Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning; MEL Manager

Why Join JVS?

JVS is a nonprofit working to close opportunity gaps in employment by supporting jobseekers with the skills and confidence to secure quality careers with family‑sustaining wages. Grounded in core values of repairing the world and focused on helping our program participants achieve economic mobility, we believe everyone deserves access to training and the chance for a good job. JVS develops training programs in close partnership with employers in high‑growth sectors, offering high‑quality jobs.

Building on decades of experience and success, JVS is a data‑driven organization that takes a whole systems approach to addressing employment and economic equity. Through our direct service programs, employer engagement and policy change, JVS is working toward a future where everyone has access to quality education and training programs that lead to high‑quality employment and economic mobility.

The Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MEL) Manager drives organizational learning and continuous improvement at JVS by implementing structured cycles of inquiry, analysis, and adaptation. This role focuses on translating data into actionable insights, facilitating learning processes with program teams, and building organizational capacity for evidence‑based decision‑making. The MEL Manager uses Plan‑Do‑Study‑Act (PDSA) cycles and other improvement frameworks to help programs assess effectiveness, identify opportunities for enhancement, and document lessons learned.

This position plays a critical role in supporting the learning goals of the organization and works closely with the Director of Evaluation and Impact, Manager of Data Systems and Analytics, Salesforce Administrator, Program Directors and other program staff to identify areas for improvement using data, train staff to use reports and dashboards to monitor performance, and build an internal culture of learning and continuous improvement.

• Together with the Director of Evaluation and Impact and the rest of the Evaluation and Impact Team, build an internal culture of learning and continuous improvement and create and update the learning agenda
• Design and facilitate PDSA cycles and other continuous improvement processes with program teams
• Together with program teams, review program outputs and outcomes, identify lessons learned, and generate improvement strategies
• Support teams in developing program logic models, theories of change, evaluation frameworks, and data collection tools such as surveys
• Document and disseminate lessons learned, promising practices, and success stories across the organization

• Design evaluation plans for new programs and initiatives
• Monitor program performance against goals and outcomes using dashboards and reports
• Conduct qualitative and quantitative analyses to assess program effectiveness
• Support frontline staff with insights on areas of success and improvement based on data review
• Ensure accurate data collection for existing grants and contracts, and establish collection processes for new programs to measure outcomes for clients, employer partners, funders and other stakeholders
• Together with program staff and the rest of the evaluation team, streamline data collection processes

• Manage monthly evaluation newsletter and support internal communications regarding lessons learned from analyses and reports
• Present evaluation findings and recommendations to various audiences
• Translate complex data into clear, actionable insights for diverse audiences
• Gather input from stakeholders to inform evaluation priorities and approaches
• Support grant writing and reporting with program performance data and outcomes

• Build the onboarding training system/process for new hires related to evaluation and data use
• Develop training materials on data literacy, evaluation concepts, and continuous improvement
• Train staff to use reports to monitor performance and make data‑informed decisions
• Provide support to program directors and managers in data reporting and interpretation
• Build program staff capacity to interpret and…