Manager, Learning Measurement

The Manager, Learning Measurement leads the Education Cannot Wait Acceleration Facility Grant within the Learn Breakthrough Team, ensuring timely, high-quality, on-budget, and compliant delivery of complex, multi-country education measurement initiatives. The role involves strategic leadership, programme management, partner coordination, and contribution to broader education data and measurement priorities.

Responsibilities

• Ensure quality, compliant, on-budget and inclusive programme delivery using management tools including detailed implementation plan, phased monthly budget, procurement and consultancy services plan, MEAL plan, grants filing, recruitment plan.
• Ensure risk analysis and mitigation plans are completed with active participation and inputs from partners and key stakeholders, and adjust programming interventions based on regular context analysis.
• Work with SCI Finance and Awards and SCUS Finance and Awards to ensure high-quality financial management and monitoring of financial performance.
• Manage relationship and act as primary point of contact for ECW on all matters of project delivery and manage partnerships with the REAL centre and the Centre for Lebanese studies.
• Support Country Offices in recruiting and managing data collection partners and managing relationships with national/sub-national NGO partners.
• Ensure Save the Children's Child Protection & Safeguarding Policy is understood and integrated into all aspects of the team's work.
• Coordinate the MwM external steering group, managing communication and planning engagements to ensure meaningful impact on programme delivery.
• Coordinate ongoing development of the Measuring what Matters Framework and the Learning in Action Framework, including technical inputs.
• Coordinate training of data collection teams and support management of the central digital data system.
• Coordinate and participate in national and global learning events, including leadership on planning for global event participation.
• Lead development of monitoring and evaluation approach for the Acceleration Facility, including setting indicators and data collection approaches.
• Work with team members and external steering group to define and deliver advocacy and communications strategy for MwM and ensure costed plans are represented in the project budget.
• Travel to one or more countries participating in Measuring what Matters to deliver project set up meetings or other activities.
• Support the Learn Breakthrough team on other activities related to the measurement of learning outcomes and hold management and leadership roles in other outcomes measurement focused awards.

Requirements

• Extensive experience in Education programming, advocacy, and policy engagement, including proved experience of working on complex, multi-country initiatives.
• Experience and expertise in education data, specifically with learning outcomes measurement or the measurement and tracking of school level processes.
• Proven leadership in the delivery of high quality, timely, compliant programmes including operational experience of planning, compliance, donor engagement, risk management, contract and award management.
• Proficient in budgeting, financial analysis, and cost management to ensure programmes are completed on budget and financial resources are managed efficiently.
• Experience of ensuring and demonstrating impact through robust MEAL systems and a commitment to promoting continuous learning and best practice.
• Excellent analytical skills with demonstrated experience in solving complex issues, defining a clear way forward with the ability to influence others, challenge mindsets and ensuring buy-in.
• Experience of partner engagement, including onboarding, monitoring, collaborating during implementation, supporting reporting obligations, and conducting organisational capacity strengthening.
• Demonstrable commitment to the Localisation agenda and experience in uplifting national and local partners.
• Ability to think strategically and creatively to problem-solve and identify opportunities for growth and improvement within the programme portfolio.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, capable of engaging and influencing a wide range of stakeholders including donors, partners, and team members.
• Minimum a bachelor's degree in a related field (education, social science, among others).
• Preferably with a post-graduate or master's degree in education.
• Qualification in project management (desirable).
• International work experience in complex environments, preferably in conflict-affected regions (desirable).
• Ability to speak languages relevant to ECW MYRP countries, including French, Arabic or Spanish (desirable).

Skills

• Education Programming
• Advocacy Engagement
• Learning outcomes measurement
• School Level Process Measurement
• Programme Delivery Leadership
• Programme Planning
• Compliance Management
• Donor Engagement Strategies
• Risk Management
• Contract Management
• Award Management
• Budgeting
• Financial Analysis
• Cost Management
• MEAL System Development
• Impact Evaluation
• Partner Engagement
• Organisational Capacity Strengthening
• Localisation
• Strategic Thinking
• Creative Problem Solving
• Stakeholder Engagement
• Verbal Communication
• Written Communication
• Project Management

Languages

English