Save the Children: Cash Transfer MEAL Specialist Job 2019
About us
For over 90 years, Save the Children has been making a difference in children’s lives in more than 120 countries. We are the world’s largest independent child rights organisation, underpinned by a vision of a world in which every child attains the right to survival, protection, development and participation.
In Uganda, we implement programmes in five thematic areas of Child Protection, Child Rights Governance, Education, Child Poverty, Health and Nutrition in development and emergency contexts. Save the Children delivers programs in 30 districts in the North, Rwenzori, North-Eastern and Central regions of Uganda, Currently, Save the Children has a staff complement of 450 persons. We save children’s lives. We fight for their rights. We help them fulfil their potential
Role Purpose:
The job holder is responsible for monitoring, evaluation and learning of a cash for education in emergencies pilot programme implemented in partnership between two consortia. The post will oversee the set-up and roll out of robust monitoring and tracking tools for learners’ enrolment, attendance, retention and completion that will be utilised by three different consortium partners. The post will also work in partnership with the Multi-Purpose Cash Transfer Consortium to develop adapted Post Distribution Monitoring (PDM) tools for the Education Programme. The post holder will be responsible for conducting periodic reviews of the cash for education programme against the DAC criteria to reflect on challenges, opportunities and coordinating peer assessments.
The jobholder is responsible for specific deliverables centred around documentation and dissemination of learning from the pilot. The jobholder will be responsible for managing stakeholder and partnership relations with Education Consortium partners.
Contractual Status: NationalLocation: Fort Portal
Qualification and Experience; Essential
- Minimum of a Bachelor’s Degree in either Statistics, Economics, Education or Development Studies. Post Graduate training in M&E or Project Planning and Management.
- Minimum of five years working experience in monitoring and evaluation working experience with international NGOs.
- Previous experience working on monitoring and evaluation for cash transfer programming and knowledge and use of post distribution monitoring surveys and tools.
- Demonstrable prior experience working in consortia approach or in partnerships with multiple organisations and omputer literacy and excellent documentation skills are a must.
- Previous experience working on education programmes and previous experience working in the refugee context
Location: Uganda, Uganda
Permanent – Full-Time
Closing date: Thursday 18 July 2019
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