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Evidence and Learning Advisor

Location: UK

Contract Type: Fixed Term

Salary: £44,766 - £48,225 (inc London Weighting)

Hours of Work: 35 Hours

Closing Date: 30 April 2026

Evidence and Learning Advisor

Starting Salary:  £44,766 - £48,225 (inc LW) / £40,662 - £44,121 (w/o LW) 

Contract: Fixed term, 12 months (Maternity Cover – starting April 2026) 

Location: UK - Home/ Hybrid working with a minimum of 40% of your time in the London Office 

 

Job Profile 

The Integral Ecology Programme Model (IEPM) is the mechanism through which CAFOD International Programmes (IP) is delivering on our strategic framework, Our Common Home. The IEPM enables us to demonstrate why, where, how and with whom we contribute best in response to the inseparable cries of the poor and the earth. It promotes long‑term, integrated responses to both the symptoms and causes of social and environmental crisis, building on the best of what we already do. 

We work with local, national, regional and international partners in rural and urban communities across multiple thematic areas (humanitarian preparedness and response; governance, peacebuilding and human rights; women’s empowerment and gender justice; food systems and land use; livelihoods and enterprise development; and climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction). We adopt an interconnected approach to programming, facilitating integration across themes. 

We seek a maternity cover to continue to embed evidencing and learning within the IEPM; cultivating a culture of evidence‑based reflection and adaptation.  The post holder will take on the coordination of key learning processes such as IP Deep Dives and the core programme annual review and adaptation (ARA) process, and will lead on the articulation of a revised MEL approach paper for International Programmes. The role sits within the Programme Quality Support Team, reporting to the Programme Quality Lead, and will involve primarily distance support with some potential for international travel.

The post holder will work with programme teams, specified partners and other stakeholders to:  

  • Lead the continuing development of International Programmes’ monitoring, evaluation and learning (MEL) approach, aligning it with the IEPM and with CAFOD’s evidencing and external reporting needs.  

  • Coordinate learning across core programmes and regions, including facilitating deep dives, communities of practice and South–South exchanges, and creating knowledge products for internal and external use.  

  • Provide technical advice and capacity support on programme monitoring, evaluation and learning, including supporting programmatic reviews and evaluations and contributing MEL inputs to institutional fundraising work. 

Key Responsibilities

Coordinate Evidencing and Learning (40%) 

  • Coordinate the annual review and adaptation (ARA) data collection and analysis process for 2026, and ARA planning for 2027. 

  • Organise and coordinate IP “Deep Dives”, liaising with other colleagues to identify learning and sharing topics, agree deep dive schedules and coordinate sessions.  

  • Bring learning together across regions and themes, including communities of practice and South–South exchange, and turn it into practical knowledge products. 

  • Lead the update of International Programmes’ MEL approach so it fits the IEPM and supports CAFOD’s reporting needs. 

  • In collaboration with IT and Data and Insight colleagues, develop systems and processes to better support IP MEL and present IP data.  

Technical support to programmes and partners (30%) 

  • Develop and maintain MEL standards and tools (guidance, templates, training) that help staff and partners track outcomes, learn from programming and adapt to improve practice. 

  • Provide hands-on advice and support to teams and partners on MEL in day-to-day programming, including reviews, evaluations and strengthening frameworks. 

  • Contribute MEL input to fundraising and partnership work where needed (including programme design and evidence for bids). 

Support Internal Events and Communications (15%) 

  • Support key learning moments such as the 16 Days of Activism against gender-based-violence, International Women’s Day, International Earth Day, by helping to capture, curate and share evidence, learning and good practice. 

Networking and Representation (15%) 

  • Build and maintain relationships with relevant external networks, peers, academia and donors to keep CAFOD connected to wider learning and emerging practice. 

  • Gather and communicate sector updates, learning and funding opportunities relevant to CAFOD’s work.   

 

Safeguarding  

All CAFOD staff share responsibility to promote and maintain a strong safeguarding culture, including identifying the key actions they should take given their role and responsibilities.  

 

 

Person Specification   

Understanding our context 

  • Experience of working in partnership with diverse local and international organisations in Asia, Africa, the Middle East, and Latin America. 

  • Experience working across thematic areas in development and humanitarian programmes. 

Working together 

  • Ability to build relationships and empower diverse stakeholders across geographic and thematic areas; communicate complex or challenging issues clearly. 

  • Ability to analyse problems with depth and insight, draw on learning and develop solutions collaboratively. 

Making change happen 

  • Ability to develop high-quality guidance, tools, systems and training resources that improve ways of working and performance. 

  • Experience of coaching to build capability. 

Job Specific Competencies 

  • Proven experience in evidencing and learning within development and humanitarian programmes, particularly in partnership-based models. 

  • Experience in providing support to institutional fundraising processes and/or applications. 

  • Demonstrable ability to support events and communications and to synthesise and share evidence and learning for audiences within and outside the organisation. 

Desirable Criteria  

  • Relevant educational background in a field relating to MEL or development. 

  • Ability to work in Arabic, French, Portuguese or Spanish. 

  • Experience developing relationships with academia, networks and donors. 

  • Willingness to travel internationally for short periods 

 

CAFOD is a welcoming, supportive workplace committed to a safe, inclusive culture where everyone is respected. CAFOD will make reasonable adjustments at every stage of the recruitment process to ensure candidates with disabilities or individual needs are fully supported. 

Safeguarding for Children and Vulnerable Adults  

CAFOD recognises the personal dignity and rights of children and vulnerable adults, towards whom it has a special responsibility and a duty of care and respect.  CAFOD, and all its staff and volunteers, undertake to do all in our power to create a safe environment for children, young people and vulnerable adults and to prevent their physical, sexual or emotional abuse.  CAFOD is committed to acting at all times in the best interests of children and vulnerable adults, seeing these interests as paramount.  Any candidate offered a job with CAFOD will be expected to adhere to CAFOD’s Safeguarding policy and sign CAFOD’s Code of Behaviour as an appendix to their contract of employment and agree to conduct themselves in accordance with the provisions of these documents. 

 

All offers of employment will be subject to satisfactory references, and appropriate screening checks can include criminal records and terrorism finance checks. CAFOD also participates in the Inter Agency Misconduct Disclosure Scheme. In line with this Scheme, we will request information from job applicants’ previous employers about any findings of sexual exploitation, sexual abuse and/or sexual harassment during employment, or incidents under investigation when the applicant left employment. By submitting an application, the job applicant confirms their understanding of, and consent to, these recruitment procedures. 

 

 

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