strategic goals
•Communicates with impact
•Leads change and holds ambiguity
•Builds a culture of innovation
•Focuses on customers
•Manages for performance
•Develops people, organization and self
•Collaborates across boundaries
Critical technical and professional capabilities
•Delivers distinctive value proposition to customer
•Understands customer needs
•Has deep and broad crop and product knowledge
•Analytical thinking
•Influencing and negotiation

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Freelancer candidates has to work from home and complete various academic(Education) related assignments. Flexible working, no target.

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Deliverables:

• Leads MS project team for medium to large and/or more complex accounts.

• Plans and monitors delivery phase of project.

• Plans and manages internal and external resources.

• Responsible for internal and external project reporting.

• Primary project interface to the customer ensuring good customer satisfaction and developing the customer relationship.

• Shares project experience and best practices, knowledge of project management processes,

tasks and tools with other project managers.

• Identifies and supports new business opportunities.

• Represents the MS Network Operations & would be responsible for leadership and management of the Infrastructure (passive) Operations for Bharti country operations.

• Passive contributes to top line in big way. Passive uptime is critical KPI and special focus is

required to meet that KPI. In Africa, 85% outages are contributed by passive infrastructure, that

makes this even more critical to ensure that process adherence to preventive maintenance for

passive is maintained.

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for end to end delivery of passive infrastructure operations within agreed cost

baseline..

• Provide organization management & development of Infra operations leads in each of the

country operations.

• Escalation point for any infrastructure operations from any of the country operations.

• Seamless transition of Bharti suppliers to NSN environment & driving the operational / business transformation for new countries transitioned to NSN Managed services.

• Work with MS category management/ direct services procurement on a continual basis for

partner selection strategy, optimizing existing delivery models to improve productivity and reduce opex.

• Device & deploy coherent delivery with respect to process & tools aligned with NSN ops Model across all the multi-country operations.

• Drive with country teams & service suppliers operators’ passive contractual service delivery SLA/KPIs.

• Ensure service supplier governance practices are implemented in each country operations.

• Design, deploy & monitor services supplier performance metrics.

• Ensures operational processes are enforced, regularly reviewed & updated based on

requirement.

• Support the regional MS organization in terms of infrastructure operational process & tools, cost benchmarking & portfolio development.

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Civil Society Experts

ICMA (the International City/County Management Association) is a premier local government leadership and management organization. Its mission is to create excellence in local governance by advocating and developing the professional management of local government worldwide.

ICMA is an internationally recognized publisher of information resources ranging from textbooks and survey data to topical newsletters and e-publications. ICMA provides technical assistance to local governments in emerging democracies, helping them to develop professional practices and ethical, transparent governments. ICMA performs a wide range of grant and contract funded work both in the U.S. and globally, which is supported by federal government agencies, foundations, and corporations.  To learn more about ICMA global projects click here.

ICMA is searching for Civil Society Experts for an anticipated municipal services improvement and governance project to work in Kampala and in one of the field offices.

Specific Duties to be performed:  Identify and collaborate with NGOs involved in various local governance activities, in pursuit of more open decision making, transparency of municipal activities and services, and relevant rules and regulations granted under decentralization. Design and lead stakeholder forums and task forces that bring about better dialogue between civil society and local leaders and the national Parliament. Perform media relations related to more open society, and coach and counsel project staff on civil society relations.

Required Skills and Experience: Five years of experience in managing CSO programs, local governance training and capacity building, organizing advocacy efforts, or related   activities.

Education: Bachelor’s degree in management, sociology, training and development, or a related field.

Desired Skills and Experience: a leadership role in an NGO or a humanitarian program implementing organization 

Special Qualifications (if any): fluent English

Please submit cover letter and resume highlighting relevant criteria and experience at the “Apply Now” link or email to with the subject line “Civil Society Expert-Uganda”

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Job Title: Senior Mobile Money Design and Architecture Expert (MMDAE)

Company: Grameen Foundation

Vacancy: Senior Mobile Money Design and Architecture Expert (MMDAE)
REPORT TO: MFSI Project Director
Location: Kampala
Country: Uganda
Job Description (Duties):

Job Summary:

The Senior Mobile Money Application Design and Architecture Expert (MMDAE) will assist to integrate MM platform to various financial institutions. He/she will lead the design, specification and development teams.
Essential Job Functions:

Carry out research on various MM, banking, financial institutions and integration platforms,
Design and architect secure middleware infrastructure capable of connecting, and facilitating transaction between different m-Money and financial institutions systems
Design, architect and develop mobile applications that are layered over this middleware platform, extend the existing capabilities of MTN’s MM platform, and leverage existing financial networks, focusing on financial inclusion at the BOP Collect integration requirements and write specifications and related design and implementation documentation & roadmaps for these systems and applications
Write test plans and execute unit, assembly, application, and integration testing to certify applications with mobile operators and financial institutions.
Work closely with development teams to develop, test and deploy these systems and applications

Necessary Qualifications:

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

Deep commitment to eradication of poverty and alignment with Grameen Foundation’s mission
Experience working in developing countries
Experience in developing technology for highly security-sensitive environments, financial and banking institutions
Financial application architecture and development skills (+)
Mobile application architecture and development skills (+)
Familiarity with existing financial systems, and various financial transaction platforms, including FundamoUser-oriented application design experience, including user-interface design, ethnographic research and usability testing
Belief in the potential to leverage information and communication technology (ICTs) for the benefit of poor people –with practical experience.
Some knowledge of the mobile money space
fluent in oral and written English

Education and Experience:

Masters degree in engineering, software development, computer science or related discipline
5+ years working experience in an design/architecture role

How to Apply: Interested, please submit in person a typed up-to-date CV and application letter with copies of your academic papers to;

NFT Consult – Uganda,Kisozi Complex, Plot 6/8 Kyaggwe Road, Nakasero
Tel: +256 0414237904 / 24, 0312266904

If applying online, please send an email to grameenjobs@nftconsult.com. ( In the Subject line please indicate the position you are applying for i.e "Senior Mobile Money Design and Architecture Expert (MMDAE)")

Attach your CV and application letter ONLY; please merge them into ONE file in MS word or PDF format.

DO NOT attach scanned academic papers or documents when applying online
Fluent in oral and written English

Deadline:2011-06-03