Global MEL Manager/Senior Manager

• PositionGlobal MEL Manager/Senior Manager
• CompanyOne Acre Fund
• LocationJinja, Uganda
• Job TypeContract
• CategoryMonitoring & Evaluation, Agriculture and Management Jobs in Uganda
• IndustryAgriculture and development
• DepartmentGlobal MEL
• Deadline17 November 2026; applications reviewed on a rolling basis

One Acre Fund says it equips 5.5 million smallholder farmers across nine African countries with farm supplies, tree seedlings, accessible credit, agronomic training and other agricultural services. The organisation describes a team of more than 9,000 full-time staff.

The advert identifies Uganda, Nigeria and the Democratic Republic of Congo as the countries covered by this role. It lists Jinja, Uganda as one of the possible job locations.

The Global MEL Manager/Senior Manager leads monitoring, evaluation and learning across the Uganda, Nigeria and DRC country programmes while owning systems and operations that help the Global MEL team deliver consistent, high-quality evidence at scale.

The role combines multi-country people management with global process ownership: it covers country MEL leadership, survey and analysis quality, budgets and plans, project-management systems, knowledge management, onboarding, capacity building and department improvement.

• Directly manage the Uganda, Nigeria and DRC Country MEL Leads, including goal-setting, performance reviews, development and career trajectory.
• Ensure survey design and rollout meet global standards across the region.
• Review team analysis and oversee reports and actionable, evidence-based recommendations.
• Participate in country steering-committee meetings and present MEL results.
• Oversee country-level MEL budgets and plans while maintaining data quality and adherence to global guidance.
• Own operational and process guidance, standard operating procedures and team ways of working.
• Select, roll out and drive adoption of project-management systems and tooling across regions.
• Own team knowledge management, including document location, versioning and access.
• Own team-level project and capacity planning and cross-domain coordination.
• Build onboarding and non-technical training, and maintain contingency and knowledge-transfer plans.
• Represent the team in global forums and undertake department-improvement initiatives.

Required Education

• The advert does not specify a required degree.

Work Experience

• Experience with quantitative and qualitative research, evaluations, data-collection tools, statistical analysis and reporting.
• Experience with experimental and quasi-experimental evaluation designs.
• Experience selecting and rolling out systems and tooling, standardising workflows and driving adoption across distributed teams.
• Experience structuring documentation, versioning and information systems for knowledge management.
• People-management experience across multiple countries and time zones, largely remotely.

Additional Requirements

• Proficiency in both Stata and R.
• Placement may be in Jinja, Uganda, Minna, Nigeria or Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo; other-country placement may also be considered for certain nationals.
• One Acre Fund can support a work permit, but nationals of or people with extensive professional backgrounds in countries of operation are preferred.

Technical Skills

• Quantitative and qualitative research methodologies, evaluation design and statistical analysis.
• Stata and R.
• Project management, process design, standard operating procedures and workflow systems.
• Knowledge management, documentation and versioning systems.

Soft Skills

• People management and staff development across countries and time zones.
• Evidence-based reporting and recommendations.
• Change management and adoption of new systems.
• Coordination, capacity planning and cross-domain collaboration.

The advert states that benefits include health insurance, housing and comprehensive benefits. It also describes weekly manager check-ins, mentorship and training, regular feedback and career reviews every six months.

• Lead MEL across Uganda, Nigeria and DRC programmes.
• Manage Country MEL Leads and support their development.
• Own systems, operations and knowledge management for Global MEL.
• Shape onboarding, capacity building and department improvement.
• Work in a role with Jinja, Uganda listed as a job-location option.

Apply through the One Acre Fund vacancy page. The advert states that applications close on 17 November 2026 and are reviewed on a rolling basis until a hire is made.

• Show quantitative and qualitative research and evaluation experience.
• Demonstrate proficiency in Stata and R.
• Explain how you have rolled out systems, standardised workflows and driven adoption.
• Give examples of knowledge-management and documentation systems.
• Highlight multi-country people management across time zones.
• Select Jinja, Uganda as the intended location where appropriate.
• Apply by 17 November 2026.