Vice President, Program Evaluation - Washington, United States - Opportunity Finance Network

Description

Come be a part of our growing research team as our newly expanded Vice President, Program Evaluation and Impact Measurement and Management (VP).

In this role, the VP leads OFN's Program Evaluation and Impact Measurement and Management team, reporting to the Senior Vice President, Research.

The VP is responsible for contributing to OFN's efforts to build organizational and programmatic theories of change; leading impact measurement and management processes and data collections; leading and conducting internal program evaluations; selecting and managing external evaluation partners; providing thought leadership in the CDFI industry around impact measurement and management and program evaluation; supervising and developing research staff; and contributing to the execution of OFN's research agenda and projects.

This is a great opportunity to be a part of building an exciting new team and lead new project efforts.

OFN is the nation's leading investment intermediary and network CDFIs serving rural, urban, and Native communities across the United States.

With over $1 billion in total assets under management, OFN manages a national membership network of over 410 mission-driven lenders and CDFIs, including community development loan funds, credit unions, green banks, community development banks, minority depository institutions, and venture capital funds.

OFN is a trusted investment partner to the public, private, and philanthropic sectors - foundations, corporations, banks, government agencies, and others.

For more than 30 years, our team has helped partners invest in communities to catalyze change and create economic opportunities for people and places traditional finance doesn't reach.

• Passion for the mission and true believer in our core purpose.
• Courage to be a fearless advocate who is confident and resilient in our fight to drive capital into lowincome communities.
• Smart, quick seekers of knowledge who thrive on creating and developing new strategies, products, and programs for increasing capital to communities we serve.
• Desire to be a collaborative team player who possesses humility and a willingness to lean in all areas of our work.
• This position is based in Washington, D.C. All staff currently work a hybrid schedule._

• Lead the Program Evaluation and Impact Measurement and Management team within OFN's Research department.
• Contribute to OFN's efforts to build organizational and programmatic theories of change that define how the organization's activities and outputs produce change in the CDFI industry and among OFN members and the communities they serve.
• Lead and oversee impact measurement and management processes and data collections in collaboration with other OFN staff.
• Collect, compile, and analyze data to track progress against organizational and programmatic outputs and outcomes.
• Design, lead, and conduct internal evaluations of OFN programs and activities and produce evaluation reports to present findings; these evaluations may comprise impact studies (typically quasiexperimental design), outcome studies, and implementation studies.
• Solicit for, select, and manage external evaluation consultants and contractors for larger OFN programs, activities, and initiatives; ensure that evaluation consultants and contractors deliver high quality and highly useful evaluation reports.
• Provide leadership in the CDFI industry around impact measurement and management and program evaluation by leading the Research and IMM Peer Learning Community, presenting at events and conferences, building and enhancing partnerships with CDFI researchpractitioners, and publishing original research.
• Develop staff skills in program evaluation and impact measurement and management.
• Contribute to the execution of OFN's research agenda and projects.
• Perform other activities as requested by the Senior Vice President, Research.