Senior Project Officer – MEAL (Livelihoods, Agriculture & Market Systems)

Senior Project Officer MEAL Job Overview

• Employer: Catholic Relief Services (CRS) Uganda
• Location: Kampala, with up to 30% travel to project locations and field offices
• Reports to: Program Manager, MEAL
• Department: Programming
• Eligibility: Ugandan nationals only
• Job reference: 3002967
• Application deadline: 6 November 2026, 5:00 PM in the advert text; rolling review
• Salary: Not stated

About CRS

CRS is the international humanitarian agency of the Catholic community in the United States. It works in more than 100 countries on relief and development programmes, including health, agriculture, education, emergency response and peacebuilding. In Uganda, this programme combines market systems development, private sector partnerships and church land investments, including regenerative agroforestry.

About the Role

Lead the design, implementation and management of MEAL systems, measuring outputs, outcomes, sustainability and systemic change. Turn field evidence into decisions and learning that improve programme impact and support scale.

Key Responsibilities

• Design monitoring systems, data collection tools, databases, dashboards and reporting systems.
• Coordinate baseline, midline and endline surveys, market assessments and evaluations.
• Track private sector partners, producer groups, cooperatives, financial institutions, co-investment and access to finance.
• Measure income, jobs, productivity, market access and participation of women, youth and smallholder farmers.
• Lead data quality assessments and routine verification, and implement the feedback, complaints and response mechanism.
• Facilitate reflection sessions, produce learning briefs and case studies, and mentor partner and field MEAL staff.
• Maintain safe, ethical and confidential data management and monitor MEAL resource use.

Qualifications and Requirements

• Bachelor degree in Monitoring and Evaluation, Statistics, Economics, Agricultural Economics, Development Studies, Business Administration, Social Sciences or a related field.
• A relevant master degree is an added advantage.
• At least five years of relevant professional MEAL experience in livelihoods, agriculture, private sector development, market systems, economic inclusion, resilience or value chain programmes.
• Proven experience using the DCED Standard for Results Measurement and Market Systems Development monitoring approaches.
• Strong written and spoken English, analysis, communication, relationship management and attention to detail.
• Ability to use MS Office and data analysis packages such as Power BI, SPSS, STATA or R.
• Willingness and ability to travel up to 30% outside Kampala.

Preferred experience includes MSD/M4P results reporting, digital tools such as CommCare, KoboToolbox, ODK or ArcGIS, quantitative and qualitative research, dashboard development and staff supervision.

Salary and Benefits

No salary figure is stated in the official advert.

How to Apply

Apply through the official CRS application page. The advert text asks candidates to apply by 5:00 PM on Friday, 6 November 2026. Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis, so apply early. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

Application Tips

• Show five or more years of relevant MEAL experience clearly.
• Give examples of DCED/MSD results measurement and private sector monitoring.
• Quantify results and state the data collection and analysis tools you have used.

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