The African Union Interafrican Bureau for Animal Resources (AU-IBAR) is looking for an individual consultant to serve as Monitoring and Evaluation Expert for the SCOPE project, which strengthens One Health pandemic preparedness and response across the Lake Chad Basin. It suits senior M&E professionals in our network with public health, animal health or One Health experience. The deadline is Friday 6 November 2026, 11:45 PM (EAT).
At a glance
- Issued by: AU-IBAR
- Duty station: AU-IBAR office, Nairobi, Kenya, with regular travel to Nigeria, Niger, Cameroon, the Central African Republic and Chad
- Duration: 6 months, renewable on performance and funding; start as soon as the contract is signed
- Fee: monthly, at African Union grade P3 step 5; mission costs covered separately
- Deadline: Friday 6 November 2026, 11:45 PM (EAT; the advert gives Nairobi time)
What the assignment covers
SCOPE, funded by the Pandemic Fund, builds cross-border capacity to prevent, detect and respond to pandemics through an integrated One Health approach, working with ECOWAS, ECCAS and the Lake Chad Basin Commission. The expert coordinates all of the project’s data collection, analysis and learning:
- Revise the theory of change and results framework in line with the Pandemic Fund’s results framework, and set up the M&E plan, database and dashboard
- Coordinate baseline data collection for every indicator across the five countries
- Convene a multi-stakeholder M&E technical working group and build partners’ M&E capacity
- Report progress to the Project Steering Committee and on the Pandemic Fund portal, and draft terms of reference for the baseline, mid-term and final evaluations
- Run monitoring missions, document lessons and case studies, and support after-action reviews and simulation exercises
- Help manage the project’s budgets, work plans and financial and operational compliance with African Union and donor rules
Who can apply
- Individual consultants with a degree in M&E, agriculture or rural development, veterinary medicine, public health, economics, statistics, social sciences or a related field; an M&E certification counts in your favour
- At least five years of progressive M&E experience, preferably with a regional or international organisation, three of them at managerial level
- At least three years in M&E of One Health, public health, animal health or pandemic preparedness programmes
- Experience with regional economic communities or bodies such as WHO, FAO, WOAH or Africa CDC, and with donor rules
- Proficiency in at least one African Union official language; women are strongly encouraged to apply
How to apply
Download the terms of reference and the declaration form from AU-IBAR’s procurement page. Email a detailed CV, copies of your academic and professional qualifications, the completed declaration on exclusion criteria and a copy of your identification to procurement@au-ibar.org, copied to albert.obiero@au-ibar.org, with the subject line “Monitoring and Evaluation Expert”, by Friday 6 November 2026, 11:45 PM (EAT).
Source: AU-IBAR procurement notice and terms of reference. AU-IBAR is the African Union’s specialised office for animal resources, based in Nairobi.