Senior Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability, and Learning; Specialist

Are you a person of compassion? An advocate for justice? Someone who stands up for the rights of the vulnerable and speaks out for the marginalized, the exploited and the forgotten? Do you believe in our calling as Christians to welcome the least of these and love our neighbor?

If you answered ‘yes’, to any of the above, World Relief, and millions of people around the world need you.

At this pivotal moment in time, we are rapidly expanding and growing our team to meet the increasing needs of our world. We are looking for people who want to use their gifts and talents to make a real and tangible difference in our world and the lives of the suffering.

If you’re looking for a purpose‑driven career in which you can grow your talents, while also standing up for the rights of the vulnerable, we want you to join us today.

World Relief is a global Christian humanitarian organization whose mission is to boldly engage the world’s greatest crises in partnership with the church. The organization was founded in the aftermath of World War II to respond to the urgent humanitarian needs of war‑torn Europe. Since then, for 80 years, across 100 countries, World Relief has partnered with local churches and communities to build a world where families thrive and communities flourish.

Today, organizational programming focuses on humanitarian and disaster response, community strengthening and resilience, and refugee & immigrant services and advocacy.

This position is reliant upon funding and may be subject to modification or termination based on resource availability.

Are you a person of compassion? An advocate for justice? Someone who stands up for the rights of the vulnerable and speaks out for the marginalized, the exploited and the forgotten? Do you believe in our calling as Christians to welcome the least of these and love our neighbor? If you answered ‘yes’, to any of the above, World Relief, and millions of people around the world need you.

World Relief in Chicagoland seeks a Senior Design, Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability, and Learning (DMEAL) Specialist who will lead the development, implementation, and ongoing improvement of Chicagoland’s impact measurement framework. This role will lead the transition to a more data‑informed culture by refining our theory of action and ensuring data collection and reporting systems accurately reflect client growth, program effectiveness, and overall organizational impact.

This position will be the lead expert in syncing and implementing measurement tools, streamlining data processes, and translating data into actionable insights for program staff, executive leadership, and program partners.

Key areas of focus:

• Development, refinement, and piloting of data collection tools to determine a feasible set of indicators that show the organization’s outcomes both as a whole and within program areas
  • Create a seamless flow of data collection and provide training support for staff
• Prepare systems and train staff for ongoing data collection and analysis

• Theory of Action & Indicator Development:
  Lead the refinement and piloting of data collection tools to arrive at a feasible and consistent set of Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) that accurately speak to and test the organization’s Theory of Action.
• Assessment Tool Integration (Safety & Wellness and SPA):
  Provide technical assistance and strategic oversight on the adoption and adaptation of the Safety & Wellness Benchmark Assessment for IFS Chicagoland clients, ensuring consistent implementation and training for immigrant family services staff.
• Support adaptation to include measures of parenting and workforce development
• Conduct initial assessment and generate summary reports of program learning and effectiveness
• Tool Optimization and Efficiency:
  Convene a task group to review existing SPA (Skill/Awareness) measures, grant requirement checklists, and other grant program areas. Explore options for reducing data collection burden while optimizing the tool’s use to better understand client growth and outstanding needs.
• Pilot a…