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Job Title:  Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEAL) Officer (Part-time Jobs)  

Organisation: Uganda Youth and Adolescents Health Forum (UYAHF)

Duty Station: Mbale, Uganda

Reports to: Project Coordinator

About Organisation:

Uganda Youth and Adolescents Health Forum is a dynamic and leading youth led and youth serving health and human rights organization that works to advance sexual and reproductive health and rights for young people, enhance gender equality and promote economic empowerment and young people’s meaningful participation. UYAHF’s envisions a generation where young people are pro-active and meaningfully participate in national development processes and our overall goal is to empower adolescent girls and young women to live quality lives with equity, dignity and opportunities to realize their full potential.

About Project:

With funding from the German Doctors, UYAHF is going to implement a project “INCLUSIVE AND EQUITABLE HEALTHCARE SERVICES (IEHS)” in the Districts of Butebo, Mbale, Budaka, and Bukedea with the aim to provide equitable access to comprehensive healthcare services, ensuring that every individual can receive quality preventive, curative, palliative, and rehabilitative care. By addressing healthcare disparities and promoting inclusive practices, we will work towards healthier communities by December 2025.

Job Summary:   The MEAL Officer will provide support and management of monitoring, evaluation and learning processes of the Project. Will provide and support framework for tracking project outputs, targets and outcomes and ensuring that the project is on course and meeting the intended objectives.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

The Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEAL) Officer will be responsible for:

• Implementing a functional MEAL system for the project.
• Providing support to the project team in designing, monitoring and evaluating all project’s interventions and outcomes.
• Collecting monitoring, evaluation, research and learning data on the project
• activities and learning initiatives covering different interventions.
• Managing and setting workplans and identifying resource needs for data collection exercise.
• Ensuring data collection tools are fit for purpose and appropriate to context through review and revision with line supervisor.
• Conducting focus groups discussions and key informant interviews.
• Collecting, analyzing and presenting quantitative and qualitative data through written reports and dashboards.
• Verifying the quality of data through quality assurance protocols development and execution and triangulation of findings with primary and secondary data sources.
• Maintain regular contact with beneficiaries, community leaders, municipality representatives and other NGOs, inviting them to participate in monitoring and assessment processes and
• Any other duty as may be assigned by supervisor.

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

• A Bachelor’s Degree in information management, social sciences, statistics, Population studies/demography or any related field.
• A Postgraduate training in Monitoring and Evaluation from a recognized university/Institution.
• Minimum of three (3) years’ experience working in a health service institution or development NGO with a focus on MEAL processes.
• Good Knowledge of monitoring and evaluation methodology and report writing.
• Good analytical capacity for qualitative and quantitative information.
• Experience in coordinating the process of data collection in addition to experience in managing and preserving the data through android device.
• Experience in tracking project progress against objectives, preparation of Log-frames, and project indicators.
• Good working knowledge of Microsoft Applications (Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint etc.)
• Key MEAL officer characteristics: Organized, available, good learner, diplomatic and able to work as a part of the team. On the other hand, the officer must have the ability to take initiative and work independently.
• Previous field experience in assessments, data gathering, interviews, and Knowledge acquired in any of the following fields: health sector, health care services at national and community level.

How to Apply:

Interested candidates should submit their CV along with a cover letter detailing their relevant experience to uyahfchannel@gmail.com and copy to : vmuhenda@uyahf.com and jnakato@uyahf.com Please include job applied for in the subject line of the mail. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for interviews

Deadline: 25th October 2024

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