Officer, Learning and Impact

Position 1: Officer, Learning and Impact 

Status: Full-time, fixed-term, 3 years, with possibility of extension

Starting Salary Range: $60,000-75,000 CAD 

Language(s): English

Position 2: Senior Officer, Learning and Impact

Status: Full-time, indefinite 

Starting Salary Range: $70,000-80,000 CAD

Language(s): English and Spanish

Team: Strategy, Innovation, and Impact

Reports to: Manager, Learning and Impact 

Supervises: N/A

Location: Remote, within Canada

Deadline for Applications: 5 October 2025, 11:59pm ET

ABOUT THE EQUALITY FUND

The Equality Fund is transforming the way that resources—and power—flow into the hands of women, girls, and trans people worldwide. Designed by feminists for feminists, it is a model for sustainably resourcing feminist movements everywhere, through global grantmaking, gender-lens investing, policy advocacy, and feminist philanthropy. Launched in 2019, the Equality Fund has activated $100 million to date which flows to more than 1,000 organizations working across 100 countries.

THE OPPORTUNITY

Reporting to Manager, Learning and Impact, both the Learning & Impact Officer and Senior Officer play critical roles in supporting Equality Fund’s grantmaking data collection, impact measurement, and knowledge management and ensuring these processes are timely, accurate, and compliant with Equality Fund and donor standards. These roles are essential in ensuring strong coordination of evaluation methods; robust data collection and analysis; and effective reporting and dissemination of findings and results. 

The Officer, Learning and Impact contributes to tracking and analyzing the impact of Equality Fund’s grantmaking activities. The Officer supports the implementation of the Global Program’s feminist monitoring, evaluation, and learning (MEL) strategy across Equality Fund’s grantmaking initiatives. The Officer drives processes, delivering on end-to-end MEL activities to support the organization, finding opportunities for continuous improvement along the way. The role requires strong analytical skills, attention to detail, and the ability to translate complex data into compelling impact narratives and reports. The Officer is also responsible for effectively tracking results for the First Response Fund initiative, a pooled humanitarian fund resourcing women’s rights and women led organizations through a network of women and feminist funds. This initiative is in a three year pilot phase. 

The Senior Officer independently and accountably tracks progress against key indicators, contributes to the development of strategies for measuring grantmaking impact, and demonstrates partner and Equality Fund impact through analysis and interpretation of qualitative and quantitative grantmaking data. The Senior Officer supports learning processes of the programs team, and facilitates dissemination of results and learnings. The Senior Officer is also responsible for leading evaluative activities, reporting on results, stewarding relationships, and contributing to strategy development for the Women’s Voice and Leadership–Caribbean initiative.

SCOPE & RESPONSIBILITIES

Data collection, management, and analysis

• Maintains accurate databases and tracking systems for grantmaking related impact indicators and ensures the collection, validation, and analysis of data from grantee partners;
• Contributes to the collection, validation, and analysis of quantitative and qualitative data from Equality Fund grantee partners;
• In coordination with the Manager, Learning and Impact, leads in designing and adapting data collection tools and report templates for partners in order to reduce reporting burden, capturing complex change outcomes and rich data that meet Equality Fund’s reporting requirements; 
• Works cross-functionally to identify, write, compile and communicate compelling impact stories and narratives for reports and knowledge products;
• Ensures compliance with institutional and bilateral donor reporting requirements;
• In collaboration with the Grantmaking Operations team, supports the quarterly update of grantmaking basic statistics to meet Equality Fund’s internal and external reporting requirements;
• In collaboration with Program Officers and First Response Fund Program Manager, supports Annual and Progress Report reviews, as well as implementation of data collection tools and processes to track and demonstrate the impact of Equality Fund’s grant accompaniment (Grants+) model;
• Implements the Learning and Impact data analysis strategy to report on aggregate and thematic/regional impact on gender equality outcomes;
• Contributes to the development of the MEL framework and strategies for measuring the impact and capturing the lessons of the First Response Fund— a new initiative that seeks to resource humanitarian responses led by feminist civil society organizations

