Senior Advisor:
Evaluation & Effectiveness (Effective Philanthropy Group) January 2022
About Porticus Named to represent an open gateway to a brighter future, Porticus coordinates the philanthropic endeavours of the Brenninkmeijer family business owners, continuing a tradition of social engagement stretching back as far as 1841 when Clemens and August Brenninkmeijer founded C&A, starting a tradition of doing good while doing business. Since our founding in 1995, the professionalisation of both the organisation and the charitable sector has picked up speed. Porticus has grown to over 180 philanthropy professionals today, working on the challenges of our times and seeking to improve the lives of those in need just like Clemens and August intended to do. It’s impossible for one organisation to solve all the world’s challenges, so we focus on areas we understand best: education, society, faith and climate. With focus and cooperation, we work to advance human dignity around the world. These focus areas are represented by our four thematic sectors: Building Future Generations, Strengthening our Societies, Fostering Vital Faith Communities, and Caring for the Earth,
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Strengthening our Societies
Building Future Generations
For the Empowerment of All
For the Whole Child
A stronger society means fostering human rights and dignity at all levels: by challenging powerful institutions; tackling prejudice and exclusion; supporting movements that shift the balance of power; and thinking long-term about the obstacles to progress. Criminal Justice
Exposure to adversity makes it even more important that children receive an allencompassing range of support to build resilience and instil hope. We advocate Whole Child Development across national and global childcare systems.
People on the Move
For the Whole Child
Our Sectors
Caring for the Earth
Fostering Vital Faith Communities
For the Planet. And its People.
For the Global family
A sustainable planet needs fair societies, green economies, smart cities and prosperous communities. To achieve that, we need to bring together the best of government, business, not-for-profits, philanthropy, and community activism.
We strive for a Church that promotes human dignity, stands for a just society, fights poverty, climate change and exclusion, and represents the dispossessed. Guided by the values of our founding family, we support the larger family of the Catholic Church.
Purposeful Business
Vital Catholic Thought
Clean Energy
Fair Transition
Living Forests
Child Protection
Building a Vital Church
About the Effective Philanthropy Group The Effective Philanthropy Group (EPG) plays a key role in optimising Porticus’ effort to be the best organisation it can be, and together with its partners the EPG works towards maximizing its contribution to system change. The EPG focusses on organisation-wide strategic issues, and implementing effective philanthropy ingredients, such as meaningful participation of people with lived experience, building effective partnerships, building evidence and purposeful learning. The EPG embraces the Porticus vision and contributes to the implementation of the strategy by: 1. Contributing to progress regarding meaningful participation and partnerships 2. Striving for and learning from impact 3. Contributing to improved structures and processes 4. Ongoing support to the organisation for the development, implementation and evaluation of portfolios, programmes and grants The EPG is committed to providing evidence based guidance to the wider Porticus community on the social problems we address, and how we can optimize our strategic responses. We seek to combine our commitment to societal change with our ability to adapt as a result of experience and changes in context.
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The Role
Job Summary
The Role:
Senior Advisor - Evaluation & Effectiveness (Effective Philanthropy Group)
Location:
The Netherlands (Amsterdam), UK (London), Austria (Vienna), USA (New York City), Brazil (Sao Paulo), Kenya (Nairobi), Hong Kong.
EPG Senior Advisors support programmatic colleagues in designing, implementing, and assessing programme strategies, developing monitoring and evaluation mechanisms, and promoting innovation, learning, and capacity building. They help the organization in making effective use of learning and evaluation for strategic intent, to assess progress toward impact goals, discern learnings, and to proactively share these across the organisation to improve future programming.
Salary:
Competitive
Working across portfolios of philanthropic programmes with our 6 regional offices across the globe, and reporting to the Director of Effective Philanthropy (who is a Management Team member), the Senior Advisor contributes to Strategy, Monitoring & Evaluation (M&E), Organisational Learning and Expertise Coordination. The Senior Advisor supports Porticus in making effective use of learning and evaluation for strategic intent to achieve the highest impact in social change possible, to assess progress toward impact goals, discern learnings and to proactively share these across the organisation to improve future programming. The Senior Advisor will support one of Porticus’ sectors – either Fostering Vital Faith Communities, or Caring for the Earth (see diagram below), and within this sector works with teams in designing, implementing and assessing challenge and programme strategies, developing programme and grant level monitoring and evaluation, and promoting innovation, learning and capacity building. In addition, the Senior Advisor will be the focal point to one or two of Porticus’ regions.
