About the position
Manager: Programme and Monitoring and Evaluation
Johannesburg North
Reports to the Managing Director
Role Overview:
Seeking a Programme and M&E Manager to lead the design, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation of programmes that strengthen the financial resilience of women-owned ECD businesses.
This is a key leadership role that blends strategic thinking, programme management, and data-driven insight, with a strong focus on learning, adaptation, and advocacy. The successful candidate will bring both analytical and people-oriented skills to ensure that interventions are impactful, measurable, and scalable.
Key Responsibilities
Program Design & Implementation
- Lead the design and execution of behaviour change programs that drive sustained impact for women-owned ECD businesses.
- Collaborate with product owners to integrate and optimize behaviour change elements within their respective verticals.
- Own and manage specific product verticals end-to-end, including strategy, implementation, and monitoring
Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL)
- Design and implement a robust Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning framework aligned with the organization's goals of impact, scalability, and resilience.
- Develop and track indicators measuring enterprise growth, financial resilience, and women's empowerment outcomes.
- Oversee data collection processes from participating ECD enterprises, training sessions, and financial literacy rollouts.
- Analyse both qualitative and quantitative data to generate actionable insights and learning.
- Produce data-driven reports and dashboards to inform strategy, operations, and advocacy.
- Lead periodic impact assessments (baseline, midline, endline) to evaluate programme effectiveness and ROI.
- Facilitate internal learning sessions to review progress, surface lessons, and support adaptive management.
- Build M&E capacity within the team, ensuring consistent use of tools, templates, and systems.
Team Leadership & Mentorship
- Manage, mentor, and develop junior team members, fostering a high-performing, inclusive, and motivated team culture.
- Build the capacity of the team through training and professional development opportunities.
Executive Support
- Support the Managing Director with funder management, including relationship building, proposal writing, and reporting.
- Contribute to the development of funding proposals and ensure timely, high-quality submissions.
- Prepare detailed and insightful reports for board meetings and other key stakeholders.
- Play an active role in fostering a positive organizational culture and overseeing HR-related processes, including recruitment, onboarding, and team development.
- Collaborate with the leadership team to manage office operations and ensure the organization functions efficiently across all departments.
Qualifications and Experience Required:
- Bachelor's degree in Economics, Statistics, Finance, Development Studies, or a related field (Postgraduate qualification advantageous).
- 3-5 years' experience in programme management, strategy, and M&E within the social impact or development sector.
- Proven experience managing teams and working cross-functionally.
- Familiarity with M&E frameworks and using data for decision-making and advocacy
- Strong analytical skills and confidence working with data and insights
- Exceptional communication skills with experience tailoring messages for diverse audiences.
- Demonstrated experience in team leadership, mentorship, and capacity building.
Preferred Skills and Attributes:
- Proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Power BI
- Proficiency in communications software & tools.
- Experience working with township or rural communities in South Africa or similar contexts.
- Passionate about social change, women's economic empowerment, and community development.
- Knowledge of the ECD or financial inclusion sectors.
Please Note: Should you not receive feedback within 3 months, please consider your application as unsuccessful.
Desired Skills:
- Programme Manager
- Monitoring and Evaluation
- Monitoring & Evaluation
- M&E
- Lead the design
- implementation
- monitoring and evaluation programmes
- Programme Management
- data insight
- Learning
- program design
- implementation and execution
- monitoring
- evaluation and learning
- report management
- Strategy
- monitoring & development frameworks
- social impact sector
- development sector
- degree in economics or statistics or finance or development studies
Desired Qualification Level:
About The Employer:
Social Impact
