GOAL Uganda
Job Title: MIS Officer
Location: Kampala, Uganda
Reports to: MIS Specialist
Application Deadline: 06 June 2025
Job Summary
GOAL Uganda is seeking a motivated and detail-oriented Management Information Systems (MIS) Officer to join our expanding MEAL team. Reporting to the Deputy Programme Director – MEAL, the MIS Officer will work closely with the GOAL MEAL team, including the Knowledge Management and accountability Manager at HQ, to provide advice on and help implement a management information system for GOAL in Uganda to enable efficient access to routine programme data to drive business planning and programme development; to review and monitor the implementation of partnerships with intervention partners (e.g., private sector, government, NGOs); and to understand whether expected results are delivered. The MIS Officer will support the customization of digital MEAL systems in platforms such as PowerBi, Comcare, Mwater and other ODK toolkits. They will support across Programmes and Systems to improve monitoring, data capture and visualization, and regular use of data to help inform strategic decisions and increase overall efficiency.
Job Functions:
MIS support to Programmes and Systems
- Support the DPD MEAL in designing and standardising surveys and data capture processes to ensure reporting and KPIs are accurate, and information is accessible to a range of audiences
- Support country programmes with form digitization and the development of dashboards (primarily using CommCare and Power BI).
- Assist in providing regular technical support for staff on MIS tools or platforms
- Support on training and building the capacity of staff on the use of MIS tools including the use of software services for: form digitalization (e.g. CommCare, MWater), dashboarding (e.g. Power BI) and other (e.g. ArcGIS).
Data analysis and visualisation
- Support in the analysis of datasets using dashboarding (e.g. Power BI), statistical (e.g. SPSS/Python) and/or GIS (e.g. ArcGIS) tools.
- Share monthly data reports and visualisations for each GU project in alignment with regular Programme Review Meetings and learning events
- Contribute to monthly data reports and visualisations, in coordination with the GU MEAL team, to Programme leads and SMT in support of adaptive management and the assessment of progress against project, programme and country targets, using statistical and data modelling
- Assist GU Programme staff to identify and respond to trends in already established datasets
Essential criteria:
- Bachelor’s in Computer Science, Business Analytics or another data-heavy field.
- 3 years experience in working with INGO
- Knowledge of statistics and experience working with relational data structures,
Desirable Criteria:
- Experience working with dashboarding software (Tableau, Qlik, Looker), particularly Power BI (highly preferred)
- Experience working with ODK based software (Kobo, SurveyCTO, MWater), particularly CommCare
- Knowledge of a programming language (VBA, Java, C), particularly R or Python
- Experience working in the humanitarian or development sectors
- Knowledge of SQL and of machine learning.
