Senior Officer, Learning & Impact

Job description

**This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, which manages all applications and next steps. Our partner is looking for a Senior Officer, Learning & Impact based in Canada.** We are seeking an experienced monitoring, evaluation, learning, and impact professional to strengthen the evidence base for feminist-led humanitarian responses and locally driven initiatives. In this role, you will lead the implementation and continuous improvement of a monitoring, evaluation, and learning (MEL) strategy for a global fund supporting women’s rights organizations and feminist civil society groups. You will transform qualitative and quantitative data into meaningful insights that demonstrate impact, inform decision-making, and support accountability to partners and donors. Working across international teams, you will contribute to innovative reporting approaches, impact measurement, and knowledge sharing in complex humanitarian contexts. You will also build relationships with grantee partners and external research organizations to promote collaborative learning and stronger evaluation practices. This remote opportunity is ideal for a strategic, analytical, and values-driven professional committed to gender equality, feminist leadership, and locally led humanitarian action. ### Accountabilities - MEL framework and strategy: Lead the implementation and ongoing adaptation of the fund’s monitoring, evaluation, and learning framework, ensuring alignment with its grantmaking strategy, theory of change, and broader organizational learning priorities. - Tools and performance measurement: Design and implement tools, processes, and indicators to track progress and report outcomes to bilateral and philanthropic donors, including international development and humanitarian funding institutions. - Continuous improvement: Collaborate with internal teams and external stakeholders to strengthen MEL frameworks, data collection methods, analytical tools, and reporting processes in line with humanitarian sector best practices and donor requirements. - External partnerships: Manage partnerships focused on learning and impact measurement, including third-party monitoring initiatives, evaluations, research collaborations, and relationships with think tanks and researchers. - Data collection and validation: Coordinate the collection, validation, and analysis of qualitative and quantitative data from grantee partners, translating field-level evidence into actionable insights. - Innovative reporting: Work with program and learning teams to pilot and refine alternative reporting approaches, including audio and video reporting, instructional videos, and more accessible reporting tools and formats. - Impact analysis and knowledge management: Implement data analysis strategies to assess aggregate and thematic or regional outcomes related to gender equality, and contribute to compelling impact stories, narratives, and knowledge products. - Grantmaking data and reporting: Support quarterly grantmaking statistics updates, review milestone, progress, and final reports, and help strengthen data collection processes for measuring the impact of women's and feminist funds' accompaniment models. - Systems improvement: Contribute to the ongoing development and use of Salesforce for monitoring, evaluation, and learning activities, ensuring data processes remain effective and aligned with reporting needs. - Donor and institutional reporting: Lead the preparation of internal briefs, external donor reports, annual reports, performance measurement frameworks, and other reporting and communication materials, ensuring compliance with applicable standards. - Dissemination of findings: Present and share impact data, crisis-related insights, and key learnings through reports, presentations, talking points, partner feedback sessions, internal knowledge libraries, proposals, and joint advocacy initiatives. - Partner capacity strengthening: Support grantee partners in developing their MEL capabilities by contributing to webinars, sharing program insights, and responding to specific learning and evaluation support needs. - Cross-organizational collaboration: Act as the primary link between the fund's secretariat and the wider Learning & Impact team, contributing to organization-wide learning initiatives, participatory grantmaking approaches, and internal impact resources. - Ethical and respectful practice: Uphold policies and professional standards that promote a safe, respectful, accountable, and inclusive working environment. ### Requirements - An undergraduate degree or equivalent training in social sciences, international development, or a related discipline. - At least five years of direct professional experience in monitoring, evaluation, learning, and impact. - Required experience working with women's rights organizations, grassroots organizations, and international partners in humanitarian settings, including reporting to humanitarian donors. - Strong expertise in qualitative and quantitative research, data analysis, data visualization, and evaluation methodologies. - Excellent computer skills, including proficiency in Microsoft Excel and working knowledge of relevant data analysis and research software. - Demonstrated ability to handle sensitive information confidentially and consistently apply high ethical standards. - Professional working proficiency in English; French language skills are desirable. Professional working proficiency in Arabic, Spanish, or other languages is an asset. - Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to present complex findings clearly and persuasively to diverse audiences. - Excellent analytical, critical-thinking, and problem-solving abilities, including the capacity to identify systemic challenges and develop innovative solutions. - High emotional intelligence and the ability to build trust, foster collaboration, and navigate complex interpersonal dynamics. - Adaptability and sound judgment when managing competing priorities, evolving circumstances, and multiple deadlines. - Proven ability to influence and collaborate with stakeholders across different organizational levels while promoting shared accountability and purpose. - A demonstrated commitment to anti-racism, anti-oppression, intersectionality, feminist leadership, accountability, and inclusive, values-driven practice. - Must be legally eligible to work in Canada. - Willingness and ability to work remotely with an international team, including occasional early-morning or late-evening calls to accommodate partners in different time zones. - Availability to travel approximately one to two times per year, for up to two weeks in total annually. - Ability to perform primarily computer-based work in a remote setting. ### Benefits - Salary: Starting salary range of CAD $85,000 or more. - Employment type: Full-time, indefinite position. - Work arrangement: Fully remote within Canada, with a flexible virtual working environment. - Paid vacation: Four weeks of paid vacation. - Paid sick leave: Paid sick time. - Parental support: Parental leave top-up. - Health coverage: Medical benefits with no waiting period. - Life insurance: Included in the compensation and benefits package. - Retirement savings: Group Registered Retirement Savings Plan (Group RRSP). - Birthday leave: Paid day off for your birthday. - Values-driven culture: A collaborative environment emphasizing feminist leadership, anti-racism, anti-oppression, intersectionality, accountability, and care. - Learning and development: Opportunities to contribute to innovative MEL practices, global knowledge sharing, and professional growth. - Inclusive workplace: Commitment to equal opportunity, diversity, accessibility, and a safe and respectful work environment. - Additional benefits may be available as part of the comprehensive compensation package.