Strategic Initiatives Manager in District Of Columbia

About the Office of the CEO

Working in the office of Evidence Action’s CEO, Kanika Bahl, and her team, you will help design and drive forward strategic organization-wide initiatives. Our small and agile team takes on cross-team, cross-program, and cross-geography projects as we "flex" to meet the needs of our rapidly growing organization. Our work includes supporting the development of an updated strategy, tackling complex but critical challenges in the organization, exploring applications of AI to transform program delivery and internal operations, and providing “surge” support to transformational new programs. 

As part of this role, you will help support our growing Safe Water Now team, a $100M+, 2-continent, 4-country program that provides safe drinking water to over 10 million people across rural Uganda, Malawi, Kenya, and India. Water treatment reduces all-cause child mortality by about 25%. Over the past two years, we’ve more than doubled our...

About the Management team

The Strategic Initiatives team works with Evidence Action’s Chief of Staff to support Evidence Action's CEO, Kanika Bahl, and the executive leadership team as they use their time to maximum impact. We take on exciting cross-team, cross-program, and cross-geography projects that have strategic impact. We are responsive and learn a lot as we "flex" to meet the needs of our rapidly growing organization. With exciting organizational growth ongoing, we address decision-support, process improvement, and project management needs for the broader organization. You will report to Evidence Action's Associate Director of Strategic Initiatives.

This role includes significant support to our growing Safe Water Now team, which reaches 9 million people in East Africa with safe drinking water, a proven intervention that reduces under-5 child mortality by about 25%, and is launching a groundbreaking technical assistance initiative in...

About the External Relations team

The External Relations team leads fundraising and communications, positioning Evidence Action to donors, partners, governments, and media. We develop strategic approaches to strengthen our resource mobilization and brand; prospect and secure grants and donations from a variety of institutional and individual donors and donor networks; and coordinate internally to create and take advantage of opportunities for funding and dissemination of our impact. Our team works across multiple time zones, so a candidate with a willingness to work asynchronously and iterate quickly is advantageous. We value collaboration, foster accountability, encourage constructive feedback, and provide growth opportunities - all while innovating and adapting to maximize our contribution to impact.

About the role

In our first decade, Evidence Action’s groundbreaking approach enabled us to reach...