Job Description

Job Title: Research, Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning (RMEAL) Officer

Reporting to: Project Manager

Contract Type: 6 months, Full time, national contract

Principal Location: Juba, South Sudan

Deadline for application: 08th July 2026 at 5:00 PM (South Sudan Time).

About AET/Street Child in South Sudan

In South Sudan, AET/Street Child builds on the legacy of the Africa Educational Trust (AET), which worked continuously in the country from 1996 and became part of the Street Child group in 2020. Over nearly three decades, AET established itself as one of South Sudan's leading education organisations, delivering programmes through periods of conflict, transition, independence and humanitarian crisis, while working closely with government, communities, schools and civil society partners. Today, AET/Street Child implements programmes across multiple states focused on foundational learning, teacher development, accelerated education, girls' education, school improvement, education in emergencies and system strengthening, in partnership with the Ministry of General Education and Instruction (MoGEI), State Ministries of Education, UNICEF, Education Cannot Wait, FCDO and other development partners to improve access to quality education and learning outcomes for vulnerable children and young people.

Street Child supports children to be safe, in school, and learning. We work with governments, communities, schools, and local organisations to deliver sustainable education solutions in low-resource, conflict-affected, and crisis-affected contexts.

Street Child operates across more than 20 countries in Africa and Asia and has supported more than one million children to access education, improve learning outcomes, and develop pathways to safer and more resilient futures. Our work combines technical expertise in foundational learning, Teaching at the Right Level (TaRL), teacher professional development, accelerated education, girls' education, school improvement, education in emergencies, community engagement, child protection, and education system strengthening.

Part 1:  Role Purpose:

The Research, Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning (RMEAL) Officer will support implementation of the UNICEF-funded Teaching at the Right Level (TaRL) project in South Sudan.

The project aims to improve foundational literacy and numeracy outcomes for 17,540 learners across 112 government primary schools in Aweil, Juba, Torit, and Yambio through the implementation of Teaching at the Right Level (TaRL), an evidence-based approach that assesses learners according to their current competency levels and provides targeted instruction to accelerate learning. The project will also strengthen the capacity of 336 teachers, 112 school-based mentors, and Ministry of General Education and Instruction (MoGEI) personnel to institutionalise TaRL approaches within government schools.

The RMEAL Officer will be responsible for ensuring that high-quality, timely and reliable data informs project implementation, decision-making, reporting and learning. The role will lead the design and implementation of the project's monitoring, evaluation, research, accountability and learning systems, including baseline and endline assessments, learner assessments, routine monitoring, data quality assurance and accountability mechanisms.

A central function of the role will be to support evidence generation and learning from the TaRL pilot, ensuring that monitoring data, learner assessment results and implementation findings are used to improve programme quality and inform future scale-up of TaRL within South Sudan.

Working closely with the Project Manager, County Coordinators/Master Trainers, UNICEF, MoGEI and participating schools, the RMEAL Officer will play a key role in strengthening evidence, accountability and learning systems throughout the project.

Part 2: Key Responsibilities

General Responsibilities:

• Comply with Street Child policies, procedures, safeguarding standards, and donor requirements.
• Support delivery of project objectives in line with UNICEF and government priorities.
• Ensure monitoring systems adequately capture inclusion, accountability, learning outcomes, and programme quality.
• Contribute to project learning, adaptation, evidence generation, and reporting.
• Work closely with project staff, government stakeholders, schools, and partners

Specific Responsibilities:

a. Research, MEAL Framework & Monitoring Systems

• Develop and maintain a comprehensive RMEAL plan aligned with project outputs, indicators, and UNICEF requirements.
• Design and standardise monitoring tools, learner assessment tools, data collection protocols, and reporting formats.
• Establish systems to monitor learner progression, teaching quality, mentoring effectiveness, and implementation fidelity.
• Maintain indicator tracking systems and ensure accurate, timely reporting against project targets

b. Baseline, Endline, Learner Assessment & Data Quality

• Lead the design and implementation of baseline, midpoint, and endline learner assessments.
• Develop appropriate methodologies, tools, sampling approaches, and data collection plans.
• Support analysis of foundational literacy and numeracy assessment results for baseline, midline and endline.
• Conduct regular data quality checks, verification, validation, and data cleaning exercises.
• Ensure all project data is appropriately disaggregated by sex, age, disability, and location

