Are you interested in leading and contributing to Impact and Learning work in a pan-African feminist fund. This opportunity may just be right one for you. Application submissions have been extended to  23 January  2026. Read more about the position HERE.

As a Pan-African feminist fund, the African Women’s Development Fund (AWDF) resources, strengthens and upholds women’s rights and feminist organisations and movements across Africa to make gender justice a reality for all on our continent and worldwide. Through its grantmaking, programatic and advocacy work, , AWDF has supported work that has led to changes in law and policy, social norms, narrative, and movement-building for gender justice.

Role overview

We seek an Impact and Learning (I&L) Specialist on a consultancy basis to support the management of external end of project evaluations and impact documentation processes including data, story collection and dissemination. The Specialist will work alongside two I & L Officers and work collaboratively in support to the programs team and wider AWDF team. The role will report to the Director of Programmes.

Scope of Work 

The successful candidate will;

• Lead and manage baseline, midline and enplane evaluations including drafting terms of reference, overseeing consultants and ensuring methodological rigor.
• Coordinate evaluation logistics, sampling, data collection, quality checks and analysis and ensure that evaluations generate clear and actionable insights for programing.
• Facilitate collaborative interpretation of evaluation findings with stakeholder including grantees.
• Support the documentation of impact stories, case studies, lessons learned and best practices.
• Lead the production of learning briefs, synthesis papers and presentations for dissemination to partners, donors, internal teams and the board.
• Lead the development and updating of monitoring, evaluation and learning (MEL) frameworks including theories of change, results frameworks, indicators and MEL plans.
• Lead the design and refining of data collection tools, and methodologies and protocols to ensure high quality and consistent data.
• Coordinate the development of MEL guidelines and instruments for internal and external stakeholders
• Support the development of the AWDF MEL framework to track the implementation of the strategic plan, Lemlem.
• Support project close out and documentation processes including data repository.
• Contribute  MEL expertise for the development of project proposals and internal and external reporting requirements (board, donor, project reports, etc.)

Application Process

Interested applicants can find out more details about the job and  submit their cover letter and application not later than Friday 23 January 2026 HERE.