Program MEL Officer (SRHR Next Project)

• PositionProgram MEL Officer (SRHR Next Project)
• CompanyAmref Health Africa
• LocationKampala, Uganda
• Job TypeFull Time
• CategoryNGO, International Development, Health Jobs in Uganda
• IndustryInternational development and public health
• DepartmentNot stated in the advert.
• DeadlineFriday, 20 November 2026, 11:59 PM (EAT)

Amref Health Africa was founded in 1957 and is headquartered in Nairobi, Kenya. Its Uganda office was established in Kampala in 1987, building on the organisation’s earlier community partnerships in the country.

The Uganda office works with government ministries, civil society and other partners to improve access to health services. Its stated areas of work include reproductive, maternal, newborn, child and adolescent health, HIV, tuberculosis and malaria, water and sanitation, and health-worker capacity building.

The Program MEL Officer will coordinate the SRHR Next programme’s evidence cycle, from operationalising its theory of change and results framework to monitoring targets, checking data quality and analysing programme outcomes. The role combines routine programme data with qualitative evidence and community feedback, with careful attention to contribution analysis and limits on causal attribution. It also leads performance dashboards and supports analytical donor reporting, evaluation work and learning documentation.

Working with programme partners, district stakeholders, the Programme Manager and the Country MEL Manager, the officer will convene review and reflection sessions and follow up on decisions through an action-and-learning tracker. The role includes mentoring partner and district teams, supporting safe and meaningful youth participation, and ensuring age, sex and disability disaggregation. Its focus on climate-sensitive service continuity in flood-prone Butaleja and on localization outcomes gives the evidence work a specific district and partnership dimension. The appointment is full-time.

• Operationalise the contextualised Theory of Change, indicator reference sheets and definitions, disaggregation requirements, results framework and MEL plan across the three result areas; maintain baseline, annual and endline targets and record assumptions and data limitations.
• Apply mixed-methods approaches to measure programme outcomes and contributions to impact, triangulating routine data, qualitative evidence and community feedback on SRHR service use, knowledge, agency, social norms, policy implementation and accountability.
• Assess the programme’s plausible contribution to observed outcomes by examining implementation intensity, trends, context, alternative explanations and Theory of Change assumptions; distinguish outputs, outcomes and longer-term impact and avoid unsupported attribution of district-level change.
• Coordinate learning questions on adolescent-responsive and disability-inclusive services, knowledge-to-action and service uptake, youth participation, accountability and advocacy, the One Programme Approach, localization, sustainability and climate-sensitive service continuity in flood-prone Butaleja.
• Coordinate the learning agenda, outcome harvesting, reflection sessions and documentation of lessons, emerging outcomes and promising practices, and facilitate use of learning to improve programme effectiveness and adaptive management.
• Convene routine data-use sessions and quarterly partner reflection and performance reviews; interpret findings, identify bottlenecks, maintain an action-and-learning tracker and verify that decisions lead to corrective action.
• Coordinate harmonised data collection, verification, analysis and dashboards for Amref and implementing partners; update approved programme results databases and Amref systems, including AIMS where applicable, and support appropriate use of DHIS2/HMIS and digital data-collection platforms.
• Plan and conduct data quality assessments, spot checks, source-document verification, indicator reconciliation and joint district and partner monitoring; document errors and corrective actions and check consistency of numerators, denominators, reporting periods and disaggregation.
• Analyse performance against targets, coverage and equity gaps, implementation risks and realistic forecasts or recovery plans, integrating evidence on commodity continuity, referral pathways, quality of care and service readiness.
• Coordinate timely, accurate and analytical programme and donor reports, checking data quality and consistency with agreed indicators and targets and documenting achievements, outcomes, contributions to impact, lessons and programme adaptations.
• Support national reporting to the SRHR Next Programme MIS, AIMS and other global reporting platforms.
• Lead development and maintenance of programme performance dashboards and visualisation products for internal management and donor reporting.
• Support evaluation design, terms of reference, ethical protocols, sampling, tools, consultant coordination and quality assurance for baseline follow-up, periodic studies, midterm and endline evaluations and targeted outcome assessments; track management responses to recommendations.
• Integrate age, sex, disability and other appropriate disaggregation, and work with youth advisory and community accountability structures to capture feedback safely, document resulting decisions and report to communities in accessible formats.
• Develop and monitor mechanisms to assess meaningful and inclusive youth participation in programme governance, implementation and learning.
• Mentor partner staff, district biostatisticians, health-facility teams, schools, VHTs and community actors on indicators, data quality, analysis, ethical data handling, evidence use and results storytelling.
• Apply safeguarding, PSEAH, informed consent, confidentiality and secure handling of sensitive SRHR/SGBV information, using survivor-centred, do-no-harm and conflict-sensitive approaches in qualitative documentation and outcome harvesting.
• Work with the Programme Manager, Country MEL Manager, partner MEL focal persons, district leadership and programme governance structures, contributing to work planning, reporting calendars, learning budgets, risk reviews and donor evidence requests.
• Monitor and document localization outcomes, equitable partnership practices and partner capacity-development progress.
• Track programme risks, mitigation measures and sustainability outcomes and provide evidence to inform management decisions and programme adaptations.
• Represent the MEL function in programme technical working groups, consortium coordination platforms and relevant district-level review meetings.

