Design, Monitoring and Evaluation Manager

DME Leadership

• Provide proactive and clear functional leadership across WVU Response Programme for development and full coordination of all DME processes, practices and learning
• Develop full, effective cross-functional working relationships for DME staff in the response and other functions/sectors
• Participate effectively with DME networks, practitioners and learning/research institutions to access, research, evaluate and promote the best available external practices and resources in DME for the response

Programme Monitoring and Reporting

• Establish and strengthen a robust monitoring system for the response to increase project efficiency and accountability to internal and external partners
• Track the response strategy using the established response M&E systems that provides information on progress being made on each of the indicators in the strategy
• Prepare and consolidate monthly, quarterly, mid-year and annual management reports for the response in line with DME
• Review other agency, government and donor reports and interpret the information summarized in a useful manner to inform management decision making
• Coordinate with the Information Management unit to store data in both hard and soft form and disseminate appropriate information among respective partners.

Networking and Collaboration

• Support engagement with key stakeholders for influence, learning and resource development. Represent WVU in key inter-agency for a;
• Engage and build relationships with key partners and government counterparts
• Engage with donor agencies and other stakeholders, from time to time, as required.
• Contribute to the development and implementation of the Grant Acquisition Business Plan through technical input to grant proposals.
• Work with the Programmes Department and commodities team to ensure quality programming and adherence to minimum standards including World Vision International DM&E standards, values and principles, SPHERE and other sector standards and protocols as well as the mainstreaming of cross-cutting issues (Gender, Environment, Protection, Peace Building, Disability and Christian Commitments)

Capacity Building;

• Enhance organizational capacity building on DME related subjects to improve project efficiency and accountability
• Provide effective leadership and management to the DME team to function efficiently in meeting the organization’s needs.
• Oversee implementation of the DM&E systems through regular field monitoring visits and tracking of Key Performance Indicators.

Evidence based Learning and Reflection

• Promote evidence based learning through undertaking assessments, baselines and evaluations including operations research and documentation for the response
• Analyze and provide monitoring data generated from M&E systems and used for management decision making, course adjustments and future designs through reflection and learning forums organized on a regular basis
• Support all projects in the response in documenting, disseminating innovations, best practices and new research findings related to DME
• Plan for and implement program planning and review meetings in line with the response strategy annual operational plan
• Take lead on disseminating evaluation findings and track utilization of evaluation findings for the response

Design, Planning and Resource acquisition

• Coordinate the Annual Review and Planning process for the response
• Participate in designing of grants/proposals and ensure alignment of grants to the response strategy
• Support resource acquisition through development of concepts, proposals and response to RFAs​

Assessments, Evaluations and Research

• Lead and support high quality assessments, baselines and evaluations for the response in line with established LEAP or donor related guidelines in order to promote evidence for informed decision making
• Support and strengthen adoption and utilization of simplified methodologies such as LQAS for tracking annual outcomes for all projects in the response program
• Take lead of all response research and needs assessments by monitoring the changing needs of target communities, identifying opportunities in line with WV Uganda mission & strategy
• Monitor and follow up on utilization of recommendations from evaluation surveys across the response Programme
• Conduct meta evaluations of all completed program evaluations to establish key learnings and recommendations to inform future evaluations

Data Quality Assurance

• Lead periodic data quality assessments to ensure validity, integrity, precision, reliability and timeliness of all performance data; identify any deficiencies and suggest corrective actions
• Provide technical support to technical leads in the response on integration of the strategy into ongoing or new programs/projects in the response
• Track timely implementation and reporting of program and or project plans for the response and provide timely data to inform management decisions
• Provide technical review and input to all DME deliverables in the response across all projects

Information Management Systems

• Provide technical guidance to DME teams in the response in line with utilization of MIS systems such as Horizon, GIS, OVC databases, WASH MIS, Automated Database etc.
• Roll out partnership initiatives from Global Centre such as Horizon, GIS etc. in the response
• Provide meaningful data summaries and visualization to demonstrate impact of WV interventions in the response
• Support application of statistical software for results based monitoring and evaluation such as SPSS, EPIDATA, EPIINFO, STATA, GIS, ODK etc.