Position Summary
Teach For All’s monitoring, evaluation, research and learning (MERL) team seeks a high-performing early-career professional passionate about evidence-informed programming and innovation who will support a variety of MERL team priorities and projects.
The MERL team focuses on three related goals: generating evidence through research, supporting Teach For All network partners capacity in MERL, and engaging externally on our evidence. The primarily role for the candidate is to support project management and systems related to all of these areas, working flexibly across them.
The successful candidate will be entrepreneurial, strategic, organized, and energetic. S/he will be interested in learning about data and research and passionate about evidence-based learning, but does not need to have technical skills in these areas. S/he will be skilled in supporting the continued cultivation of a collaborative, warm, supportive and innovative team culture by promoting shared learning, capacity building, and alignment with organizational goal
Key Responsibilities
Contributing to internal team building (30%)
- Developing, piloting, and implementing internal systems related to strategic and work planning, budgeting and financial management, team meetings and reflection spaces, and donor reporting in coordination with the relevant functional teams
- Contributing to team culture building, such as facilitating agendas for team meetings; leading team building efforts at team retreats; and engaging in other organization-wide working groups representing the MERL team related to topics such as DEI or others.
Supporting team communications, dissemination, and web-presence (30%)
- Supporting the development of regular research communications products for the Teach For All network including a regular research newsletter, the development of research briefs and other key dissemination products
- Support the administration and logistics related to research conferences and other in -person events
- Maintain the MERL team’s publicly available content on the Teach For All website and a soon-to-be launched new resource hub
Managing project team workflow, systems, deliverables on select MERL projects (40%)
- Driving the day-to-day execution of the project work according to project plans and leading internal coordination efforts for project teams
- Coordinating consultations with key partners or conducting background research to inform project strategy and planning
- Supporting project work planning and the execution of key project tasks (for research projects, this may involve developing surveys or qualitative data collection plans, survey development, data collection, analysis, and results visualization or write-up for project tasks)
- Creating project deliverables, including reports, slide decks, and oral presentations to inform decisions and actions of key stakeholders
- Developing strategic communications such as blog posts or research briefs to disseminate results
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
- Relevant degree in education, public policy, public administration, economics, or other relevant field
- A minimum of 3 years of work experience if the candidate has a Bachelor's degree. A minimum of 1 year of work experience if candidate has a master’s degree
- Excellent oral and written communication skills; ability to write clear and concise technical memos and documents and accessible stakeholder-facing memos, briefs, and presentation materials
- Ability to anticipate needs, exercise good judgment, and complete tasks on tight deadlines without compromising quality
- Entrepreneurial attitude and collaborative disposition comfortable working in an international setting with individuals from diverse backgrounds and working styles
- Project management experience including systems for tracking external engagements, outreach, and follow ups
- Experience creating visual knowledge products and research briefs to share with various stakeholders and audiences
Travel and Hours
- Travel: This position requires 10-20% travel. Occasional international travel may be required for conferences and global gatherings. All travel will adhere to local travel guidelines.
- Flexible Schedule: Due to the global nature of our work, this role requires flexibility to accommodate early morning or late evening calls across various time zones.
Compensation
Salary for this position is competitive and depends on prior experience and includes a comprehensive benefits package.
Work Authorization
Candidates for this position must possess or be able to obtain work authorization in the country they want to work in in order to be considered.
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Please submit your resume and a one-page cover letter directly online.
About Teach For All
Teach For All is a global network of more than 60 independent, national partner organizations and a global organization committed to developing collective leadership to ensure all children fulfill their potential. Each network partner recruits and develops promising leaders over diverse academic backgrounds to teach in their nations’ under-resourced schools and communities and, with this foundation, to work with others, inside and outside of education, to ensure all children have the education, support, and opportunity to shape a better future for themselves and all of us. Teach For All’s global organization works to increase the network’s impact by fostering commitment to our shared purpose, values, vision, unifying principles, and standards; supporting the development of new organizations; fostering collective learning; providing coaching and consulting; contributing to the leadership development of partner staff, teachers and alumni and enabling access to global resources.
Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusiveness
We are committed to building a diverse and inclusive organization that inspires individuals of all backgrounds – across nationalities, races, ethnicity, religions, political views, economic backgrounds, sexual orientations, physical disabilities, languages, ages, genders and prior experiences – to bring their full selves to the work of ensuring educational opportunity for all.
In order to maximize our effectiveness in fulfilling Teach For All’s mission, we also feel it is important to focus on increasing representation and inclusiveness with respect to two dimensions in particular: we prioritize diversity of geography because this can help us quickly understand and connect with the diverse cultures and geographies of the world. We also prioritize increasing the representation and inclusiveness of team members who themselves have experienced the inequities we’re working to address and share the background (e.g. economic, racial and ethnic, religious) of the most disadvantaged groups in their countries.