Monitoring, Evaluation & Learning Officer Full Time

ActionAid Denmark manages ARCH – the Fund for African-Danish Relations through Exchange of Culture and Arts, funded by the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs. This new program supports equitable cultural partnerships between Denmark and up to fourteen African countries through grants, exchange, and shared learning. As ARCH’s MEL Officer, based in Nairobi, you will be part of a new Secretariat team working across Nairobi, Uganda/Ethiopia, and Denmark, reporting to the Head of Secretariat in Denmark. You will build and manage practical systems for monitoring, evaluation, and learning, working with Secretariat colleagues, Local Liaison Officers, partners, and grantees across the ARCH portfolio. Responsibilities include developing and improving ARCH’s MEL framework, monitoring tools, reporting templates and data collection systems; tracking progress against programme outcomes, outputs, indicators and targets; maintaining and analysing quantitative and qualitative data across the grant portfolio; ensuring youth engagement, gender equality, inclusion, cultural diversity and human rights approaches are captured systematically; quality-assuring partner reporting; preparing results summaries and analytical input for internal and donor reporting; facilitating learning and reflection, capturing lessons, supporting annual learning reports, case studies and knowledge products; and coordinating learning processes linked to the ARCH Strategic Dialogue Forum. Requirements: a relevant degree in monitoring and evaluation, development studies, social sciences, statistics, economics or a related field; 3-5 years of relevant MEL experience; demonstrated experience designing/implementing MEL systems for donor-funded programmes; strong knowledge of results-based management and theory of change; strong quantitative and qualitative analysis skills; experience preparing high-quality analytical and donor reports; excellent written and spoken English; strong organisational, problem-solving and communication skills; ability to work independently and collaboratively across teams and cultures. Full-time, based in Nairobi with flexible hours and some work-from-home; international travel may be required. Preferred start date November 1, 2026.

Closing date: 27 September 2026

Apply online through the recruitment system by September 27, 2026. Applications reviewed on a rolling basis; early application encouraged.

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