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Job Title:        Monitoring, Evaluation and
Learning Consultant

Organization: Restless
Development

Duty Station: Kampala,
Uganda

Daily Rate:
UGX 214,509 gross

Reports to: Head
of Programmes and Partnerships

Preferred Start date: 30 September 2019

About US:

Restless Development
(Uganda) is an International NGO established to address the challenges faced by
young people in Uganda by placing young people at the forefront of change and
development. Our vision is for all Ugandan youth to live healthy and productive
lives, fully supported by those around them. Our programming focuses on three
core areas: youth sexual and reproductive health and rights, youth civic
participation and youth employment and livelihoods.

Job Summary:  Restless Development Uganda is seeking to
recruit a Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Consultant to support the
organisation’s monitoring, evaluation, and learning agenda. The MEL Consultant
will oversee a team of four staff and, through the team, provide technical and
capacity-building support in M&E to all programme units and the leadership
team. The Consultant will oversee internal and external evaluations, reporting,
data management and learning agenda.

Key Duties and Responsibilities: The Consultant will oversee internal and
external evaluations, reporting, data management and learning agenda.

Oversee internal
and external evaluation

• Provide oversight towards planned, on-going and completed
  evaluations
• Develop learning products from evaluation reports and disseminate as
  to key stakeholders

Reporting

• Oversee the pilot of newly launched reporting toolkit
• Develop Programme Quality Leadership papers to inform senior
  leadership team
• Q4 NPR review (particular focus on case studies and learning)
• Donor report review (all projects)

Data Management

• Design the Routine Data Quality Assessment system

Lead the
organization’s learning agenda

• Design and or finalize the learning agenda for the hub’s programmes
• Design, Review and or finalize case studies for the hub’s
  programmes.
• Other
• Other duties as required, sometimes requiring working on weekends
  may be assigned.

Qualifications, Skills and Experience: 

• The Restless Development Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning
  Consultant should hold d Graduate degree in a relevant field of study
• Minimum of three years’ experience in the development sector
• Minimum of three years’ experience in-design of monitoring systems
  and tools.
• Experience in training and providing capacity-building support on
  M&E.
• Excellent data analysis skills, both quantitative and qualitative
• Excellent report writing skills with experience preparing reports
  for donors and others
• Fluent in written and spoken English

Desirable

• Outstanding analytical and problem solving skills
• IT skills, including experience with packages such as EpiInfo and
  SPSS
• Outstanding interpersonal, written and verbal communication skills
• Experience of participatory research with young people
• Previous work experience in Uganda
• Competencies:
  Individual must be results orientated, highly self-motivated and have
  demonstrated analytical skills. The successful candidate will thrive in a
  multicultural environment as part of a rapidly growing organization and be
  personally committed to Restless Development’s mission and values.

NB: Restless
Development is an Equal Opportunities employer and encourages people from
diverse backgrounds to apply.

How to Apply:

Interested
candidates are to submit a CV and a Cover Letter, outlining their suitability
for the role and motivation for applying. Shortlisted applicants will be asked
to submit 2-3 samples of previous accomplishments of similar work. Please send
applications to ugandajobs@restlessdevelopment.org

Deadline: Friday 20th September 2019 by midnight

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