Monitoring and Evaluation Team Lead

Roles & Responsibilities

The Monitoring & Evaluation Team Lead will;

• Provide overall leadership and strategic direction for the Foundation's Monitoring and Evaluation function, alignment with organisational strategy, programme and governance expectations.

• Develop, implement, and periodically review an organisation-wide M&E framework, performance measurement system, and learning agenda covering all programmes and interventions.

• Oversee the design and implementation of programme-level M&E plans, including indicators, targets, baselines, endlines, and evaluation schedules.

• Lead or supervise baseline studies, midline reviews, endline evaluations, and impact assessments, ensuring methodological rigour and relevance.

• Ensure timely tracking of outputs, outcomes, and impact across all programmes, with clear linkages to strategic objectives.

• Promote the systematic use of data and evidence to inform programme adaptation, learning. and continuous improvement

• Establish and maintain robust data collection, management, and reporting systems that ensure accuracy, completeness, timeliness, and consistency.

• Oversee routine data verification, validation exercises, and audits across the programme lifecycle.

• Maintain high-quality databases and dashboards that provide a single, consolidated view of programme performance and results.

• Lead the synthesis and analysis of programme data for internal management use, donor reporting, annual reports, and board-level updates.

• Provide technical guidance and data-driven insights to support programme design, stakeholder engagement, capacity-building initiatives, and strategic planning.

• Support leadership and programme teams with evidence required for decision-making, advocacy, and external engagement.