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Village Enterprise
Uganda
About the Organization:
Village Enterprise, started in 1987, is a microenterprise development organization working in East Africa to reduce poverty with a mission to equip people living in extreme poverty with resources to create sustainable
businesses.€ It provides business training, seed capital/start-up funds, and on-going mentoring to new entrepreneurs to start new businesses each year.
About the Job:
Village Enterprise is seeking a Fellow to lead its field-level Monitoring and Evaluation activities, design and manage innovative pilot projects as well as current special projects.
Tasks and Responsibilities:
- Monitoring and evaluation:
- Manage and assess Village Enterprise business owner targeting (an ultra-poor targeting process);
- Design and lead special project evaluations, write reports for funders;
- Oversee and increase the quality and efficiency of core and special project monitoring;
- Manage relations with external evaluation partners for a planned impact evaluation;
- Supervise the training of staff and enumerators on data collection/interviewing, data entry, analysis, and other tasks as required;
- Provide oversight for microenterprise development plan data collection and analysis.
- Operations:
- Assist in the implementation, monitoring, and expansion of the Village Enterprise core program;
- Provide management oversight and leadership, in cooperation with the senior director of programs and operations, country directors, and field staff, in Kakamega, Kenya, Soroti, and Hoima, Uganda;
- Promote a strong work ethic among the regional manager and business mentors;
- Train trainers, mentor other employees, and build capacity in country offices;
- Act as a liaison between the field operations Team and development team in the US.
Qualifications:
- Master's degree is required with concentrations in Development or Agricultural Economics, International Development, Public Policy, Statistics or other applied social research strongly preferred;
- Previous experience in both quantitative and qualitative evaluation preferred;
- Ability to design and implement research based on randomized control trials, regression discontinuity, propensity score matching, and other methods preferred.
- More than 2 years of work experience in a management/leadership role is preferred;
- Experience living/working/traveling in a developing country or emerging economy;
- Experience in project design, business planning, product innovation or other entrepreneurial activities;
- Ability to use Excel to analyze data, budgets, and financial reports;
- Willingness to commit to living in rural areas of East Africa;
- Fluency in English required;
- Strong IT skills preferred, including database management, network setup, and troubleshooting.
- Posted: 18 Apr 2013
How to Apply:
Interested candidates can send their resume and cover letter to Anne Olson and CC to Philip Arscott
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Contact:
Anne Olson, Philip Arscott
anneo@villageenterprise.org, philipa@villageenterprise.org
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