Monitoring and Evaluation Project Coordinator
Last Date: March 14, 2011
Monitoring and Evaluation Project Coordinator Job Description
IPA is looking to hire a Project Coordinator to provide partner organizations in Uganda with monitoring and evaluation advice, best practices, and tools.
The Project Coordinator will work closely with partner organizations to understand their unique data needs and to develop and pilot targeted M&E plans. The PC will make technical presentations to local organizations on monitoring and evaluation, conduct in-depth field visits supporting and advising on data collection and analysis, and assist with the synthesis of collected data. Regular reports and reviews of findings will be submitted to IPA. The Project Coordinator should have 2-4 years professional experience in M&E with international organizations, as well as field experience.
Duration and Location:
• Start date: March 2011.
• 1 year commitment requested, extension possible.
• Based in Kampala, Uganda with regular travel out of the capital for short and long field visits.
Desired Qualifications and Experience
• A Bachelor's or Master's degree in economics, social sciences, organizational development, management or related fields.
• Professional and/or academic training in monitoring and evaluation.
• Prior work experience in monitoring and/or evaluation in developing countries.
• Training and/or experience with randomized control trials.
• Experience living and conducting field research in a developing country is a strong plus.
• Knowledge of database management software is a strong plus.
• Excellent management and organizational skills along with strong quantitative skills; managerial experience and the ability to present positions and to negotiate with senior officials.
• Fluency and excellent communication skills in English.
• Flexible, self-motivating, able to manage multiple tasks efficiently, and a team player.
• Demonstrated ability to manage high-level relationships with partner organizations.
• Familiarity with randomized controlled trials preferred.
• We are looking for a commitment period of one year for this position.
If you are interested, please do two things:
1. Complete the J-PAL/IPA common application ( http://apply.povertyactionlab.org/apply/login ) indicating that you are interested in applying for a "Type 1" position. Please note: you are not required to include transcripts or letters of recommendation upon initial submission. After submitting, you can edit your application at any time and may add these materials.
2. Send an email to jpaljobs@gmail.com following these instructions exactly:
In the subject line: Put your full name, first (given) name followed by last (family) name.
Attachments: Please attach ONLY your CV.
In the email body: Copy exactly the following position line:
100326IPAAfrica, PC, Monitoring and Evaluation
Please do not include any text besides the position line(s) in the body of the e-mail. Adding extra text will interfere with the processing of your application.
If you are applying to multiple positions, you can put multiple positions lines in the same email. And you may send multiple such emails. However, please do not do this for more than 10 positions per every 6 month period. So, if you put 10 position lines in one email, then that counts as ten. Or if you put 4 in one email, and 6 in another, that also counts as ten.
J-PAL and IPA work closely together to conduct rigorous impact evaluations to test and improve the effectiveness of poverty reduction programs. Only short-listed candidates will be contacted for an interview.
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