Measurement, Evaluation & Learning Associate

ABOUT TED 

TED is a non-profit that believes Ideas change everything. Powerful ideas, powerfully presented, move us: to feel something, to think differently, to take action.

At TED, we seek to bridge, include, and diversify because we truly believe ideas are for everyone. It is important to us to attract individuals from diverse backgrounds who are curious about the world.

ABOUT THE AUDACIOUS PROJECT
The Audacious Project is a collaborative funding initiative that is unlocking social impact on a grand scale. By inviting the world’s change-makers to dream bigger than ever before, the Audacious Project surfaces ideas with the potential to affect millions of lives and impact entire systems. Using our curatorial expertise, and in partnership with the Bridgespan Group and several others, we support selected applicants to shape their ideas into actionable, multi-year proposals. We then convene a community of donors who collectively contribute large-scale funding directly to individual organizations.

Our collaborative funding model attempts to address a major frustration faced by the world’s change-makers: Without access to venture capital or stock markets, social entrepreneurs have to pitch donors one-by-one -- often a deeply inefficient process for all involved. Now in its seventh year, the Audacious Project has catalyzed over $5.9 billion for 59 organizations engaged in a wide range of social impact efforts around the world.  

POSITION OVERVIEW

The Measurement, Evaluation & Learning Associate will support the implementation and continuous refinement of The Audacious Project’s measurement, evaluation, and learning approach. This person will work closely with the Director of Evaluation & Learning and other colleagues on the Portfolio Impact team to support the portfolio, the donor community, and Audacious itself to find useful answers to the different learning questions each stakeholder has.

YOU ARE…

a resourceful and curious evaluator that excels at distilling data into insightful stories. You are an effective facilitator and you thrive in collaborative environments, building trust and promoting learning. With a commitment to equity, strong project management skills, and a creative problem-solving mindset, you adapt your approach to best serve the needs of your team and stakeholders.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Support finalists in designing useful and fit for purpose tools to measure, evaluate, and learn as they develop their Audacious Investment Proposal

• Offer ongoing measurement, evaluation, and learning support and advice to each project or to the entire portfolio whenever requested or relevant

• Manage knowledge systems, including keeping the project reports’ (including annual update reports and other materials, such as webinars and publications) library up to date

• Promote and facilitate the use of the knowledge management systems by different internal stakeholders, including supporting colleagues in collecting data and reporting on The Audacious Project’s results and lessons learned

• Develop project-level measurement, evaluation, and learning briefs for internal audiences

• Support analysis and synthesis on portfolio-level achievements, challenges and lessons learned

• Support the design, development, and writing of Audacious’ internal and external measurement, evaluation, and learning reports 

• Support the development and implementation of an organizational Learning Agenda

• Support the design and implementation of internal and external evaluations

• Curate, facilitate and/or support setting up knowledge sharing opportunities for the portfolio, for the donor community, or the Audacious team

• Co-design and present/facilitate measurement, evaluation, and learning sessions for internal and external audiences

• Support presentations and/or written pieces about our experience and lessons learned at relevant conferences and/or relevant media to contribute to Audacious’ thought leadership in the field

• Develop effective and  appropriate-sized project management processes to keep track of all concurrent priorities and to make sure they are delivered on time

• Work with the Legal and Finance teams to set up and manage agreements with external vendors and to process their invoices

• Bachelor's degree in social sciences, statistics, or a related field

• ~5 years of relevant work experience in evaluation at a foundation or a major nonprofit organization

• Exceptional writer with experience in writing concise and compelling data stories, using both quantitative and qualitative data

• Familiar with the latest evaluation and learning debates, methods, and techniques, particularly on complexity and systems change

• Excellent mixed-methods data management and analysis skills

• Effective and efficient project manager

• Experience developing, managing, and facilitating the use of knowledge management systems

• Strong facilitator

• Proficiency in leveraging emerging technologies such as Generative AI models would be advantageous

• Commitment to incorporating equity throughout all aspects of the work

• Curiosity and genuine interest in learning about and with the portfolio, the donor community, and the team to adapt the work to best serve their needs

• Creative problem solver, generative thinker, and relationship builder  

• Collaborative and team-oriented - adept at building trust and bringing people along

We prefer for the person in this position to be based in the New York City or San Francisco Bay Area. However, we are open to considering candidates in other geographies (including outside of the United States). 

Salary Range: $80,000 - $95,000

BENEFITS

• Full health benefits (medical, dental, vision) 

• Paid family leave

• Work-life balance is encouraged through our flexible paid time off. 

• Free OneMedical and SpringHealth membership for you and your dependents to address physical and mental well-being 

• 401k

TED Conferences LLC is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. We invite all qualified candidates to apply online with their resume.