The World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) is looking for a Measurement
and Impact Consultant, Congo Basin

Want to make a positive difference to the future of people and our one shared home, the
Earth? Working with WWF could be your opportunity of a lifetime:
All around the world, people are waking up to the deepening crisis of nature loss. A growing
realization that nature is our life-support system. And that nobody will be spared from the impacts
of its loss. Here at WWF, we are helping to tackle this enormous global challenge.
Our people come from hugely diverse backgrounds and with a variety of expertise, ranging from
HR and finance to advocacy and conservation science. We welcome applications from anyone who
believes they can help us create a better future for people and wildlife.
What we do:
We are an independent conservation organization, striving to sustain the natural world for the
benefit of people and wildlife. From individuals and communities to business and government, we
are part of a growing coalition calling on world leaders to set nature on the path to recovery by
2030. Together, we seek to protect and restore natural habitats, stop the mass extinction of wildlife,
and make the way we produce and consume sustainable.
For our Congo Basin, we are looking for a dynamic and committed Measurement and Impact
Consultant, Congo Basin.
Reports to: Regional Head, Measurement and Impact, Africa
Supervises: Interns, consultants
Location: Yaounde, Cameroon (flexible within the Congo Basin)
Type and contract duration: Six (06) months consultancy contract
Mission of the Department:
The WWF International Regional teams are responsible for supporting and providing oversight to
WWF International Managed Country Offices to ensure that the offices have the required capability
and resources to deliver high conservation impact and outcomes while meeting required high
standards for operations and project delivery, monitoring and evaluation.
Major Functions:
The Measurement and Impact Consultant for Congo Basin will significantly contribute to the ability
of Country Offices (COs) in the region to track and report progress and achievements against the
strategic plans and project delivery, in line with the Country Office Management (COM) impact
team’s commitments to strengthen approaches to conservation design, performance, and impact
monitoring.
Specifically, he will provide technical leadership in strengthening Planning, Monitoring, Evaluation,
and Learning within the Congo Basin Country Offices. This position will be responsible for
supporting the Country Offices with the monitoring of the life cycle of the Strategic Plans, from
strategic planning and implementation to monitoring and adaptive management.


The Consultant will also support and ensure COs have well designed PMEL framework for strategic
plans, programs/projects and grants, and their alignment with the office strategic plan, in line with
WWF’s Network's Standards of Conservation Project and Programme Management (PPMS) and
ensuring compliance with the WWF International Country Office Strategy and Impact Monitoring
policy.
The Consultant will play a pivotal role in leveraging data insights from monitoring and evaluation to
advise Regional and CO Senior Management in areas such as evidence-based management,
adaptive management, cost-effectiveness design and management, accountability, knowledge
management and learning initiatives.
Finally, the Consultant will champion professional excellence and provide thought leadership, to
ensure the proficiency of the PMEL team and will conduct routine monitoring of the PMEL capacity
development in COs, to ensure staff are highly skilled and able to uphold network level or WWF
International COM level PMEL standards and systems.
Major Duties and Responsibilities:
1. Planning
• Lead the development and oversight of the Country Offices strategic plans and ensure the
related monitoring data are collected in a timely and rigorous manner.
• Support the COs' overall process of developing and updating the Office Strategic Plans, PMEL
frameworks and annual work plans in line with WWF’s Network’s Standards of Conservation
Project and Programme Management (PPMS).
• Support the COs with the costing of the strategy monitoring and evaluation plan, ensuring the
inclusion of the budget for all monitoring activities in the office, including Conservation activities,
ESSF, Risk, QA and others.
• Provide technical guidance to COs in developing strategic and programs/project levels Theory
of Change, logical frameworks and PMEL frameworks according to PPMS standards and
ensure that these are well documented.
• Provide technical advice to COs and facilitate the process of developing clear and measurable
goals, outcomes and indicators for the Office strategy, project and grants, while ensuring
alignment to the Country, regional and secretariat strategy.
• Supports the development of a structured PMEL framework for all CO Strategic Plans and all
associated projects inside the WWF International PMEL solution.
• Facilitates the utilisation of the WWF International PMEL solution for programme/project
design, in compliance with WWF International standards and policies.
