MEAL Officer – Monitoring & Evaluation for Youth Employment Project

About the role

The MEAL Officer will support the implementation of a robust Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning system for the Market Systems Development for Youth Employment and Resilience Project in Kasese district. Reporting to the MEAL Specialist, the role works closely with project staff, private‑sector partners and local authorities to ensure data‑driven programme improvement.

Key responsibilities

• Design and implement the project MEAL framework, including tools, indicator definitions and data collection methodologies.
• Maintain MEAL documents such as the Indicator Performance Tracking Table, activity tracking tables and reporting tools, ensuring data accuracy and timely reporting.
• Conduct baseline assessments, tracer studies, data quality assessments and evaluations to generate evidence on performance and impact.
• Support the use and continuous improvement of digital MEAL platforms (PRIME, Kobo, CommCare, Power BI) for data collection, analysis and reporting.
• Facilitate documentation, analysis and dissemination of project achievements, lessons learned and best practices to inform adaptive management and advocacy.

Required profile

• At least a bachelor’s degree in Statistics, Monitoring and Evaluation, Economics, Development Studies or a related field.
• Minimum three years of experience in MEAL, preferably within youth livelihoods, economic strengthening, education, resilience or market‑systems programmes implemented by an international NGO.

Required skills

• Designing and implementing monitoring systems, surveys, tracer studies, evaluations and data quality assurance processes.
• Proficiency with digital data collection and management platforms such as Kobo, CommCare, ODK, Power BI and PRIME.