Performance, Learning and Impact Advisor

The International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF) is a global sexual and reproductive health (SRH) service provider and one of the leading advocates for universal access to sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) for all. IPPF is a worldwide movement of 120 national organizations, referred to as Member Associations, working with and for communities and individuals. These member associations are the leading civil society providers of contraception in 89 of 120 countries. And in 64 of those 89 countries, IPPF is the only largescale international provider. Collectively, member associations delivered more than 1 billion cumulative services between 2018 and 2024.   

Headquartered in Nairobi, Kenya, the overarching goal of IPPF Africa Region (IPPFAR) is to increase access to SRHR services to the most vulnerable youth, men, and women in sub-Saharan Africa. To reach this goal, IPPFAR works with local civil-society organizations, governments, the African Union (AU), regional economic commissions (RECs), the United Nations, among others, to expand political and financial commitments to SRHR in Africa. IPPFAR tackles the continent’s growing SRH challenges through a network of Member Associations (MAs), strategic partners and volunteers in 42 countries. For more information, please read our 2024 profile (in English and French) here.  

Deliverables: 

• MEL Framework & Tools: Design, review, and oversee the implementation of a comprehensive qualitative and quantitative MEL framework aligned with project objectives and deliverables. Co-create data collection tools and reporting templates (e.g., Most Significant Change stories, advocacy indicators, human interest stories) and lead training on their use. 

• Monitoring & Evaluation Coordination: Lead the development and rollout of monitoring tools, databases, and systems. Support Member Associations and subgrantees in designing tailored MEL frameworks and tools and ensure consistency across implementation sites. 

• Capacity Building: Provide ongoing capacity strengthening for consortium partners and Member Associations on data collection, analysis, and learning approaches, ensuring tools and methodologies are inclusive and accessible. 

• Performance Monitoring & Reporting: Regularly generate and analyse monitoring data to guide programme decisions. Coordinate the timely production and submission of all required reports in compliance with donor requirements. 

• Learning Agenda & Evaluations: Coordinate the development and implementation of the SHIFTS learning agenda. Lead mid-term and final evaluations from design through dissemination, ensuring participatory and inclusive processes. 

• Donor and Partner Engagement: Serve as the main point of contact on MEL for the donor and consortium partners. Facilitate validation and dissemination of evaluation findings and contribute to strategic decision-making. 

• Knowledge Sharing & Communications: Collaborate with the communications team to translate MEL findings into accessible content for external audiences (e.g., social media posts, creative documentation, learning briefs). 

• Field Monitoring & Support: Conduct field visits, as needed and agreed upon, to support monitoring efforts and strengthen partners’ MEL capacities on-site. 

Reporting/Management Responsibility:

• None.

Expertise:   

• Post-secondary graduate in the fields of social science, human rights, international development, or other relevant fields.  
• Have a deep understanding and prior experience in MEL for complex international programs, work plans and budgets.  
• Have demonstrated experience (8+ years) of planning and managing feminist research, and MEL. 
• Detail oriented and thorough, with an ability to self-motivate and produce high-quality work.  
• Experience in and/or willingness to learn and adapt work to online/virtual platforms keeping accessibility needs in mind.  
• Have experience in designing accessible research tools and accessible data collection cross disability will be an asset.  
• A good understanding of restricted donor funded programmes.   
• Experience working in matrix organisations.  

Skills:   

• Excellent analytical skills, fair judgment, and a proactive, energetic approach to problem solving.  
• First rate quantitative and qualitative analytical skills.  
• Excellent interpersonal skills. 
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.  
• Strong leadership skills including the ability to effectively engage a range of stakeholders.   
• Excellent project management skills including experience of reporting to donor agencies.  
• Excellent time management skills able to meet tight deadlines.  
• Fluent English essential.  French, Portuguese an advantage.  
• Excellent IT skills.  

Your Ethos:

• Demonstrate an understanding of and commitment to safeguarding in a local and international context.
• Demonstrates ability and willingness to work in a diverse, multicultural, multilingual and intergenerational environment that is anti-racist and respectful of others.
• An intersectional (pro) feminist passionate about sexual reproductive health care rights + justice, including safe abortion.
• Supportive of people’s rights regardless of sexuality or gender identity/expression and supportive of workers’ rights and access to health care in sex work.

HOW TO APPLY

This is a national position. Interested candidate must have the right to work in Benin or Kenya.

Interested individuals should fill the application form attached below and submit a 1-page cover letter to: [email protected] with the job position you are applying for as the subject of the email by 8th June 2025. Please note that IPPFAR will not consider applications that are not done in the requested format.

IPPF is an equal-opportunity employer. As a leading global human rights organization focused on equality, empowerment, ending discrimination, and poverty eradication, we internally reflect social justice principles. We, as IPPF, strongly oppose racism in all its forms and resolutely go for a cultural change that will shift the existing imbalances in power and process.

Applications are particularly encouraged from women, persons living with disability, and candidates openly living with HIV.

IPPF has​ been made aware of various fraudulent vacancy announcements circulated via e-mail from websites falsely stating that they are issued by or in association with IPPF.  These correspondences, which may seek to obtain money from the recipients of such correspondence are fraudulent and IPPF does not charge a fee at any stage of the recruitment process (application, interview, meeting, processing, training or any other fees).

IPPF is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all employees, volunteers, contractors and partners to share this commitment. Anyone employed with IPPF agrees to sign and adhere to IPPF’s Code of Conduct and Safeguarding (Children and Vulnerable Adults) Policy.