Uganda MEL Specialist (Fixed-Term)
Core
Design and implement study designs, oversee data collection and analysis, and manage the MEL department for an agricultural development program serving smallholder farmers.
Role type
Senior MEL Project Specialist (Team Lead)
Builds
Actionable insights and reports for program impact on smallholder farmer productivity.
Domain
Agriculture / Development / Monitoring & Evaluation
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | research | client delivery
Required skills
Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MEL) expertise, statistical analysis (Stata or R), survey design and implementation, team management, budget tracking, report writing
Preferred skills
Experience managing medium to high complexity projects, capacity building, performance evaluations
Technologies
CommCare, Google Sheets, STATA, R, Excel
Responsibilities
Draft study designs and evaluation strategies; clean and analyze data using STATA or R; select survey participants and prepare respondent lists; manage project-specific dashboards and track task progress; produce survey reports with actionable recommendations; manage direct reports including performance evaluations and training; oversee department expenditures.
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC with team leadership