Required Education

• Bachelor’s degree in Statistics, ICT/IT, Computer Science, Demography, Public Health, Epidemiology, Social Sciences or a related discipline.
• A postgraduate qualification in Monitoring and Evaluation, public health, research methods or a related field is an added advantage.

Work Experience

• At least five years of relevant MEL experience, preferably in SRHR/SGBV, adolescent health, health systems strengthening or rights-based multisectoral programmes.
• Demonstrated experience designing outcome and impact measurement approaches, implementing mixed-methods evaluations or learning studies, and producing analytical donor reports.
• Experience coordinating MEL across multiple implementing partners and working with district health information systems, including HMIS/DHIS2, data quality assessments and facility/community data.

Additional Requirements

• Experience with donor-funded consortium programmes and MEL for SRHR, adolescent health or gender programmes.
• Experience conducting Data Quality Assessments and using Power BI or similar dashboard tools.
• Strong command of Theory of Change, results-based management, indicator design, baseline and target management, contribution analysis and interpretation of programme outcomes and impact.
• Practical skills in qualitative and participatory methods, outcome harvesting, reflection and learning facilitation, knowledge management and adaptive management.
• Advanced quantitative analysis, data visualisation and analytical writing; strong Excel and at least one statistical or visualisation package such as Power BI, Qlik, SPSS, Stata or R. KoboToolbox/ODK experience is advantageous.
• Ability to translate complex data into accurate, concise reports, presentations, impact stories and actionable recommendations without overstating causal attribution.
• Understanding of gender-transformative, disability-inclusive, youth-centred, safeguarding and ethical research principles, including confidential handling of sensitive SGBV data.
• Willingness to travel frequently within the programme district. Outcome Harvesting, advocacy and policy-outcome measurement, external evaluation, and localization or partnership-effectiveness frameworks are listed as desirable experience.

Technical Skills

• MEL framework and results management: Theory of Change, results-based management, indicator design, results frameworks and baseline/target management.
• Outcome measurement and learning: Mixed methods, contribution analysis, participatory methods, outcome harvesting, reflection and adaptive management.
• Quantitative analysis and visualisation: Advanced quantitative analysis, data visualisation, strong Excel and a statistical or visualisation package such as Power BI, Qlik, SPSS, Stata or R.
• Monitoring systems and data quality: HMIS/DHIS2, data-quality assessments, indicator reconciliation, digital data collection and programme dashboards; KoboToolbox/ODK is advantageous.
• Analytical reporting: Prepare concise reports, presentations, impact stories and management recommendations grounded in evidence.
• Ethical evidence practice: Apply ethical research and confidential handling of sensitive SRHR/SGBV information.

Soft Skills

• Facilitation and partnership coordination: Facilitate review and learning sessions and coordinate with partners, districts and programme teams.
• Mentoring: Strengthen partner, district, facility and community capacity in data quality and evidence use.
• Critical thinking: Interpret evidence carefully, assess alternative explanations and avoid unsupported causal claims.
• Communication and analytical writing: Translate complex findings into clear, concise reporting and recommendations.
• Organisation and deadline management: Manage reporting calendars, learning tasks and competing deadlines.
• Travel readiness: Willingness to travel frequently within the programme district.

Benefits are not stated in the advert.

• Work across all three SRHR Next result areas, linking programme evidence to delivery and accountability.
• Combine routine monitoring with qualitative evidence, community feedback and contribution analysis.
• Lead a learning agenda that includes adolescent-responsive and disability-inclusive services and youth participation.
• Support programme partners and district teams to improve data quality, analysis and use of results.
• Develop dashboards and analytical reporting for programme management and donor use.
• Contribute to evaluation work from study design and ethics through quality assurance and management responses.
• Address localization and sustainability evidence, including climate-sensitive service continuity in flood-prone Butaleja.

Submit your CV or resume and a cover letter through the official Amref application page. Applications close Friday November 20th, 2026 at 23:59 (EAT).

• Checked on 10 November 2026 against Amref Health Africa's official advert.
• Closing date confirmed as 20 November 2026. NextRoleHub closes the listing at 23:59 Kampala time that day.
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