Impact & Insights Officer – Magamba Network

Job Description

Job Summary

Are you passionate about learning, evidence and the power of insight to shape stronger movements? We are looking for an analytical and driven Impact & Insights Officer to lead the learning, monitoring, evaluation and impact documentation function for our Sub-Saharan African project working to secure digital rights and strengthen digital democracy on the African continent.

Job Type: Full-time
Location: Gaborone, Botswana
Category: Monitoring & Evaluation
Closing Date: 2026-11-18

Key Responsibilities

The Impact and Insights Officer will support the design and implementation of the project’s learning, monitoring and evaluation framework. This includes helping the project team track outputs, outcomes, indicators, risks, assumptions, lessons and impact across all project countries and activities.

• Develop, adapt and continuously improve the project’s monitoring and evaluation tools.
• Monitor project progress against agreed targets, outputs, outcomes and indicators.
• Maintain updated project data and ensure evidence is organised, accurate and available for reporting.
• Work closely with project partners across different Sub-Saharan African contexts.
• Contribute significantly to internal and external reporting, drafting donor progress reports, learning briefs, and impact stories.
• Lead processes to identify and document key lessons from project implementation.
• Work with the Storytelling Lead to identify strong stories of change.
• Check the quality, consistency and completeness of project data.
• Provide regular advice to the project team on what the evidence is showing.

Requirements

The ideal candidate should have a degree or professional qualification in Monitoring and Evaluation, Development Studies, Social Sciences, Statistics, Public Policy, International Development, Human Rights, Governance, Digital Rights, Research, Communications for Development or a related field. Additional training in M&E, results-based management, outcome harvesting, impact evaluation, data analysis, research methods or learning systems will be an added advantage.

The candidate should have at least 3-5 years of relevant experience in monitoring, evaluation, learning, impact documentation, research, reporting or programme quality roles. Experience working on multi-country, regional or donor-funded projects will be a strong advantage.

How to Apply

Interested candidates who meet the above requirements should submit a Cover Letter and CV in English with the subject line “Impact & Insights Officer” to: [email protected]

Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
Applications close: 18 November 2026