Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Manager -12 month FTC

OUR ORGANISATION

Womankind Worldwide is a global women’s rights organisation working in partnership with women’s rights movements and organisations to transform the lives of women and girls. We strengthen and support women’s movements in our focus countries in Africa and Asia, and take collective action at regional and global levels, to ensure women’s voices are heard, their rights are realised, and their lives are free from violence.

Currently, Womankind has staff based in Kenya and the UK. This position can be co-located in Kenya or the UK. (amend as appropriate). You must have the right to work in either Kenya or the UK to apply for this role, in line with the laws and regulations of these countries.

Role Purpose:

The Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Manager is the lead expert on MEL in the organization and their role is to strengthen the impact of Womankind’s programmes by ensuring feminist evidence, learning, and reflection inform how programmes and feminist partnerships advance women’s rights, shift power, and support accountability to partners and donors in ethical and inclusive ways.

Areas of responsibilities:

Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning

• Lead the design and implementation of feminist monitoring, evaluation and learning frameworks aligned with Womankind’s strategy and values.

• Support programmes and partnerships to develop theories of change, indicators, and learning questions that reflect complexity and power dynamics.

• Ensure high-quality, ethical data collection and analysis, using appropriate qualitative and quantitative methods.

• Use evidence and learning to inform decision-making, programme adaptation, and strategic planning.

Learning and Impact

• Facilitate learning, reflection, and exchange processes with staff and partners to strengthen knowledge and impact.

• Synthesize evidence and insights to demonstrate the contribution and impact of Womankind’s work without over-claiming.

• Author and review key articles and communication products reflecting on feminist approaches to MEL practice

• Support the sharing of learning internally and externally, contributing to organizational learning and feminist practice.

Accountability and Donor Reporting

• Ensure MEL systems support accountability to women’s rights partners and donors.

• Lead or support donor reporting, ensuring accuracy, learning focus, and alignment with feminist values.

• Strengthen systems for tracking progress, outcomes, and learning across programmes.

• Support in the management and updating the CRM;

Safeguarding, Ethics and Data Protection

• Embed safeguarding, ethical research practice, and data protection across MEL systems and processes.

• Ensure informed consent, responsible data use, and survivor-centred approaches in all MEL activities.

Capacity Strengthening and Support

• Strengthen the MEL capacity of colleagues and partners, providing guidance, tools, and practical support.

• Promote accessible and feminist MEL approaches that avoid unnecessary burden on partners.

Systems and Continuous Improvement

• Develop, Maintain and improve MEL tools, systems, and processes to ensure consistency, quality, and usability.

• Lead on organisational initiatives on learning and exchange, impact, and feminist accountability.

Collaborating with sector as MEL expert

• Participate in Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning working groups and communities.

• Represent Womankind at regional or global meetings.

Key relationships and collaboration:

• Internally: fundraising, grant making, communications

• Externally: donors, research organisations, partners, consultants

PERSON SPECIFICATION:

Qualification and training:

• A relevant degree or equivalent professional experience in monitoring and evaluation, international development, social sciences, statistics, public policy, or a related field.

• Formal training or substantial experience in monitoring, evaluation and learning, including theory of change, results frameworks, indicator development, and qualitative and quantitative methods.

• Strong data management and analysis skills, with experience using data collection and analysis tools (e.g. Excel, Kobo, ODK, Power BI, or similar).

• Experience with participatory and feminist approaches in MEL and research including use of tools and frameworks relevant to Womankind’s priority themes

• Safeguarding and ethics training, including PSEAH and data protection, with experience applying ethical and survivor-centred approaches.

• Understanding of equality, diversity and inclusion, including gender-responsive or feminist-informed MEL approaches

Essential Experience:

• Sound knowledge of monitoring, evaluation and learning approaches, including theories of change, indicators, and qualitative and quantitative methods.

• Significant experience of undertaking a MEL role including in planning, implementing and managing projects or initiatives related to activism, human rights, gender or development.

• Experience working on women’s rights organizations and feminist movements in the global south.

• Demonstrated experience of feminist approaches to research, monitoring, evaluation, and/or learning in social justice, human rights or international development organisations.

• Experience in to facilitating learning and reflection, using MEL findings to inform decision-making and programme adaptation

• Knowledge of institutional donors and experience of developing proposals and reporting.

• An ability to represent an organisation in front of diverse audiences and situations.

• Demonstrate sensitivity and appreciation for diverse viewpoints and different communication styles in a politically and culturally diverse environment.

• Fluency in English and excellent written and oral communication skills.

• Proficiency in Microsoft Office and experience with digital MEL systems and visualisation tools, including dashboards or real-time monitoring platforms.

• Links with relevant academic/research institutions and initiatives.

Desirable:

• Experience with adaptive, complexity-aware or learning-focused MEL approaches, such as outcome harvesting, most significant change, contribution analysis, or adaptive management.

• Experience with digital MEL systems and visualisation tools, including dashboards or real-time monitoring platforms.

• Experience with qualitative research and analysis software, such as NVivo or similar.

• Experience working across regions or countries, particularly in low-resource or politically sensitive contexts.

Knowledge and Skills:

• Analytical and detail-focused, with a strong interest in evidence, learning, and improvement.

• Adaptable and solution-focused, comfortable working in complex and changing environments.

• Ethical and trustworthy, with a strong commitment to safeguarding, data protection, and responsible practice.

• Collaborative and supportive, able to work constructively with colleagues and partners.

• Clear and confident communicator, able to explain findings in an accessible way.

• Well organised and dependable, able to manage multiple priorities and meet deadlines.

• Ability to take initiative and work efficiently under pressure, both independently and as a team member.
• Knowledge of and networks related to feminist activism and / or academia in local, regional, national and/or global contexts.
• Knowledge or experience of consortia working.