Senior Consultant: Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning

At PwC, we help clients build trust and reinvent so they can turn complexity into competitive advantage. We’re a tech-forward, people-empowered network with more than 364,000 people in 136 countries and 137 territories. Across audit and assurance, tax and legal, deals and consulting, we help clients build, accelerate, and sustain momentum. Find out more at https://www.pwc.com/ke. PwC has a presence in 22 African countries, including over 41 office locations. With more than 400 partners and 10,000 professionals across Africa, we serve some of the continent’s largest businesses across all industries. In East Africa, our member firms work together across the East Market Area (EMA) to build trust in society and solve important problems. Our in-depth knowledge and understanding of operating environments in the region enable us to put ourselves in our clients’ shoes and offer tailored solutions to complex business and development challenges.

Within the Advisory Line of Service, our International Development and Public Sector Consulting team works with Governments, Development Partners, Financial Institutions, Non-Governmental Organizations, and the Private Sector to address key development challenges and contribute to sustainable, inclusive, and climate-resilient economic growth

We are seeking a Senior Consultant: Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) to support the design and delivery of advisory engagements across Kenya and the wider East Market Area (EMA). The role will focus on helping clients design, deploy, strengthen, and operationalise Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) functions, including policies, frameworks, systems, reporting processes, and performance management approaches. The successful candidate will also support the delivery of baseline, midline, endline, process, performance, and impact evaluations, independent verification assignments, data quality assurance, and the use of data analytics and digital tools to improve programme learning, reporting, and decision-making. The role will further support evidence synthesis, knowledge harvesting, and learning processes that help clients and programme teams interpret findings, identify lessons, and improve programme strategy and delivery. This role is suited to a professional with strong technical grounding in MEL and data analytics, experience working in complex development programmes, and the ability to translate evidence into practical insights for clients and stakeholders. The successful candidate should be comfortable working across multiple assignments, engaging diverse stakeholders, and contributing to both project delivery and growth of PwC’s MEL advisory portfolio.

Key Responsibilities:

Management Level

Senior Associate

Job Description & Summary

At PwC, we help clients build trust and reinvent so they can turn complexity into competitive advantage. We’re a tech-forward, people-empowered network with more than 364,000 people in 136 countries and 137 territories. Across audit and assurance, tax and legal, deals and consulting, we help clients build, accelerate, and sustain momentum. Find out more at https://www.pwc.com/ke.

PwC has a presence in 22 African countries, including over 41 office locations. With more than 400 partners and 10,000 professionals across Africa, we serve some of the continent’s largest businesses across all industries.

In East Africa, our member firms work together across the East Market Area (EMA) to build trust in society and solve important problems. Our in-depth knowledge and understanding of operating environments in the region enable us to put ourselves in our clients’ shoes and offer tailored solutions to complex business and development challenges.

Within the Advisory Line of Service, our International Development and Public Sector Consulting team works with Governments, Development Partners, Financial Institutions, Non-Governmental Organizations, and the Private Sector to address key development challenges and contribute to sustainable, inclusive, and climate-resilient economic growth

We are seeking a Senior Consultant: Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning(MEL) to support the design and delivery of advisory engagements across Kenya and the wider East Market Area (EMA).

The role will focus on helping clients design, deploy, strengthen, and operationalise Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) functions, including policies, frameworks, systems, reporting processes, and performance management approaches. The successful candidate will also support the delivery of baseline, midline, endline, process, performance, and impact evaluations, independent verification assignments, data quality assurance, and the use of data analytics and digital tools to improve programme learning, reporting, and decision-making. The role will further support evidence synthesis, knowledge harvesting, and learning processes that help clients and programme teams interpret findings, identify lessons, and improve programme strategy and delivery.

This role is suited to a professional with strong technical grounding in MEL and data analytics, experience working in complex development programmes, and the ability to translate evidence into practical insights for clients and stakeholders. The successful candidate should be comfortable working across multiple assignments, engaging diverse stakeholders, and contributing to both project delivery and growth of PwC’s MEL advisory portfolio.

Key Responsibilities

M&E System Design and Strengthening

• Support clients in setting up, deploying, and strengthening MEL functions.
• Design and strengthen MEL strategies, frameworks, policies, guidelines, systems, and tools.
• Develop and refine results frameworks, theories of change, logical frameworks, indicator matrices, learning questions, and performance tracking systems.
• Support the roll-out and operationalisation of MEL systems, tools, and reporting processes within client programmes and institutions.
• Contribute to the design of workflows, user guidance, reporting templates, and data governance arrangements that support effective use of MEL systems.
• Support the integration of learning and adaptive management considerations into MEL system design and implementation.

