Position title Project and Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (PMEL) Officer
Project Strengthening CAN as Africa’s CBR/CBID Knowledge and Networking
Backbone
Duty station Uganda, with Africa-wide responsibilities and regular virtual engagement
Reports to CAN Coordinator
Works closely with
Knowledge and Communications Officer; African Sub-regional Focal
Persons; Finance and Administration Officer; CAN International Advisory
Board (IAB); African Disability Forum (ADF); partners and consultants
Contract duration 12 months, aligned with the approved project period
Level of effort Part-time
2. Background
The CBR Africa Network (CAN) is an African-led continental network that connects
organisations, practitioners, researchers, policymakers, development partners, Organisations
of Persons with Disabilities (OPDs), persons with disabilities and their families to advance
Community-Based Rehabilitation (CBR) and Community-Based Inclusive Development (CBID).
CAN generates and shares knowledge, strengthens capacity and networks, documents African
practice and promotes evidence-informed policy and systems change.
Through this project, , CAN will strengthen its role as Africa’s CBR/CBID knowledge and
networking backbone and lay practical foundations for the future CBR/CBID Centre of
Excellence for Africa. The project has five outcomes: continuous multilingual knowledge
sharing; documentation and validation of good practice; stronger national and sub-regional
networks; functioning membership and communication systems; and concrete CAN–ADF
collaboration and Centre of Excellence readiness.
3. Purpose of the Position
The Project and PMEL Officer will coordinate integrated project planning, monitoring,
reporting, learning and adaptive management with the development of a robust CRM system
across the distributed CAN Secretariat. The Officer will develop and operationalise CAN’s
results-based PMEL system in line with the approved proposal, Liliane Fonds requirements
and CAN’s M&E framework; provide reliable evidence on progress and reach; strengthen data
quality and accountability; and ensure that learning informs project decisions, knowledge
products and future Centre of Excellence development.
The position is not limited to collecting activity counts. It will assess whether members are
active, networks are functioning, knowledge is being used, regional and language inclusion is
improving, joint commitments are delivered and CAN’s institutional systems are becoming
stronger.
4. Key Responsibilities
4.1 Project planning and coordination
• Translate the approved proposal, budget and develop a results framework into a detailed
12-month implementation plan, responsibility matrix, milestone tracker and reporting
calendar.
• Support the CAN Coordinator to coordinate delivery across the core Secretariat, five Sub-
regional Focal Persons, IAB, ADF, consultants and other partners while maintaining clear
operational and oversight roles.
• Facilitate regular Secretariat and focal-person planning meetings; document decisions,
responsibilities, deadlines and follow-up actions; escalate delays and dependencies
promptly.
• Maintain an integrated tracker covering activities, deliverables, indicators, risks, partner
commitments and management actions, and support timely corrective measures to ensure
all the planned activities are delivered on time.
• Coordinate the inception process, mid-term reflection, end-of-project learning review.
4.2 PMEL system, tools and baseline/endline
• Finalise and operationalise a proportionate PMEL framework aligned with Liliane Fonds
templates and CAN’s draft M&E framework, including indicator definitions, disaggregation,
data sources, frequency, responsibilities and data-quality controls.
• Design and roll out harmonised tools for events, membership engagement, focal-person
reporting, network functionality, knowledge products, communication analytics, CAN–ADF
outputs, accessibility and institutional capacity.
• Design, conduct and document a light baseline and endline, including CAN’s institutional-
capacity self-assessment, and maintain auditable evidence for every reported result.
• Set up and maintain a secure central results database/dashboard and organised means-
of-verification archive with version control and restricted access where required.
4.3 Routine monitoring and data quality
• Consolidate and analyse monthly submissions from Sub-regional Focal Persons and other
activity leads, disaggregating reach by sub-region, country, stakeholder group, sex,
disability, age and language where feasible and ethical.
• Track progress against all proposal targets, including 8 learning events, cumulative reach
of at least 1,000 participants, at least 4 validated practice products, one accessible
compendium, at least 5 functioning national networks, at least 200 additional practitioners
trained, at least 1,000 verified contactable persons stored on a CRM member, website usage
growth, CAN–ADF outputs, focal-person functionality and on-time delivery. The CRM
system will be used for managing CAN’s relationships and interactions with the people and
organizations it works with.
