Job Title: M&E/Performance Metrics Officer – Out of School Youth (OOSY) Product
Organisation: Educate!
Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda
About the Company:
Educate! prepares youth in Africa with the skills to succeed in today’s economy. We tackle youth unemployment by partnering with schools and governments to reform what schools teach and how they teach it, so that students in Africa have the skills to attain further education, overcome gender inequities, start businesses, get jobs and drive development in their communities. Our model is delivered through practically-trained teachers and youth mentors. Educate!’s goal is to make this practical, skills-based model part of national education systems.
Job Summary: Ready to turn data into real-world impact? Educate!, a fast-growing and award-winning social enterprise, is looking for a sharp, data-savvy M&E/Performance Metrics Officer to drive high-quality reporting and insights for our Out of School Youth (OOSY) program in Uganda. If you thrive in turning numbers into action and love collaborating with frontline teams to make impact measurable, this role is for you. In this role, you will play a critical role in ensuring timely, accurate, and actionable data drives every stage of our Out of School Youth program. From supporting field teams with data collection and tool training to conducting quality checks. You’ll be the engine behind the insights that shape our impact.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
Data Collection support and Coordination: 40%
- Support the Performance Metrics Coordinator in ensuring timely and high-quality reporting by Field Team across each bootcamp cycle-including awareness reports, acquisition reports, attendance tracking, business milestones, and training quality assessments.
- Support on all M&E printing and procurement to ensure timely delivery and high quality of M&E materials
- Support Performance Metrics coordinator to conduct regular training on M&E Tools and systems and ensure that M&E Tools and systems are properly tested before we roll them out.
- Coordinate with frontline teams to ensure timely completion of monitoring responsibilities, including proactive follow-up with staff and their supervisors when data is missing or submitted inaccurately.
- Ensure production of timely and accurate Monitoring data through managing processes of data tracking and data cleaning
- Support Performance Metrics coordinator to ensure coordination between M&E, Field OPs & Program Team for harmonized implementation of all field activities
- Support on data collection for miscellaneous projects, both within and outside the M&E department, as needed.
- Conduct M&E field visits to support frontline teams and ensuring that they are using M&E tools effectively
- Serve as a resource person for frontline teams on M&E
Performance Metrics System Maintenance: 20%:
- Support Performance Metrics coordinator to maintain up-to-date monitoring tools, reflecting any changes to program design or KPIs.
- Support the maintenance of Reporting System on SurveyCTO, Google forms,Textit, etc.
- Ensure the youth database is up-to-date.
Data analysis and reporting: 20%
- Apply performance metrics principles and best practices to prepare regular communications for frontline teams, including automated progress reports that track the completion of program activities.
- Support Performance Metrics coordinator to ensure accurate compilation and timely publication of M&E reports, including funnel level Monitoring Report as well as the timely and accurate maintenance of the performance metrics Dashboards.
- Support the Performance Coordinator during data analysis and independently run some analysis and generate reports.
Performance metrics Data Quality Checks: 20%
- Review data submitted through M&E reporting systems, identify and correct any data collection errors.
- Support Performance Metrics coordinator to ensure production of timely and accurate Monitoring data through conducting data quality checks
- Collaborate with the Performance Metrics Coordinator to compile data error rates by Field Team (Trainers, FOAs, POs, ROs, PCs,..) , and provide timely, individualized feedback to support data quality improvement.
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
- You’re a data-driven problem solver with a passion for impact. With a degree in Social Sciences, Statistics, or a similar field, and 1–2 years hands-on experience.
- You bring more than just skills—you bring purpose. You’re fluent in tools like Google Forms, SurveyCTO, and Excel, and you’ve got the analytical chops to navigate SPSS, STATA, or R with confidence.
- You are organized, detail-obsessed, a natural communicator and thrives in fast-paced environments where your insights drive real change.
- Familiarity with youth livelihood programs or experience with Educate!’s Programs is an added advantage.
- You fit our Five Cultural Tenets (see What is Educate! About? below); Learn more by looking at Educate!’s culture deck here
How to Apply:
All candidates should apply online at the link below.
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