Job Title: Monitoring, Evaluation & Learning (MEAL) Assistant (Fresher NGO Jobs)
Organisation: African Women and Youth Action for Development (AWYAD)
Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda
About Organisation:
African Women and Youth Action for Development (AWYAD) envisions a society where all women and youth particularly the vulnerable and marginalized are free from inequality, violence, and discrimination and are empowered to actively participate in development. Founded in 2010, AWYAD supports women and youth facing poverty, exclusion, and abuse due to systemic marginalization.
Our mission is grounded in promoting dignity, equal opportunity, and protection from harm for women, youth, and children including refugees and displaced persons. We also focus on preventing violence against children and building resilient, inclusive communities that uphold human rights and social justice.
Job Summary: To support the tracking, monitoring, evaluation, and learning processes of the project to ensure data is collected, analysed, and reported timely and accurately, providing feedback to improve implementation and measure impact against targets (e.g. jobs created, households reached, cooperatives formed).
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
- Collaborate with Project Coordinator to develop and maintain M&E frameworks, indicators, data collection tools.
- Conduct baseline assessments, periodic surveys, post intervention evaluations.
- Monitor performance across project components: nursery establishment, job creation, VSLA performance, youth training outcomes, MHPSS impacts, cooperative performance.
- Collect, clean, and enter data; ensure quality and consistency.
- Support field data collection (household visits, focus group discussions, beneficiary interviews).
- Prepare M&E reports (monthly, quarterly, annual) and dashboards; highlight key findings, challenges, and recommendations.
- Support learning and adaptive management: feed back findings into project planning, assist in documenting lessons learned, best practices.
- Liaise with partners, local stakeholders to triangulate data and ensure accountability.
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
- Degree in Monitoring & Evaluation, Statistics, Social Sciences, Development Studies, or related field.
- Experience (1-3years minimum) in data collection, analysis, indicator tracking, evaluation in development or humanitarian projects.
- Good quantitative and qualitative research skills.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Excel, preferably some experience with data analysis software (SPSS, Stata, or similar) or dashboards.
- Attention to detail, ability to maintain data accuracy; strong report writing skills.
- Fluency in some local languages and written & spoken English is a MUST
- Ability to ride a motorcycle is a MUST with a valid riding permit
How to Apply:
Duly qualified candidates should submit their CVs, application letters, copies of relevant academic credentials, Police letter or introduction letter from the LC to the physical address and email below. Dead line is 3rd October 2025 by 12.00 noon
AWYAD Office Plot 14 along Semawata Road in Ntinda
Email: [email protected]
Deadline: 3rd October 2025
NOTE: AWYAD is an equal opportunity employer; female candidates are encouraged to apply.
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Level of Education: Bachelor Degree
Work Hours: 8
Experience in Months: 12