Monitoring, Evaluation & Learning Officer, West Africa

About the role

Palladium is hiring a Monitoring, Evaluation & Learning (MEL) Officer (Associate, Palladium grade) for its Investments in Forests and Sustainable Land Use Programme, Phase 2 (IFSLU2), in the West Africa region. The role sits in the Accra office, reports to the Regional Manager, West Africa and works closely with the central MEL team in the UK. It is a fixed-term project contract, full time (40 hours), with at least 3 days per week in the office.

Key responsibilities

• MEL support (about 60%): help regional teams deliver a programme-wide MEL strategy, including project selection, impact assessment, results reporting and MEL plan support for grantees.
• Support learning and knowledge products, and deliver MEL training and capacity development for team members, projects and grantees.
• Design MEL interventions, undertake monitoring and evaluation at project and field level, including field visits and gender-disaggregated data collection.
• Project Officer duties (about 40%): act as relationship manager for projects, oversee implementation by grantees and subcontractors, ensure timely reporting and milestones, and lead stakeholder engagement.

Required profile

• Experience in MEL, including MEL of development initiatives, theories of change and results frameworks, and qualitative case-based reporting.
• Experience with MEL in sustainable land use, climate finance mobilisation, sustainable livelihoods or GESI data disaggregation.
• Ability to manage multiple tasks and complex assignments, with sound problem-solving skills.
• Fluency in spoken and written English; proficiency in French is desirable.

Required skills

• Collecting, analysing and interpreting gender-disaggregated data.
• Desirable: GIS and spatial data analysis, rural and agricultural systems development, MEL training delivery.

Applications close 25 November 2026; a tailored CV and cover letter are required. Successful candidates face safeguarding checks.