Evaluations, Verification and Data Quality Assurance

• Lead and contribute to baseline, midline, endline, process, performance, and impact evaluations across public and development sector programmes.
• Design and implement evaluation methodologies, including mixed-methods approaches, sampling strategies, data collection tools, analytical frameworks, and fieldwork plans.
• Support or manage independent verification assignments, including verification design, fieldwork planning, validation, quality assurance, and reporting.
• Conduct data quality assessments, verification exercises, and technical reviews to strengthen the integrity and reliability of programme data.
• Support qualitative and quantitative data collection, including document review, key informant interviews, focus group discussions, surveys, and validation processes.
• Contribute to evidence synthesis and analysis across multiple data sources to generate clear findings, lessons, and actionable recommendations.

Reporting, Analytics and Performance Management

• Support data collection, validation, analysis, and reporting using appropriate monitoring and performance management tools.
• Prepare technical reports, dashboards, presentations, policy briefs, and other client-facing outputs.
• Support development of methodologies and tools for tracking, validating, and reporting programme outputs, outcomes, and impacts.
• Apply data analytics and digital tools to strengthen programme monitoring, reporting efficiency, and performance insights.
• Support the design and use of dashboards, visualisation tools, and digital reporting systems using platforms such as Power BI, Tableau, and other relevant tools.
• Present findings and analysis in clear, concise, and visually effective formats for technical and non-technical audiences.

Learning, Adaptation and Capacity Building

• Support clients and programme teams to document and share lessons learned, best practices, and programme insights.
• Facilitate or support learning and reflection processes that help clients translate evidence into practical programme improvements and adaptive management actions.
• Contribute to knowledge harvesting, evidence synthesis, and sensemaking processes across assignments.
• Build capacity of clients, partners, and implementing teams on MEL systems, data quality, reporting, and use of digital tools.
• Capture, synthesise, and document lessons, insights, and evidence emerging from ongoing and completed assignments.
• Contribute to knowledge products, thought leadership, and internal capability building in MEL and data analytics.
• Lead or support research and knowledge harvesting processes linked to projects delivered by the International Development and Public Sector Consulting team.

Business Development and Stakeholder Engagement

• Support the growth of PwC’s M&E and data analytics portfolio, including opportunity identification, client engagement, and development of concept notes, proposals, and presentations.
• Support project planning, work planning, coordination, stakeholder engagement, and reporting across assignments.
• Represent PwC in technical working groups, consultative meetings, progress reviews, and client engagements where required.
• Contribute to research, portfolio analysis, and internal learning products that support proposition development, thought leadership, and growth of the team’s advisory portfolio.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams across PwC offices within the East Market Area ( Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda, and Zambia).

Preferred Skills and Competencies

• Practitioner experience in designing and strengthening M&E systems within public sector or development programmes.
• Experience in deploying and operationalising M&E systems, tools, and reporting processes in programme or institutional settings.
• Experience in managing programmatic knowledge harvesting and dissemination.
• Demonstrated ability to use digital and AI-enabled tools to improve data analysis, reporting efficiency, and evidence generation.
• Demonstrated ability to deliver evaluations, verification assignments, and data quality reviews.
• Good understanding of results-based management, programme performance, and evidence use.
• Experience using data analytics, dashboards, and digital reporting tools to improve monitoring and decision-making.
• Experience deploying digital M&E systems and data collection tools for monitoring, surveys, verification, and reporting, including platforms such as KoboToolbox, ODK, SurveyCTO, DHIS2, Power BI, Tableau, Python, or similar tools.
• Experience in undertaking research, knowledge harvesting, and learning reviews within development or public sector programmes.
• Ability to capture and synthesise lessons from project delivery into clear knowledge products, insights, and practical recommendations.
• Strong stakeholder engagement and communication skills, with the ability to work effectively with clients, partners, and technical teams.
• Ability to synthesise complex evidence and data into clear, practical insights and recommendations.
• Strong analytical, organisational, and project management skills.
• Ability to work across multiple assignments, sectors, and teams in a dynamic consulting environment.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in relevant fields such as Data Science, Monitoring and Evaluation, Statistics, Economics, Development Studies, Public Policy, Applied Mathematics, or another relevant field.
• Professional certification in Monitoring and Evaluation, data analytics, or related areas.
• Qualifications or certification in impact measurement frameworks such as IRIS+, GIIN IMP, ISEAL, or Gold Standard.
• Certification or training in AI for M&E or use of digital tools in evidence and learning systems.

