Program Management Specialist (M&E)

Salary Range: UGX 157,828,400 to 232,334,711 per annum

USAID/Uganda is seeking qualified candidates for the position of Program Management Specialist (Monitoring and Evaluation), (PMS/M&E).

The Program Management Specialist (Monitoring and Evaluation), (PMS/M&E) position is located in the Program Office -Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MEL) sub-team. The Specialist serves as advisor to USAID/Uganda management, its partners, and implementing partners (IPs) on systems for monitoring, evaluating, and reporting on USAID development impact. The Specialist ensures monitoring, evaluation, and learning (MEL) is incorporated into all appropriate Mission policy documents and activity designs. The Specialist provides technical leadership to the Mission on strategic planning, performance monitoring, evaluation and learning to ensure that strategic results are systematically tracked and analyzed to support accountability, learning and adaptations in strategies and approaches. To this end, the Specialist coordinates and provides technical guidance to other M&E Specialists in the Mission technical offices in delivery of key MEL tasks required at both the Mission and Implementing Partner (IP) level. The Specialist also serves as the Contracting Officer’s Representative (COR) for a US $27 millionMission-wide MEL Activity.

The Specialist reports to the Supervisory Project Management Specialist (Collaborating, Learning and Adapting (CLA)) and the position is nonsupervisory.

EDUCATION

Bachelor’s degree in social sciences, economics, demography, evaluation and management, or a related field is required.

PRIOR WORK EXPERIENCE

Minimum of five (5) years of progressively responsible, professional level experience in monitoring and evaluation of development programs. Professional experience related to the development of monitoring and evaluation plans at different levels, design and management of evaluations, surveys and studies, operation of management information systems and reporting involving working with teams in dynamic environments is required. Experience in supporting teams utilize evidence to guide program adaptation is required.