The MEL Technical Specialist/Advisor will provide technical leadership, capacity building and advisory support in the MEL function within both IIDC and to IIDC’s diverse partners. Specifically, the MEL Specialist will oversee the MEL function associated with the national scale of the Responsible, Engaged and Loving (REAL) Fathers intervention across 6 sub regions of Uganda and working with 10 implementing partners.

The role also involves a coordinating and supporting the work of IIDC’s International MEL experts and partners including practitioners’ researchers, academia, government stakeholders.

Specific Duties and Responsibilities
The key responsibilities of the position include, but are not limited to:

1. To support the development and design of IIDC and Partner measurement and monitoring approaches and frameworks, including appropriate indicators and measurement tools that are sufficiently aligned to intervention outcomes and impact.
2. Provide ongoing technical support to IIDC and partners in the roll out of the various monitoring and evaluation and learning processes including data collection, data quality management, analysis and reporting (use of data).
3. Lead and oversee the operationalization of the REAL Fathers Monitoring Information System (MIS) and ensure timely extraction, dissemination and use of high-quality evidence data to inform and improve program implementation.
4. Support the maintenance and updating of data storage and retrieval systems for data associated with the Program MEL Plans and Annual Work Plans.
5. Support program learning and data utilization events to ensure continuous improvement and capturing lessons for program adaptation.
6. Liaise with and support the work of IIDC work with research partners including Universities, practice-based researchers and other stakeholders including government officials in the efficient execution of the required program measurement processes.
7. Provide regular technical advisory and accompaniment support to IIDC program implementing partners in the areas of program monitoring and impact measurement and documentation including in the following areas:
8. Development of sound of MEL frameworks, processes and tools for their program
9. Generation of reliable and high-quality program monitoring and impact measurement evidence (baselines, midlines, endlines, RCTs)
10. Development and operationalization of “Fit for Purpose” Monitoring Information Systems (MIS)
11. Use and application of Program and other data for program quality improvement.

Required Qualifications
The MEL Specialist/Advisor will have the following qualifications and experience:

1. Masters level Qualifications in monitoring and evaluation, Social Research, statistics, or relevant program measurement qualification.
2. Minimum of at least 10 years of extensive work experience in the development and implementation of program measurement and learning systems, frameworks and tools.

• Demonstrated experience in the development and deployment of diverse, multi-level measurement evaluation designs and methodologies for development programs

1. Verifiable experience in the design, development and operationalization of MIS systems
2. Extensive skills in qualitative, and quantitative monitoring and evaluation data management and interpretation
3. Strong expertise in training and capacity development for both technical and non-technical staff in Monitoring, Evaluation and data use.

• Thematic programming expertise in the areas of children’s rights and violence against children, gender-based violence, male engagement and ECD will be highly added advantages.
• Excellent writing, reporting and documentation skills for research and evidence products.

1. Ability to work collaboratively with counterparts in a coordinated manner to achieve outstanding results
2. Proactive, agile, collaborative and able to work efficiently while engaging with stakeholders with different global time zones
3. Demonstrated experience working with people of diverse cultures.