About US:
STIR Education is an International NGO currently working in Uganda and India, creating a movement of Teacher Changemakers and driving improvements in children’s learning. STIR see’s teachers as the solution; and is building a teacher-led movement to improve children’s learning from within the system itself; by creating local collaborative networks of teachers who develop professional practices and skills to improve learning. STIR is currently focused on India and Uganda where in just three years, it has reached over 14,000 teachers, who are impacting learning for 450,000 children.

Job Summary: The M&E Officer will support STIR Education through the management of large amounts of data with high degree of speed, accuracy, and attention to detail. The M&E Officer will work closely with STIR’s Monitoring and Evaluation Lead and with STIR’s existing team of managers and other staff in the Uganda office as well as with colleagues in India.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:
· The incumbent will assist the STIR Programme Managers in ensuring prompt and accurate data collection and entry in electronic database
· Update and maintain STIR’s internal and external databases containing programmatic and operational information
· The M&E Officer will also update, maintain, retrieve, and prepare data for analysis by sorting, cleaning and reviewing existing information
· Responsible for checking source documents for data accuracy and quality
· Transcribe qualitative data gathered in audio or video format as required
· Support with data analysis requirements for both qualitative and quantitative data, including understanding key highlights and trends across programs as required
· The incumbent will support with field activities related to evaluation, data collection and data quality control
· Support the Monitoring and Evaluation Lead in the design of data collection templates and forms as required
· Comply with data integrity and security policies
· Support with the migration of data onto STIR Salesforce platform
· Provide timely support on any other Monitoring and Evaluation tasks as required
· Perform any other duties and responsibilities as maybe required

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
· The applicant must hold an undergraduate degree or higher
· The ideal candidate for the M&E Officer vacancy must have keen interest in managing and handling large amounts of data. Candidates with prior experience preferred.
· Previous experience in managing data collection, entry and analysis and knowledge about using and managing databases
· Proficiency in using MS Excel, Microsoft Access, and other relevant software
· Previous exposure and experience in monitoring and evaluation, preferably in the education sector
· Advanced computer skills and proven ability to enter data at fast speed
· Proficiency in speaking and understanding English
· The applicant must be passionate about improving education for disadvantaged children across the developing world; positive and optimistic such that you can motivate others during challenging times;
· Show flexibility and willingness to adapt;
· Highly resilient and creative generating practical approaches to challenging situations; like the fast pace of growth of a social enterprise;
· Show humility in working with people from a variety of backgrounds;
· Keen attention to detail
· Patience to handle and manage large data sets
· Information management and the ability to provide relevant information on time
· Good planning and organizational skills
· Ability to work under time pressure
· Flexibility and a willingness to adapt and collaborate with the team
· Demonstrated maturity to work in fast paced environment
· Humility as you work with people from a wide variety of backgrounds and experiences
· Creative – especially in terms of finding ways to overcome the challenges of managing data sourced by different team and at different time
· Open and keen to learn new software, tools, and improve and grow with the organization
· Highly organized and professional in approach to manage information
· Strong commitment to excellent education for all and a belief in teachers as innovaters to lead change in the system
· Positivity and optimism such that you can motivate others during challenging times
· High degree of flexibility and a willingness to adapt and work in low-resource settings
· Humility as you work with people from a wide variety of backgrounds and experiences and openness to learn from their experience
· Innovative – especially in terms of motivating people and finding ways to overcome the challenges of working in schools in low-income communities

How to Apply:
All suitably qualified and interested candidates should send a cover letter (no longer than one page) indicating why they are interested in becoming the STIR Uganda M&E Officer and why they think their experience makes them one of the most suitable candidates to advance STIR’s mission to create a movement of teacher changemakers. The applicant should also send a copy of updated CVs (no longer than 2 pages) and details for three professional referees to info@stireducation.org.

Deadline: 13th November, 2015 by 5.00pm