About Evidence Action

Evidence Action specializes in bringing cost-effective interventions to massive scale. We identify neglected global health issues and operationalize proven solutions - adding years of healthy life for entire generations. Deworm the World, our foundational program, has delivered over 2B deworming treatments, driving dramatic reductions in worm prevalence and generating over $23 billion in lifetime productivity gains. 

Our model operationalizes top academic research (including from Nobel-winning economists) and uses experts across global health, supply chain, and infrastructure to develop and implement health interventions at national scale. Our team of 700+ has reached over 500M people, working hand-in-hand with national governments to scale our approach across nine countries. Measurement and evaluation are embedded in every stage of our work - from idea validation in our Accelerator; to coverage validation upon rollout (quantifying uptake of interventions). 

The Evidence Action Accelerator, founded in 2019, researches and identifies the next unicorns of development - to date we have found five programs with potential to transform the health outcomes of millions, including: 

Preventing stillbirths and neonatal deaths through testing and treating maternal syphilis - which today causes more deaths than pediatric HIV, and is treatable for just $0.50 a dose Reducing under-five child mortality by ~25% through scaling safe water access to hundreds of millions, which can add a year of healthy life for just $40 Fighting leading causes of childhood disability through delivering iron and folic acid supplements to prevent anemia, applying our innovative school-based delivery model 

With these untapped opportunities identified, we are positioned to unlock our next phase of  sector-wide impact - and improve health outcomes for hundreds of millions of people globally.

The Role

We are hiring an entrepreneurial Strategic Growth Manager to help drive a step-change increase in Evidence Action’s impact - generating years of health for hundreds of millions of people globally.

In this capacity, you will play a crucial role increasing Evidence Action’s reach through scaling funding opportunities - working closely with executive leadership, defining and executing on donor engagement strategies, managing cross-functional projects with programs and operations teams, supporting on developing new funding models, and running analyses to maximize effectiveness. You’re a creative and high ownership team member who is comfortable with ambiguity, with a track record of strong writing and analytical skills that can help transform ambition into action. 

This role will be crucial to securing funding for first-of-their-kind projects - ranging from delivering safe water at scale across India, to scaling life-saving maternal syphilis treatment across Africa- in turn, transforming outcomes for entire generations. 

Reports to: Chief Engagement Officer

Responsibilities:

Drive and/or support on projects to maximize funding for highest-priority program areas, raising tens of millions of dollars Manage 0 to 1 of projects, including: Test tactics to identify new aligned donors Experiment with new methods for conveying impact to existing donors (e.g., video content, workshops with the team) Draft materials (proposals; decks; one pagers) for communicating vision behind priority programs  Build analytics structures to unlock insight in highest opportunity focus areas Partner with program & External Relations teams in defining and driving vision for scale on program focus areas Support executive team in preparing for donor conversations Own high priority cross-team systems, including analytics dashboards, developing processes for goal tracking and reporting, and strategic/special projects