Uganda MEL Specialist (Fixed-Term)

Job Description

Requirements

• Qualifications:
• 3+ years of experience in Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MEL), data analysis, or program evaluation.
• Experience managing medium to high complexity projects with increasing independence.
• Experience managing small to medium teams and overseeing junior staff, with skills in performance evaluations and capacity building.
• Proficiency in statistical analysis using Stata or R and Excel (can perform complex functions) for data cleaning, regressions, and summary statistics.
• Competence in designing study plans, questionnaires, and implementing surveys, including calculating sample sizes and data analysis.
• The ability to produce high-quality reports and manage project dashboards.
• Experience in budget tracking, expenditure reporting, and asset management.
• Represent the department in meetings and contribute to discussions on relevant platforms.

Responsibilities

• Responsibilities:
• Draft study designs, evaluation strategies, and implementation plans.
• Clean and analyze data using STATA or R, develop new and update existing analysis plans, and produce summary statistics and regressions with manager oversight.
• Select survey participants by calculating sample size and defining selection processes.
• Prepare survey respondent lists and revise questionnaires for field readiness, ensuring data collection quality.
• Manage project-specific dashboards, update dashboards, track task progress, and provide oversight to junior staff.
• Propose improvements, scope out solutions to complex challenges, and implement them.
• Produce survey reports, summarizing findings and proposing actionable recommendations.
• Represent the department within the Uganda program, participate in Global Impact discussions, and other relevant platforms.
• Manage direct reports (up to Job Level 7), create development and promotion plans, oversee performance evaluations, and facilitate ongoing training and capacity-building activities.