Dissemination of results, reporting, and partner capacity strengthening 

• In coordination with the Learning and Impact team, compiles and presents key grantmaking data for use across the Equality Fund. Supports writing of internal briefs and external narrative reports to funders (for example, Global Affairs Canada, Equality Fund Annual Report), associated Performance Measurement Frameworks, as well as other knowledge products and communications materials as required;
• Disseminates impact data through presentations and preparing reports, briefs and talking points for internal and external audiences (ie. Global Programs Data Hub, data shareback sessions with partners, feminist MEL practices, joint advocacy efforts, etc); 
• In close collaboration with Program Officers, supports partner MEL capacity strengthening through creation of MEL webinars using key insights provided by the programs team and supporting with specific MEL capacity strengthening needs of partners as required; 
• Supports responses to internal and external data requests; provides current Equality Fund data to key stakeholders and databases upon request. 

Other horizontal organizational activities

• Contributes to and supports organization wide Learning & Impact efforts; 
• Contributes to and supports design and implementation of participatory grantmaking models across grantmaking streams; 
• Acts in accordance with our policies around nurturing a safe and respectful work environment; never engaging in harassment, coercion, sexual exploitation or abuse of any form, or anything else contrary to our code of conduct.

QUALIFICATIONS & COMPETENCIES 

• Undergraduate degree or equivalent training in social science, international development, or a related field. 
• At least 2 years of experience in data analysis and/or Monitoring, Evaluation, Learning, and Impact. At least 3 years of direct experience in Monitoring, Evaluation, Learning, and Impact for the Senior Officer role.
• Strong skills in qualitative and quantitative research, data analysis and visualization, and evaluation methods.  
• Experience collecting and analyzing data specific to the humanitarian and/or emergency response sectors is preferred for the Officer role.
• Excellent computer skills including proficiency in MS Excel and working knowledge of data analysis and research-related software tools. 
• Experience working with women’s rights organisations, grassroots organizations and international partners in humanitarian and reporting to humanitarian donors is a strong asset. 
• Demonstrated high ethical standards and ability to work with sensitive information in a confidential manner.
• Flexible and adaptable, able to respond quickly and effectively to changing circumstances and priorities.
• Commitment to the work and values of the Equality Fund, which include Anti-Racism, Anti-Oppression, and Intersectionality; Feminist Leadership; Accountability; and Radical Love.
• Professional working proficiency in English is required; Professional working proficiency in Spanish is required for the Senior Officer position. Spanish, Arabic, French, and/or Eastern European languages are an asset.
• Ability to thrive in a dynamic, complex environment with ability to handle multiple priorities and deadlines.

REQUIREMENTS

• Must be legally eligible to work in Canada

• Willing and able to work remotely with a global team. 
• May require some early and/or late calls to accommodate the time zones partners are based in. 
• Willing and able to travel (1-2 trips per year) for up to 2 weeks total.
• Willing and able to work on mostly computer-based work.

OUR ENVIRONMENT OF CARE

• We trust our talented team and are pleased to offer a flexible and virtual work environment.
• We are driven by our values: anti-racism, anti-oppression, and intersectionality; feminist leadership; accountability; and radical love. We believe our values are realized through collaboration, a growth and learning mindset, emotional intelligence, diversity, authenticity, a global perspective, care, and building networks. We work to share power and create space for everyone to lead. 
• Equality Fund is proud to offer a comprehensive compensation and benefits package which has no waiting period and includes 4 weeks paid vacation, paid sick time, parental leave top up, medical benefits, life insurance, Group RRSP, paid birthday off, and more.
• Equality Fund is committed to providing and maintaining a safe and respectful workplace. We do not tolerate harassment, coercion, sexual exploitation, or abuse of any form. We recognize that those behaviors are often rooted in abuse of power, which is contrary to Equality Fund's mission to make a more equitable world for women, trans, and non-binary people. 
• Equality Fund is an equal opportunity employer.  We believe deeply in equality and value diversity of race, gender, sexual orientation, religion, ethnicity, national origin, disability, and all other protected grounds under the Ontario Human Rights Code. We welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds and positionalities, and are committed to providing an accessible candidate experience. To let us know how we can make an accommodation or adjustment to facilitate the selection process and beyond, please reach out to people@equalityfund.ca.
• This posting is for an existing vacancy

