Senior Project Officer - MEAL (Livelihoods, Agriculture & Market Systems)

About the role

CRS Uganda is looking for a Senior Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning (MEAL) Officer for its livelihoods, agriculture and market systems programme. The post reports to the Program Manager - MEAL and is based in Kampala; it is open to Ugandan nationals only. The officer leads the design, implementation and management of MEAL systems across livelihoods, private sector engagement, market systems development, economic inclusion, agricultural value chains and resilience programming, ensuring robust results measurement, evidence generation, accountability, learning and adaptive management.

Key responsibilities

• Lead the programme MEAL system, design monitoring systems that measure outputs, outcomes, impact, sustainability and systemic change, and maintain data collection tools, databases, dashboards and reporting systems.
• Ensure timely collection, analysis and reporting of project data, and coordinate baseline, midline and end-line surveys, market assessments, studies and evaluations.
• Track private sector partners, producer groups, MSMEs, cooperatives, financial institutions, buyers and service providers, including co-investment, access to finance, income growth, job creation, productivity and business performance.
• Conduct market actor analyses and value chain performance assessments, and generate evidence on business and market system outcomes.
• Facilitate reflection meetings, after-action reviews, learning events and MEAL communities of practice, and produce learning briefs, case studies and analytical reports.
• Lead Data Quality Assessments, the feedback, complaints and response mechanism, and ensure compliance with data protection and ethical standards.
• Provide mentoring and technical assistance to private sector, diocese and partner MEAL personnel, and develop and run MEAL training and coaching programmes.

Required profile

• Proven experience using the DCED Standard for Results Measurement and Market Systems Development (MSD) monitoring approaches.
• Strong written and spoken English; willingness to travel up to 30% to project locations and field offices outside Kampala.
• Preferred: experience with partners, participatory action planning and community engagement, staff supervision experience, and experience monitoring projects and collecting data.

Required skills

• MS Windows and MS Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint).
• Data analysis software such as Power BI, SPSS, STATA, R or similar.
• Analytical, problem-solving and communication skills, attention to detail and accuracy.