Job Title: MEL Officer
Organisation: Heifer International
Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda
About Organisation:
Heifer International (Heifer) is a non-profit, humanitarian organization dedicated to ending world hunger, poverty and saving the earth. HI works with resource limited families around the globe to become self-reliant. Since it begun in 1944, Heifer International has worked directly with 7 million families in more than 125 countries.
Job Summary: Under the technical guidance of the PMEL Manager and the Project Manager, the Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MEL) Officer will provide comprehensive MEL support to the Green Dairy Investment Program, the Tractor for Africa project (T4A), and other future initiatives. The MEL Officer will play a critical role in ensuring evidence-based decision-making by working closely with project teams, implementing partners, and their respective M&E leads to design, implementing, and strengthen MEL systems and frameworks.
This role includes developing and operationalizing data collection, analysis, and reporting tools, ensuring alignment between project objectives and MEL strategies, and promoting the use of data to inform interventions. The MEL Officer will support the Project Manager/s by gathering and analyzing key data to attract investment from processors, service providers, and farmers across the value chains – dairy, beef, oil seeds, horticulture and swine, while also delivering technical assistance, training, and advisory support on MEL best practices.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
Program Effectiveness (50%)
- Develop annual monitoring and result measurement (MRM) plans with private sector partners, ensuring alignment with program / project objectives and donor expectations.
- With support of the Project Manager/s, actively participate in planning, organizing and coordinating of the various project level activities.
- Provide MEL related operational leadership and guidance to the project front-line team.
- Prepare, consolidate, and submit reports according to donor requirements and the M&E plan, ensuring compliance with planned and reporting standards.
- Design and implement M&E tools (e.g., surveys, tracking sheets, indicator reference sheets, FGD guides) to facilitate data collection and evaluation, ensuring high-quality, actionable insights.
- Maintain and manage the project’s data management system, ensuring accuracy, consistency, and accessibility for effective decision-making.
- Actively engage with the Project Manager and teams to identify potential challenges in data collection, reporting, and project implementation
- Lead collaborative problem-solving sessions with project teams to address issues, ensuring efficient solutions and aligning with project goals and timelines.
Knowledge, Information Management and Reporting. (30%)
- Develop knowledge management activities, identify lessons and other information that could be shared with partners and key stakeholders.
- Document the learning and best practices in the project area.
- Provides data deemed important for concept paper or proposal development
- Create and maintain an updated database for project participants i.e. smallholder farmers at project and FPO levels.
- Actively engage in trainings related to operations and project management.
- Contribute to organizational learning and knowledge-sharing platforms and communities of practice.
- Pursue ongoing professional development through continuous learning
Management and Compliance (10%)
- Maintain a project database as per the MEL framework(s).
- Conduct data quality assessments (DQAs) on a quarterly basis.
- Prepare and consolidate monthly, quarterly, mid-term and annual reports to the various project stakeholders.
- Closely review data and indicators progress to ensure that corrective recommendations are provided on a timely basis.
- Maintains accurate project data/information in both electronic and hard copy files.
- Continuously assess project delivery trends and risks and develop responsive strategies to address or mitigate such risks.
Partnership and Engagement (10%)
- Provide technical input and expertise in the development of project proposals, ensuring alignment with donor priorities, Heifer’s strategic goals, and the needs of the target communities
- Attend relevant government and partners’ meetings to further develop collaboration and to obtain new methods and ideas in responsibility.
- Prepare presentations to foster strong MEL practices
- Participate in the documentation and dissemination of lessons learned and best practice.
- May perform other job-related duties as assigned.
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
- Bachelor’s Degree in Economics, Statistics, Social Research, Development studies or an equivalent with an academic focus on Monitoring and Evaluation.
- Minimum of five (5) years of related working experience, of which three (3) years shall be of hands-on experience in Monitoring, Evaluations and Learning on projects or related work areas.
- Relevant experience in NGO’s or field-based projects will be an added advantage
- Good understanding of the different value chains within the agricultural sector.
- Knowledge of the DCED standards in measuring results.
- Excellent organizational skills including strong attention to detail.
- Proven experience in building the capacity of partner institutions to document and disseminate industry information, manage knowledge, measure progress and plan and advocate within the industry.
How to Apply:
All suitably qualified and interested applicants should apply online at the link below
Deadline: 29th October 2025
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Level of Education: Bachelor Degree
Work Hours: 8
Experience in Months: 60