Senior MEAL Deputy Director: Data-Driven Social Impact

Southern Poverty Law Center; New Orleans (LA); Hybrid; USD 104,000 - 127,000; Full time

Job summary

The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) invites applications for a Deputy Director, Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning, to advance data-informed learning across our program lifecycle. This role centers equity, community voice, and organizational impact in a national context.

You will lead MEAL strategy, guide cross-departmental collaboration, and support rigorous evaluations while mentoring a team and building capacity for inclusive, accountable programs.

Qualifications

• Minimum seven (7) years of monitoring, evaluation, accountability & learning experience.
• At least five (5) years of directly managing staff.
• Minimum of bachelor's degree in political science, sociology, measurement & evaluation, social work, education, public policy or related fields.

Responsibilities

• Lead the development and implementation of a MEAL strategy and approach that is responsive to social justice work and values and builds an organization that regularly uses data for learning, improvement and measuring impact.
• Provide guidance and review for MEAL products to ensure technical soundness as well as clarity and accessibility for non-MEAL audiences.
• Manage MEAL team collaboration with other departments to design MEAL frameworks and capture data that informs decision-making and measures the impact of work.
• Manage collaboration across different departments to support the implementation of community-based accountability practices and tools and to implement in the organization's programs, projects, initiatives, and activities.
• Conduct in-person and remote training on MEAL related topics, and travels as needed.
• Facilitate project brainstorming, design, strategy and planning sessions, and provides technical assistance on MEAL throughout all stages of the project life cycle to programs and teams across the organization.
• Support evaluations and research around the impact of SPLC's work.
• Manage a team of MEAL staff members by hiring, training, mentoring, coaching, assigning duties, setting and monitoring performance and development goals, and conducting performance reviews.
• Perform other duties as required or assigned which are reasonably within the scope of the duties in this job classification.

Skills

Strategic thinker

Analytical mindset

Equity-centered

Community engagement

Collaborative leadership

Learning mindset

Education

Bachelor's degree in political science, sociology, measurement & evaluation, social work, education, public policy or related fields

Job description

The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) invites applications for a Deputy Director, Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning, to advance data-informed learning across our program lifecycle. This role centers equity, community voice, and organizational impact in a national context.

You will lead MEAL strategy, guide cross-departmental collaboration, and support rigorous evaluations while mentoring a team and building capacity for inclusive, accountable programs.