Requirements

• 10+ years of progressive experience in monitoring, evaluation, and learning in a global development context, including experience working within an organization that both directly implements programs and provides technical assistance to governments, with 5+ years in a senior leadership role within a matrixed organization
  
• Advanced degree in a relevant field (economics, public health, social science, statistics, or related)
  
• Technical experience: Expert in program evaluation design and methodology; including impact evaluations, process evaluations, and mixed-methods approaches with real-world experience managing large-scale evaluations from design through dissemination
  
• People Leadership: Demonstrates a track record of developing Directors or senior leaders and strengthening leadership bench capacity. Can provide strategic direction to senior technical leads while empowering their domain ownership.
  
• Thought Leadership: Publications, conference presentations, or other external thought leadership are a strong positive signal.
  

Lead organizational MLE strategy

• Own and drive Evidence Action's approach to evaluation for early stage programs, including design and oversight of major evaluations for pilots and quality assurance of evaluation methodology and findings. As programs transition to scale, ensure early stage MLE findings inform at-scale MLE, in coordination with the Director.
  
• Provide strategic oversight of at-scale program MLE through management of the Director, ensuring alignment between at-scale program MLE and the broader MLE function strategy.
  
• Lead the MLE Review process, driving organizational learning from findings and ensuring recommendations inform function-wide improvements, including function-level quality assurance standards.
  

Provide senior external and organizational leadership

• Serve as a senior thought leader and external champion for Evidence Action’s MLE Function with donors, board members, government partners, and peer organizations.
  
• Oversee the approach to external reviewers, vendors, and consultants across the MLE Function, critically evaluating their recommendations while maintaining strong, constructive relationships, and working in close coordination with the MLE leaders on external partnerships they are responsible for.
  
• Partner closely with Cost-Effectiveness and other internal evidence functions to ensure coherence across Evidence Action's evidence approach.
  

Lead and develop the MLE Strategy team

• Provide direction and leadership to the MLE Strategy team, including direct management of a Director, who leads at-scale program MLE and team management.
  
• Set strategic direction and priorities for the team and help foster a high-performing team culture.
  
• Develop team members' capabilities and build a platform for ongoing professional growth.