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Job Title: MEAL Officer
Organisation: Edukans
Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda
About US:
Edukans is an international NGO with headquarters in the Netherlands and country offices in Malawi, Kenya, Ethiopia and Uganda. We provide marginalized children and youngsters around the world with basic education and vocational training. With over 30 years of experience, we built a solid theory of change that is guiding our work for quality education. Our mission is to create opportunities enabling children and young people to shape their futures with confidence and our vision is to pursue future proof quality education through a collective effort focusing on a safe learning environment, dedicated school management, quality trained teachers and home support by parents and community.
About LIT Project:
EDUKANS International Uganda will be implementing the Leaders in Teaching program supported by Mastercard Foundation in a consortium led by Luigi Giussani Foundation (LGF). Leaders in Teaching (LIT) initiative aims to transform secondary education across Africa by strengthening the capacity of teachers and school leaders to enable young people to acquire skills, knowledge, and competencies necessary to gain dignified and fulfilling employment. EDUKANS is a downstream partner under the TRAIN pillar led by British Council which will lead efforts in innovation, competency-based curriculum, gender-responsive pedagogy and career guidance.
Job Summary: The postholder will be responsible for:
- Ensuring that project activities align with established objectives and deliver measurable outcomes.
- The improvement of the LIT program efficiency and effectiveness, decision making and learning during the project life cycle through Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning. In carrying out his/her work, the MEAL Officer interacts with other technical Officers within the LIT Consortium, Teacher training institutions and other stakeholders
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
- Planning and coordination – Adapt and continue to develop MEAL methodology, approaches and tools, and provide support guidance and ensure their proper use.
- Technical support for MEAL policy, standards, procedures and tools implementation – Advise and support program teams on quality data gathering and analysis to facilitate informed program and project design.
- Knowledge management, reporting and learning: Support the programme team in developing metrics and data reporting tools, review project data collection and reporting (for data quality and make recommendations for improvement.
- Capacity development: Coordinate LIT capacity assessments and review of MEAL systems to identify process, systems and capacity gaps; Support the team and implementing partners in the development of MEAL process, system and capacity building plan.
- Collaboration: Participate in LIT Programme relevant communities of practice and collaborate with counterparts within the LIT programme consortium as required.
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
- Relevant degree/ Bachelor’s degree in Statistics, Information Management, Economics or any other relevant field; Post graduate Diploma in Monitoring and Evaluation is desirable.
- At least 3 years of experience of working in a team, implementing donor projects.
How to Apply:
A cover letter (1 page) including qualifications as well as salary expectations. Concise and accurate CV (maximum 3 pages) and copies of Academic certificates sent by email to This vacancy has closed — applications are no longer acceptedApplications closedSee open jobs at Edukans → with a subject line indicating the job title ”. Qualified Females are encouraged to apply.
Deadline: 10th June 2025 by 04:59
NB: We thank applicants for their interest in the position. However, only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
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