About the Obama Foundation

At the Obama Foundation, we are guided by a core belief: that ordinary people working together can change history. Our mission is to inspire those people to take action, empower them to change their world for the better, and connect them so they can achieve more together than they can alone.

We were founded by community organizers, so when we seek change, we do it by bringing people together.

That approach begins at home, on the South Side of Chicago, where we are building the Obama Presidential Center. The Center represents a historic opportunity for Chicago: a chance to build a world-class museum and public gathering space that celebrates our nation's first African American President and First Lady, steps away from where he began his career, where she was raised, and where—together—they made their home.

But that approach extends to all our work, whether it's holding leadership training sessions in communities throughout the U.S., bringing local leaders together in countries around the world, working to support the global education of girls, or ensuring young men of color have pathways to opportunity.

As President Obama has said, "we cannot solve the challenges of our time unless we solve them together." So join us.

For more information, please visit www.obama.org.

Purpose of the Role

The Manager, Training & Evaluation is assigned to expand impact across the MBK Network by identifying and leveraging best practices and supporting their replication in other MBK Communities. You will serve as MBKA's liaison for the Foundation's Measurement and Evaluation function. Reporting to the Executive Director, you will be responsible for deepening the public's understanding of MBK Alliance's impact on the lives of boys and young men of color. This is a term position, ending in December 2026.

Core Job Responsibilities

• Assessment: Use data to identify highest performing MBK communities in alignment to the MBK Milestone and distill successful practices and reforms relevant to supporting MBK's mission
• Capacity Building: Support MBK Network communities strengthen their data and evaluation capabilities in order to measure impact across MBK Milestones.
• Network Engagement: Develop and implement engagement strategies for high-performing MBK Communities.
• Program Design: Design evaluation framework and criteria for identifying best practices of models that demonstrate greater effectiveness on behalf of boys and young men of color across MBK Milestones.
• Training: Develop complete learning offerings that help replicate effective programs or practices that serve boys and young men of color across all 6 of MBK Milestones.
• Reporting & Knowledge Management: Synthesize evaluation insights and data from across the MBK Network into reports for internal and external stakeholders
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Key Deliverables / Outcomes

• Catalog of MBK communities best practices and reforms
• Catalog of knowledge products for the use of MBK Network
• Model Community Engagement and Management Plan

Required Qualifications

• Experience monitoring and evaluating training programs using various training evaluation models
• Experience using off-the-shelf or designing training evaluation tools and management systems to collect, store, and analyze data.
• Experience developing training policy and procedures.
• Experience with developing and administering data collection approaches and tools, and conducting qualitative and quantitative data analyses using Excel, Survey Monkey, or other tools
• Experience with creating and presenting oral and written presentations to decision makers
• Ability to work independently for extended periods of time and balance time between several projects simultaneously
• Experience with subject matter expert group facilitation
• Advanced degree in relevant field
• Demonstrated & extensive experience in training and evaluation

In the interest of employee health and safety during the pendency of the COVID-19 global pandemic, the Obama Foundation is requiring that all prospective employees present proof that they are fully-vaccinated against COVID-19, or seek a reasonable accommodation for religious or medical reasons, prior to their first day of employment.

Equal Opportunity Employer

The Foundation is committed to creating a diverse work environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. The Foundation does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, gender identity, religion, sexual orientation, age, disability, parental status, veteran status, or any other protected status under applicable laws. We encourage individuals of all backgrounds to apply. If you are a qualified candidate with a disability, please e-mail us at careers@obama.org if you require a reasonable accommodation to complete this application.