• Define and apply verification rules for CRM membership so that figures represent verified,
contactable and consent-based members rather than unvalidated names.
• Assess network functionality against the agreed minimum standard and document
evidence of sustained engagement, delivered activities and follow-up—not only network
launch or membership lists.
• Conduct routine data-quality checks for completeness, accuracy, consistency, timeliness,
duplication, consent and traceability; provide feedback and maintain a correction log.
• Triangulate quantitative metrics with participant feedback, stories, learning notes,
analytics and evidence of knowledge use or policy engagement.
4.4 Reporting, learning and adaptive management
• Prepare concise monthly management dashboards and high-quality quarterly and final
narrative reports for review by the CAN Coordinator and IAB, aligned with Liliane Fonds
requirements.
• Work with the Finance and Administration Officer to reconcile narrative and financial
progress, explain material variances and ensure reported delivery is consistent with
expenditure and supporting documentation.
• Lead quarterly learning-and-reflection sessions and document decisions, adaptations and
follow-up actions; monitor whether agreed corrective actions are implemented.
• Analyse the project’s learning questions on cost-effective continuous knowledge sharing
and effective CAN–ADF knowledge-to-policy collaboration, and contribute evidence to
sustainability and resource-mobilisation planning.
• Provide verified data and analysis to the Knowledge and Communications Officer for case
studies, briefs, the compendium, newsletters, donor communication and other knowledge
products.
4.5 Evaluation, accountability, risk and compliance
• Coordinate participant feedback and outcome-harvesting methods to assess usefulness,
accessibility, application of learning, member engagement and network strengthening.
• Maintain and regularly update the project risk, issue and action registers, including
language/connectivity barriers, slow uptake, delivery delays, safeguarding concerns, role
confusion and data risks.
• Ensure monitoring and reporting comply with safeguarding, informed-consent,
confidentiality and data-protection requirements; immediately refer safeguarding concerns
through the approved mechanism.
• Support preparation for project audit, donor monitoring or review by maintaining complete,
organised and accessible programme records and responding to evidence requests.
• Document lessons and recommendations for sustaining the CRM, repository,
communication system, focal-person model, networks and PMEL system beyond the grant.
Required Qualifications and Experience
• Bachelor’s degree in Monitoring and Evaluation, Statistics, Economics, Development
Studies, Project Management, Social Sciences, Public Health or a related field. A
postgraduate qualification is an added advantage.
• At least 3 years of relevant professional experience in project coordination and results-
based monitoring, evaluation and learning, preferably in a multi-country or network
programme.
• Demonstrated ability to develop results frameworks, indicator reference sheets, data-
collection tools, dashboards, baselines/endlines, CRM systems, AI knowledge and donor
reports.
• Strong quantitative and qualitative research skills, including survey design, data cleaning,
descriptive analysis, synthesis and presentation of findings for decision-making.
• Advanced proficiency in Excel and practical competence in one or more data-analysis or
visualisation tools such as Power BI, R, Stata, KoboToolbox or equivalent.
• Experience managing data from distributed teams and conducting data-quality assurance,
verification and means-of-verification audits.
• Experience with disability inclusion, OPDs, CBR/CBID, knowledge networks. is a strong
advantage.
• Understanding of safeguarding, informed consent, data protection and ethical collection
and use of disability-disaggregated information.
7. Languages and Core Competencies
• Excellent written and spoken English is required. Professional French is strongly preferred;
Arabic or Portuguese is an added advantage.
• Results orientation, analytical thinking and sound judgement; ability to distinguish activity
completion from meaningful outcome and system change.
• Strong planning, coordination, facilitation and report-writing skills; accuracy, integrity and
attention to detail.
• Ability to communicate data clearly to technical and non-technical audiences and to provide
constructive feedback across cultures and levels of authority.
• Initiative, reliability and ability to manage competing deadlines independently within a part-
time role.
• Commitment to disability rights, meaningful OPD participation, gender equality,
accessibility and learning.