Background

Government of the Republic of Uganda has been allocated grant funds from the World Bank towards implementation of the Generating Growth Opportunities and Productivity for Women Enterprises (GROW) Project.

GROW Project

Job Description for Monitoring Assistants

About GROW Project

Private Sector Foundation Uganda (PSFU) working with Ministry of Gender Labour and Social Development (MGLSD) are implementing a Government of Uganda grant of USD 217 million from the World Bank to implement Growth Opportunities and Productivity for Women Enterprises (GROW) Project. The 5-years project (January 2023 – December 2027) supports the implementation of the National Development Program (NDP III) objective of reducing gender inequality and promoting women’s economic empowerment, leadership and participation in decision making through investment in entrepreneurship programs.

Description of Assignment

Under the guidance of the GROW Project M&E Specialist, the Monitoring Assistant will be responsible for ensuring high quality and timely input into the data collection, entry, analysis, field monitoring and reporting of the GROW Project interventions.

Responsibilities

• Data entry for various GROW Project components data arising out of the application, monitoring reports, periodical reports and any other key data contributing to the profiling of the GROW project beneficiaries and service providers as guided by the Project M&E Specialist.
• Data cleaning of the various data entered in a bid to improve the data quality, edits and required corrections as guided by the data entry sheets, formats and guidelines, or as guided by the M&E Specialist.
• Undertake field visits for different project subcomponents service providers to support completion of data entry, data cleaning and validation and documentation of beneficiaries success stories as assigned by the M&E Specialist/M&E Officer.
• Participate in feedback meetings with the implementing partners to document data and feedback issues.
• Train and facilitate project staff, implementing partners and other stakeholders on data entry, cleaning and how to back up and access data and information on the central database.
• Contribute to the development of data collection tools and reporting templates.
• Ensure that all allocated tasks are implemented, and outputs achieved within the specified timeline.

Qualifications

• A University Degree preferably in Statistics, Economics, Business Administration, International Business, Population Studies or Development Studies, social sciences, procurement and Information Technology
• Advanced training in computer skills is an added advantage.
• At least one years’ experience of working on a similar assignment.

Experience needed

Reasonable experiences for data entry, analysis, data merging and use of statistical software.

• Data entry for various GROW Project components data arising out of the application, monitoring reports, periodical reports and any other key data contributing to the profiling of the GROW project beneficiaries and service providers as guided by the Project M&E Specialist.
• Data cleaning of the various data entered in a bid to improve the data quality, edits and required corrections as guided by the data entry sheets, formats and guidelines, or as guided by the M&E Specialist.
• Undertake field visits for different project subcomponents service providers to support completion of data entry, data cleaning and validation and documentation of beneficiaries success stories as assigned by the M&E Specialist/M&E Officer.
• Participate in feedback meetings with the implementing partners to document data and feedback issues.
• Train and facilitate project staff, implementing partners and other stakeholders on data entry, cleaning and how to back up and access data and information on the central database.
• Contribute to the development of data collection tools and reporting templates.
• Ensure that all allocated tasks are implemented, and outputs achieved within the specified timeline.

• Proficient ICT skills, particularly use of Ms Office packages (Ms Word, Ms Access, MS Excel and Power Point) and knowledge of use of internet and e-mail to extract, share and access information.
• Reasonable experiences for data entry, analysis, data merging and use of statistical software.
• Experience in designing tools and training and facilitation skills is an added advantage
• Good organizational skills (orderly) and paying attention to details to perform the required tasks, ability to grasp issues in a very short time and willing/open to learning new things outside of his/her background training.

• A University Degree preferably in Statistics, Economics, Business Administration, International Business, Population Studies or Development Studies, social sciences, procurement and Information Technology
• Advanced training in computer skills is an added advantage.
• At least one years’ experience of working on a similar assignment.