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🏢 About Sightsavers
Sightsavers is unique as an international organization that combines sight protection with disability rights advocacy, operating programs in over 30 countries. Working here offers the opportunity to contribute to evidence-based interventions that directly impact marginalized communities through both service delivery and systemic change. Their dual focus on immediate health outcomes and long-term policy influence makes them a distinctive player in global development.
About This Role
This contract role involves designing and implementing evaluations of Sightsavers' programs, providing methodological guidance to teams, and translating data into actionable insights for organizational learning. The position is impactful because your evaluations will directly inform program improvements and advocacy strategies, ensuring resources are effectively deployed to protect sight and advance disability rights globally.
💡 A Day in the Life
A typical day might involve virtual meetings with program teams in Africa or Asia to design evaluation frameworks, analyzing survey data from eye health initiatives, and drafting sections of an evaluation report that links findings to disability rights outcomes. You could also participate in remote workshops to present preliminary findings and collaborate with advocacy staff to translate evidence into policy recommendations.
🚀 Application Tools
🎯 Who Sightsavers Is Looking For
- Has 5+ years of experience designing and conducting mixed-methods evaluations for international development or public health programs, preferably in disability inclusion or eye health
- Demonstrates expertise in evaluation frameworks like Theory of Change, outcome harvesting, or participatory evaluation approaches relevant to disability-inclusive programming
- Possesses strong analytical skills with experience in both quantitative (e.g., SPSS, Stata) and qualitative (e.g., NVivo, Dedoose) data analysis software
- Shows proven ability to communicate complex evaluation findings to diverse stakeholders through clear reports and presentations that drive decision-making
📝 Tips for Applying to Sightsavers
Highlight specific evaluation projects related to disability inclusion, eye health, or rights-based programming—Sightsavers prioritizes sector-relevant experience
Quantify your impact in previous roles (e.g., 'evaluation findings led to a 20% program adjustment in X initiative') to demonstrate actionable results
Tailor your resume to include keywords from Sightsavers' mission, such as 'disability rights,' 'inclusive development,' or 'evidence-based advocacy'
If you have remote evaluation experience, emphasize your ability to manage decentralized data collection and virtual stakeholder engagement
Reference Sightsavers' current programs (e.g., their work in trachoma elimination or inclusive education) to show genuine understanding of their priorities
✉️ What to Emphasize in Your Cover Letter
['Your experience with evaluations in disability-inclusive or health-related programs, specifically how your work has influenced program design or policy', "A concrete example of how you've supported organizational learning through evaluation findings, such as facilitating workshops or creating knowledge products", 'Your adaptability to remote consulting, including experience with cross-cultural teams and managing evaluations across different time zones', "Alignment with Sightsavers' rights-based approach, demonstrating understanding of how evaluation contributes to both service delivery and advocacy goals"]
Generate Cover Letter →🔍 Research Before Applying
To stand out, make sure you've researched:
- → Review Sightsavers' current programs and strategic plan (2022-2026) to understand their evaluation priorities, such as their work on inclusive eye health or disability rights advocacy
- → Study their recent evaluation reports or research publications to identify methodological approaches and gaps where your expertise could add value
- → Explore their organizational values and rights-based framework, particularly how they center people with disabilities in program design and measurement
- → Look into their key partnerships (e.g., with WHO or local disability organizations) to understand the ecosystem in which their evaluations operate
💬 Prepare for These Interview Topics
Based on this role, you may be asked about:
⚠️ Common Mistakes to Avoid
- Submitting a generic evaluation portfolio without examples related to health, disability, or international development—Sightsavers seeks sector-specific expertise
- Overemphasizing academic research experience without demonstrating practical application of evaluations to program improvement or organizational learning
- Failing to acknowledge the remote nature of the role by not addressing how you'd manage stakeholder engagement and data collection across different regions
📅 Application Timeline
This position is open until filled. However, we recommend applying as soon as possible as roles at mission-driven organizations tend to fill quickly.
Typical hiring timeline:
Application Review
1-2 weeks
Initial Screening
Phone call or written assessment
Interviews
1-2 rounds, usually virtual
Offer
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