Experience

• A minimum of 3 years of relevant practitioner experience in Monitoring and Evaluation, data analytics, development research, or related areas.
• Demonstrated experience working with development partners, public sector programmes, NGOs, financial institutions, or international development organisations.
• Proven experience in:
• designing, deploying, and implementing M&E frameworks, systems, and methodologies
• supporting baseline, midline, endline, and impact evaluations
• managing or supporting independent verification assignments
• strengthening performance reporting and data quality assurance systems
• using digital tools and platforms to support M&E delivery, reporting, and analysis
• leading or supporting research, knowledge harvesting, or learning exercises linked to programme or project delivery
• facilitating stakeholder consultations, validation workshops, or learning sessions
• Experience using statistical and analytical tools such as Python, Power BI, Tableau, or similar platforms.

Application Requirements

Applicants are required to submit:

• A Curriculum Vitae (CV), no more than 4 pages. The CV should highlight relevant professional experience, key assignments undertaken, and the candidate’s specific role and contribution in each assignment.
• Academic and professional certificates and transcripts

How to Apply

PwC Kenya only processes applications submitted onlineand does not charge any fee at any stage of the recruitment process. Applicants are advised not to remit any funds to anyone purporting to facilitate employment in PwC Kenya.

If you are keen to grow your career your own way and to discover how a career with PwC will benefit you, please visit https://www.pwc.com/ke and apply online before 15 August 2026

Travel Requirements

Not Specified

Available for Work Visa Sponsorship?

No

Job Posting End Date

August 15, 2026

Eligibility / Qualification Required:

Key Responsibilities

• M&E System Design and Strengthening
• Support clients in setting up, deploying, and strengthening MEL functions.
• Design and strengthen MEL strategies, frameworks, policies, guidelines, systems, and tools.
• Develop and refine results frameworks, theories of change, logical frameworks, indicator matrices, learning questions, and performance tracking systems.
• Support the roll-out and operationalisation of MEL systems, tools, and reporting processes within client programmes and institutions.
• Contribute to the design of workflows, user guidance, reporting templates, and data governance arrangements that support effective use of MEL systems.
• Support the integration of learning and adaptive management considerations into MEL system design and implementation.
• Evaluations, Verification and Data Quality Assurance
• Lead and contribute to baseline, midline, endline, process, performance, and impact evaluations across public and development sector programmes.
• Design and implement evaluation methodologies, including mixed-methods approaches, sampling strategies, data collection tools, analytical frameworks, and fieldwork plans.
• Support or manage independent verification assignments, including verification design, fieldwork planning, validation, quality assurance, and reporting.
• Conduct data quality assessments, verification exercises, and technical reviews to strengthen the integrity and reliability of programme data.
• Support qualitative and quantitative data collection, including document review, key informant interviews, focus group discussions, surveys, and validation processes.
• Contribute to evidence synthesis and analysis across multiple data sources to generate clear findings, lessons, and actionable recommendations.
• Reporting, Analytics and Performance Management
• Support data collection, validation, analysis, and reporting using appropriate monitoring and performance management tools.
• Prepare technical reports, dashboards, presentations, policy briefs, and other client-facing outputs.
• Support development of methodologies and tools for tracking, validating, and reporting programme outputs, outcomes, and impacts.
• Apply data analytics and digital tools to strengthen programme monitoring, reporting efficiency, and performance insights.
• Support the design and use of dashboards, visualisation tools, and digital reporting systems using platforms such as Power BI, Tableau, and other relevant tools.
• Present findings and analysis in clear, concise, and visually effective formats for technical and non-technical audiences.
• Learning, Adaptation and Capacity Building
• Support clients and programme teams to document and share lessons learned, best practices, and programme insights.
• Facilitate or support learning and reflection processes that help clients translate evidence into practical programme improvements and adaptive management actions.
• Contribute to knowledge harvesting, evidence synthesis, and sensemaking processes across assignments.
• Build capacity of clients, partners, and implementing teams on MEL systems, data quality, reporting, and use of digital tools.
• Capture, synthesise, and document lessons, insights, and evidence emerging from ongoing and completed assignments.
• Contribute to knowledge products, thought leadership, and internal capability building in MEL and data analytics.
• Lead or support research and knowledge harvesting processes linked to projects delivered by the International Development and Public Sector Consulting team.
• Business Development and Stakeholder Engagement
• Support the growth of PwC’s M&E and data analytics portfolio, including opportunity identification, client engagement, and development of concept notes, proposals, and presentations.
• Support project planning, work planning, coordination, stakeholder engagement, and reporting across assignments.
• Represent PwC in technical working groups, consultative meetings, progress reviews, and client engagements where required.
• Contribute to research, portfolio analysis, and internal learning products that support proposition development, thought leadership, and growth of the team’s advisory portfolio.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams across PwC offices within the East Market Area ( Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda, and Zambia).

