About the Organisation

Educate! works hand-in-hand with national and regional governments, as well as local communities, to achieve system-level adoption of skills-based learning. Our goal is to offer cost-effective, replicable solutions built for scale.

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Educate Uganda Jobs

Job Title

Evaluation Associate job at Educate

Job Description

Collaborate with country Monitoring and Evaluation teams programs to integrate monitoring data into evaluations

Duties and Responsibilities

Performance Objectives

Research & Evaluation Design

Support design of qualitative and quantitative evaluation and research projects to answer pressing program and policy questions, working closely with our design, innovation, and national programs teams to ensure that evaluation and research projects meet the needs of the intended user
Coordinate measurement and tool design to ensure evaluation and research precisely measures target outcomes including teacher pedagogy adoption and quality, student-level soft and hard skills, and economic and life outcomes
Collaborate with country Monitoring and Evaluation teams programs to integrate monitoring data into evaluations

Research & Evaluation Management

Plan and project-manage research and evaluation projects, including evaluations run internally and with external consultants
Ensure that research and evaluation projects are well-planned and coordinated with other team priorities, and that projects proceed on time with course corrections as needed
Ensure all research and evaluation projects adhere to best practices for delivering high quality, fit-for-purpose research

Research Partnerships

Support research-focused interactions with government partners and contribute to ensuring that the priorities of our government partners are considered in each step of research process
Work on cross-functional teams that strategically plan and execute research to further Educate!'s advocacy and learning agendas government partnership and advocacy

Research Analysis and Dissemination

Analyze and package the results of research and evaluation to facilitate action by internal and external stakeholders, including Educate!'s Design and Program Implementation teams as well as government partners and funders, and provide useful information for government partners and funders
Conduct quantitative and qualitative analysis of data from internally-conducted evaluations, under the direction of the Technical Evaluation Lead
Interpret and summarize, under the direction of the Technical Evaluation Lead, complex research and evaluations for program, government, and funder audiences
Produce policy briefs and user-friendly presentations for program and policy audiences
Support and lead learning processes to ensure that results and findings from internally and externally conducted evaluations are fed back into program design

Qualifications and Competencies

Qualifications

Masters degree or equivalent work experience in related field such as M&E, research methods, public policy, or education
Coursework in econometrics or statistics
Minimum of 2 - 5 years work experience including internships and fellowships (international education experience/ knowledge is a plus!)
Fluency with excel as well as STATA or other quantitative data analysis software
Strong written and oral communication skills
Collaborative team player, able to work with and engage a diverse range of external and internal partners spread across multiple countries
Organized, detail-oriented self-starter
Willing to travel frequently and/or for significant time periods within East Africa (the role can be based in, Kigali, or Kampala, with up to 25% - 50% of time spent outside of the main duty station)