2. Monitoring, Evaluation and Reporting
• Support the COs with the design of data collection methodologies, tools, and systems to
monitor and inform the progress of programs/projects and grants and Office Strategy on time.
• Facilitates the utilization of the WWF International PMEL solution for data management and
reporting, in compliance with WWF International standards.
• Support the COs with the collection, collation and analysis of quality data to inform progress
and for adaptive management.
• Support the review of information and data collected to ensure it is of quality, accurate and
timely to inform decisions.
• Supports the evaluations and reviews done by COs, including advising on the appropriateness
of approaches and methodologies.
• Ensures adherence to Network-wide and secretariat-specific policies, standards and protocols.
• Lead the internal and external reporting efforts of the Congo Basin Region and their
consolidation and/or synthesis. e.g., technical reports, impact reports, donor reports and other
information from projects and programmes.• Work in close collaboration with the ESSF Manager and CO PMEL leads to integrate the ESSF
framework and monitoring needs inside the annual monitoring plan of the offices.
3. Learning and Adaptive Management
• Promote a culture of results-based adaptive management in the COs, including developing a
CO learning agenda.
• Actively participate in the regional, International, and network-level PMEL Community of
Practices (CoP) for sharing and learning.
• Facilitate the quarterly review of progress against the annual work plan milestones for COs.
• Guide the development of dashboards and other business intelligence products to support
learning and tracking progress toward KPIs for the Regional and CO Senior Management team
to track progress and inform decision-making.
• Support coordinating the PMEL Community of Practice to promote and facilitate dissemination
of results, knowledge sharing and collaboration for continuous learning in the country office.
• Supports coordination and collaboration with research, academic and other institutions in the
Congo Basin in developing publications and contributing to conservation knowledge.
• Lead and coordinate capacity development of COs on PMEL.
This job description covers the main tasks and conveys the spirit of the type of tasks that are
anticipated by staff. Other tasks may be assigned as necessary according to organizational needs.
This role will require travel as needed (approx. 20% of the time).
Required Qualifications, Skills and Competencies:
Required Qualifications:
• Master's degree in natural resource management, environment, conservation management,
bioregional planning, social sciences, development studies, Statistics, Monitoring and
Evaluation or relevant fields.
• 10 years of practical experience in PMEL methodologies, project cycle management, Quality
Assurance, Financial Management, Data analysis and report writing, of which 4+ years should
be at the managerial level.
Required Skills and Competencies:
• Advanced training in Monitoring and Evaluation and experience with Result-based
management. Familiarity with PPMS or Open Standards would be considered an advantage.
• Advanced and proven experience with data analytics and utilizing monitoring and evaluation
data for impact reporting.
• Knowledge of using Microsoft suite tools (word, excel etc.) is a must. Experience using more
advanced tools such as PowerBI, Tableau, R, Python, etc., is an advantage.
• Experience in applying Knowledge Management and learning principles.
• Professional Level command of written and spoken English and French is a must for this
position.
Values & Behaviors:
• Embraces the WWF mission and values of the organisation: Courage, Integrity, Respect &
Collaboration.
• Demonstrating behaviors: Strive for impact, listen deeply, collaborate openly and innovate
fearlessly
• Acts with highest integrity, accountability, and transparency.
Working Relationships:
Internal – Regional Director, Congo Basin, Regional Head, Impact and Measurement – Africa,
Conservation Director, Congo Basin, Country Office Teams, including Country Directors,Conservation Directors, Landscape Managers, Science Team, Resource Mobilization Team,
Project Managers and M&E focal points.
External – Donors – Interacts with stakeholders, particularly at the regional level, including national
governmental institutions, non-governmental organisations, academic institutions, multilateral and
development banks, the media, donors, specialists/consultants, and other stakeholders, in
collaboration with the Country offices and Regional Director, Congo Basin.
This job description covers the main tasks and conveys the spirit of the sort of tasks that are
anticipated proactively from staff. Other tasks may be assigned as necessary according to
organizational needs.
How to apply?
Apply through the link:
https://cameroon.panda.org/apply_to_a_job/apply_for_a_job/  with a computer
(Please do not use a mobile phone)
Deadline for applications: 15th July 2025.
Thank you in advance for your interest in this position. Please note that only candidates under
serious consideration will be contacted for follow-up.
WWF is an equal opportunity employer and committed to having a diverse workforce.