USAID/Uganda is seeking qualified candidates for the position of Personal Services Contractor (PSC) – Project Management Specialist (Strategic Information/Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (PMS-SI/MEL)).
ELIGIBLE OFFERORS: “Cooperating Country National” shall mean the individual engaged to serve in the Cooperating Country under this contract.
“Cooperating Country” shall mean the foreign country in or for which services are to be rendered hereunder.
Opening date: February 8, 2021
Closing date: February 19, 2021
USAID/Uganda is seeking for qualified individuals to fill the Project Management Specialist (Strategic Information/Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (PMS-SI/MEL)) position, located in the Education, Youth, and Child Development (EYCD) Office.
The PMS plays a leading role in developing effective PEPFAR strategic information and monitoring, evaluation, and learning systems, in support of the Contracting/Agreement Officer’s Representatives (C/AORs) managing the Mission’s PEPFAR programs/projects/activities, works with the broader USAID Strategic Information (SI) team and receives guidance and technical direction from the PEPFAR inter-agency Orphans and Vulnerable Children Collaborative, applies evaluation research to monitor program/project/activity implementation in order to document results and to translate SI, MEL, and other data into meaningful policy and program improvements, serves as a subject matter expert and key contributor to strengthening information systems and providing technical guidance to EYCD Office leaders; the broader USAID Mission; implementing partners involved in PEPFAR program monitoring and evaluation; and the Government of Uganda, and serves as Alternate A/COR, responsible for providing technical and programmatic guidance to the Improved Care and Resilience for Children and Youth project.
- EDUCATION
Bachelor’s Degree in a field related to social science, statistics, mathematics, economics, computer science, epidemiology, health informatics, public health, infectious disease, zoonotic disease, biology, or other related discipline is required.
- PRIOR WORK EXPERIENCE
–Five years of progressively responsible professional experience in monitoring, evaluation, and learning and other surveillance systems, evaluation of program/project/activity implementation, direct program/project/activity management required.
–At least two years of this experience must have taken place in a development-oriented workplace (or a related field) for USAID, other donor agencies, host-country organizations, or private-sector institutions, and have included project design, performance monitoring, and/or the analysis and interpretation of large amounts of data required.
How to apply
The detailed solicitation document Number: 72061721R10008 which provides the full position description, selection criteria, and specific instructions on how to submit an offer is found at: https://ug.usembassy.gov/embassy/jobs/ or send an email to [email protected] copy [email protected]
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