Tupande MEL Manager

Founded in 2006, One Acre Fund equips 5.5 million smallholder farmers to make their farms more productive. Across nine countries that together are home to two-thirds of Africa's farmers, we provide high-quality farm supplies, tree seedlings, accessible credit, modern agronomic training, and a wide range of other agricultural services. On average, this model enables any farmer to increase their income and assets on supported land by more than 35 percent, while permanently improving their resilience. This is all made possible by our team of 9,000+ full-time staff, drawn from diverse backgrounds and professions. To learn more, please see our Why Work Here blog post. Our Kenya program, founded in 2006, operates under the local brand Tupande. Close to 500 staff in our Kakamega headquarters support 1,747 field staff and serve more than 1 million farmers. In Nairobi, around 50 staff support global functions like procurement, recruitment, government relations, and communications The Tupande MEL Manager will be responsible for overseeing all Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) functions within Tupande. This includes managing and overseeing all ongoing and future MEL projects in the country, ensuring they meet the needs of various stakeholders, including in-country teams, Global MEL and other global teams, and various donors. Additionally, the Tupande MEL Manager will play a key role in contributing to thought leadership within Tupande, particularly focusing on data quality initiatives that support and advance Tupande’s vision as well as the Tupande Impact Plan. Independently lead in-country or program-level impact evaluation and studies of interest to the program. Full ownership of the most complex workstream(s) while also overseeing all other work streams within the country. This will include: Developing evaluation plans - from outlining the theory of change to determining the study designs, and implementation plan. M