MEAL Officer Jobs – Youth Social Advocacy Team (YSAT)

Job Title: MEAL Officer

Organisation: Youth Social Advocacy Team (YSAT)

Duty Station: Kiryandongo, Uganda

About Organisation:

Youth Social Advocacy Team (YSAT) is a refugee-led non-profit, non-governmental Organization whose core mandate is supporting conflict affected youth by tackling barriers to accessing quality education, sustainable Livelihoods and addressing root causes of violent conflicts for refugees and vulnerable host communities in displaced settings.

Job Summary: YSAT is recruiting a MEAL Officer to design, establish, and maintain a robust data collection and accountability system for the Kiryandongo project.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

• This role ensures that every output is accurately measured, analysed, and leveraged to adaptively improve project implementation quality.
• Implement the consortium-approved PlayMatters 3.0 MEAL toolkit, keeping log-frames, indicator tracking tables, and data flow processes up to date
• Conduct field-monitoring visits to track target indicators and lead baseline, midline, and endline data collection using KoboToolbox, ODK, or CommCare
• Spot-check school attendance registers, training logs, and distribution lists to guarantee high data integrity
• Set up and manage Community Feedback and Response Mechanisms (CFRM) in schools and settlements to capture and resolve project-related community feedback
• Facilitate quarterly reflection meetings and document case studies, success stories, and lessons learned to support impact evaluations

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Statistics, Quantitative Economics, Demography, Social Research Methods, or Project Monitoring & Evaluation
• Minimum 3 years of MEAL experience working with international or national NGOs in humanitarian settings, preferably managing education-sector datasets
• Proficient in mobile data collection setup and data analysis packages (SPSS, STATA, or advanced MS Excel)
• Strong analytical writing skills
• Experience working with partners in consortium including refugee-led organisations

How to Apply:

All suitably qualified and Interested applicants should apply online at the link below.

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Deadline: 18^th August 2026

NB: Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

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Level of Education: bachelor degree

Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 36