Monitoring Evaluation and Learning Officer

Project Background Refugee and Host Community Youth Empowerment and Transformation Initiative (RETI) program is implemented by a consortium of Nine partners led by Muni University and in collaboration with the Mastercard Foundation to address unemployment challenges faced by young people aged 15 –35 years in 15 refugee-hosting districts in Uganda. The program will directly reach 100,000 (60,000 female) and aims to transition 70,000 (42,000 female) young people into work. The lead Partner is Muni University, and other partners are Gulu University, Bishop Stuart University; Finn Church Aid, Dan Church Aid, and Community Empowerment for Rural Development, PALM Corps, Meeting Point Kitgum, and Young African Refugees for Integral Development. Bishop Stuart University (BSU), a private, not-for-profit educational institution established by the Ankole Diocese of the Province of the Anglican Church of Uganda to provide Christian-based higher education, training, research and outreach for the expansion of God’s kingdom, human knowledge and the betterment of society. BSU is a Ugandan university that is academically excellent, innovative in research, critically engaged with society and demographically representative. Bishop Stuart University’s (BSU) mission is; To produce multi-sectoral leaders/operators who know the way, show the way and go the way: BSU is implementing the RETI Project in three districts of Kamwenge, Isingiro and Kikuube. POSITION: MONITORING EVALUATION AND LEARNING OFFICER (MEL) REPORTS: PROJECT MANAGER DUTY STATION: BISHOP STUART UNIVERSITY MAIN CAMPUS Number of positions: 01 Job Title: Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Officer. Main duties and responsibilities: The Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) Officer will be responsible for the design, coordination and implementation of the monitoring and evaluation, research, and learning framework of the Refugee and Host Community Youth Empowerment and Transformation Initiative (RETI) implemented by Bishop Stuart University. He/she will develop a systematic monitoring framework to improve the qualitative and quantitative evidence gathered by the RETI Project. He/she will also provide technical assistance to the Project Assistants and or other consortium members, particularly in relation to monitoring and reporting of the RETI outputs and outcomes. Specific Duties: Assist in the revision of the project log frame matrix, particularly in the areas of performance indicators and their measurement. Assist in the development of the project’s quarterly and annual Work Plans and keep them updated in accordance with project activities and timeframes as relevant. Develop the overall framework for project M&E, for example, mid-term project review, impact assessment, final evaluation, and develop the project Performance Monitoring Plan with relevant data collection systems. Review the quality of existing data in the project subject areas, the methods of collecting it, and the degree to which it will provide good baseline statistics for impact evaluation. Participate in the baseline survey for the RETI Project Develop a plan for project-related capacity-building on M&E and for any computer-based