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Technical Support to MEL Design and Implementation

• Provide secondary education and STEM expertise during the design of MEL frameworks, indicators, tools, and methodologies aligned with the LIT Program Theory of Change.
• Contribute to the development, adaptation, and validation of baseline, monitoring, and evaluation tools.
• Support the interpretation of MEL data and findings from an education and curriculum perspective to ensure contextual relevance and technical accuracy.
• Participate in baseline studies, evaluations, learning reviews, and assessments, including tool piloting, data quality assurance, and results validation.

Education and STEM Technical Advisory

• Provide technical guidance on Uganda’s secondary education reforms, including the Lower Secondary Curriculum, competency-based education, and assessment practices.
• Support alignment of MEL activities with national education policies, frameworks, and standards set by MoES, NCDC, UNEB, and teacher training institutions.
• Review and contribute to technical learning products, briefs, and reports.

Capacity Building and Partner Support

• Support in the capacity assessment, capacity building plan and implementation.
• Learning-focused reflection and adaptive management.
• Contribute to the development of training materials, facilitation guides, and practical tools.
• Maintain mentorship, coaching, and training logs and contribute to post-training assessments.

Learning, Adaptation, and Knowledge Management

• Support learning events, reflection sessions, and annual MEL capacity reviews with LGF and consortium partners.
• Translate MEL findings and research evidence into actionable recommendations for teachers, school leaders, and program implementers.
• Document best practices, lessons learned, and emerging innovations in STEM education and teacher professional development.
• Contribute to validation workshops and learning dissemination processes, including preparation of reports and presentations.

Stakeholder Engagement and Coordination

• Engage with key education stakeholders, including MoES departments, NCDC, UNEB, teacher training institutions, District Education Offices, and education partners, as required by the MEL assignments.
• Represent AfriChild’s in relevant meetings, technical working groups, and forums.

Reporting and Accountability

• Prepare high-quality technical inputs for MEL reports, capacity strengthening reports, validation workshop reports, and learning products.
• Provide regular updates to the Technical Lead–MEL on progress, challenges, and emerging learning needs.

Key deliverables

• Baseline Scope of work and data collection tools
• Baseline data collected
• Provide expertise in the education sector relevant to the program, such as STEM pedagogy
• Validation workshop report submitted
• MEL capacity strengthening plan developed
• Technical assistance reports
• Mentorship and coaching logs for sessions in MEL
• Post-training assessment report shared with the partners
• Annual MEL capacity review conducted with Luigi and Partners
• Collaboration and reporting
• The Education and capacity building specialist will be directly supervised by the technical lead (AfriChild’s MEAL Officer)
• Duration and Level of Effort
• This is a full-time role for 12 months, renewable based on performance and funding and will be in line with AfriChild’s Human Resource Policy. Approximately 30% of the time will involve field travel.