Evidence, Measurement, Learning and Impact Director, Climate-Smart Agriculture (CSA) Nigeria
Organization: Prosper Global
Posted: 23 October 2026
Closing date: 23 November 2026
Contingent upon Donor Funding
Location: Abuja, Nigeria
Position Status: Full-time, Exempt or Non-exempt, Regular

ABOUT PROSPER GLOBAL
Prosper Global is a humanitarian organization working alongside communities facing conflict, climate change, and economic hardship to meet urgent needs and create the conditions for lasting progress. In 2026, Mercy Corps changed its name to Prosper Global to reflect its belief that when every community can prosper, all humanity moves forward.

THE PROGRAM
Prosper Global Nigeria works across 16 states to build economic opportunities, enhance water security, drive peace and good governance, and strengthen food security. The three-year, Mastercard Foundation-funded Climate-Smart Agriculture portfolio aims to enable 200,000 young Nigerians, particularly young women, to access and sustain dignified and fulfilling work through climate-smart and nutrition-sensitive agrifood systems. The portfolio addresses barriers faced by young women, youth, persons with disabilities, and forcibly displaced persons while strengthening the systems that generate work opportunities.

THE POSITION
The Evidence, Measurement, Learning and Impact Director is a senior portfolio leadership role responsible for shaping and leading the portfolio's evidence, learning, impact, and adaptive-management agenda. The Director will design and oversee a portfolio-wide Evidence, Learning and Impact ecosystem, harmonize measurement across consortium partners, provide real-time performance visibility, and transform data into actionable intelligence for strategy, investment, innovation, accountability, and systems change.

ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES
Strategy and vision: Lead the portfolio Evidence, Learning and Impact agenda; design shared measurement and decision-support systems; use analytics, digital platforms, participant feedback, market intelligence, and emerging technologies; generate evidence on what works, for whom, under what conditions, and why; establish a culture of learning and continuous improvement; and build partnerships with research institutions, governments, private-sector actors, and learning networks.

MEL system development: Lead the integrated portfolio ELI ecosystem; advise the Portfolio Senior Leadership Team; establish data-governance, quality, security, interoperability, ethical-use, and responsible-data standards; harmonize reporting, analytics, learning, and performance systems; develop feedback and accountability systems; collaborate with CARM and safeguarding teams; strengthen consortium-partner capacity; and produce evidence for policy influence, systems change, and sector learning.

Learning and adaptation: Lead the Portfolio Learning Agenda; integrate implementation data, participant feedback, market intelligence, climate evidence, and partner experience; drive synthesis and dissemination of learning products; and ensure evidence is translated into adaptation and scalable approaches.

Reports management: Oversee timely, high-quality, evidence-based reporting; establish reporting and quality-assurance standards; and communicate insights to decision-makers, donors, and stakeholders.

Monitoring and evaluation: Liaise with baseline leads; ensure sound methodology and tools; support baseline data quality and compliance with MEL policy; coordinate quarterly programme reviews, Data Quality Assessments, record retention, and the final internal performance review.

Team management and safeguarding: Onboard and support MEL staff, strengthen team and partner capacity, provide supervision and feedback, promote a respectful working environment, and integrate safeguarding and participant dignity into all work.

REPORTING AND SUPERVISION
Reports to the CSA Chief of Party. Works with the Country Director, Country MEL Manager, Director of Programmes, MSD Lead, Climate Director, GESI Director, and HQ/Regional MEL Team. Supervises MEL Programme Managers and Advisors and mentors local partner MEL teams.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS AND TRANSFERABLE SKILLS
Advanced degree in statistics, data science, economics, public policy, international development, organizational learning, information systems, social sciences, or a related discipline. At least 10 years of progressively senior international experience in MEL, evidence and learning, data and analytics, impact measurement, or performance management for large, complex development portfolios. Demonstrated experience designing enterprise-scale evidence and performance ecosystems; turning data into strategic insights; leading digital analytics, business intelligence, visualization, automation, artificial intelligence, and decision-support systems; managing learning agendas, evaluations, research, impact measurement, and knowledge management; advising senior leaders and donors; building high-performing teams; and working in market systems, youth employment, economic inclusion, climate-smart agriculture, resilience, and systems-change programming in Africa. Mastercard Foundation experience is an advantage.

SUCCESS FACTORS AND CONDITIONS
The successful candidate will be a strategic thinker, excellent communicator, flexible leader, and effective team and capacity builder who can work in Nigeria's complex cultural, political, social, and security environment. The position is based in Abuja and requires at least 40% travel by air or road to field offices, including areas with varying levels of insecurity. Prosper Global is an equal-opportunity employer committed to inclusion, safeguarding, ethical conduct, and accountability to participants and stakeholders. Team members dedicate 5% of their time to ongoing learning.

HOW TO APPLY
Apply here: https://jobs.jobvite.com/careers/prosperglobal/job/oTe0Afwr?__jvst=Employee&__jvsd=sG7PojwO&__jvsc=Jobvite&bid=nHjVjrxb
C4AIK course: https://www.c4aik.org/challenge-page/501e7497-3a66-4f6c-bbcb-c959152375a7?programId=501e7497-3a66-4f6c-bbcb-c959152375a7