The MEL Regional Manager will be responsible for the implementation of the monitoring and learning activities across all country funds in the region, currently covering Kenya, Nigeria and South Africa. They will lead the implementation of the UK PACT monitoring plan and learning framework, ensuring programme level guidance and tools are adapted and applied appropriately at the country (and regional) fund level. This will involve facilitating annual strategy testing and theory of change refresh sessions; ensuring that country fund MEL systems generate measurable results and impact that feed into programme level reporting; ensuring timely and high-quality reporting from each country fund; supporting learning and adaptation processes for decision making; and providing technical backstopping support to country teams.Specifically, the UK PACT MEL Regional Manager will:Monitoring & Learning Strategy Development, Technical Expertise, and ImplementationWith the support of the central UK PACT MEL Manager, adapt and apply programme level guidance and frameworks, including Theory of Change (ToC) and results framework (logframe), at the country (and regional fund) level, ensuring these reflect country fund level specificities and needsLead facilitation of country and sector level ToC development sessions in Latin America, and annual refreshesDrive and be ultimately responsible for quarterly and annual data collection, quality assurance and reporting of results from across relevant regional and country funds.Advise UK PACT Implementing Partners (grantees) on project reporting (technical and results), ensuring reporting meets FCDO and programme requirements, providing a coordination and quality assurance functionAssist UK PACT Implementing Partners and UK PACT team colleagues in country in monitoring and learning activities that include applying assessment tools, designing case studies, implementing capacity building strategies and providing training, assisting with data analysis and presentation, developing data-informed action plans and other technical assistance as requestedFacilitate processes to ensure learning is identified and captured across all areas of the programme, and fed back into strategic decision making to facilitate adaptive managementSupport in identifying and advising on the potential to extend, scale up or replicate successful projects, and enhance strategic portfolio development to deliver impact, through provision of relevant research, evidence and learning piecesStakeholder RelationshipsMaintain a strong working relationship with the client, working collaboratively to ensure MEL frameworks and systems are relevant and tailored to individual country and regional fund contexts, and providing insight into the delivery details of the programme in an open and transparent mannerProvide a key support function to in-country teams for all MEL issues and bottlenecksBe responsible for flowing down monitoring and reporting excellence to grantees via the country teams, including provision of guidance, tools coaching and training where necessary to deliver MEL successfullyKey Competencies and Professional Expertise/Competencies Preferred:Demonstrable experience in designing and managing MEL strategies, approaches and plans – including ToC and logframes – to enable and support adaptive management and learning in large climate and development programmes (at least 5 years)Strong experience in gathering, organising, and analysing large amounts of quantitative and qualitative data across multiple countries and sectors/intervention areas (at least 3 years)Technical understanding and knowledge of climate mitigation themes, including but not limited to energy, transport, low-carbon policy, nature-based solutions and green financeDemonstrated experience in knowledge management and dissemination.Strong stakeholder management and engagement skills, including capacity development related to MEL approachesStrong reporting skills, with proven ability to engage with and manage both donor client formal reporting and ad-hoc requestsExcellent communication skills, including demonstrated ability to capture and communicate results and impact in a clear, compelling and cogent mannerKnowledge and understanding of the local contexts in the priority countries, including socio-economic context and development challenges and prioritiesAn ability to see both the big (strategic) picture, identifying opportunities for innovation and value addition for UK PACT, as well as keeping alert to programme delivery risks linked to the monitoring and learning aspect of the programmeHighly collaborative and committed to close working and open communication with colleagues in post and in the UK, and other UK PACT partnersA high degree of personal resilience, flexibility and ability to work under evolving circumstancesProfessional fluency in English, both written and spoken. Knowledge of other regional languages a bonus but not essential
