Evaluation and Learning Specialist

Recruiter:

Phaki Personnel

Job Ref:

JHB000264/KM

Date posted:

Tuesday, March 3, 2026

Location:

Pretoria, South Africa

SUMMARY:
JOB PURPOSE

To support knowledge-sharing and learning culture at the Jobs Fund. Contribute to the documentation and dissemination of key lessons learned to improve the implementation of projects, and the measurement and evaluation of projects’ performance. Implement processes and procedures for accurate performance monitoring and evaluation results.

POSITION INFO:
MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS

Bachelor’s Degree/ Advanced Diploma/ BTech (NQF 7) in M&E, Development, Public Administration, Economics or related field.
A Postgraduate qualification in M&E, social sciences or equivalent experience and education would be advantageous.
6-8 years’ experience in monitoring, measurement and evaluation of development programmes/ projects; conducting evaluations and writing evaluation reports
at least 2 years of experience at a management level
Training or certification in statistics and quantitative measurements would be advantageous.
Experience capturing both good practices and lessons learned, in a variety of approaches (e.g. end of the project evaluation, special studies); Experience in project design and evaluation.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Evaluation and Support:

Execute the Jobs Fund Evaluation Framework and Learning Agenda. Support the evaluation of projects and extract learnings from the Jobs Fund portfolio
Provide the inputs to the Terms of Reference for evaluations and manage the service provider selection process.
Provide inputs into the design of baseline assessments, formative evaluations, mid-term evaluations and summative evaluations for projects.

Promote and Enhance Learning:

Analyse and synthesise findings from project evaluations.
Support awareness sessions with partners on evaluations, results-based management and project close-outs.
Perform benchmarking and learning exercises on job creation, sustainability and systemic change.
Engage in activities related to the synthesis and dissemination of lessons learned by the Jobs Fund.

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