2026 Opportunity: Global Fund for Children Hiring Interim Senior Learning and Evaluation Manager – Remote Short-Term Consultancy Role

The Global Fund for Children is currently recruiting an Interim Senior Learning and Evaluation Manager for a short-term consultancy. This fully remote opportunity supports the organization during a six-month cover period from July to December 2026 and focuses on strengthening learning systems, outcomes management, and partner-centered evaluation practices.

The role sits within a global philanthropic intermediary that supports grassroots organizations working with children and youth across more than 40 countries.

About Global Fund for Children

Global Fund for Children is a globally distributed nonprofit organization dedicated to advancing the rights, safety, and well-being of children and young people worldwide.

Its core mission is to:

• Partner with community-based and grassroots organizations
• Provide flexible and trust-based funding
• Strengthen locally led solutions for social change
• Advance equity, justice, and opportunity for children and youth

The organization works across Africa, Asia, Europe, Central Asia, and Latin America, emphasizing locally rooted approaches to development and philanthropy.

Consultancy Overview

This consultancy supports GFC during an organizational transition in its Learning and Evaluation (L&E) function. The Interim Senior Learning and Evaluation Manager will help maintain continuity in core systems while contributing to long-term improvements in evaluation practice.

The role requires approximately 120 hours per month and focuses on both operational delivery and strategic learning design.

Key themes of the assignment include:

• Strengthening outcomes management systems
• Supporting partner-centered evaluation approaches
• Enhancing learning and reporting systems
• Contributing to proposal development and donor reporting
• Advancing equitable and non-extractive evaluation practices

Scope of Work

The consultant will provide leadership across three primary areas:

1. Learning and Evaluation Support

The role includes supporting external reporting and funding processes by:

• Drafting and strengthening L&E sections in proposals
• Synthesizing evidence for donor reports and strategic communications
• Ensuring evaluation claims are transparent and evidence-based
• Integrating uncertainty and complexity into reporting narratives
• Supporting learning that reflects long-term social change rather than short-term metrics

This work emphasizes ethical evaluation practices that prioritize community voice and avoid extractive data collection.

2. Outcomes Management Systems

A key responsibility involves contributing to GFC’s Salesforce-based outcomes management infrastructure.

The consultant will:

• Support refinement of system logic and usability
• Improve data quality and consistency
• Help staff and partners integrate systems into daily practice
• Translate technical frameworks into accessible workflows
• Strengthen alignment between data systems and learning objectives

This ensures that data collection serves learning and accountability without overwhelming partner organizations.

3. Learning Products and Capacity Building

The role also includes developing tools and strengthening internal capacity for learning and evaluation.

Activities may include:

• Designing briefs, frameworks, and toolkits
• Supporting partner-led research initiatives
• Contributing to new learning questions and inquiry design
• Delivering internal training for staff on evaluation practices
• Helping translate complex findings into usable knowledge products

The consultant will play a key role in making evaluation insights accessible to grassroots partners, donors, and youth-centered initiatives.

Required Qualifications

The ideal candidate brings senior-level experience in learning and evaluation within international development, philanthropy, or social impact settings.

Key qualifications include:

• Strong background in qualitative and quantitative evaluation methods
• Experience in participatory, decolonial, or community-led evaluation approaches
• Fluency in Theory of Change and outcomes frameworks
• Ability to manage mixed-methods research including surveys, interviews, and focus groups
• Experience producing learning products for diverse audiences
• Strong skills in proposal writing and donor reporting
• Experience working across power-sensitive and culturally diverse contexts

The role also requires the ability to independently manage complex workstreams during a fixed-term cover period.

Preferred Experience

Additional advantages include:

• Experience with Salesforce or similar outcomes management systems
• Work in intermediary or re-granting organizations
• Knowledge of participatory grantmaking approaches
• Experience in youth participatory evaluation
• Multiregional experience across Africa, Asia, Latin America, or Europe
• Language skills such as French, Spanish, Portuguese, Arabic, or Swahili

Compensation and Work Conditions

The consultancy offers:

• Up to $5,000 USD per month (based on experience and location)
• Approximately 120 hours of work per month
• Fully remote working arrangement
• Requirement to use personal equipment
• Flexible but overlapping working hours with international teams

The contract is time-bound with no expectation of extension beyond December 2026.

Application Requirements

Applicants are asked to submit:

• Curriculum Vitae (CV)
• Cover letter outlining interest and experience
• Responses to four application questions:
  • Motivation for the consultancy
  • Relevant experience and expertise
  • Areas of interest and approach to complexity
  • Monthly rate and location

Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis, with a final deadline of June 26, 2026.

Final Overview

This consultancy represents a strategic leadership role in shaping how a global philanthropic organization understands and evaluates its impact. The Interim Senior Learning and Evaluation Manager will play a central role in ensuring that evaluation practice remains ethical, participatory, and aligned with the lived realities of communities served.

By balancing technical rigor with relational accountability, the role contributes to strengthening how evidence is produced, interpreted, and used across a complex global network of partners.

Practitioners with deep experience in evaluation, a commitment to equity-centered methodologies, and an interest in transforming how knowledge is generated in international development are strongly encouraged to apply.

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