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Position Title: Monitoring
& Evaluation Operations Manager
Location: National Office in Kampala, Uganda.
Experience: atleast 4 years work experience,
Reports: to the
Country Director.
Background
Information
DEVELOPING YOUNG LEADERS AND ENTREPRENEURS IN AFRICA
Overview of Educate!
Educate! works to transform the education system in Uganda
to prepare youth to be leaders and entrepreneurs who take leadership
initiative, create small businesses, and improve livelihoods for
themselves and their communities.
Educate! delivers to 16-20 year old youth within Ugandan
schools a practical and relevant model of education, comprised of a leadership
and entrepreneurship course, interactive teaching,
intensive mentorship, experience starting an enterprise, and
access to out of school networks
and resources. Through advocacy and direct service in
schools, it works to get this model to be
part of the education system.
Educate! currently reaches almost 5,000 youth, has seen 56%
of its graduates start businesses
and make almost $40 a month, has backing from Ashoka and
Echoing Green, and got its
curriculum incorporated into Uganda’s national
entrepreneurship curriculum, reaching over 25,000
annually.
Position Overview Educate!
Operations Manager to partner with the leadership team to
manage and strengthen the organization’s
performance management systems and research efforts. The
ideal candidate will have at least 4
years work experience,
managed a team of 1-5, and possess strong project management
and data
analysis skills.
Performance
Objectives
1. Set M&E Strategy:
Develop and oversee monitoring systems to track success of
program implementation and design research and evaluation
efforts to assess the impact of Educate!’s programs
2. Support Strategic Planning: Make data driven recommendations
to senior leadership
and collaborate with management team to set program
milestones and Key Performance Indicators.
3. Lead Research and Evaluation: Conduct and oversee
analysis of data from day-to-day M&E activities as well as the ongoing
Youth
Employment Network-funded impact evaluation of the Educate!
Experience program.
4. Support
Operational Systems: Explore and provide recommendations for innovative technologies
to streamline monitoring, evaluation and other operational functions
Cultural Values
- Energetic and entrepreneurial motivation for high
achievement
- Strong project management, system-building and data
analysis skills
- Passionate to spend his/her life helping youth and work
with youthful people to make the world a better place
- Strong ability to communicate with diverse groups, keep
stakeholders informed, & foster mutual respect
Academic
Qualifications
Undergraduate degree required and post-graduate degree in
relevant field preferred.
Terms and
Compensation
Compensation is competitive and based on qualifications and
experience.
How To Apply
Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis, with goal
to fill position ASAP. To apply, please
email a CV, cover letter, list of references with subject
header “M&E Operations Manager – Your
Name - How You Found the Job” to ugandajobs@
experienceeducate.org.
