Director of Finance and Administration, USAID Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) Contract, Uganda

Job Description

NORC at the University of Chicago (NORC) is a highly respected independent research organization that delivers reliable data and rigorous analysis to guide critical programmatic, business, and policy decisions. Since 1941, NORC has conducted groundbreaking studies, created and applied innovative methods and tools, and advanced principles of scientific integrity and collaboration. Today, government, corporate, and nonprofit clients around the world partner with NORC to transform increasingly complex information into useful knowledge that serves the public interest.

NORC’s core competencies support evidence-based decision making, and include designing and conducting evaluations of development projects; performance management; developing survey instruments; conducting analytic research; statistical sampling; data preparation, collection, cleaning and management; and developing survey-associated information technology. Our International Programs (INPRO) department implements research and M&E projects throughout the world, including Mission-wide monitoring, evaluation and learning contracts, and has developed close collaborative relationships with researchers, survey firms, and policy think tanks in more than 70 countries. NORC also has worked extensively throughout sub-Saharan Africa, including in Uganda, where we conduct performance and impact evaluations and help further USAID/Uganda’s Collaboration, Learning and Adaptation (CLA) agenda.

NORC currently seeks a Director of Finance and Administration (DFA) for a proposal response for an anticipated multi-million dollar, five year Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) contract in Uganda. The goal of the contract is to help strengthen the capacity of USAID/Uganda and its Implementing Partners in collaborating, learning and performing in order to improve the relevance, quality and sustainability of USAID-supported contributions to Uganda’s development. The DFA will be a full time position in Kampala, and will have primary responsibility for:

• Ensuring the integrity and usefulness of NORC’s financial systems in Uganda;
• Facilitating NORC’s internal administrative operations;
• Ensuring that NORC meets USAID/Uganda programmatic, financial and other reporting requirements; and
• Delivering the logistical and other services required of NORC and USAID under the program.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Business Administration or related field, or a Certified Public or Chartered Accounting qualification;
• Minimum of 9 years of financial management experience, with increasing roles of responsibility;
• Procurement, contracts management, logistics, and human resource experience on large-scale contracts, preferably USAID funded;
• Demonstrated supervisory experience;
• Familiarity with USG financial reporting and compliance requirements; and
• Experience in managing donor funded procurements and sub-awards.

Please submit your CVs to ugandamela@norc.org with subject line “Application for Uganda MEL Director of Finance and Administration”.

About the Organization

About NORC

A Tradition of Excellence

As one of the oldest not-for-profit, academic research organizations in the United States, and through its affiliation with the University of Chicago, NORC maintains the highest standard of professional excellence and scientific rigor, and is committed to broad dissemination of its findings.

A Passion for Innovation

NORC’s subject matter experts and survey professionals develop and employ innovative study designs, research methods, and technical applications to derive meaningful and accurate results.

A Commitment to Collegiality

NORC cultivates an interdisciplinary culture of achievement in which senior investigators from diverse fields and professional backgrounds collaborate with the next generation of researchers in an open, collegial environment.

NORC is an affirmative action, equal opportunity employer that values and actively seeks diversity in the workforce. NORC evaluates qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, and other legally- protected characteristics.

For more information, please visit www.norc.org.