Grant Impact Analyst, Alcoa Foundation

Shape Your World

At Alcoa, you will become an essential part of our purpose: to turn raw potential into real progress.

The way we see it, every Alcoan is a work-shaper, team-shaper, idea-shaper, world-shaper.

At Alcoa, you’re an essential part of our purpose: to turn raw potential into real progress.

This is an opportunity for you to bring your wealth of experience to the team and help shape the future of sustainability with world-changing innovations and low-carbon technologies.

You have the power to shape things to make them better.

About the role:

In this new role, you will play a big part in strengthening Alcoa Foundation’s granting program by providing robust Monitoring, Evaluation, and Reporting (MER) support.

The role will collaborate with Alcoa global locations in the development and management of Alcoa Foundation grant projects as well as support Alcoa Foundation grant recipients with MER activities to enhance Alcoa Foundation reporting and communications.

You will also support development of Alcoa Foundation reporting and communications materials.

Major responsibilities include:


* Provide MER support for Alcoa Foundation grant projects


* Assist with development of grant performance framework that aligns with Alcoa Foundation’s priorities.


* Guide the creation and implementation of MER plans, including protocols for data collection, verification, and reporting to ensure transparency and accountability.


* Support the preparation, review, and dissemination of grant impact reports, ensuring quality and consistency.


* Consolidate and analyze data from grant projects across Alcoa Foundation’s portfolio.


* Contribute to the development of tools, resources, and processes that enhance Alcoa Foundation’s grant impact measurement and reporting systems.


* Collaborate with internal teams to create training material and capacity-building activities.


* Provide regular updates on grant program impacts using data visualization techniques and tools.


* Provide grant impact data and narrative for internal and external reports, such as Alcoa Foundation’s annual report, Alcoa’s Sustainability Report, and quarterly board of directors’ meetings.


* Prepare case studies that showcase the impact of Alcoa Foundation’s grants to internal and external stakeholders.


* Ensure Alcoa Foundation reporting and application templates are up to date and capture contributions and outcomes.

What you can bring to this role:


* Bachelor’s degree in relevant field (corporate social responsibility, sustainable development, economics, sociology). 


* Minimum 3 years of experience in Monitoring, Evaluation and Reporting (MER) for philanthropic projects and/or sustainable development.


* Strong qualitative and quantitative research skills


* Experience analyzing and presenting information clearly and accessibly 


* Excellent English verbal and written communication skills; profic...