MEL Manager EU

Position description

• Closing date – 19^th November 2025;
• Salary – EUR 70,125.70 to EUR 89,296.30 (Brussels) – £55,518 to £71,310 (London);
• Type of employment – Fixed term until end of December 2027.

We will be reviewing applications and the role might close before the stated deadline depending on Application volume. Early applications are encouraged.

The Clean Air Fund is looking to recruit a MEL Manager to join the team in London or Brussels. This is an exciting opportunity to join a rapidly growing organisation whose mission is to use philanthropic grants to catalyse a reduction in air pollution in a newly created role.

In this role you will strengthen CAF’s capacity to measure, evaluate, and learn from its climate impact initiatives. This role ensures that strong evidence and insights guide continuous improvement with a particular focus on the effective delivery of the AAQD implementation programme.

As MEL Manager you will act as the MEL focal point, managing reporting, evidence generation and dissemination both internally and externally, of the respective programme. The application of lessons and evidence is crucial to successful delivery during the two-year timeframe of the programme. The post holder will lead on developing and delivering a learning plan to support the impact of the programme and its future direction.

The role will focus on the design and implementation of a programme level MEL system and associated tools and processes, to optimise programme efficacy and promote the use of data and evidence in driving results.

Working across the MEL, EU and other Portfolio teams, you will apply CAF’s organisational MEL system and tools for the benefit of our work in the EU whilst also strengthening CAF’s contribution to impact overall.

To be successful in this role you will have the following skills and experience:

• Solid experience developing and managing MEL frameworks (including Theories of Change and results frameworks) and their implementation in large international projects and programmes, ideally in a global philanthropy, air quality, and/or climate change or international development context;
• A strong understanding and experience of embedding equity in MEL approaches;
• Experience fostering a culture of – and mechanisms for – openness and learning across a team of multiple partners and geographies;
• Demonstrable experience synthesizing lessons, evidence and their application from large volumes of data and communicating in a clear and structured manner;
• Strong data analysis skills and experience, specifically in MS Excel;
• Some experience of various MEL tools and approaches such as outcome harvesting, most significant change, participatory evaluation alongside experience/understanding of quantitative MEL tools and approaches;
• Experience designing and managing external evaluations for useful, action-focused learning outputs and evaluations;
• Advanced skills in Microsoft Office tools particularly Excel and PowerPoint;
• Experience developing and refining Theories of Change, including problem analysis/needs assessment, causal pathways and assumptions.

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