IMPACT EVALUATION SPECIALIST

Washington, DC · Hybrid

Impact Genome

COMPANY BACKGROUND

Impact Genome (IG) is a fast-growing SaaS company on a mission to change how the world measures social change. We verify the real-world impact of government programs, NGOs, and nonprofits, helping them prove what works and why.

At the center of our work is the Impact Genome Registry, the first-ever database with outcomes and cost benchmarks from over 2.2 million social programs. Federal, state, and local agencies, as well as Fortune 500 companies, use it to track results, uncover “what works,” and invest where their dollars will have the greatest impact.

For nonprofits, we make evaluation fair, consistent, and less burdensome, so they can spend more time creating change and less time on reporting. Our mission: help the world shift from “giving money away” to investing in proven outcomes that create the maximum possible social good.

ROLE OVERVIEW

Every year, billions of public dollars flow into social programs across the country. Most of the people deciding where that money goes can’t tell you which programs actually work. You can help change that.

Impact Genome is hiring an Impact Evaluation Specialist: a hands-on evaluator who knows what rigorous outcome measurement looks like from the inside and wants that expertise to decide where public money goes next. You’ll work directly with government grant makers and the nonprofits they fund, at a company with a proven product, federal and Fortune 500 customers, and a mission that matters.

Are you the evaluator who reads a program’s outcome report and sees right away what it does and doesn’t prove? Who can tell a nonprofit its data falls short and leave it more committed to measuring well? Who wants an evaluation to change a funding decision, not sit in a drawer? Keep reading.

This role is for evaluators with deep, hands-on monitoring and evaluation experience in the United States: domestic nonprofits, government agencies, and companies working on social outcomes here at home. Our clients, our data, and our programs are domestic, so your evaluation experience should be too. International development M&E alone isn't the right fit for this role.

We’re looking for deep evaluation expertise in at least one of these areas:

• Housing and Homelessness - From temporary shelter to permanent housing solutions.
• Veterans - Transition, employment, housing, and family support for veterans and military families.
• Workforce Development and Skills Training - Job readiness, skills gaps, economic mobility, and employment outcomes.
• Financial Inclusion and Financial Health - From financial access to long-term financial resilience.
• STEM/Education - Programs that build pathways from early learning through post-secondary into science, technology, engineering, and math.

This role is based in Washington, DC, and candidates must live in or near DC. The role is hybrid.

RESPONSIBILITIES

 What you’ll own:

• Portfolio Evaluation. Partner with government grantmakers to analyze their grant portfolios, surface what’s working, and sharpen how evidence drives their next round of investment.
• Impact Verification. Evaluate how nonprofits and government programs measure and report outcomes, assessing rigor, feasibility, and comparability using IG’s Impact Verification™ protocols.
• Data You Can Trust. Judge the quality of the data programs report, and tell them plainly what it does and doesn’t show.
• Decision-Ready Intelligence. Turn complex program data into reports, scorecards, and portfolio analyses that grant makers can act on.
• Coaching. Coach nonprofits and government programs on evaluation design and outcome reporting, raising the measurement bar across the sector.
• Original Insight. Publish briefs, reports, and presentations from the Impact Genome Registry, and shape IG’s point of view on how programs are classified, how outcomes are benchmarked, and what the data shows that others haven’t seen yet.

REQUIREMENTS

What you bring:

• Minimum 4+ years of hands-on program evaluation or monitoring and evaluation experience with US social programs
• Master’s degree in evaluation, public administration, public policy, economics, social work, education, or a related field preferred
• Excited to live our core values: we are a team of individuals who are Passionate about Social Impact, are Rigorous, Relatable, Agile, have a Commercial Mindset, and who Challenge Convention
• Hands-On Evaluations. You have personally defined outcomes, designed measures, and run evaluations, not just managed others who did.
• Grounded in Domestic Programs. Your monitoring and evaluation experience is with US programs: domestic nonprofits, government agencies, or companies working on social outcomes in the United States.
• Deep in an Impact Area. You know the program models, funding streams, evidence base, and key organizations in at least one of our focus areas.
• A Sharp Eye for Evidence. You can read an evaluation design and know right away whether it holds up: logic models, theories of change, data collection methods, and outcome frameworks.
• A Judge of Results. You’ve assessed what others report, not only produced reports yourself: reviewing grantee outcomes, evaluating partner programs, or auditing program data.
• A Plain-Spoken Coach. You hold your own with senior grant makers and can bring a struggling nonprofit along without losing either one.
• Ownership. You take initiative, fully own your work end to end, and thrive when the path isn’t fully paved.

EVEN BETTER IF YOU HAVE

• Experience with government funders, or inside an agency, foundation, or intermediary that funds programs
• A track record managing evaluations across a portfolio of nonprofits and government programs: quality, compliance, capacity building
• Advanced degree in evaluation, public administration, economics, public health, education, or a related field
• Experience with Power BI, Tableau, ArcGIS, or other data visualization platforms
• Comfort using AI tools as part of your analytical or research workflow and a thoughtful approach to doing so responsibly and ethically

COMPENSATION & BENEFITS

• $94,500 starting salary with a clear path to the next level 
• Healthcare, including dental and vision
• Discretionary PTO & vacation
• 401(k) plan