Impact & Knowledge Management Specialist

MEDA • Waterloo, ON

7d • CA$65,300 - CA$72,550 • Remote

About The Position

Mennonite Economic Development Associates (MEDA) invites applications for an Impact & Knowledge Management (IKM) Specialist to join our dedicated and talented team in our mission to create business solutions to poverty! MEDA’s work is built on a foundation of Mennonite business roots and faith-based values, within the global context of the UN Sustainable Development Goals. We believe business solutions are effective interventions to address poverty. Through a market-systems approach and strategic partnerships, MEDA enables access to finance and provides business and technical expertise to build transformative agri-food market systems that create decent jobs, allowing traditionally excluded groups to become active participants in a sustainable economy. MEDA welcomes all who share our values and want to join us in our mission. The IKM Specialist plays a critical role in advancing MEDA’s organizational impact measurement, data integration, and knowledge generation agenda. The role supports the Director in operationalizing MEDA’s IKM strategy with a strong focus on data integration, organizational reporting, and knowledge product development. This includes ensuring MEDA’s data systems are streamlined to produce high-quality aggregate reports (including quarterly organizational performance reports and Balanced Scorecard outputs) and working collaboratively across teams to generate research and learning products that demonstrate MEDA’s contributions to agri-food systems, communities, and market systems. The position serves as a key connector between program teams, technical leads, IT, and leadership, ensuring that data, evidence, and learning are effectively translated into insights for decision-making, accountability, and external influence.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree plus professional qualification in relevant field
• Minimum 7+ years of experience in international development with experience in research and impact measurement practices
• Experience in data integration and reporting, and expertise with data analytics software

Nice To Haves

• Experience in international/multi-country operations and donor funded environments
• Understanding and appreciation of business principles and international development and MEDA’s approach of creating business solutions to poverty
• Appreciation and support of MEDA’s faith statement, values and goals
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills and interpersonal skills, with the ability to simplify complex ideas
• Ability and willingness for regular international travel to developing countries

Responsibilities

• Support the Director in strengthening MEDA’s organization-wide impact measurement systems and frameworks
• Develop and manage the organization’s measurement framework with key metrics in alignment with MEDA’s strategic plan and priorities
• Coordinate integration and streamlining of MEDA databases (e.g., CRM, project systems, Power BI dashboards) to ensure consistency and efficiency in organizational reporting
• Ensure availability of clean, validated, and harmonized datasets across regions and departments
• Identify gaps in data systems and contribute to system improvements and upgrades
• Support data governance, standardization, and metadata practices across MEDA
• Lead the preparation and consolidation of quarterly organizational performance reports and annual results summaries
• Manage and update the organization’s Balanced Scorecard (BSC) in collaboration with leadership and functional teams
• Ensure reporting aligns with MEDA’s strategy, KPIs, and donor requirements
• Develop dashboards and visualization tools to communicate performance insights clearly
• Ensure data is translated into actionable insights for senior leadership and Board reporting
• Work alongside Technical Leads and project teams to develop high-quality research and knowledge products (case studies, learning briefs, synthesis reports, sector analyses)
• Synthesize data and evidence to articulate MEDA’s contributions to agri-food systems, inclusive market systems, and community-level impact
• Coordinate summative and ex-post evaluations for selected projects
• Support development of thought leadership content aligned with MEDA’s strategic priorities
• Ensure systematic capture of lessons learned and best practices across programs
• Contribute to strengthening MEDA’s organizational evidence base and Theory of Change
• Collaborate closely with Regional IKM leads, Technical Leads, IT, and Communications to ensure alignment of data, reporting, and knowledge outputs
• Provide technical guidance and backstopping to project teams on data, reporting, and learning processes
• Support quality assurance of data collection, analysis, and reporting outputs.
• Contribute to building staff capacity in data use, reporting standards, and knowledge management practices
• Promote a culture of data-driven decision-making and learning across the organization
• Contribute to strategic initiatives led by the Director, IKM
• Support coordination with external consultants where required (e.g., evaluations, research)
• Undertake other duties as assigned

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior