Monitoring and Evaluation Officer (IPE 46 – Fixed Term – TZN – Conservation Impact) at WWF Tanzania

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Position Title: Head of Planning, Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Officer

Reports to: Head of PMEL

Location: Iringa

• Background to HROP Project
  

1.1 Introduction

Over the past three decades, Tanzania has witnessed a substantial decline in its climate, which has profoundly impacted the well-being of its population. This situation has affected various aspects of their health, living conditions, and overall status. To address this challenge, WWF TCO has been actively implementing various interventions that prioritize both community and biodiversity resilience. In response to the escalating impacts of climate change on food security, economic stability, and gender equality in the Southern Agricultural Growth Corridor of Tanzania (SAGCOT), CARE Canada and CARE Tanzania, in collaboration with WWF Tanzania and four local partners, including SAGCOT Centre Ltd (SCL), Tanzania Gender Networking Programme (TGNP), Shahidi Wa Maji (SwM), and Conservation Farming Unit Tanzania (CFU), are implementing an integrated and holistic climate resilience project titled “Her Resilience, Our Planet” (HROP).

WWF Tanzania is a member of a consortium that is co-implementing a six-year project titled “Her Resilience, Our Planet” (HROP). The HROP project spans from September 2024 to March 2030 and is strategically aligned with WWF’s 2030 roadmap, global goals, Tanzania country strategic plan, and CARE International’s broader mission to combat poverty and social injustice. Notably, the project emphasizes empowering marginalized women and youth. HROP focuses on promoting gender-responsive, climate-smart agriculture and biodiversity-protective food systems, while simultaneously strengthening women’s leadership and participation in climate and nature-informed decision-making processes.

The HROP project is implemented in five districts in Tanzania’s Southern Highlands: Iringa, Kilolo, Mufindi, and Wanging’ombe (within the Ihemi Cluster), and Mbarali District (within the Mbarali Cluster). The project’s target districts are situated within the Great Ruaha River (GRR) sub-basin, a crucial component of the Rufiji Basin and a vital lifeline for over six million individuals. The GRR originates from the Kipengere Mountains and traverses the Iringa and Mbeya regions, eventually emptying into the Mtera and Kidatu hydropower reservoirs. This contributes over 50% of Tanzania’s installed hydropower capacity. The GRR sub-basin supports a diverse array of livelihoods, encompassing smallholder farming, irrigated rice cultivation, pastoralism, fishing, household water usage, and wildlife conservation.

The project’s goal is to enhance climate resilience of food insecure communities especially women and youth relying on the Great Ruaha River (GRR) ecosystems in the southern agriculture growth corridor of Tanzania (SAGCOT). The project will directly benefit 175,282 individuals, with an indirect reach of 408,992. The project’s implementation strategy is grounded in a rights-based.

and feminist approach, ensuring meaningful participation and accountability at all levels. Collaboration with local and national stakeholders, including government ministries, private sector actors, and community organizations, is central to achieving the intended outcomes.

WWF Tanzania under the PMEL department is looking for a qualified candidate for a position of Planning, Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (PMEL) for the HROP project to provide strategic leadership to drive results and impact of the project, via the development of a robust M&E framework that help to deliver on project strategic priorities in an effective, efficient, and accountable manner.

Major Functions

The Officer for Planning, Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (PMEL) will be responsible for designing, managing, and implementing PMEL activities for CO grants and projects/programs. The role will carry out the design of PMEL frameworks for the project, ensuring their alignment with the office strategy, in line with WWF’s Network's Standards of Conservation Project and Programme Management (PPMS) and ensuring compliance with the WWF International Country Office Strategy and Impact Monitoring policy.

