JOB SUMMARY:

The Manager, Learning and Evaluation, Philanthropy leads evaluation and learning efforts across CareQuest Institute’s philanthropic grant portfolios, initiatives, and priority investments, including the OPEN network. This role designs and implements evaluation frameworks that track progress and emerging impacts over time toward oral health systems change, generate actionable learning, and support strategic decision-making.

Embedded within the Philanthropy team, this position partners closely with grantees, OPEN members, and internal teams to ensure evaluation approaches are equity-centered, appropriately scaled, and focused on meaningful outcomes rather than outputs alone. The role collaborates with our Analytics and Data Insights (ADI) team to translate data into insights that inform strategy, learning, and impact communication.

PRIMARY JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:

Evaluation Strategy & Design

• Lead and oversee the development and implementation of evaluation frameworks across grant portfolios, initiatives, and priority investments, aligned with CareQuest’s evaluation north star and emphasizing systems change, equity, and long-term impact.

• Develop and steward logic models, theories of change, and learning questions across grant portfolios and the OPEN network.

• Ensure evaluation approaches reflect stage of change, scale, and relevant system levers (e.g., policy, workforce, care delivery, community power).

• Establish and maintain indicators, baselines, and progress measures to assess incremental and long-term change across grant portfolios and OPEN.

Learning & Continuous Improvement

• Develop and steward a Philanthropy learning agenda based on evaluation findings that informs annual planning, strategy refresh processes, and ongoing learning cycles across the team.

• Build internal and external capacity in evaluation and learning practices, including strengthening evaluation literacy among Philanthropy staff, grantees, and network partners.

• Lead and facilitate learning, reflection, and sensemaking sessions with internal teams, grantees, and OPEN members to support shared understanding and adaptive practice.

• Support real-time learning to inform strategic planning, course correction, and adaptive grantmaking.

Data Collection, Analysis & Synthesis

• Design and oversee qualitative and quantitative data collection and reporting frameworks, including reporting questions, surveys, interviews, and focus groups, to generate actionable insights.

• Analyze and synthesize qualitative and quantitative data to assess trends, progress, and emerging impacts over time related to access, equity, systems strengthening, and field influence.

• Translate findings into clear, actionable insights for internal and external stakeholders.

Reporting & Knowledge Sharing

• Produce evaluation and learning products such as briefs, reports, presentations, dashboards, and infographics.

• Stay informed of philanthropy evaluation trends, emerging practices, and field standards, and translate relevant insights into CareQuest’s evaluation and learning approaches.

• Support leadership, board, and funder reporting with credible and meaningful evidence of progress and impact.

• Identify opportunities to share insights with the broader field to support learning and influence practice.

• Develop learning products that communicate how strategies, outcomes, and system signals are evolving over time, not solely end results.

Grantee & Network Support

• Provide evaluation and learning technical assistance and capacity building support to grantees and OPEN members.

• Ensure evaluation expectations align with trust-based philanthropy principles and minimize administrative burden.

• Support shared learning across networks and communities of practice.

Cross Functional Collaboration

• Serve as a primary liaison between Philanthropy and Analytics and Data Insights (ADI) for evaluation related work.

• Coordinate with Grants Management and program staff to integrate evaluation into grantmaking processes.

• Translate analytic outputs into learning and strategy relevant insights for the Philanthropy team.

JOB QUALIFICATIONS:

Required:

• Master’s degree in public health, public policy, social sciences, evaluation, or a related field; or equivalent relevant experience.

• Five (5) or more years of experience in evaluation, learning, or applied research in philanthropy, nonprofit, public health, or related settings.

• Demonstrated experience designing and implementing evaluation frameworks for complex or systems-level initiatives.

• Strong qualitative and quantitative analysis skills, including data synthesis and interpretation.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

• Ability to work independently, manage multiple priorities, and collaborate across teams.

Preferred:

• Experience with equity-centered, participatory, or community-based evaluation.

• Experience evaluating networks, collective impact efforts, or field-building initiatives.

• Familiarity with oral health, public health systems, or health equity.

• Experience facilitating learning sessions or reflective conversations with diverse stakeholders.

CORE COMPETENCIES

• Systems thinking and strategic judgment

• Learning orientation and adaptability

• Equity centered practice

• Relationship building and facilitation

• Clear communication and synthesis

The target hiring range for this role is $ 118,745 - $ 139,700 (annually). The starting base salary will be determined based on skills, experience, and other job-related factors. In addition, our total rewards package includes medical, dental, and vision plans; generous time off including PTO, short and long-term disability insurance and a competitive 401(k) savings match including financial planning workshops. See our Careers Page for more information.

The specific statements shown in each section of this description are not intended to be all-inclusive. They represent typical elements and criteria necessary to successfully perform this position.

** In accordance with CareQuest Institute for Oral Health’s Compliance Plan, all employees must conduct CareQuest Institute for Oral Health business and activities in accordance with applicable laws, regulations, professional standards and ethical standards and report potential compliance or ethical issues to CareQuest Institute for Oral Health’s designated Compliance Officer. **

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