Job Summary:
We want the organisation and our programme to be data driven. We are recruiting a Systems and Information Co-ordinator, who will work within our Monitoring and Evaluation team to play a key role in evidencing the impact of our work for preschool children in Ghana and Uganda. The role will report to the Head of Monitoring and Evaluation and will be based at our office in Jinja, Uganda. You will work closely with our Ghana and Uganda implementation teams to collect data that tracks and evidences our work.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
Ensure the quality assurance of the data dashboards used to monitor programme progress and quality in real time. This includes conducting spotchecks and liaising with vendors to oversee updates and corrections to the dashboards.
Creation and updating of mobile monitoring forms in Kobo and Clickmedix, including liaising with the vendor when more complex changes are required
Support Head of M&E in developing training for staff and government on monitoring systems
Deliver training for colleagues and government partners in Ghana and Uganda on using the mobile monitoring forms
Deliver training for colleagues and government partners Ghana an Uganda on interpreting and using the programme dashboard
Liaising with colleagues in the Content and Implementation teams to ensure that input from the M&E team is of high quality and shared in a timely manner (e.g. updates to monitoring forms and analysis of programme data)
Supporting the M&E Officer to resolve M&E-related requests made by colleagues to ensure that the M&E team delivers excellent ‘customer service’ to the wider organisation
Responsible for termly surveys of schools in, or about to join, the programme Responsible for providing a termly summary of programme data to determine if
implementing partners are implementing the programme to the required standard against key stage gate indicators
Line management of M&E Officer (based in Tamale, Ghana)
You may be assigned any other responsibility in agreement with your line manager, in contribution to Lively Minds work and in recognition of your experience and skills. It is therefore expected for staff to be flexible and willing to contribute to the work of the wider team.
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
Be passionate about optimising data management and availability to drive programme quality
Have an aptitude for understanding complex data management systems and supporting colleagues to use these effectively
Take pride in constantly monitoring progress and results to iterate and get the best result
Be creative, proactive, and energetic: bringing new ideas and a can-do attitude to get to the very best sustainable results.
Be a team player that values and prioritises inclusivity: helping to create a positive work environment where everyone is motivated and feels able to participate, learn, improve and contribute
Essential Experience and Skills
3-5 years’ experience in M&E, IT or similar field
Excellent attention to detail: produces high-quality, accurate work in a timely manner Excellent IT skills, including advanced Excel skills in data cleaning and analysis
Experience of working with mobile data collection tools such as KOBO, ClickMedix, ODK or similar, including creating and updating data collection forms and providing technical support to staff members using the forms to collect data.
Ability to manage and prioritise own workload with minimal supervison, whilst providing high quality ‘customer service’ to colleagues
Experience of line management
Desirable experience and skills
Undergraduate degree (preferably in statistics, mathematics or IT) Experience delivering training and building the capacity of others Experience of working as part of a remote team
Experience of working in the early childhood development/education sector Experience of delivering a programme alongside government partners
You will be expected to perform against the Lively Minds Competencies.
How to Apply:
If this sounds like you, please complete an application form, Download Here, and send the filled form to jobs@livelyminds.org
Due to resource constraints, we apologise, but we will only respond to shortlisted candidates. Lively Minds operates a strict Child & Vulnerable Adult Protection Policy, and we therefore check suitability of successful candidates though background checks consisting of references and police checks.
Deadline: Sunday 26th June 2022 by 11:59pm EAT