Chief Impact Officer

• Provide strategic leadership for the organization's monitoring, evaluation, research, and learning systems.
• Ensure a coherent evidence agenda that demonstrates and improves Village Enterprise's impact.
• Translate evidence into knowledge products, research partnerships, donor and policy narratives, and thought leadership.
• Integrate evidence into decision-making at all organizational levels.
• Represent Village Enterprise's evidence base to donors, governments, and the development sector.
• Build and develop senior technical leaders and manage multidisciplinary, geographically dispersed teams.
• Build durable institutional relationships with academic, research, and donor partners.

• Hold an advanced degree (Master's or PhD) in economics, statistics, international development, public policy, or a related quantitative field.
• Have direct experience in poverty graduation, livelihoods, or economic inclusion programming.
• Possess experience building a department and working in a matrix structure.
• Be familiar with results-based or outcomes-based financing and institutional donor evidence requirements.
• Have at least 15 years of progressively senior leadership experience in monitoring, evaluation, research, or evidence-related roles.
• Have at least 4 years in senior director, vice-president, or equivalent executive roles.
• Demonstrate experience leading technical evidence functions and translating evidence into strategy and funding.
• Have a proven track record managing senior technical leaders and geographically dispersed teams.
• Understand monitoring and evaluation methods, experimental and quasi-experimental research design, and cost-effectiveness analysis.
• Have experience supporting major donor proposals and cultivating research or institutional partnerships.
• Exhibit excellent written and verbal communication skills for diverse audiences.
• Have experience representing an organization externally in sector, policy, or academic forums.

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