Role Purpose
The post holder will be responsible for guaranteeing the utilization of targeted performance metrics within IPPFAR and IPPF Member Associations (MAs) in the region and supporting a culture of learning to deliver maximum impact working across the Region and as part of the Global Performance, Learning & Impact team. The post holder will also support restricted project teams with M&E tools and indicators, collecting data on a regular basis to measure achievement against the performance indicators, checking data quality with partners, and maintain and administering the M&E database. The role holder will also analyse and aggregate findings to support MAs and project progress reporting, mid-term and final/annual reports.
Context of the role:
The International Planned Parenthood Federation Africa Region (IPPFAR) is one of the leading sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) service delivery organizations in Africa, and a leading sexual and reproductive health and rights advocacy voice in the region through its 40 Member Associations and Collaborative Partners in 40 Sub-Saharan countries.
Headquartered in Nairobi, Kenya, the overarching goal of IPPFAR is to increase access to SRHR services to the most vulnerable youth, men, and women in sub-Saharan Africa. To reach this goal, IPPFAR works with local civil-society organizations, governments, the African Union (AU), regional economic commissions (RECs), the United Nations, among others, to expand political and financial commitments to SRHR in Africa.
The Performance Learning and Impact (PL&I) Unit is a cross-cutting area to these efforts-generating evidence, strengthening monitoring systems, and documenting impact for programs. The PL&I Advisor will work closely with the Senior PL&I Advisor, contributing to the unit’s strategic and technical work.
Deliverables:
- Oversee the generation, analysis, and dissemination of regional data and evidence as part of IPPF Strategic Results Framework, ensuring performance and evaluation data is tracked, current, cleansed, accurate, and consistent to support high-quality reporting and informed decision-making.
- Oversee the generation, analysis, and dissemination of regional data and evidence as part of IPPF Strategic Results Framework, ensuring performance and evaluation data is tracked, current, cleansed, accurate, and consistent to support high-quality reporting and informed decision-making.
- Integrate data with narratives and stories to vividly illustrate impact, collaborating with Communications, Advocacy, and Resource Mobilization teams—for example, by compiling relevant statistics or developing project-based indicators.
- Advise and support colleagues on monitoring, evaluation, and key result areas, strengthening MA systems and data quality. Guide colleagues and partners on the management and continuous improvement of the MAs database and embed new approaches and best practices in PL&I to address data weaknesses.
- Network with the Global PL&I team to develop the function and provide expert guidance on monitoring and evaluation tools, frameworks, processes, systems, and training.
- Support MAs in business planning, strategic programming, and mid- and end-of-year reporting, ensuring alignment with performance and learning objectives.
- Lead and supervise qualitative and quantitative research or operational studies to optimize program progress, generate actionable knowledge, share good practices, and promote leading-edge thinking.
- Adapt global tools and frameworks based on continuous feedback, advances in data methodology, and sectoral developments, ensuring relevance and usability for the region.
- Build networks with regional stakeholders to foster a culture of continuous learning and data-driven decision-making.
- Evolve and optimize data analysis processes for the Secretariat and MAs, enhancing programmatic insights and strategic choices.
- Support MAs to strengthen their M&E systems to ensure collection of high-quality, reliable data.
- Lead the design and implementation of baselines, define and establish robust indicators aligned with donor requirements, and strengthen the capacity of partners—including Member Associations and grassroots organizations—to effectively collect, manage, and utilize M&E data for maximum (restricted) project impact.
- Provide continuous technical support to restricted projects across all M&E activities, ensuring high-quality, timely, and reliable data collection, analysis, and reporting, while promoting the effective use of evidence to inform strategic decision-making, enhance learning, and drive measurable outcomes.
- Support the annual report writing process, ensuring findings and outcomes are clearly articulated and evidence-based.
- Adhere to safeguarding reporting and monitoring requirements, promoting a safe and ethical work environment in all activities.
- Support and enable a safe environment, maintaining compliance with all safeguarding reporting and monitoring obligations.
Reporting
- The PL&I Advisor will report to the Senior Advisor – Performance, Learning and Impact.
Management Responsibility: Data Analyst
Skills/Expertise:
- Track record of excellent M&E implementation at regional or national level in a programmatic and development sector setting.
- Evidence of developing and using digital tools and systems to enable effective performance tracking, evaluation and knowledge sharing.
- Ability to interact with, coach, train and present to diverse, multicultural and multilingual groups.
- Facilitation and Training skills with evidence of intervention design and development (i.e.: action centered learning practitioner).
- Evidence of embedding standards and performance measures delivering tangible improvements to benefit impact and performance.
- Excellent analytical skills with an eye for detail and evidence of using quant/qual data to inform decision-making.
- Ability to lead operational research or study
- Excellent writing and presentation skills with evidence of coherent, evidence-based reporting.
- High level of organisational skills, planning and time-management with the ability to adapt to changing needs, multitask and meet tight deadlines.
- Readiness to coordinate and work with other team members within the region and from other regions, as well as Member Associations and other stakeholders.
- Excellent statistics data collection and analysis tools skills.
- Role models safeguarding, anti-racism and no discrimination and acts with integrity.
- Fluency in French and English is essential, good command of Portuguese is an asset
- Demonstrate an understanding of and commitment to safeguarding in a local and international context.
- Demonstrates ability and willingness to work in a diverse, multicultural, multilingual and intergenerational environment that is anti-racist and respectful of others.
- An intersectional (pro) feminist passionate about sexual reproductive health care rights + justice.
- Supportive of people’s rights regardless of sexuality or gender identity/expression and supportive of worker’s rights and access to health care in sex work.
Your Ethos:
- Demonstrate an understanding of and commitment to safeguarding in a local and international context.
- Demonstrates ability and willingness to work in a diverse, multicultural, multilingual and intergenerational environment that is anti-racist and respectful of others.
- Ability to maintain high level of confidentiality
- An intersectional (pro) feminist passionate about sexual reproductive health care rights + justice, including safe abortion.
- Supportive of people’s rights regardless of sexuality or gender identity/expression and supportive of workers’ rights and access to health care in sex work.
- Flexibility and willingness to work outside normal working hours
How to apply
Interested individuals should submit an application form in the IPPFARO CV form and a 1-page cover letter to: hroffice@ippf.org with the job position you are applying for as the subject of the email by 22nd October 2025. Please note that IPPFAR will not consider applications that are not done in the requested format.
Download the application form using the below link:
IPPF_application_form_2025(1).docx
IPPF is an equal-opportunity employer. As a leading global human rights organization focused on equality, empowerment, ending discrimination, and poverty eradication, we internally reflect social justice principles. We, as IPPF, strongly oppose racism in all its forms and resolutely go for a cultural change that will shift the existing imbalances in power and process. Applications are particularly encouraged from women, persons living with disability, and candidates openly living with HIV.
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