SELECTION PROCESS

• Equality Fund does not employ the use of AI technology in the screening, recruitment, or selection process. 
• Equality Fund does not take informational interviews during the hiring process. We do this both from an equity perspective and a team capacity consideration as this helps to ensure everyone gets a fair chance in their application and that all candidates have equal access to the information that would help them in the hiring process.
• Equality Fund’s People, Equity, and Culture team will work with the hiring manager to do an initial screening of applicants. Please make sure to detail your experience in your resume/cover letter to ensure the committee has the information they need to assess your qualifications for the role. This process takes about 1-2 weeks from the application deadline.
• When there are many candidates who pass the initial screening, the People, Equity, and Culture team may conduct 15-30 minute phone screening calls.
• The hiring committee will conduct first round interviews with selected candidates. Candidates will be sent the interview questions 48 hours in advance of their scheduled interview. Candidates are welcome, but not expected or required, to send any questions they have for the hiring committee in advance of the interview. These interviews usually occur 1-2 weeks after the application deadline. 
• The hiring committee may conduct a second round of interviews, which may include an assignment. Candidates will be made aware at this stage which position they are being considered for. 
• The People, Equity, and Culture team will conduct reference checks for the candidate to whom they intend to extend an offer. This process usually takes about 1 week. 
• The People, Equity, and Culture team will initiate a background check. This is intended to safeguard Equality Fund employees, grantees, and the organization. We recognize that some communities experience systemic over-policing. As such, only findings related to harassment, exploitation, coercion, sexual exploitation, fraud, abuse, or other findings specifically relevant to the duties of the role will be considered in relation to one’s eligibility for employment.
• The People, Equity, and Culture team will send the selected candidate an Employment Agreement, which the candidate will have time to review and return.

JOIN US!

Though we work to respond to all applicants, at times we may only be able to follow-up with those selected for an interview.

CONSENT TO THE USE OF PERSONAL INFORMATION

CONSENTEMENT À L'UTILISATION DES INFORMATIONS PERSONNELLES

I acknowledge that the personal information I provide as part of my job application to Equality Fund will be utilized solely for the following purposes:

• Recruitment
• Evaluation
• Selection for available positions within Equality Fund

The personal information collected includes, but is not limited to:

• Name
• Contact details (address, phone number, email address)
• Information about my professional and academic background
• References

These terms and conditions are in addition to the Equality Fund Privacy Policy, which I have read and understood.

• I understand that by giving my consent, I authorize the Equality Fund recruitment team to access the personal information I have shared in order to evaluate my application.
• I hereby authorize Equality Fund to use my personal information for the purposes mentioned above.
• I also understand that I can withdraw my consent at any time by contacting people@equalityfund.ca. However, I acknowledge that such withdrawal may affect the processing of my application.

For further details on how we collect, use, and protect your personal information, as well as your data protection rights, please refer to our Privacy Policy.

Je reconnais que les informations personnelles que je fournis dans le cadre de ma candidature à Equality Fund seront utilisées uniquement aux fins suivantes :

• Recrutement
• Évaluation
• Sélection pour les postes disponibles au sein d'Equality Fund

Les informations personnelles collectées incluent, mais ne sont pas limitées à :

• Nom
• Coordonnées (adresse, numéro de téléphone, adresse électronique)
• Informations sur mon parcours professionnel et académique
• Références

Ces termes et conditions s'ajoutent à la politique de confidentialité d'Equality Fund, que j'ai lue et comprise.

• Je comprends qu'en donnant mon consentement, j'autorise l'équipe de recrutement d'Equality Fund à accéder aux informations personnelles que j'ai partagées afin d'évaluer ma candidature.
• J'autorise par la présente Equality Fund à utiliser mes informations personnelles aux fins mentionnées ci-dessus.
• Je comprends également que je peux retirer mon consentement à tout moment en contactant people@equalityfund.ca. Cependant, je reconnais que ce retrait pourrait affecter le traitement de ma candidature.

Pour plus de détails sur la manière dont nous collectons, utilisons et protégeons vos informations personnelles, ainsi que sur vos droits en matière de protection des données, veuillez vous référer à notre politique de confidentialité.