Monitoring, Evaluation

Company DescriptionFounded in **, WWF works to help people and nature thrive.
As a global conservation organization, WWF operates in more than 100 countries, partnering with communities, companies, and governments to protect wildlife, conserve vital habitats, and advance sustainable solutions.
Grounded in science and driven by collaboration, WWF works to help nature by conserving biodiversity, supporting resilient communities, and addressing climate change.
Nearly 1 million people in the United States and more than 5 million globally are WWF members.
Company DescriptionFounded in **, WWF works to help people and nature thrive.
As a global conservation organization, WWF operates in more than 100 countries, partnering with communities, companies, and governments to protect wildlife, conserve vital habitats, and advance sustainable solutions.
Grounded in science and driven by collaboration, WWF works to help nature by conserving biodiversity, supporting resilient communities, and addressing climate change.
Nearly 1 million people in the United States and more than 5 million globally are WWF members.
Project DescriptionThe Heart of Conservation Initiative (HCI) is a 5-year global project designed to address systemic barriers that limit Indigenous Peoples' and local communities' ability to steward their lands, territories, waters, and biodiversity-rich ecosystems.
Despite strong evidence that Indigenous Peoples and local communities manage or influence at least 37% of remaining natural lands globally, they receive less than 1% of international climate and biodiversity finance, face complex donor procedures, limited direct access to funding, and insufficient recognition in decision-making arenas.
Building on the achievements of the GEF-7 Inclusive Conservation Initiative (ICI), HCI's objective is to increase Indigenous Peoples' and local communities' organizational capacities and ability to access sustainable finance at scale for territorial stewardship to deliver social, economic, cultural, and Global Environmental Benefits.
The project is transformative in that it targets structural change in biodiversity finance systems—shifting from centralized, intermediary-driven models toward more inclusive, Indigenous Peoples and local community-led financing and governance mechanisms.
This will be achieved through four integrated components:
(i) organizational and technical self-strengthening of Indigenous Peoples and local community funds and organizations and implementation of self-determined Indigenous Peoples
- and local community-led sub-projects across Latin America, Africa, and Asia;
(ii) collective self-strengthening of Indigenous Peoples and local community-led funds and organizations' institutional, fiduciary, and technical capacities;
(iii) enhancing Indigenous Peoples' and local communities' representation and influence in global biodiversity and biodiversity finance processes;
(iv) advancing knowledge, learning, and evidence on rights-based, inclusive conservation; and
(v) monitoring and evaluation.

Job Description
Major FunctionUnder the guidance and supervision of the Project Manager, the Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Officer will be responsible for monitoring, evaluation, and learning activities including tracking and reporting project implementation, performance and results achieved – both for C1 partners and the Heart of Conservation Initiative (HCI) as a whole.
This is a unique, cross-cutting role (with a focus on components 1 and 5) supporting monitoring of a global, Indigenous-led project that should respond both to Indigenous and local community partners' priorities as well as GEF core indicator requirements.
The MEL Officer will be responsible for the collection and analysis of data in relation to the project activities, outputs, outcomes and impacts; reflecting on and improving the results framework to align with the project theory of change, co-developing a learning agenda and approach, and respond to emerging learning needs and supporting adaptive management; assisting the Project Manager in preparing semiannual, and annual technical reports on project progress; and collaborating with the Communications and Knowledge Management Officer to support identification of impacts and lessons for public-facing communications.
The MEL Officer will work in close collaboration with the Project Manager of the Global Coordination Unit (GCU), C1 and other implementing partners, as well as relevant organizations for data-sharing and data management.

Key Responsibilities
Collaborate with the Project Manager and C1 partners, as relevant, to design methodology for the collection of relevant indicators in close collaboration with all technical specialists.
Monitor application of project M&E plans, gather and analyze data for reliability, precision, and feasibility, advising on solutions as needed; and guide usage of monitoring data for project adaptive manage