Learning and Impact Manager

Multiplier•San Francisco, CA

6d•$110,000 - $130,000•Hybrid

About The Position

The Super Pollutant Action Alliance (SPAA) is a new and growing organization focused on reducing super pollutants, which contribute significantly to climate change but receive insufficient global attention and funding. Reducing these pollutants, such as methane, tropospheric ozone, and black carbon, is crucial for limiting near-term temperature increases and offers co-benefits like improved air and water quality, enhanced food production, and saving lives. SPAA operates as a philanthropic collaborative, backed by leading climate foundations, with the mission to catalyze and expand effective super pollutant reduction efforts. The organization aims to develop thought leadership, implement targeted philanthropic interventions, and convene stakeholders to enhance the field's overall impact. A key aspect of SPAA's strategy is a robust approach to learning and impact, generating actionable evidence to understand and communicate progress, inform future efforts, and guide strategic direction. The Learning and Impact Manager will play a pivotal role in operationalizing the learning infrastructure for this catalytic funder, shaping how the organization learns, adapts, and accelerates impact in an emerging and critical field.

Requirements

At least 5-7 years of relevant professional experience in one or more of the following areas: Monitoring, Evaluation & Learning (MEL), Philanthropy & Grantmaking, Strategy Consulting, or Organizational Learning.
Experience designing and implementing learning systems, developing theories of change, or leading evaluation projects for progressive social impact organizations.
Experience with impact assessment, portfolio management, or learning functions within foundations, giving collaboratives, or philanthropic intermediaries.
Experience helping organizations develop impact strategies, design measurement frameworks, or use data to inform strategic decisions.
Experience building knowledge management systems, facilitating strategic learning processes, or leading adaptive management initiatives.
Ability to synthesize insights from diverse sources into clear recommendations.
Comfort with both numbers and narratives.
Collaborative approach, excelling at both facilitation and execution.
Highly organized, managing multiple projects.
Ability to adapt communication style across audiences.
Comfort thriving in ambiguity and building something new under guidance.
Self-reflective and hungry to grow professionally.
Mission-driven with a focus on accelerating real-world climate impact.

Nice To Haves

Experience working in the Global South.
Experience in climate, environment, or energy sectors.
Familiarity with super pollutants or air quality issues.
Experience with philanthropic collaboratives or fiscal sponsorship models.

Responsibilities

Implement and refine learning systems to maximize SPAA's catalytic impact on the super pollutants field.
Operationalize strategic learning processes, including gathering evidence via the MEL system, analyzing evidence for insights, and communicating learnings to stakeholders.
Co-design measurement frameworks for the theory of change, defining success indicators for outputs and outcomes.
Develop methodologies, frameworks, and templates for evidence tracking suitable for various initiative types.
Collaborate with the operations team to define data requirements, reporting templates, and system features for learning needs.
Track indicators of SPAA's catalytic impact, such as co-funding secured and policy breakthroughs.
Design and facilitate learning reviews, grant portfolio reflections, and workshops.
Stay current on best practices in MEL, adaptive management, and developmental evaluation.
Analyze data and generate strategic insights to inform decision-making.
Ensure philanthropic strategies and grant opportunities contribute to evidence generation and learning.
Conduct analysis to identify cross-cutting themes, opportunities, and challenges, recommending strategic pivots.
Analyze ecosystem-level signals to assess SPAA's contribution to field advancement.
Synthesize insights from multiple sources to inform SPAA's strategy and resource allocation.
Translate insights into influence for internal leadership, funders, and the field.
Contribute actionable insights for strategic funder engagement to catalyze co-funding and collaboration.
Contribute synthesis and narrative development for reports and executive briefings.
Design annual impact reports for funders and public audiences.
Support the design and facilitation of ecosystem convenings to accelerate field-wide learning.
Contribute thought leadership content to advance super pollutants as a priority and share SPAA's approach.