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Porticus scope of work Deliver on a mission to:
With a focus on:
Sectors and social challenges
Create a just and sustainable future where human dignity flourishes
Strengthening our societies
• Migration & Human Trafficking
Building future generations
• For the Whole Child
• Criminal justice
Caring for the earth
Fostering vital faith communities
• Living forests
• Child Protection
• Clean Energy
• Vital Catholic Thought
• Fair Transition
• Building a Vital Church
• Purposeful Business
Argidius
Good Energies Foundation
Community Arts Lab
Emerging Areas
To achieve
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Lasting, meaningful systems change - working with local and global changemakers to address the root causes of problems and delivering solutions that have a long-term impat and meaningful participation of people affected by poverty and exclusion
Global, regional and country footprint
Responsibilities • Acts as an EPG advisor to specific sector teams and provides timely and high-quality inputs, advice, and reviews on strategy and evaluation (following the Strategy – Monitoring – Evaluation – Learning cycle) • Monitors developments in the field to identify emerging trends, needs, gaps and opportunities, knowledge and scientific evidence for strategy development and programme design • Oversees the evaluation of programme progress – often in collaboration with external evaluators and MEL (Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning partners) –towards system change and discerns corresponding learnings for the organisation • Assesses Porticus’ contribution to system change across programmes within global themes and regions • Supports knowledge sharing within organisation and ways to integrate learning into practice
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• Supports sector and regional teams in developing their theory of change, results indicators, and evaluation plans; coaches or trains them in utilising programme management tools • Supports capacity building of Porticus staff around learning and evaluation; designs collective trainings on programmatic way of working and provides advice on individual learnings • Contributes to interregional engagement and collaboration by actively supporting Porticus as a learning organisation, by sharing knowledge, sharing experiences with portfolio teams and fostering own development and of staff under functioning reporting line • Contributes expertise on key ingredients of effective philanthropy, such as research and evidence, meaningful participation, working in partnerships and organisational learning approaches, as well as other elements that might be new to Porticus • Builds internal and external global and regional partnerships and expert network
Candidate profile • Minimum of 8 years of professional experience relevant to the key responsibilities mentioned above. • Demonstrated track record in Strategy, Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning, including (quantitative) research and analysis, aimed particularly at systemic change approaches • Experienced facilitator of diverse groups, face-toface as well as offline • Experience with building organisational capacity of MEL, as well as training and coaching professionals in the area of MEL • Excellent communication and presentation skills • Preference for significant relevant work experience with strong networks and contacts in sectors related to Porticus’ work on Fostering Vital Faith Communities or Caring for the Earth • Experience with primary data collection, including design and quality oversight of impact evaluations • Solid quantitative and qualitative research method skills, strategic thinking and problem-solving skills • PhD in development economics, social sciences or related field, or Master’s degree with equivalent experience • Fluency in English language (minimum level C1); additional language(s) a plus
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How to Apply All correspondence, at this stage, should be via Oxford HR. To apply for this post, click on the “Apply” button on the job advert page, complete our online application form, and submit your CV and cover letter as two different documents, which should be prepared before applying as they will be considered in the application process. The cover letter should be no more than two pages long and explain why you are interested in this post and how your skills and experience make you a good fit. The documents should be saved in MS Word in the following format: Your First Name-Your Last Name-Document Name-Date (mmyy) e.g., Pat-Mabaso-CV-012022-Porticus or Pat-MabasoCoverLetter-012022-Porticus.
Timeline Closing date: Preliminary interviews: Final Panel interviews:
6 March 2022 week 21 March 2022 TBC
Selection process All candidates will receive an update regarding their application after the closing date. We advise candidates to add the role email to their safe senders list and regularly check their spam folder. An (online) assessment will be part of the recruitment process. Reference checks are part of the final hiring procedure.
Equality statement Equality and diversity are at the core of Porticus’ values. Staff are expected to work collectively and individually to promote a constructive and sensitive approach to others from a variety of backgrounds, where the work of others is valued and respected. We stand for equal opportunities and are committed to recruiting and retaining a diverse team in an equitable and inclusive environment. We strongly encourage applications from people with lived experience and welcome candidates from any minority or underrepresented group.
Queries If you have any queries on any aspect of the appointment process, need additional information, or would like to have an informal discussion, please email porticus@oxfordhr.co.uk in the first instance.
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About Oxford HR Oxford HR operates globally - mainly within the international development and charity sectors. We carry out retained executive search mandates at board and senior management levels. We also offer human resource and organisational development consultancy. Oxford HR has many years of experience in search as well as an extensive network of international development, social sector, corporate, public sector, and academic contacts from across the world. We carry out comprehensive and often international searches designed to meet the specific needs of our client.
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