Senior Manager - Programme Evaluation (Maternity Cover)

Blue Ventures

2d•Remote

About The Position

This fixed-term maternity-cover role sits within Blue Ventures’ central Programme Performance team and covers the Senior Manager – Programme Evaluation. It helps strengthen how the organisation measures, understands and communicates impact, and how evidence informs learning, decision-making and donor reporting. The postholder works collaboratively with colleagues across central and regional teams, including Programme Performance, Development and Data Science. The role combines monitoring, evaluation and learning (MEL), grant reporting and donor alignment, quantitative data analysis, dashboard development and visualisation, and the creation of guidance and learning resources. It supports colleagues to use reliable data and appropriate indicators, communicate findings clearly, and share tools and learning across a global organisation. The position strengthens the organisation’s ability to track progress against its Theory of Change, align strategic goals with measurable outcomes, and ensure data informs adaptive management, learning and donor accountability. With oversight of global performance frameworks, Organisational Key Results (OKRs) and indicator tracking systems, it provides high-level analytical support, promotes consistency across regional teams, and aligns organisational and grant-specific requirements. It also leads capacity-building efforts, facilitates knowledge exchange, and manages technical support across regional teams and partners, supporting a culture of learning, collaboration and continuous improvement.

Responsibilities

Strengthen the organisation’s measurement, understanding and communication of impact.
Support evidence-informed learning, decision-making and donor reporting.
Support colleagues to use reliable data and appropriate indicators and to communicate findings clearly.
Share tools and learning across the global organisation.
Track progress against the organisation’s Theory of Change and align strategic goals with measurable outcomes.
Ensure data informs adaptive management, learning and donor accountability.
Oversee global performance frameworks, Organisational Key Results (OKRs) and indicator tracking systems.
Provide high-level analytical support and drive consistency across regional teams.
Ensure alignment between organisational and grant-specific requirements.
Lead capacity-building efforts and facilitate knowledge exchange.
Manage technical support across regional teams and partners.
Work on monitoring, evaluation and learning (MEL), grant reporting and donor alignment, quantitative data analysis, dashboard development and visualisation, and guidance and learning resources.