About Evidence Action
At Evidence Action, we deliver data-driven interventions that transform lives at an unprecedented scale. We identify neglected global health issues and deploy proven solutions, forging healthier futures for generations.
Our model operationalizes leading academic research (including from Nobel-winning economists). We measure progress and outcomes at every stage to ensure we’re making a real impact for people living in poverty and suffering from preventable or treatable health issues. Operating across 9 countries, our team of 800+ has reached over 500 million people, working closely with governments to scale these interventions.
- Our Deworm the World program has delivered over 2 billion treatments, significantly reducing worm prevalence and generating more than $23 billion in lifetime productivity gains.
- Through Safe Water Now, we’ve saved the lives of over 15,000 children.
- Our Accelerator explores untapped opportunities in global health, testing low-cost interventions with the greatest potential to save and improve lives.
At Evidence Action, your colleagues are your greatest asset. You'll partner with high-caliber colleagues in an environment blending innovation, autonomy, and teamwork. Our team excels in disruptive thinking and believes in rolling up our sleeves to get things done. If you're looking to work flexibly and with purpose, join a team that delivers measurable change for millions.
About the Finance & Operations Team
The Global Operations team promotes efficiency in operations, mitigates risks, and cultivates the infrastructure needed to enable the growth of Evidence Action’s impact. We prioritize work that is higher risk, impacts the entire organization and is strategic in nature.
You would report to our Manager of Global Operations to support several functions of the Global Operations team. In this multifaceted role, you will be blending project management with strong written and oral communication, and lead the hands-on coordination and implementation of many of our initiatives. You might be a fit for this role if you can “zoom in” by jumping directly into projects and tasks while being able to and “zoom out” by investigating “how can we do this better?”
Responsibilities
- Travel Monitoring, Safety, and Security (35%)
- Run daily reports on travel authorizations to enable travel process workflows and approvals.
- Be the primary coordinator to ensure high risk travel requirements are satisfied.
- Support incident report data collection and maintenance.
- Training and Knowledge Management (30%)
- Develop and refine learning content to increase the impact of training.
- Be the primary administrator and first line of support of our in-house learning management system.
- Maintain the organizational Intranet to facilitate access to critical internal information.
- Cross-Cutting Collaboration (35%)
- Network across the matrix; proactively make connections across departments and workstreams with a service orientation lens.
- Get creative on ad-hoc departmental process improvement projects.
- Write briefs and proposals based on industry insights.
- Lead annual data collection and measurement of the Climate Action initiative to track emissions footprint.
- You have a Bachelor’s Degree in a public health, economics, or business with 0-3 years of relevant work experience
- You embody a customer-orientation to all interactions (even on internal issues)
- You can analyze and present data to form narratives with easily understood language
- You identify gaps and work with diverse teams to problem solve
- You have experience managing or being a part of a successful project team
- You collaborate with teammates across departments ensuring adherence to organizational norms and policies
Position Location
This role is required to be based in our Washington, DC office.
We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of a U.S. employment visa at this time. Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the U.S. for roles based in the U.S.
The expected role range for this US position is listed below. We consider multiple factors when determining the base salary for a role, including but not limited to: role scope, program budgets, internal equity, and a candidate’s qualifications and/or prior experience.
Note: Pay and benefits will be commensurate with the role specifications, local statutory requirements, and the cost of labor in the markets where we operate.
The expected pay range for this full-time role is $50,200-$56,000 per year.
For US based roles, Evidence Action provides comprehensive benefits including international health care, HSA/FSA options, life insurance, disability coverage, retirement plans with a matching component, generous and flexible leave options, as well as other employee perks on a reimbursement basis. For more information visit our careers page or ask our recruiting team!
Evidence Action is an Equal Opportunity Employer with a commitment to diversity. All individuals, regardless of personal characteristics, are encouraged to apply.
What We Do
Evidence Action is a global non-profit operating in seven countries in Africa and Asia. We were founded in 2013 to address a big gap in the fight against global poverty–many of the most promising interventions are either implemented at a very small scale, or not at all. We set out to address this gap by building programs that would scale evidence-based and cost-effective interventions, leading to significant improvements in quality of life for hundreds of millions.
Our model worked. In less than a decade, our two flagship programs, the Deworm the World Initiative and Dispensers for Safe Water, have grown to measurably impact over 280 million people each year by supporting governments to deworm and through our last-mile delivery network providing safe water access. This success is achieved through the dedication and talent of our staff, the hard work of our partners, and the commitment of our supporters.
Every part of our work across the lifecycle of our programs is driven by evidence. This starts with the interventions we select to invest in, and continues as we use real-time data to refine and adapt our operations, including responding rapidly and effectively to resolve challenges as they arise.
Our pursuit of cost-effectiveness is driven by a recognition that when we optimize every aspect of our programs, we can reach as many people–and do as much good– as possible with each dollar. We measure value for money in terms of the number of lives we can help improve.
Scale enables our massive impact. We invest in solutions for which the need is great, and leverage existing networks like schools or community organizations to grow rapidly, minimize costs, and increase efficiencies. We think big and act urgently–because poverty does not wait.
By 2024, we seek to double our impact. We are strengthening and expanding our existing programs, and working to identify a new generation of evidence-based and cost-effective interventions that we can scale to reach millions more
