Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) Consultant at Population Council

Roles and Responsibilities

• The consultant will work as part of the IPO delivery structure and will not operate as an independent parallel support channel to Foundation partners. Partner engagement will be coordinated through the designated IPO lead and relevant Foundation Impact Delivery and programme focal points. Foundation teams retain responsibility for strategic direction, approval of Foundation standards and programme decisions. The IPO retains responsibility for consortium management, technical delivery, quality assurance and contractual performance. The consultant provides specialist technical capacity within this structure.

Quality Assurance

• All partner diagnostics, MEL products, status updates and reports will undergo documented IPO technical, format and document quality assurance before submission. The review should assess completeness; internal consistency; alignment with agreed standards; traceability to source evidence; proportionality of claims; data protection; usability; clarity; alignment with required formats; and disclosure of any use of AI.

Ethical Requirements

• The consultant will apply the Foundation’s approved ethical, responsible-data, safeguarding and data-protection requirements across all activities. The consultant must not request, receive, retain or transfer personally identifiable information unless this is specifically authorised and supported by approved arrangements. Any data governance, consent or safeguarding concern must be documented and escalated through the agreed mechanism.

Qualifications and Experience

The consultant should have the following minimum qualifications:

• Advanced degree in program monitoring and evaluation, statistics, economics, development studies or social sciences.
• Minimum 5 years prior experience working in MEL, impact evaluation, or strategic planning.
• Prior experience designing and tracking theories of change, MEL frameworks, performance indicators, and adaptative management.
• Experience mentoring or training teams or partner organizations on development of theories of change and MEL frameworks.
• Excellent diplomatic, representational, problem-solving, management, and interpersonal skills.
• Excellent written and oral communications skills in English, including quality writing and presentation skills.
• High sense of attention to details and ability to work collaboratively with diverse teams across Africa.
• Experience working with international organizations, NGOs, or in Africa.

Duration of Assignment

• The contract period will run from October 26, 2026 to June 30, 2027. The maximum consultant level of effort will be 30 working days, distributed across the contract period in accordance with the approved workplan and agreed deliverables.

Travel

• The consultant may be expected to travel with all travel costs covered directly by PC-Kenya.

Compensation

• The compensation will be based on the existing consultancy rates for the IPO-supported activities.