Monitoring & Evaluation Assistant – Humanitarian Projects

About the role

The Monitoring & Evaluation (M&E) Assistant will support LWF Uganda’s humanitarian programmes by ensuring accurate data collection, entry, verification and reporting. Working under the supervision of the M&E Officer, the role focuses on strengthening the transition to ActivityInfo as the core Management Information System.

Key responsibilities

• Collect, clean, verify and enter project data into ActivityInfo and other approved MIS platforms.
• Maintain up‑to‑date project databases, beneficiary registers and reporting trackers.
• Conduct regular data quality checks to ensure completeness, consistency and timeliness.
• Aggregate quantitative and qualitative data for monthly, quarterly, semi‑annual and annual reports.
• Prepare progress reports, indicator tracking tables, dashboards and data summaries for internal and donor reporting.
• Support field teams in using data collection tools, templates and reporting formats.
• File, archive and store M&E documents and datasets both electronically and physically, including SharePoint folders.

Required profile

• Relevant tertiary education or equivalent experience in monitoring, evaluation, data management or a related field.
• Experience working in humanitarian or development programmes is preferred.
• Strong attention to detail and ability to work independently in field settings.

Required skills

• Proficiency with ActivityInfo or similar data management systems.
• Experience using Microsoft SharePoint for document management.
• Basic data analysis and reporting skills.