Head of Impact and Strategy Performance

Essential experience, skills and attributes

• Demonstrated leadership of MEAL and organisational impact functions within gender equality, development or human rights contexts.
  
• Proven ability to design, implement and oversee organisation-wide MEAL and performance frameworks, including complex evaluations and impact assessments.
  
• Advanced technical expertise in MEAL, including theory of change, results frameworks, indicators, evaluation design and mixed-method approaches.
  
• Solid understanding of organisational performance management, including strategic planning and reporting processes.
  
• Proficiency in MEAL tools and systems (e.g. data collection platforms, dashboards, CRM systems).
  
• Strong track record of translating data, evidence and strategy performance into clear insights to inform decision-making.
  
• Experience producing high-quality, audience-focused impact communications (e.g. reports, donor outputs, dashboards) and managing external consultants or research partners.
  
• Strong people management skills, with experience building inclusive, high-performing teams, supporting professional development, and overseeing planning and budgets.
  
• Excellent analytical, writing and communication skills, with the ability to convey complex information clearly to diverse audiences.
  
• Strong organisational and project management skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities effectively.
  
• A collaborative, inclusive and values-driven leadership style, with strong interpersonal skills and the ability to work across cultures, geographies and time zones.
  
• Strategic mindset, able to balance big-picture thinking with attention to detail, and a strong commitment to the mission and values of Girls Not Brides.
  

Lead Girls Not Brides’ strategy performance and impact measurement

• Lead the organisation’s monitoring, evaluation, accountability and leaning (MEAL) and impact measurement strategy, ensuring alignment with the organisational strategy.
  
• Oversee the design, implementation and continuous improvement of MEAL systems, tools and processes across the organisation, ensuring they are robust, coherent and consistently applied.
  
• Oversee high‑quality data collection, analysis, and reporting across all projects, programmes and organisational initiatives, enabling evidence‑based decision‑making and adaptive programming.
  
• Oversee organisational evaluations and impact assessments, ensuring methodological rigour and relevance.
  
• Working together with the Head of Research, Evidence and Learning, support the integration of evidence and learning into organisational planning, and strategy performance management, fostering a culture of continuous learning and improvement.
  
• Oversee strong coordination between portfolio management, MEAL, and organisational performance frameworks.
  

Lead organisational strategic planning, performance monitoring and reporting

• Lead the annual organisational planning process, ensuring alignment with strategic priorities and cross-team coherence.
  
• Support the Director of Learning, Evidence and Impact to shape and drive the organisation’s vision for evidence‑driven decision‑making.
  
• Advise (senior) leadership on strategic strategy performance trends, risks and opportunities.
  
• Oversee organisational reporting processes, including the preparation of regular progress report to senior leadership and the Board of Trustees, donor reporting and annual reporting.
  
• Oversee the development of robust, consistent portfolio management systems and processes to deliver against donor commitments in line with the organisational strategy.
  

Support Impact communication and storytelling

• Ensure close collaboration between the Impact, Development, and Communications teams to deliver consistent, high‑quality impact communication to various stakeholders.
  
• Oversee the development of the annual Impact Report and relevant inputs to the Trustees Annual Report, ensuring it reflects robust evidence, compelling insights and clear organisational accountability.
  
• Ensure the organisation has strong impact stories, case studies and data to communicate to donors, partners, members and the Board to demonstrate progress and influence change.
  

Team leadership and management

• Lead and manage a globally dispersed Impact team and set clear shared and individual performance goals to meet team and organisational objectives.
  
• Foster collaboration across cultures, geographies, and time-zones; promote professional development, care, inclusion, and wellbeing.
  
• Represent Girls Not Brides in high-level MEAL, evidence and impact spaces, contributing to thought leadership and sector learning.
  
• Stay abreast of emerging MEAL methodologies, accountability standards and sector innovations, ensuring Girls Not Brides remains at the forefront of impact practice.
  

Wider Organizational Responsibilities

• Commit to the mission and vision of Girls Not Brides, putting these at the forefront of all planning, work and actions.
  
• Uphold the core values of Girls Not Brides in all areas of work and interactions with colleagues, members, partners, and other stakeholders.
  
• Comply with Girls Not Brides’ policies and processes, including for safeguarding, diversity and inclusion, the code of conduct and data protection.
  
• Ensure that internal databases and monitoring information are kept fully up-to-date.
  
• Commit to ongoing personal development and learning.
  
• Fulfil any other reasonable requests for the advancement of Girls Not Brides.