Independent Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Unit for FCDO’s Africa Regional Climate and Nature (ARCAN) programme

The purpose of this contract is to deliver an independent monitoring, evaluation and learning function on behalf of FCDO that will implement the following three, interlinked components in support of delivery of the ARCAN programme: 1) Supporting the programme to identify what is working and what is not working (and for who - with a particular focus on gender, economic and social inclusion), complimenting and strengthening the ARCAN partners own monitoring and learning, through the provision of robust monitoring, evaluation, learning and VfM assessment at portfolio level and ensuring relevant lessons feed into the global evidence base on climate change adaptation and mitigation. 2) Provision of targeted technical advice to ARCAN programme partners to ensure their reporting and M&E approaches are aligned to and support the overall objectives of ARCAN. 3) Facilitate and inform strategic programme decision making, ensuring the application of learning from monitoring, evaluation and research activities across the programme are used to refine delivery of programme components.