The IKEA vision is to create a better everyday life for the many people. “Caring for people and the planet” is one of our core values. The vision and the IKEA values guide us in everything we do. The IKEA Direction leading up to 2025 sets the main priorities for IKEA from now to 2025. One of the three main priorities is to have a positive impact on people, society and the planet. 
We are looking for passionate people that want to make a difference. If that sounds like you, come and join us. Together we can do great things.

About you
Joining a new team where things are not yet set in stone sounds like a great situation to you, because you thrive on the dynamics of a changing and fast-paced environment. You are eager to play a vital role in setting up our ways of working with social entrepreneurs and intermediaries. You love data analyses and doing something useful with the insights you have gained. You want to create results and business impact. You believe in continuous learning. Sharing your knowledge and being curious to learn from others, comes naturally to you. 

What’s more, we believe that you have the following knowledge, capabilities and motivation:

• Live and share the IKEA values every day.
• Interested in and passionate about social entrepreneurship and social business and its role in creating a better everyday life.
• A large network outside of IKEA within the Monitoring & Evaluation Community.  
• Master’s degree in a relevant field and 5+ years of experience working in the field of measurement and evaluation, in technical and management capacities.
• Ability to think critically and analytically to draw sound conclusions on the basis of complex data. 
• Capability to frame complex issues in clear and simple language.
• Good knowledge of working with data analyses and visualising evidence to inform strategy, policy and management decisions.
• Actively building trustful relationships and networks with people internally and externally.
• Good knowledge of best practices in social sector measurement, evidence standards, of structuring and managing monitoring and evaluation programs, grants and contracts and of cost-effectiveness within monitoring and evaluation.

About the role
As Monitoring, Evaluation & Learning (MEL) Specialist you will create the systems for the newly established entity IKEA Social Entrepreneurship BV to be able to monitor and evaluate our social impact goals. This means that you:

• Lead the initiative’s efforts to use data and evidence to support partnerships and funding strategies.
• Enable the team to apply appropriate MEL objectives and metrics in the strategy and programmes and to continuously evaluate and develop them.
• Lead and oversee implementation of guidelines and standards for generating and using evidence for decision-making.
• Lead and oversee an impact measurement framework for the initiative including objectives and metrics at an organisational, programme and partnership level.
• Enabling the team in developing and executing learning agendas across the initiative and partnerships.
• Lead and/or enabling evaluations and other measurement initiatives for specific programmes and partnerships.
• Contributing with independent advice, guidance and trouble-shooting to impact measurement and evaluation of complex programmes and partnerships to ensure the effective and timely resolution of issues.
• Lead the development of a performance reporting tool of partnerships.
• Enable excellent external relationships within learning and evaluation partners to help build the strategic networks that advance the initiative’s agenda.

This is a senior role, and you’re up to it – but you’re also not afraid to get your hands into things and do what needs to be done.

About the assignment
The purpose of IKEA Social Entrepreneurship is to:

• Leverage the social impact of the IKEA business, by accelerating the movement of social entrepreneurship and social businesses.
• Provide a knowledge hub, develop programs, financial tools and a co-worker engagement platform through a combined set-up between philanthropy and business.

IKEA Social Entrepreneurship will focus especially on livelihoods, equality and inclusion. By setting social impact goals, making long-term commitments and creating partnerships we can take on and contribute to solving big, complex social challenges.

About Inter IKEA Group 
Inter IKEA Group brings together three core businesses: Franchise, Range & Supply and Industry. Together we work constantly to improve the IKEA home furnishing offer and make it more accessible for the many people. 
Our aim is to provide our partners in the franchise system with the best conditions to implement and operate the IKEA Concept, and to create a strong foundation for future expansion and growth. Read more about us at http://www.inter.ikea.com/

A few more details for you
This full-time (40 hours) position is temporary until 31 December 2018. You will be based in Delft, the Netherlands. Travel will be required. 

Please send your application – CV and motivation – in English by Thursday 26 July 2018 and tell us why you want to work at IKEA and why you would be a good fit for this role. We look forward to hearing from you!