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WorldRenew (Uganda)

LIVING JUSTICE • LOVING MERCY • SERVING CHRIST

The Program Advisor provides strategic leadership and technical support for the design, implementation, monitoring, evaluation and continuous improvement of World Renew Uganda's development, resilience, humanitarian and peacebuilding programs. The position strengthens partner capacity, ensures high quality programming, leads monitoring, evaluation, accountability and learning (MEAL) systems, supports proposal development, and ensures evidence-based decision-making that demonstrates impact to communities, donors and World Renew.

Responsibilities or duties

Program Quality and Technical Leadership (25%)

• Provide technical leadership to partners in project planning, implementation and adaptive management.
• Ensure all projects comply with World Renew standards, donor requirements and national policies.
• Promote integrated programming across food security, livelihoods, disaster risk reduction, climate resilience, peacebuilding, gender and social inclusion.
• Support partners in annual planning and project reviews.
• Facilitate technical backstopping visits.

Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning (MEAL) (35%)

• • Lead the development and implementation of World Renew Uganda's MEAL system by:
    • Designing project Results Frameworks, Logframes and Theory of Change.
    • Developing MEAL plans for every project.
    • Developing indicators and Performance Measurement Frameworks.
    • Ensuring baseline, midline and endline studies are completed.
    • Designing data collection tools.
    • Conducting data quality assessments (DQAs).
    • Supporting digital data collection platforms (ODK, KoboCollect, SurveyCTO or CommaCare).
    • Developing dashboards for project performance monitoring.
    • Analyzing project data and generating evidence for management decisions.
    • Ensuring accountability mechanisms (complaints and feedback systems) are functional.
    • Leading project evaluations and learning events.
    • Promoting knowledge management and documentation of best practices.
    • Producing quarterly and annual performance reports.

Partner Capacity Strengthening (15%)

• • • Assess organizational capacity of implementing partners.
    • Develop institutional strengthening plans through mentoring partner staff in Project management, Results-Based Management, MEAL, Financial accountability, Safeguarding, Gender integration.
    • Facilitate organizational learning.

Proposal Development and Resource Mobilization (10%)

• • • Support project design.
    • Lead technical proposal writing.
    • Develop logical frameworks and MEAL sections.
    • Develop monitoring plans and indicator tracking tables.
    • Contribute to donor concept notes.
    • Support donor reporting.

Grants Management and Reporting (10%)

• • • Review partner reports.
    • Monitor implementation against workplans.
    • Ensure donor compliance.
    • Coordinate project review meetings.
    • Track key performance indicators.
    • Support grant close-out.

Representation and Networking (5%)

• • • Represent World Renew in relevant technical working groups.
    • Build relationships with government, donors, churches, NGOs and consortium partners.
    • Participate in coordination meetings.
    • Promote learning and visibility of World Renew programs.

Qualifications or requirements (e.g., education, skills)

Education Required

• • • A Bachelor's Degree in any of the following areas Development Studies, Agriculture, Monitoring & Evaluation, Statistics, Economics, Social Sciences, Public Health, International Development, Project Planning & Management.

Preferred

• • • A Master's Degree in Monitoring & Evaluation, Project Planning & Management, Development Studies, International Development.

Experience needed

• • • Minimum 7 years of progressive experience in international development.
    • At least 5 years managing donor-funded projects.
    • Demonstrated experience establishing and managing MEAL systems.
    • Experience working with institutional donors such as Global Affairs Canada, USAID, USDA, EU, Embassy funds, UN Agencies or Dutch Ministry.
    • Experience supporting local partner organizations.
    • Experience in humanitarian response and resilience programming is desirable.

