Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability, and Learning Regional Support Officer: Africa

ZSL seeks to be a sector leader in monitoring and evaluating the outcomes and impact of our projects and programmes. The primary function of the role is to help our country and other field teams design impactful work, to analyse indicator data across our projects and programmes, to assess the outcomes and impact of ZSL’s work, and to help communicate our successes and the lessons learned to a wide range of stakeholders. The post-holder will work to collate and analyse data on outputs, outcomes, and impact from a wide range of projects and programmes in Africa, with an initial emphasis on Kenya, assessing them against ZSL’s Conservation Plan and the new ZSL Strategy using the ZSL Impact Framework, and support the communication of results to partners, donors and ZSL’s wider audiences. The role will involve supporting the regular monitoring of progress against key indicators and helping with the development of reporting tools for annual assessments against our institutional targets. The role will also work to help improve our data collection, management, storage and analysis processes, tools, and systems. 

Key responsibilities:  

•  The post-holder will use the ZSL Impact Framework to assess the outputs, outcomes, and impact of ZSL's projects and programmes in Asia and work closely with the Planning, Design, and Impact Team to use that information to help communicate the impact of ZSL’s work.
• When appropriate, the post-holder will input into the development of data collection, management, storage and analysis processes and systems in line with approaches being developed for the whole organisation. Initially, this will involve helping test a system for data collection and cloud-based data management using existing tools which ZSL currently has access to.
• Assist if/as needed with periodic impact evaluations of C&P’s projects and programmes, including for donor purposes and the ZSL annual report.
• The post-holder will contribute to networking opportunities for collaboration between ZSL projects and programmes, other conservation NGOs and development NGOs as appropriate.
• If appropriate, and working closely with the MEAL Technical Specialist (in PDI) and the Conservation Training and Learning Manager, the post-holder will input into the development of, training in, and regular review of MEAL tools, processes and systems to support teams during projects’ and programmes’ reporting and evaluation phases. 

Good data collation, sorting, cleaning, and basic analysis skills using appropriate packages such as Excel 

A good understanding of biodiversity conservation and/or international development issues 

Ability to think critically  

Good written and spoken English 

Excellent interpersonal skills, with an ability to work in different cultural settings, and with multiple stakeholders, with tact and diplomacy 

Creative, confident, and articulate with good presentation and communication skills and comfortable presenting to diverse audiences 

We strongly encourage applications from all backgrounds and celebrate the value of having a team of employees with diverse skills, experiences, and heritage. We are committed to ensuring our teams can bring their authentic selves to work without fear of discrimination. ZSL has active equality networks for our staff with lived experience and those who provide active allyship in Race and Culture, Team Pride, Disability Network, and Menopause Network, complemented by our strategic EDI Steering Group.  

We’re ZSL, an international conservation charity. Through our unrivalled animal experts in our two zoos (London Zoo and Whipsnade Zoo), the work of our pioneering scientists, our dedicated conservationists, our purpose is to inspire, inform and empower people to stop wild animals going extinct. Our vision is a world where wildlife thrives and we’re working every day to achieve this. From investigating the health threats facing animals, to helping people and wildlife live alongside each other, we are committed to bringing wildlife back from the brink of extinction.  

What do we offer? 

At ZSL, we are proud of our approach to employee benefits. Our benefits include: 

• Our vision and purpose - you’ll work alongside colleagues who are passionate about science-led conservation, knowing that you will help us to inspire, inform and empower people to stop wildlife going extinct 
• Holidays – 21 days annual leave during each 12-month period worked, plus national and public holidays as specified by the Kenyan government  
• Wellbeing – access to a blended programme of wellbeing initiatives, including confidential access to our 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme 
• Maternity and Paternity leave. 
• Medical cover