The expected salary range for this position is $99,800.00 – $124,750.00. Employees in specific high cost of labor locations in the United States (such as San Francisco, CA and Seattle, WA) may qualify for a geographic differential. Compassion International is not responsible for third parties who omit this information when copying and re-posting job openings.

This specialist will be responsible for designing M&E frameworks, survey instruments, training materials, conducting analysis, drafting reports, advising on data visualizations and supporting the M&E technical advising team on implementation of these frameworks in our National Offices.

PLEASE NOTE: This is a remote position that can be based in the US or in one of Compassion’s countries.

What will you do?

• Maintain a personal relationship with Jesus Christ.
• Act as an advocate for children. Understand and advance Christ’s mandate to protect children. Take active steps to help protect against neglect, abuse, and exploitation of children.
• Uphold and engage in Compassion’s core Cultural Behaviors.
• Design outcome measurements for spiritual formation programs particularly with a child and youth focus.
• Support overall holistic child development and provide ongoing subject matter expertise in using high quality data to measure program inputs, outputs, outcomes.
• Aid program support team and church partners by providing coaching and knowledge within monitoring and evaluation.
• Lead the development and adoption of partner compliance and adherence to standards, procedures, and policies related to program quality.
• Collaborate with program leaders to provide direction and subject matter expertise regarding intervention milestones and indicators especially in the area of spiritual formation and youth agency
• Conduct analyses to establish validity and reliability evidence for spiritual formation measurements
• Monitor partnership dashboards to track critical program dimensions and performance and enable the National Offices and frontline church partners to see meaningful improvements or decline in performance.
• Manage and may lead complex budgeting and planning efforts for baseline surveys and other monitoring and evaluation activities across multiple countries/regions.
• Simplify complex information to report to a variety of stakeholders.

What will you bring?

• Master’s Degree in international development, statistics, psychometrics, child/adolescent psychology, theology, social science, or a related field is required.
• At least 5 years’ experience working in an international development setting with an emphasis in Monitoring & Evaluation design.
• International experience with child and youth development.
• Experience in conducting and leading quantitative or qualitative analyses is required. Proficiency with STATA, R, or SAS strongly preferred.
• Experience with online survey tools (e.g., Survey CTO, CommCare) is required.
• Must be able to speak, read, and write fluently in English.
• Fluency in a second language is a plus.

Why work here?

• The mission: Join a team that is motivated to release children from poverty in Jesus’ name.
• Our benefits: Receive generous paid time off, 10% contribution to a 403(b) retirement fund on top of your salary, excellent healthcare coverage, free short-term professional counseling, and more.
• Spiritual growth: Participate in regular chapel services, prayer groups, and department devotionals.