M&E / GIS Office

Job Summary: Under the guidance of the Learning & Innovation Manager, the M&E / GIS Officer’s primary responsibility is to assist project staff in the planning, coordinating, supervising, monitoring and evaluating of projects AND support the maintenance-and development of Country Program Geographical Information System (GIS)

Main Duties & Responsibilities:

Monitoring &Evaluation Roles:

1. Reviews and refines monitoring, evaluation & reporting tools for all projects in line with LWF Uganda M&E system and donor requirements.
2. Coordinates all aspects of project monitoring and reporting ensuring that data collected is of high quality, harmonized across all sub-programs and is produced on time.
3. Aggregates all qualitative and quantitative data from each project into one project status report- and submits the same to management within stipulated timeframes including monthly, quarterly, annual as well as feature reports.
4. Assists the Learning and Innovation, Grants Manager and Project Teams in designing, conducting and coordinating baselines, mid-term evaluations, end-line evaluations, Performance Quality Audits and annual project reviews.
5. Provides technical assistance and training on monitoring and data collection to M&E staff in all sub programs.
6. Tracks data quality based on review of data generated by the M&E Field Teams through activity tracker, debriefs, researches/surveys or Audits to primary sources to ensure that data provided is accurate and authentic.
7. Collates reports, articles, case studies, best stories from the implementing teams for compilation into status reports.
8. Regularly updates the Web based project monitoring, evaluation and reporting online system with project data and other information requirements and continually build the capacity of staff on the system.
9. Ensures that appropriate and harmonized systems are in place to track project implementation indicators, impact measurement and progress as required by the donors.
10. Oversees and updates M&E activities included in the Work Plan, with particular focus on results, impact, best practices, lessons Learned, emerging issues and setbacks in implementation.
11. Undertakes frequent visits to the field to support implementation of projects M&E and to Identify where adaptations might be needed.
12. Designs and implements systems to identify, analyze, document and disseminate lessons learned for each project.
13. Consolidates a culture of lessons learning involving all project staff and allocates specific responsibilities.
14. Ensure that ToRs for consultants recruited for different projects also incorporate mechanisms to capture and share lessons learned through their inputs to the project.
15. Participates in the production of quarterly newsletters for the organization.
16. Works closely with the learning and innovation Manager, Grants Manager and Project Managers to map out project-specific strategic partnerships and engage with different stakeholders.
17. Attends different learning and sharing events as appropriate.

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