Executive Vice President
Evidence Action
Executive Vice President
Evidence Action
Non-profit scaling evidence-based health interventions
Evidence Action · Nairobi, Kenya (Hybrid) · Full-time · Posted 2026-08-10
Workplace: hybrid
Department: Management
At Evidence Action, we deliver data-driven interventions that transform lives at an unprecedented scale. We identify neglected global health issues and deploy proven solutions, forging healthier futures for generations.
Our model operationalizes leading academic research, including from Nobel-winning economists. We measure progress and outcomes at every stage to ensure we are making a real impact for people living in poverty and suffering from preventable or treatable health issues. Operating across 11 countries, our team of 900+ has reached over 500 million people, working closely with governments to scale these interventions.
At Evidence Action, your colleagues are your greatest asset. You will partner with high-caliber colleagues in an environment blending innovation, autonomy, and teamwork. Our team excels in disruptive thinking and believes in rolling up our sleeves to get things done. If you are looking to work flexibly and with purpose, join a team that delivers measurable change for millions.
Evidence Action was built on the belief that data should drive every decision, from how programs are designed and delivered to how resources are allocated and scaled. Evidence and cost-effectiveness are central to Evidence Action’s comparative advantage; they are what makes us credible and distinctive to government partners and donors alike, and this role will shape how that advantage evolves as we grow.
As the Executive Vice President (EVP), Evidence, you will own the strategic growth and transformation of our Monitoring, Learning, and Evaluation teams, our Cost-Effectiveness arm, and our epidemiology capability at a pivotal organizational moment. This role is for a rigorous, skeptical leader: you will build the teams, systems, and standards that make sure our cost-effectiveness models, evaluations, and monitoring data are right. Everything you do will rest on analytical judgment: the evidence strategy you set, the systems you build, and the scale-up and wind-down decisions you shape are only as sound as your ability to tell strong evidence from weak. We are therefore looking first for exceptional analytical depth, combined with the ability to lead. Our recent Dispensers for Safe Water update reflects the transparent, evidence-first culture this role will help lead; however, we want this role to make sure we find problems like that one ourselves, early.
This is a role with two connected mandates under one leader. You will lead the generation and use of evidence throughout the program lifecycle in close collaboration with programs, while maintaining an independence in your assessment of evidence, surfacing uncomfortable findings when necessary. Bringing these together in one senior role reporting directly to the CEO gives evidence a genuine, empowered voice in our decision-making.
In this role, you will sit on Evidence Action’s Global Leadership Team (GLT), which sets organizational strategy and direction. This is a pivotal opportunity for an executive who can navigate complexity, inspire high-performing teams, and translate evidence into action, driving measurable improvements in millions of lives for years to come.
Your own analytical judgment is at the center of each part of this work:
We are looking for a leader with rigorous technical training who has spent much of their career applying evidence to real program and policy decisions. You may come from a research and evaluation organization (such as J-PAL, IPA, IDinsight, or a World Bank evaluation unit), an implementing organization, a funder, or a university. What matters is a track record of using serious analysis to change what programs actually do. Above all, you combine the analytical depth to judge evidence yourself with the ability to lead.
Location is flexible. You may be based in Washington, DC (our US office), elsewhere in the United States, or in a country where Evidence Action has an office; India, Kenya, and Nigeria are of particular interest. Wherever you are based, field presence is essential: expect roughly 20–30% travel, much of it to program sites, with more in the first year.
Evidence Action provides a comprehensive benefits package for employees worldwide.
*Benefits may differ based on country-specific regulations
Benefits include:
Comprehensive health insurance
Pension/ Retirement savings options
Paid leave
Avenues for engagement and recognition.
Compensation is competitive and commensurate with the individual’s credentials, experience, and internal pay scale.
Evidence Action is an Equal Opportunity Employer with a commitment to representation and inclusion. All individuals, regardless of personal characteristics, are encouraged to apply.
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Non-profit scaling evidence-based health interventions
Evidence Action reduces poverty and improves health by scaling proven, cost-effective interventions in low-income regions. Its programs include Deworm the World, which works with governments to run national school-based deworming programs, and Dispensers for Safe Water, which installs chlorine dispensers at rural water sources to provide safe drinking water. The organization supports governments, communities, and other nonprofits by delivering programs that have been rigorously evaluated for impact and cost efficiency, relying on charitable donations, grants, and partnerships to fund scaling. Unlike groups that offer generic aid, Evidence Action emphasizes evidence-based results and tight use of resources to achieve measurable improvements. The goal is to reach millions more people with proven health and poverty-reduction interventions and to demonstrate clear, scalable impact.
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