Project Manager I - MEAL (Health Systems Strengthening)

About the role

Catholic Relief Services (CRS) is hiring a Project Manager I - MEAL for an anticipated five-year health systems strengthening project in Uganda, based in Kampala. The project supports the sustainability and resilience of faith-based health services through stronger institutional capacity, better community health financing, improved governance and locally led solutions. The role leads the design, implementation and management of MEAL systems, monitoring of health centre performance, evidence generation, accountability, learning and adaptive management, in line with CRS MEAL policies and donor requirements. The position is open to Ugandan nationals only; recruitment is contingent on the project being awarded.

Key responsibilities

• Lead the development of project MEAL systems at start-up, including performance monitoring plans, indicator tracking tables, data collection instruments and detailed implementation plans.
• Lead MEAL technical, budget management, monitoring and reporting activities across the project cycle, following CRS quality standards and donor requirements.
• Manage and supervise the MEAL team, coach staff, tailor development plans, help recruit and run performance management.
• Coordinate monitoring activities (including ICT4MEAL), analyse quantitative and qualitative data, and ensure data quality through annual assessments.
• Ensure learning accompanies project activities, coordinate evaluations, develop evaluation terms of reference and support accountability through feedback and response mechanisms.
• Review MEAL budgets, follow up on financial reporting, and strengthen partnerships and partner capacity.
• Support the Country Program MEAL activities and prepare complete project documentation.

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in Monitoring and Evaluation, Statistics, Public Health, International Relations, Social Sciences or a related field.
• At least 5 years of work experience in project management, ideally in MEAL, health and NGOs, with stakeholder engagement and community partnership experience.
• Preferred: Master's degree in MEAL and experience analysing data for evaluation reports.
• Preferred: grant management experience, especially with USG or other public donors.
• Strong written and spoken English; willingness to travel up to 40%; no supervisory responsibilities.

Required skills

• MS Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint) and data analysis tools such as Power BI, SPSS, STATA, R or similar.
• Differential and inferential statistics, content and trends analysis.
• Relationship management, critical thinking and written reporting.