Core Competencies Technical

• • • Results-Based Management
    • Monitoring and Evaluation
    • Data analysis
    • Project cycle management
    • Theory of Change development
    • Indicator development
    • Logframe design
    • Proposal development
    • Report writing
    • Knowledge management
    • Organizational capacity strengthening

Digital Skills

• • • Proficiency in: Microsoft 365; Excel (advanced); Power BI (preferred); Kobo Toolbox; ODK; SurveyCTO; CommCare; SPSS, STATA or R (preferred); PowerPoint; SharePoint; Teams

Behavioural Competencies

• • • Strategic thinking
    • Analytical skills
    • Leadership and coaching
    • Excellent facilitation skills
    • Strong communication
    • Stakeholder engagement
    • Problem solving
    • Integrity and accountability
    • Cultural sensitivity
    • Teamwork
    • Innovation
    • Learning orientation

Christian Commitment

• • The successful candidate shall:
    • Demonstrate a personal commitment to the Christian faith.
    • Support World Renew's Vision, Mission and Core Values.
    • Respect and uphold Christian principles in relationships with staff, partners and communities.
    • Be an active member of a Christian church.

• Provide technical leadership to partners in project planning, implementation and adaptive management.
• Ensure all projects comply with World Renew standards, donor requirements and national policies.
• Promote integrated programming across food security, livelihoods, disaster risk reduction, climate resilience, peacebuilding, gender and social inclusion.
• Support partners in annual planning and project reviews.
• Facilitate technical backstopping visits.
• Lead the development and implementation of World Renew Uganda's MEAL system by: Designing project Results Frameworks, Logframes and Theory of Change.
• Developing MEAL plans for every project.
• Developing indicators and Performance Measurement Frameworks.
• Ensuring baseline, midline and endline studies are completed.
• Designing data collection tools.
• Conducting data quality assessments (DQAs).
• Supporting digital data collection platforms (ODK, KoboCollect, SurveyCTO or CommaCare).
• Developing dashboards for project performance monitoring.
• Analyzing project data and generating evidence for management decisions.
• Ensuring accountability mechanisms (complaints and feedback systems) are functional.
• Leading project evaluations and learning events.
• Promoting knowledge management and documentation of best practices.
• Producing quarterly and annual performance reports.
• Assess organizational capacity of implementing partners.
• Develop institutional strengthening plans through mentoring partner staff in Project management, Results-Based Management, MEAL, Financial accountability, Safeguarding, Gender integration.
• Facilitate organizational learning.
• Support project design.
• Lead technical proposal writing.
• Develop logical frameworks and MEAL sections.
• Develop monitoring plans and indicator tracking tables.
• Contribute to donor concept notes.
• Support donor reporting.
• Review partner reports.
• Monitor implementation against workplans.
• Ensure donor compliance.
• Coordinate project review meetings.
• Track key performance indicators.
• Support grant close-out.
• Represent World Renew in relevant technical working groups.
• Build relationships with government, donors, churches, NGOs and consortium partners.
• Participate in coordination meetings.
• Promote learning and visibility of World Renew programs.

• Results-Based Management
• Monitoring and Evaluation
• Data analysis
• Project cycle management
• Theory of Change development
• Indicator development
• Logframe design
• Proposal development
• Report writing
• Knowledge management
• Organizational capacity strengthening
• Proficiency in: Microsoft 365; Excel (advanced); Power BI (preferred); Kobo Toolbox; ODK; SurveyCTO; CommCare; SPSS, STATA or R (preferred); PowerPoint; SharePoint; Teams
• Strategic thinking
• Analytical skills
• Leadership and coaching
• Excellent facilitation skills
• Strong communication
• Stakeholder engagement
• Problem solving
• Integrity and accountability
• Cultural sensitivity
• Teamwork
• Innovation
• Learning orientation

• A Bachelor's Degree in any of the following areas Development Studies, Agriculture, Monitoring & Evaluation, Statistics, Economics, Social Sciences, Public Health, International Development, Project Planning & Management.
• A Master's Degree in Monitoring & Evaluation, Project Planning & Management, Development Studies, International Development.
• Minimum 7 years of progressive experience in international development.
• At least 5 years managing donor-funded projects.
• Demonstrated experience establishing and managing MEAL systems.
• Experience working with institutional donors such as Global Affairs Canada, USAID, USDA, EU, Embassy funds, UN Agencies or Dutch Ministry.
• Experience supporting local partner organizations.
• Experience in humanitarian response and resilience programming is desirable.