Associate Director, Strategy and Learning

Job Description

Provide assistance to up to 10 program and service teams in developing strategies along with tools and methods to track their progress.

• Support teams to develop progress tracking tools and report on progress (e.g., results reporting, dashboards).
• Facilitate collaborative design of inputs to proposal and reporting processes (e.g., theories of change, KPIs, outcomes, indicators and other metrics, etc.).
• Support the development of program-level strategies and solutions, including designing the processes and timelines to support strategy development.
• Collaborate with program leads, programs leadership, and philanthropic partnerships to determine a cycle of program strategy development.
• Provide input on survey design and other data collection tools.
• Support reporting on grants.

Engage with the climate philanthropic ecosystem on strategy, monitoring, evaluation, and learning-related activities

• Maintain a high degree of knowledge about relevant strategy, research, and learning in the climate change ecosystem.
• Participate in working groups of funders and grantees to discuss and take action on issues related to monitoring and reporting.
• Ensure excellent responsiveness and dialogue with funding partners.
• Work collaboratively with other ClimateWorks teams to respond to grantee perception report findings and support an effective process of reporting for our own grantees.
• Manage a small group of external consultants focused on programmatic strategy and evaluation.

Incorporate data and evidence into programmatic strategies and organizational priorities

• Support the implementation of the ClimateWorks-wide results/impact framework.
• Support the learning process, including providing analysis and recommendations, emerging from end-of-year reviews, grantee perception surveys, organizational health surveys, and more.
• Provide analysis of knowledge products (e.g., evaluations, qualitative findings, surveys etc.) as an input into yearly planning and strategy development.
• Support efforts to enable decision making, including synthesizing and summarizing operational and programmatic data.

Facilitate and communicate learning

• Design and support in-person and virtual meetings and workshops on a variety of strategic learning topics.
• Produce reports, memos, presentations, or other materials to communicate learnings to a variety of stakeholders.
• Provide analyses or summaries of learning products.
• Support the development of improved knowledge management practices across the foundation.

Support work on equity and justice

• Support deepening incorporation of justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion approaches into the Planning team, including in our metrics and results frameworks.

• 10 years of relevant professional experience focused on monitoring, learning, evaluation, and/or strategy development.
• Experience working in a climate change-related field, and lived experience in communities directly affected by climate change, ideally in the geopolitical south.
• Experience designing strategies and managing evaluations in climate change-related fields.
• Ability to provide strategic discretion in the process of proposal writing and reporting to funders.
• Experience managing contracts and grants effectively and guide the work of consultants.
• Excellent analytical skills and demonstrated ability to synthesize information into meaningful conclusions.
• Understanding of advanced concepts related to monitoring and evaluation, including design of evaluations and impact studies, and results frameworks.
• Advanced knowledge and application of research methodologies.
• Strong organizational and project management skills, excellent attention to detail and ability to set priorities and complete projects in a timely manner.
• Exceptional communications skills, both written and oral, and demonstrated experience in facilitating cross-team conversations and learning.
• Ability and willingness to do the day-to-day project management aspects of the role.
• High levels of proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel, Powerpoint.

Approach

• Takes initiative and is not afraid to try new approaches.
• Proven diplomatic approach, with sound professional judgment, discretion in handling sensitive matters, flexibility, and problem-solving skills in a multi-stakeholder environment.
• The highest level of personal and professional integrity and quality standards.
• Enthusiastic and natural team player the ability to work with cross-functional, virtual, and diverse teams.
• Ability to effectively manage and prioritize time, projects, and budgets.
• Ability to work effectively and efficiently (both virtually and in-person) with minimal supervision.
• Ability to work within the Pacific time zone work day and occasionally take early or late calls to accommodate different time zones where needed.
• Commitment to a diverse, inclusive and equitable work environment.
• Commitment to ClimateWorks’ mission and values.

Disclaimer: Applications will be received until this position is filled