Impact Measurement & Learning (India)

Purpose builds and supports movements to advance the fight for an open, just, and habitable world. We use public mobilisation and storytelling to help leading organisations, activists, businesses, and philanthropies engaged in this fight, and we create campaigning labs and new initiatives that can shift policies and change public narratives when it matters most.

To do this, Purpose brings together world-class talent from the world of creatives, content development, storytelling, campaigning, grassroots organising, and political strategy to build new creative campaigning models.

Guided by smart strategy and powered by participation, our work reframes issues, engages new audiences, shifts public discourse, and ultimately drives targeted action and creates lasting impact. Join the team that made all this work!

Purpose is seeking a contractor to join our Impact Measurement & Learning (IML) team and provide support across multiple active projects. 

The ideal candidate is an agile problem solver who understands how to implement measurement and evaluation frameworks for strategic communications interventions, surface insights based on research, help teams integrate critical learnings to optimise their work, and contribute to periodic client-facing impact reporting. They must be adept at building effective measurement frameworks, understand what it takes to develop a string Theory of Change, and be able to work in a fast-paced environment with multiple stakeholders. 

Given our work encompasses a wide variety of geographies and staff of many different backgrounds, candidates with experience working in diverse, global, and/or remote teams will be at an advantage.

We are open to candidates based in Delhi or Mumbai. Purpose operates as a hybrid organisation and the person in role will be required to work in-person with project teams a few times a week. The role is offered as a Freelance/Contract position with a time commitment of 40 hours a week for 6 months starting in November 2024, with a possibility for conversion to Full Time Employment or extension at the end of that period (depending on needs and budgets). The person in this role will be reporting to the Associate Director of IML based in Mumbai. 

• Contribute to the development and refinement of measurement & evaluation frameworks and strategies for communications-centric or public advocacy work around issues related to climate action and equity;
• Deploy M&E frameworks for campaigns and support data collection and analysis on a daily basis;
• Identify learnings and insights from the data collected over the course of the project to fulfil reporting requirements;
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary, cross-functional project teams and offer regular support to teams on measurement & evaluation methodologies, resources, or tools for rigorous impact measurement; 
• Build relationships and facilitate productive M&E related collaboration with multiple internal and external project stakeholders;
• Confidently present and facilitate discussion on project results, learnings and impact to clients, partners, stakeholders, and other non-technical audiences in a clear, structured, and effective manner; 
• Ensure that our approaches to research, data analysis, and measurement & evaluation centre diversity, equity, and inclusion while also meeting project needs, and furthering our commitment to social impact

• 4+ years of relevant work experience in impact assessment or evaluation focused roles, logframe and indicator development, regular project monitoring especially related to social impact, public campaigning and advocacy, or progressive causes. 
• A proven ability to support implementation of bespoke monitoring and evaluation for social impact and advocacy, including data analysis, facilitation, and reporting.
• Experience of working on behaviour change campaigns, coalition/collective building and public advocacy is desirable.
• Fluency with tools for media monitoring, qualitative analysis and knowledge management.
• Qualitative and quantitative research and monitoring skills.
• Hindi fluency required. Professional language proficiency in English is required. Additional proficiency in Marathi would be a plus.
• A passion for issue-based or political activism and a belief in Purpose’s work combining co-creation, storytelling, evidence, and innovation to inspire people to remake the world.
• Ability to manage diverse activities and to meet deadlines required; flexibility to changing situations and priorities desired.
• The ability to work well under pressure, maintaining quality and attention to detail under real-world deadlines, in a fast-paced agency or start-up setting. 
• High bar for quality, rigour and integrity.

Purpose takes on some of the biggest challenges in the world, which affect people of different identities and backgrounds in different ways. We are stronger and most effective with a diverse team leading the change and are committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. As an equal opportunity employer, we welcome the unique contributions that individuals bring in terms of their education, opinions, culture, ethnicity, race, sex, gender identity and expression, nation of origin, age, languages spoken, veteran’s status, caste, religion, disability, sexual orientation and beliefs.