Job Title: Data Assistant (Fresher NGO Jobs)
Organisation: Baylor Uganda
Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda
About Organisation:
Baylor College of Medicine Children’s Foundation -Uganda (Baylor-Uganda) is an indigenous not-for-profit child health and development organisation affiliated to the Baylor College of Medicine International Paediatric AIDS Initiative (BIPAI), a Network of paediatric HIV/AIDS care and treatment Children’s Clinical Centres of Excellence and international program offices in 11 countries across Africa and Eastern Europe.
Job Summary: The Data Assistant will be responsible for supporting the planning, monitoring, and documentation of GC.7 project activities at the cluster level. The role involves timely and accurate data entry, cleaning, validation, and maintenance of project databases to ensure the availability of high-quality data for reporting. The Assistant will also support program teams in data analysis and interpretation, track progress towards targets, and provide regular updates to stakeholders. In addition, the position requires close collaboration with the M&E Coordinator and Prevention Officer to monitor activity implementation, ensure accountability, and strengthen data-driven decision-making.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
- Conduct timely and accurate data entry for implemented activities.
- Maintain up-to-date project databases of all activities implemented and routinely share with the M&E Coordinator all entered data sets for merging and analysis.
- Ensure availability of updated data capture and reporting tools at the community for effective tracking of services provided to AGYW/ABYM and other targeted populations.
- Support program teams to analyze and interpret data.
- Participate in the development of weekly, monthly, quarterly work plans.
- Monitor and track the implementation of project activities and support Prevention Officer to develop catch-up plans in case of unmet targets.
- Support the Prevention Officer in planning, mobilization and implementation of project activities and tracking achievements of targets.
- Monitor the Cluster PMP and give progress updates on a weekly, monthly, and quarterly basis.
- Plan, organize and conduct periodic performance review meetings for sharing progress with stakeholders.
- Conduct data validation, to ensure correct and consistent data is reported in periodic reports.
- Ensure that all the planned and approved activities are implemented within the agreed-upon time frame.
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
- Bachelor’s degree in Statistics, Population and demography, Quantitative Economics, or related field.
- At least two years’ experience in M&E work in health or livelihood donor-funded projects.
- 2 Years Relevant Experience
How to Apply:
All interested candidates should apply online at the link below.
Deadline: 10th September 2025
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Level of Education: Bachelor Degree
Work Hours: 8
Experience in Months: 24