In A Nutshell
Lead HopeWell’s impact measurement, learning, and continuous improvement strategies to ensure data-driven decision-making across programs and policy initiatives.
Responsibilities
Cultivate a Culture of Learning and Improvement
- Build staff capacity to engage with data through training and structured reflection.
- Lead initiatives that normalize inquiry, experimentation, and shared accountability in the pursuit of continuous quality improvement.
Design and Drive a Strategic Learning Agenda
- Develop and operationalize a learning agenda that clarifies organizational learning priorities across both direct service and systems change strategies.
- Align the learning agenda with HopeWell’s Theory of Change, ensuring focus on critical questions to inform strategic direction and resource allocation.
Translate Insights into Actionable Strategy
- Synthesize data into actionable insights tailored for executive leadership, program teams, and external stakeholders.
- Produce evaluation summaries that influence decision-making, strategy development, and field facing communications.
- Ensure that impact data is leveraged to strengthen policy advocacy and positioning.
Lead Adaptive Learning and Evaluation Initiatives
- Design learning frameworks that evolve in response to evidence and feedback.
- Implement evaluation strategies across organizational initiatives.
- Support external evaluations to ensure alignment with values and intended impact.
Align Impact Measurement with Strategic Priorities
- Lead logic model development to reflect core components and pathways of change.
- Ensure alignment between data collection, measurement, and strategic priorities.
- Ensure metrics capture both service delivery fidelity and participant outcomes.
Strengthen Internal Systems for Data Management and Use
- Oversee data systems and visualizations that support real-time decision-making.
- Supervise the Director of Data & Impact and provide coaching, mentorship, and professional development to strengthen team capacity.
- Collaborate with internal HopeWell departments (IT, Finance, etc.) to integrate systems that support cross-functional learning and accountability.
Build Strategic Partnerships for Learning and Influence
- Represent HopeWell externally in learning partnerships and coalitions.
- Partner with funders, consultants, and peers to expand capacity, share findings, and shape field-level discourse.
Skillset
- Advanced degree (Master’s or equivalent) in applied research, social sciences, evaluation, or related field.
- Minimum of 8 years of leadership in impact measurement, evaluation, or learning roles.
- Minimum of 3 years of experience supervising.
- Exceptional change management thinking and implementation skills.
- Decisive, effective leadership, supervision, and management skills.
- Strong interpersonal and collaboration skills.
- Unwavering commitment to Diversity, Belonging, Inclusion, and Equity (DBIE) & centering the voices of people with lived experience.
- Ability to drive high levels of performance, engagement, and accountability.
- Experience working across teams to embed decision-making into organization strategies.
- Excellent oral and written communication skills, with the ability to translate research findings into practical recommendations.
- Experience within MS Excel and a background with SPSS, Power BI or similar platforms.