Jo is a senior manager, communication for development (C4D) practitioner, and Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) professional with over 20 years’ experience leading development programmes that seek to amplify marginalised voices, provide equitable access to information, build research-policy linkages, and strengthen public interest media. 

Jo has worked extensively developing MEL systems and frameworks for a range of actors and projects. She has a special interest in increasing the impact of development interventions using participatory approaches to MEL, working in collaboration with academics, governments, civil society actors, and media partners, often in fragile and conflict-affected countries. Her role sits within the Knowledge, Impact and Policy (KIP) cluster where she leads the MEL components of large Consortium research programmes including K4DD, Better Assistance in Crises and Countering Backlash. She also works with external clients such as GIZ, IDRC, SDC and FCDO to design and deliver accompanied learning work https://www.ids.ac.uk/learn-at-ids/learning-for-development/.