Research Associate - Monitoring and Evaluation at International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) in Uganda

Job Title:  Research Associate - Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E)

Employer: International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)

Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda

Application Deadline: 20^th Feb 2015

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Take leadership in developing the overall project monitoring strategy, and provide technical leadership for its operationalization in Uganda;
• Actively participate in the design of the M&E strategy and operationalization of the project as a whole;
• Steer all field-based activities including but not limited to data collection, recruitment and training of enumerators, data collection,
• Develop and manage the project data base, pooling all data and outputs from the different project activities into one place where scientists and the policy actors can access it from;
• Basing on the result based management strategy, contribute to the development and implementation of specific M&E strategies that the project can adopt to track progress of all project activities, their progress and measure their impact on participants' knowledge, attitude and skills, and changes in policy implementation actions/strategies;
• In charge of the operationalization of the project result-based management plan and the M&E strategy facilitating the learning alliance platform to develop and maintain a monitoring strategy for the iterative social learning process and its impacts.
• Keenly track progress of research activities, development of research products and policy engagement actions;
• Responsible for the development of project annual work plans in collaboration with technical modules of the project by compiling various activity plans, conducting progress reviews and writing project performance reports;
• Support scientists to integrate monitoring and evaluation indicators in the implementation of research activities
• Compile and send reports as required
• Perform any other duties as assigned by the supervisor.

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

• The ideal candidate should hold a Master’s degree in Agricultural Economics or a related field.
• A minimum of three years’ experience working as a monitoring & evaluation specialist, preferably on agriculture, nutrition and/or food security programs.
• Extensive knowledge and understanding of the programming, budgeting process of international donor agencies.
• Possess the ability to interact in a diversified work environment.
• Readiness to travel within and outside Uganda.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Fluency i.e. reading, writing and speaking, in the English language.

How to Apply:

All candidates should send their applications including an updated curriculum vitae, copies of certificates, telephone number, email address, and names and addresses of three referees and send them to:

The Country Representative,

IITA-Uganda

P.O. Box, 7878,

Kampala,

OR hand deliver to Plot 15, East Naguru Road OR email to: IITA-Uganda@cgiar.org. Please clearly indicate “Research Associate – M&E” in subject line if sending by email or on envelope if sending by post, or hand delivery.