Impact and Accountability Project Officer – DDI Project
Location
South Africa
Posted
114 days ago
Salary
$37.4K / year
Seniority
Senior
Job Description
Impact and Accountability Project Officer – DDI Project
CIVICUS: World Alliance for Citizen Participation
• The Impact and Accountability Officer work dynamically with the Impact & Accountability (I&A) Cluster and the Digital Democracy Initiative (DDI) team to design, implement, and strengthen program-specific MEL systems that are robust, adaptive, and aligned with CIVICUS’s Integrated Results Framework. • The role is responsible for leading data-driven performance monitoring, outcome measurement, evaluation, and adaptive management processes across DDI’s global portfolio of projects. • Beyond compliance-focused reporting, the I&A officer plays a key role in fostering a culture of learning, accountability, and evidence-informed decision-making. • A central focus of the position is to embed partner-centered learning approaches, facilitate South-South knowledge exchange, and strengthen accountability to constituencies across a diverse and geographically distributed network of civil society actors. • Through these efforts, the MEL Officer contributes to improving program effectiveness, capturing impact, and supporting strategic learning across the DDI portfolio.
Job Requirements
- A bachelor’s degree or Diploma in Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning, International Development, Development Management, or equivalent.
- Minimum 5–7 years' professional experience in MEAL concepts and approaches, with at least 2–3 years in a relevant functional area/similar role.
- Fluency in English is required; proficiency in French, Spanish, or Arabic is an added advantage.
- Proved experience in using result-based and participatory monitoring, evaluation and learning (MEL) approaches using evaluation methodologies such as Contribution Analysis or Outcome Harvesting.
- Excellent IT skills, including experience with MS Office, especially Excel, PowerBI and Smartsheet.
- Commitment to CIVICUS’ vision, mission, values and ways of working.
- Familiar with civil society, development and human rights issues; understanding the challenges faced by marginalised citizens and organisations - especially those in the Global South - particularly around data availability, literacy, connectivity, quality etc.
- Familiar with online M&E tools and general technology savviness.
- Strong analytical and methodological skills to support both qualitative and quantitative research.
- Demonstrated track record of evaluation and report writing at various levels (donor reporting, project reporting, internal management reporting etc.).
- Excellent organisational skills and the ability to meet deadlines.
- Excellent writing skills and ability to be concise and clear – providing actionable analysis and recommendations.
- Ability to communicate and meaningfully engage with diverse stakeholders, including those not too familiar with M&E.
- High degree of self-awareness and the ability to work effectively with multiple teams, across various time zones, many of which are virtual.
- Proactive and creative in identifying opportunities for innovative improvements in CIVICUS’ current M&E related systems and processes.
- Familiarity with digital democracy themes (e.g., digital rights, algorithmic accountability, gender-based violence, internet freedom, tech governance, Civic Tech Innovation etc.).
