Senior Director of Learning – Impact

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Lead and manage Thousand Currents’ values-driven organizational learning framework and approach.

• Collaborate with the Executive Team to establish systems, culture, and practices that encourage learning and demonstrate impact.

• Enhance learning systems, tools, processes, and the online Learning Platform.

• Set annual priorities and budget for the Learning & Impact function.

• Create methodologies, standards, processes, and tools for data collection, analysis, collective sensemaking, and adaptation.

• Integrate data and learning practices across teams and uphold annual information-aggregation cycles.

• Assist in data collection from grantee partners and oversee quality control and analysis.

• Promote responsible data practices throughout the organization.

• Craft compelling narratives and strategically disseminate learning in collaboration with the Communications Team.

• Cultivate relationships and facilitate organization-wide reflections, collective sensemaking, and team-based reflection.

• Provide technical support to teams incorporating learning systems and practices.

• Encourage evidence- and data-informed decision-making and organizational performance reviews.

• Attract, nurture, mentor, and retain high-performing team members.

• Oversee staff policies, workloads, collaboration, and team support.

• Engage in staff meetings, retreats, trainings, organizational activities, fundraising initiatives, and annual events.

• Handle routine administration, receipts, reimbursements, scheduling, travel arrangements, filing, and HR documentation.

• Exemplify Thousand Currents’ values and contribute to a positive organizational culture.

⛳️ Requirements

• Over 10 years of senior-level experience in leading learning, evaluation, applied research, or a similar field.

• Background in social justice philanthropy, movement-aligned organizations, applied research institutions, or similar environments.

• Familiarity with one or more thematic areas, such as food sovereignty, agroecology, energy democracy, climate justice, stewardship of the commons, or economic justice.

• Experience collaborating with social justice and movement formations, particularly within the global majority.

• Proven history of developing and implementing processes that enhance rigor and learning across an organization.

• Demonstrated ability to cultivate trust-based relationships and effective collaboration.

• Strong project management skills and exceptional organizational abilities.

• Experience with CRM and/or knowledge management systems.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the capability to convey complex concepts clearly.

• Experience leading significant analytical and knowledge products, including strategic reflections, evaluations, retrospective studies, and case studies.

• Proficient facilitation skills and experience creating environments for collective sensemaking and reflection.

• Adaptability, creativity, and the ability to contribute at both strategic and tactical levels.

• Humility, self-awareness, accessibility, intellectual curiosity, and a genuine team-oriented mindset.

• Capacity to work effectively in a fully remote, geographically dispersed, and culturally diverse team across multiple time zones.

• Willingness to travel up to 10% of the time.

• A valid passport is required.

• Visa sponsorship and relocation assistance are not available.

• Submission of a resume or CV along with a targeted cover letter is required.

🏝️ Benefits

• Annual salary of $152,000 USD.

• Fully remote work arrangement.

• Flexible work environment.

• Reasonable accommodations provided in accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990.

• Up to 10% annual travel opportunities.

• Opportunities for professional development through participation in staff meetings, retreats, trainings, and organizational activities.