Preferred Skills and Competencies

• Practitioner experience in designing and strengthening M&E systems within public sector or development programmes.
• Experience in deploying and operationalising M&E systems, tools, and reporting processes in programme or institutional settings.
• Experience in managing programmatic knowledge harvesting and dissemination.
• Demonstrated ability to use digital and AI-enabled tools to improve data analysis, reporting efficiency, and evidence generation.
• Demonstrated ability to deliver evaluations, verification assignments, and data quality reviews.
• Good understanding of results-based management, programme performance, and evidence use.
• Experience using data analytics, dashboards, and digital reporting tools to improve monitoring and decision-making.
• Experience deploying digital M&E systems and data collection tools for monitoring, surveys, verification, and reporting, including platforms such as KoboToolbox, ODK, SurveyCTO, DHIS2, Power BI, Tableau, Python, or similar tools.
• Experience in undertaking research, knowledge harvesting, and learning reviews within development or public sector programmes.
• Ability to capture and synthesise lessons from project delivery into clear knowledge products, insights, and practical recommendations.
• Strong stakeholder engagement and communication skills, with the ability to work effectively with clients, partners, and technical teams.
• Ability to synthesise complex evidence and data into clear, practical insights and recommendations.
• Strong analytical, organisational, and project management skills.
• Ability to work across multiple assignments, sectors, and teams in a dynamic consulting environment.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in relevant fields such as Data Science, Monitoring and Evaluation, Statistics, Economics, Development Studies, Public Policy, Applied Mathematics, or another relevant field.
• Professional certification in Monitoring and Evaluation, data analytics, or related areas.
• Qualifications or certification in impact measurement frameworks such as IRIS+, GIIN IMP, ISEAL, or Gold Standard.
• Certification or training in AI for M&E or use of digital tools in evidence and learning systems.

Experience

• A minimum of 3 years of relevant practitioner experience in Monitoring and Evaluation, data analytics, development research, or related areas.
• Demonstrated experience working with development partners, public sector programmes, NGOs, financial institutions, or international development organisations.
• Proven experience in:
• designing, deploying, and implementing M&E frameworks, systems, and methodologies
• supporting baseline, midline, endline, and impact evaluations
• managing or supporting independent verification assignments
• strengthening performance reporting and data quality assurance systems
• using digital tools and platforms to support M&E delivery, reporting, and analysis
• leading or supporting research, knowledge harvesting, or learning exercises linked to programme or project delivery
• facilitating stakeholder consultations, validation workshops, or learning sessions
• Experience using statistical and analytical tools such as Python, Power BI, Tableau, or similar platforms.

General Conditions:

PwC Kenya only processes applications submitted online and does not charge any fee at any stage of the recruitment process. Applicants are advised not to remit any funds to anyone purporting to facilitate employment in PwC Kenya.

Travel Requirements: Not Specified

Available for Work Visa Sponsorship? No

How to Apply:

Application Requirements

• A Curriculum Vitae (CV), no more than 4 pages. The CV should highlight relevant professional experience, key assignments undertaken, and the candidate’s specific role and contribution in each assignment.
• Academic and professional certificates and transcripts

How to Apply

PwC Kenya only processes applications submitted online and does not charge any fee at any stage of the recruitment process. Applicants are advised not to remit any funds to anyone purporting to facilitate employment in PwC Kenya. If you are keen to grow your career your own way and to discover how a career with PwC will benefit you, please visit https://www.pwc.com/ke and apply online before 15 August 2026

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