Evaluation Manager - IQ Talent Marketplace

Introduction and overview

The Education Outcomes Fund (EOF) is dedicated to improving education and employment outcomes for children and youth globally. Our small but mighty team is working at the cutting edge of development finance, leveraging our platform at the UN and our innovative, results-focused approach to change the way education is financed to support the next generation of youth.

EOF is looking for an exceptional Evaluation Manager to join our Programs Team. If you are an outstanding problem solver, passionate about improving education and employment outcomes for children and youth and looking for a challenge in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial environment, we would love to hear from you. Please send your CV and cover letter to [email protected] by COB Sunday 19 May. Please ensure that you include the role you’re applying for in the email subject line.

About the Education Outcomes Fund

EOF supports improvements in the quality of education and skills programs, with a special focus on girls and underserved populations, including those in the hardest to reach rural areas. It measures (and pays for) what matters – both core skills like literacy and numeracy, but also critical 21st Century skills such as socio-emotional skills, ICT skills, and other broader fundamentals of a quality education. It helps close the persistent gap between the skills needed by employers and those attained by today’s youth.

The opportunity

Evaluation is central to the RBF programs we design, and the policy insights they generate are a key part of their value. We are seeking to recruit a high-calibre Evaluation Manager to join our program team and lead the design and implementation of country-level monitoring, evaluation and learning across all three of our portfolios: early childhood care and education, basic education, and skills for employment.

The Evaluation Manager will work in close collaboration with each country program team to ensure evaluation is aligned with the program objectives and design for joint decisions around the best method and protocols for each context, the creation of mechanisms to mitigate perverse incentives (cream skimming, teaching to the test) and cost implications of decisions around the number of metrics, types of verification and timeline of measurement.

About you

We’d love to hear from you if the following sounds like you:

1. Education:

• Advanced degree (Ph.D. or Master’s) in education, economics, statistics or a related field with a strong quantitative research component.

2. Work experience:

• Minimum of 10 years of progressively responsible experience in quantitative research, with a focus on education programs in international development contexts.
• Demonstrated expertise in designing and implementing quantitative research studies and impact evaluations, including experience with experimental and quasi-experimental research designs, survey methods, and statistical analysis.
• Experience with integrating quantitative and qualitative data collection and analysis methods to provide comprehensive analysis of program impact.
• Demonstrated track record of designing MEL frameworks, methodologies and tools, and leading complex MEL initiatives, including impact evaluations and performance monitoring of large-scale programs.
• Previous experience or familiarity with piloting, adaptation and validation of measurement tools in education.
• Strong project management skills, including the ability to manage research projects from conception to completion, allocate resources effectively, and meet deadlines, working effectively with external evaluation firms and internal teams.
• Experience working in complex contexts and managing competing priorities from different stakeholders (e.g., governments, evaluation firms, grantees, etc.), with a collaborative mindset and ability to work effectively and manage competing priorities.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to effectively communicate complex technical information to diverse audiences. Capacity to communicate highly technical pieces in a simple manner to non-technical audiences.
• Experience in innovative financing, in particular with RBF instruments or incentive structures, is desirable.

3. Languages:

• Fluency in English is required.
• Proficiency in French, Portuguese or Arabic is an asset.

General information and application process

General information

• We have a global mandate and a global team, with staff based across most continents. However, the majority of our team are London-based, and candidates may need to be available during a significant portion of UK working hours (to be determined on a case-by-case basis).
• The indicative gross annual salary package is between GBP 60,000 – 85,000, with flexibility depending on the skills and experience of the selected candidate. This is for applicants based in London, and will be adjusted based on the place of residence, in line with UN post adjustment rates. Upward mobility in salary and position is expected for strongly performing team members.
• This position will initially be for a 12-month contract, although we are looking for permanent, full time staff to join and help grow the organisation, subject to performance. Contracts will be renewed annually for all core team staff subject to performance, and there is the potential for some long-term core staff to move onto UN staff contracts, again subject to funding and performance.

The full job pack is available on our website:

https://www.educationoutcomesfund.org/careers