c. Data Use & Adaptive Programme Management

• Establish and Implement a digital data collection mechanism using Kobo/CommCare that keeps track of coverage, dosage and fidelity to TaRL practices in all TaRL sites
• Analyse project performance, learner outcome, and monitoring data to inform programme decision-making.
• Develop dashboards, learning briefs, evidence summaries, and performance reports.
• Provide actionable recommendations to improve implementation quality and learner outcomes.
• Support programme teams to adapt implementation based on evidence and emerging findings.
• Document lessons learned and emerging evidence from implementation of TaRL in South Sudan

d. Accountability & Safeguarding Systems

• Establish and monitor Complaints Feedback Response Mechanisms (CFRM) across project sites.
• Ensure accountability systems are accessible, confidential, inclusive, and responsive.
• Support integration of safeguarding and accountability into routine project monitoring.
• Track, document, and support timely resolution of feedback, complaints, and safeguarding concerns

e. Learning, Reporting & Knowledge Management

• Lead learning reviews, reflection sessions, and after-action reviews that classify schools/teachers/ counties that are performing above benchmark and those that sre struggling and need additional support.
• Produce high-quality RMEAL reports and contribute to donor reporting.
• Develop case studies, evidence briefs, learning products, and other knowledge management outputs.
• Support dissemination of findings and lessons learned to UNICEF, MoGEI, State Ministries of Education, and other stakeholders

f. Capacity Strengthening & Partner Support

• Provide technical support and mentoring to project staff, Master Trainers, mentors, and government counterparts on RMEAL systems and processes.
• Strengthen capacity in data collection, analysis, interpretation, and use.
• Support joint monitoring visits with government stakeholders and project partners.
• Promote a culture of evidence-based decision-making and continuous learning across the project

Part 3:  Person Specification      

Essential

Education / Qualifications

Essential

• Degree in Monitoring & Evaluation, Statistics, Social Sciences, or related field

Desirable

• Postgraduate qualification in M&E, data analysis, or related field

Experience and Knowledge

Essential

• Minimum 3–5 years' experience in MEAL, research, or data management roles
• Experience designing and implementing assessments, surveys or evaluations.
• Strong experience with data collection, analysis and reporting.
• Experience using Kobo, ODK, CommCare or similar digital data collection systems.
• Experience supporting donor-funded programmes

Desirable

• Experience working on education, foundational learning, literacy or numeracy programmes.
• Experience supporting UNICEF-funded projects.
• Experience conducting learning assessments or education research.
• Experience in South Sudan or other fragile contexts

Skills and Abilities

Essential

• Strong quantitative and qualitative data analysis skills.
• Excellent Excel skills.
• Ability to translate data into practical programme recommendations.
• Strong report writing and presentation skills
• High attention to detail and commitment to data quality.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines

Desirable

• Experience using Power BI, Tableau or other data visualisation tools.
• Experience using SPSS, STATA, R or similar analytical software.
• Experience facilitating learning reviews and reflection workshops

Other

• Strong commitment to child safeguarding and protection
• Flexible, proactive, and solutions-oriented

Street Child’s commitment to Safeguarding:

Street Child is committed to the safeguarding and protection of the communities we serve, our partners, our volunteers, and our staff.

As part of this commitment to safeguarding, all offers of employment will be subject to satisfactory references and appropriate background checks, including a Criminal Records check. 

Street Child also participates in the Inter Agency Misconduct Disclosure Scheme. In line with this Scheme, we will request information from job applicants’ previous employers about any findings of sexual exploitation, sexual abuse and/or sexual harassment during employment, or incidents under investigation when the applicant left employment. For purposes hereof, the following definitions will be used:

Sexual exploitation: refers to any actual or attempted abuse of a position of vulnerability, a power differential, or trust, for sexual purposes, including, among other things, with the aim of profiting pecuniarily, socially, or politically from the sexual exploitation of another.

Sexual abuse: refers to actual physical harm or threat of physical harm, of a sexual nature, which may occur by force, or in situations of inequality, or coercive conditions.

To apply: 

AET/Street Child welcomes applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of race, sex, disability, religion, belief, age, or other protected characteristics.

Female candidates and qualified persons with disabilities are strongly encouraged to apply.

Applicants may submit their applications online through the application link provided above or deliver hard copy applications to any AET/Street Child South Sudan office.

Please note that this position is subject to donor approval and funding confirmation under the project “Building Resilience of Households and Communities through Integrated Action in South Sudan” (CFEI ID: CFEI/CEF/SSD/2026/016).

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.