Major Duties And Responsibilities

• Planning
• Provide technical guidance to the Her Resilience our Planet (HRoP) in the development of strategic and project/programme levels Theory of Change, logical frameworks and PMEL frameworks according to PPMS standards and ensure that these are well documented.
• Provide technical advice and facilitate the process of developing clear and measurable goals, outcomes and indicators for grants, projects, while ensuring alignment with the landscape programme and Country strategy.
• Utilises the WWF International PMEL solution for project and programme design, in compliance with WWF International standards.
• Monitoring, Evaluation and Reporting
  

• Handle the collection, review and analysis of quality data to inform progress and adaptive management for the project.
• Maintain the integrity of PMEL databases and documentation for the programme.
• Implement WWF International PMEL solution for data management and reporting, in compliance with WWF International standards.
• Works closely with program managers, and the Programme PMEL to ensure project indicators are monitored and reported in accordance with the project and landscape programme PMEL framework.
• Ensure key project PMEL activities are carried out in a timely manner e.g., baselines, mid-term review or evaluation, final evaluation, reporting, dissemination etc.
• Guides the review of information and data collected to ensure it is of quality, accurate and timely to inform decisions for the project.
• Lead the internal project reporting efforts in the project as well as their consolidation and or synthesis. e.g., technical reports, impact reports, donor reports and other information from projects.
• Work in close collaboration with the ESSF Advisor and Landscape program PMEL Officer to integrate the ESSF framework and monitoring needs inside the annual monitoring plan of the office.
• Learning and Adaptive Management
  

• Design and implement lessons learned, and performance review workshops for project learning and adaptive management.
• Promote and facilitate dissemination of project results, knowledge sharing and collaboration for continuous learning in the program and the country office.
• Ensure integration of recommendations into project for improvement.
• Feed project learning into programmatic and organizational learning processes.
• Support evidence-based decision-making by translating data into actionable insights.
• Design learning tools, and document
• Capacity Development
  

• Provide routine training and capacity-building support to project staff, partners, and stakeholders on M&E methodologies and best practices
• This job description covers the main tasks and conveys the spirit of the sort of tasks that are anticipated by staff. Other tasks may be assigned as necessary according to program and organizational needs. This role will require travel as needed (approx. 20% of the time).

Profile

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in natural resource management, environment, conservation management, bioregional planning, social sciences, development studies, Statistics, Monitoring and Evaluation or in relevant fields.
• 2 years of practical experience in PMEL methodologies, project cycle management, Quality Assurance, Financial Management, Data analysis and report writing.
• Experience in Monitoring and Evaluation and experience with Result-based management. Familiarity with PPMS or Open Standards would be considered an advantage.
• Proven knowledge of data analytics and utilising monitoring and evaluation data for impact reporting.
• Experience in field data collection, analysis synthesis and preparation of strategic information for decision-makers.
• Experience in using data collection tools, e.g., KOBO, ODK, Survey123, etc
• Experience with data analysis and visualization tools. E.g., R, PowerBI, Tableau, Excel etc.
• Proven knowledge and experience of the not-for-profit sector, preferably of environmental non-government organizations, governance and regulatory compliance.
• Great command of written and spoken English and the local language.
  

Working Relationships

External

Donors – Ensure that PMEL for all projects meet donor requirements as well as WWF International standards.

Partners – Make sure that projects implementing partners meet WWF and donor PMEL standards and requirements.

Internal

Project Managers – Inform about PMEL requirements and systems to ensure compliance with WWF PMEL standards.

Landscape programme PMEL and CO PMEL team- ensure project PMEL alignment and contribution to the programme and country office strategy

Regional and International PMEL Coordinators – Make sure that WWF PMEL protocol is consistent with WWF regional and global standards.

Please upload your covering letter and CV in English. Priority will be given to applications with both documents indicated.

Deadline for applications: 13th February 2026

Work permit restrictions may apply.

Early application is encouraged as we will review applications throughout the advertising period and reserve the right to close the advert early.

At WWF, we are dedicated to fostering an inclusive and diverse workplace where every individual feels valued and respected. We believe that a diverse workforce will help us to achieve our mission to stop the degradation of the Earth's natural environment and to build a future in which humans live in harmony with nature. As an equal opportunity employer, we are committed to providing fair and unbiased consideration for all candidates regardless of their background. We encourage applicants from all backgrounds to apply and join us in fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace.