Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning Officer

Founders Pledge

11d • Remote

About The Position

Founders Pledge has significantly scaled the volume, size, and dynamism of its grants. While we are strong on pre-grant research, forecasting, and prioritisation, this growth has highlighted the need to further strengthen our post-grant monitoring and learning as we scale.

We’re looking for a Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MEL) Officer to join our Impact Analytics team, reporting to the Head of Insights and Analytics, to systematise how we learn from our grants — understanding what happens after funding and translating those insights into better future decisions.

The purpose of the role is to:
Assess real-world outcomes against pre-grant impact forecasts
Build feedback loops that improve calibration and decision quality over time
Generate credible, decision-useful impact evidence and narratives
Support Founders Pledge’s shift from purely theoretical impact toward something more tangible, testable, and learnable
You’ll work closely with colleagues across Impact Analytics, Research, and other teams to ensure insights from post-grant learning meaningfully inform future grantmaking.
Want a short overview from the hiring team?
We’ve recorded a brief Loom video explaining why this role exists, how it fits within Founders Pledge, and what makes it different from a traditional MEL position.
▶️ Watch the 3-minute video here

Requirements

• Strong quantitative and analytical reasoning skills
• Comfort working with uncertainty, imperfect data, and incomplete information
• Experience with monitoring, evaluation, and learning in complex systems
• Ability to interpret data holistically, combining quantitative and qualitative signals rather than relying on single metrics.
• Ability to synthesise insights and communicate them clearly to diverse stakeholders

Nice To Haves

• Exposure to cost-effectiveness or impact modelling
• Experience in global development, public policy, or philanthropy
• Strong ability to translate analysis into clear, credible narratives
• Active listening and facilitation skills to understand the needs and utility of MEL for diverse stakeholders

Responsibilities

• Run post-grant monitoring for Founders Pledge’s most strategically important grants
• Compare actual outcomes against forecasted impact and underlying assumptions
• Own low-lift MEL approaches (e.g. structured check-ins) and contribute to higher-lift evaluations and stress-testing where appropriate
• Build and maintain a growing evidence base on the accuracy and calibration of impact forecasts
• Surface insights and patterns across grants to support internal learning and decision-making
• Collaborate with the Communications team to support credible impact storytelling and external collateral
• Support site visits and direct engagement with grantees where valuable

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed