M & E Officers at STIR Education

STIR Education is a fast-growing international NGO, currently operating in India and Uganda. STIR’s aim is to address the learning crisis in the developing world by empowering teachers to be changemakers. We support teachers to re-imagine their role in leading change in their classrooms, schools and the wider education system. We see teachers as the solution to the learning crisis, rather than the problem. Having launched in Delhi, India 3.5 years ago with just 25 teachers, there are now 12,000 teacher changemakers across India and Uganda, working in government, NGO and affordable private schools.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: M & E Officer

Location: Kampala, Uganda
Position type: Permanent (with 6 months of provisional period)
Starting Date: 11th January, 2015.

The Position

• In order to effectively measure the impact of the programme at large scale, STIR is looking to hire an M&E Officer to manage large amounts of STIR 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.
• If you are passionate about improving education for disadvantaged children across the developing world; positive and optimistic such that you can motivate others during challenging times; flexible with a willingness to adapt; resilient and creative generating practical approaches to challenging situations, like the fast pace of growth of a social enterprise; humble as you work with people from a variety of backgrounds; this role is for you!
• As STIR Uganda’s M&E Officer, your key responsibilities will involve the following:
• Support STIR Programme Managers in ensuring prompt an4 accurate data collection and entry in electronic database
• Maintain and update STIR’s internal and external databases containing programmatic and operational information
• Update, maintain, retrieve, and prepare data for analysis by sorting, cleaning and reviewing existing information
• 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
• 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
• Support on any other Monitoring and Evaluation tasks as required
• As STIR is a growing organisation, support on any additional tasks as required

Required Skills & Experience

• The ideal candidate has demonstrated interest in managing and handling large amounts of data.
• Candidates with prior experience preferred.

Candidates should possess:

• Degree or higher
• 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
• 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

Personal Qualities:

• Attention to detail
• Patience to handle and manage large data sets
• Information management and the ability to provide relevant information on time
• High degree of planning and organising
• 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 organisation
• Highly organised 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
• 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

Application Closing Date
10th December, 2015.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should send their cover letter and CV's to: [email protected] and details of three professional referees with the subject line "STIR Uganda: M & E Officer"

Note: In your cover letter (no longer than one page) please share with us why you are interested in becoming the STIR Uganda M&E Officer and why you think your experience makes you a suitable candidate to advance STIR’s mission to create a movement of teacher changemakers.