Learning + Evaluation Manager

Overview

About Tipping Point 

Tipping Point’s mission is to break the cycle of poverty for people in the Bay Area who don’t have the resources to meet their basic needs. Since 2005, Tipping Point has invested nearly $350 million for housing, early childhood, education, and employment solutions in the region. Our board covers 100% of our operating costs, so every dollar donated goes where it’s needed most. Last year, 500,000 people in the Bay Area connected with our grantees. Visit www.tippingpoint.org to learn more.

Values

Tipping Point’s core values are at the heart of everything we do and we look for individuals who share our commitments:

• We cultivate community because we know we are more powerful together.
• We practice gratitude.
• We hold ourselves accountable to achieving impact for and with the communities we serve.
• We relentlessly pursue equity because one’s background and identities should not predetermine one’s opportunities.

Position Overview

The Learning and Evaluation Manager works to understand and address problems and create solutions to reduce Bay Area poverty. The Learning and Evaluation Manager has considerable knowledge in applied research, evaluation, and data analysis methods and experience with the social sector. Learning and Evaluation Manager uses this knowledge and experience to work with Tipping Point’s Program Team and grantees in order to increase Tipping Point and grantee effectiveness, inform grantmaking, and promote policy change. The Learning and Evaluation Manager has experience or expertise in one or more of Tipping Point’s four issues areas. 

The Learning and Evaluation Manager is on the Impact Team and reports to the Learning and Evaluation Director. 

What will you do?

Learning

• Manages projects associated with Tipping Point’s research and learning agendas; for these projects, oversees external partners and researchers; determines scope, deadlines and outcomes. 
• Working with the portfolio-specific Senior Program Officer, leverages findings from the research and learning projects to inform grantmaking and policy change efforts.

 Evaluation

• Measures grantee and portfolio performance, capacity building efforts, and policy changes for one or two of Tipping Point’s portfolio areas. 
• Provides high-quality analytical support and thought partnership to Tipping Point’s Program Team on learning and evaluation issues, such as applied research, performance measurement and data analysis. Reviews and analyzes grantee and due diligence materials; attends grantee meetings. 
• In partnership with the Capacity Building team, provides high-quality support to grantees.
• Develops portfolio-specific metrics to track grantee performance; finds and/or develops comparable metrics at other organizations to measure the extent of grantee success. 
• In collaboration with the Data Analytics Manager, analyzes grantee performance and portfolio-specific datasets.

 Research

• With the Learning and Evaluation Director, coordinates studies, pilots and experiments to test solutions to problems surrounding Bay Area poverty and Tipping Point’s issue areas.
• Researches promising programs, solutions to emerging needs, and relevant legislation.
• Conducts analyses using a variety of statistical, graphical and analytical tools.

 Communications

• Serves as a resource for Tipping Point’s communications efforts; provides information on grantee activities, Tipping Point’s investments, and Bay Area poverty.
• Presents information to external audiences through talks, blog posts, and case studies

All other duties as assigned.

What qualifications are we looking for?

In addition to our core values, Tipping Point staff exhibit four core competencies: flexibility, exceptional communication skills, ability to work well on a team, and the ability to continuously problem solve in the face of challenges.

Additionally, the Learning + Evaluation Manager must have:

• Significant relevant work experience, with a focus on research, evaluation and/or capacity building in the social-sector.
• Experience tackling social-sector issues using a mix of quantitative and qualitative research and analysis techniques to assess impact and promote continuous improvement; has a strong understanding of internal and external factors impacting clients’ abilities to create greater impact
• A demonstrated commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion particularly as it relates to evaluation, grantmaking and organizational culture.
• Advanced quantitative skills and the ability to analyze and synthesize data; aptitude or experience with statistical, spreadsheet, survey, graphical tools.
• Demonstrated ability to apply Intellectual curiosity, strong analytical and critical thinking skills to work
• Skilled project manager, able to drive project scope, set and track to timelines, and effectively engage others to make progress, as well as manage across multiple projects with competing priorities
• Well-developed ability to clearly and effectively express a verbal message to various audiences, and make technical information clear to non-technical audiences
• Demonstrated ability to build and manage relationships across internal teams, grantees and external partners.
• Commitment to Tipping Point’s mission and values and ability to operate with the highest degree of integrity in representing the organization.