Associate Director, Strategy and Learning

Job Description

Essential Tasks

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.

Required Qualifications

• 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