Head of Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning

Company Description
-Join us as a Head of Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning.

The Anglo American Foundation (AAF) was established in 2018/19 by merging the activities of the Anglo American Chairman’s Fund (South Africa-based entity) and the Anglo American Group Foundation to form a single Foundation operating as a single entity with a common strategy and set of trustees.

In July 2021 Anglo American committed to endowing the Foundation with a $100 million donation, significantly boosting the Foundation’s ability to support progress towards the UN Sustainable Development Goals. This donation presented an opportunity to redefine the Foundation’s strategy, including its governance and operating model, to ensure it can deliver to an entirely new level.

Since receiving the donation, the Foundation has gone through a strategy review process to define its key strategic focus areas for the next seven to ten years. While AAF remains aligned with the Anglo American purpose (“reimagining mining to improve people’s lives”) and geographical footprint, it will be distinct and independent from the company. Additionally, AAF will move from being a passive grant-maker to an engaged, strategic grant-maker, focusing on long-term, system-level change, at a country/ regional level.

Anglo American Foundation’s future strategic focus will be on empowering youth to create sustainable and inclusive communities, through catalysing green value chains and building resilience.

Job Description
-This is an exciting opportunity to join a small team and lead our ambitions to enhance our understanding of the impact our work has for empowering young people. As the custodian of the Foundation’s Theory of Change, charged with establishing and implementing the Foundation’s Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) strategy and systems, this role will ensure the Foundation and its stakeholders have trusted data and insight to continually improve our work to achieve better outcomes for young people,enable us to effectively demonstrate and communicate our impact and establish the AAF as a credible foundation at the forefront of corporate philanthropy.

This role will provide leadership and expertise, establishing the Foundation’s MEL strategy, implementing and overseeing MEL systems, setting standards and guiding colleagues, implementing partners and external evaluation partners on the design and development of measures, metrics and data systems that are rigorous and consistent.

Key Responsibilities include:

• Work with Anglo American Foundation’s management team to lead the evolution of the Foundation’s approaches to monitoring, evaluation and learning to ensure we are able to demonstrate and communicate the impact of our programmes
• Work with the Foundation’s management team to inform planning processes, which includes gathering data, assessing progress to date, analysis of current context and opportunities, and identification of annual priorities
• Design the performance assessment framework and process across the Foundation and for programmes to identify and track relevant, measurable, and strategic metrics and outcomes
• Direct projects that gather feedback from key constituents, including grantees, Foundation staff, external partners (e.g., consultants), and community stakeholders
• Shape and deliver the Foundation’s approach and plans for MEL across the organisation including for programmes, communications and advocacy
• Ensure the Foundation’s Theory of Change remains relevant and is disseminated and embedded effectively across the Foundation
• Work closely with colleagues to maintain and enhance appropriate systems, processes and tools to monitor, measure and demonstrate impact across all the foundations programme areas
• Contribute to a culture of learning, inquiry, experimentation, understanding of and tolerance for risk, and a commitment to learning from failures
• Engage and collaborate with relevant external stakeholders and Anglo American teams, including Social and Economic Development colleagues, to foster learning, develop best practice, share and gather intelligence, and ensure buy in to approaches across the Foundation and its founder

• Qualifications
  -Extensive years of experience in monitoring and evaluation, preferably in philanthropy, policy research, think tanks, applied economics, public policy, and/or consulting
• Graduate (or equivalent experience) in relevant disciplines
• Track record of strong intellectual engagement, problem solving, and analytical skills
• Capable of planning and thinking strategically, setting realistic goals and objectives, balancing multiple priorities, and managing project details
• Demonstrated skills in both quantitative and qualitative research and data analysis methods
• Enthusiasm for building a new MEL discipline from the ground up within an organization.
• Experience of synthesizing learnings in a clear, concise, and compelling way, with the personal presence to represent the Foundation with internal and external senior leaders
• Experience of synthesizing learnings into clear, concise, and compelling PowerPoint presentations and the personal presence to represent the Foundation with senior leaders within Anglo American and externally in diverse forums and organizational relationships
• Familiarity with market-based approaches, enterprise development, impact investing and catalytic capital
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills (the majority of the Foundation’s work is in English, however, Spanish and Portuguese is a plus)
• Experience in international organisations, working across cultures, with a willingness to travel
• A proactive team player able to draw on both internal and external collaborative working

Additional Information
-What we offer

When you join Anglo American Foundation, you can expect to enjoy a competitive salary and benefits package. But more than this, through our relationship with our founder, Anglo American, you’ll find yourself in an environment where the opportunities for learning and growth are second to none.

Who we are

We aim to be a leader in corporate philanthropy. The Anglo American Foundation (AAF) was established in 2018/19 by merging the activities of the Anglo American Chairman’s Fund (South Africa-based entity) and the Anglo American Group Foundation to form a single Foundation for Anglo American with a global remit, focusing on Anglo American’s countries of operation.

In July 2021 Anglo American committed to endowing AAF with a $100 million donation, significantly boosting the Foundation’s ability to support progress towards the UN Sustainable Development Goals. This donation presented an opportunity to redefine AAF’s strategy to become a leading independent and sustainable corporate foundation, delivering at an entirely new level – creating systemic impact at scale.

How we are committed to your safety and well-being

Nothing is more important to us than your safety and well-being. Not only do we have rigorous safety standards, we are committed to ensuring a work environment where every voice is valued, and colleagues feel psychologically safe to speak up. We know that mental wellness can be impacted by our working environment as well as our external environment and individual circumstances, so as a business we have a critical part to play in seeing mental wellness as a shared responsibility. We can help do this by creating an inclusive environment at Anglo American where everyone can bring their whole and best selves to work and have the opportunity to fulfil their potential.

Inclusion and Diversity

Anglo American Foundation is an equal opportunities employer. We are committed to promoting an inclusive and diverse workplace where we value and respect every colleague for who they are and provide equality of opportunity so that everyone can fulfil their potential.

How to apply

To apply for this role, please complete our online application form. You will have the opportunity to upload your CV and other relevant documentation as part of the process.

This Advert will close to applications on 03/03/2023