Services.
Fractional Strategic Advisor
Part-time senior leadership — working alongside your team as programs run.
As a fractional advisor I work alongside your team on an ongoing basis — connecting strategy to execution, defining what success looks like, and making sure data informs decisions and gets used. This role sits between strategy, operations, and evaluation. I bring the oversight and accountability infrastructure that typically lives inside large institutions.
Current work includes partnering with a 60+ branch national membership organization to establish measurable outcomes across seven program areas and connect branch-level data to national priorities for the first time.
WHAT THIS TYPICALLY INCLUDES
Monthly strategy sessions with leadership
Oversight of data, reporting, and performance tracking systems
Staff guidance on using evidence effectively for decisions and communications
Quarterly learning brief summarizing progress, patterns, and recommendations
Stakeholder and funder reporting support as needed
Program Evaluation & Learning
Find out what’s working.
Engagements are rigorous but practical, tailored to your goals and your team's capacity. The result is honest, evidence-based insight you can act on — informing decisions, strengthening programs, and communicating results to funders and stakeholders.
Work has included designing and leading evaluation systems across a multi-partner federal health workforce portfolio, coordinating data collection across institutional partners and maintaining survey response rates above 80 percent.
WHAT THIS TYPICALLY INCLUDES
Review of current strategy, goals, and existing performance measures
Evaluation design and data collection — surveys, interviews, focus groups, document review
Analysis and synthesis of findings
Final report with clear, actionable recommendations
Ongoing monitoring and learning systems to track progress and support improvement over time
Grant Strategy & Program Design
Winning grants starts before the writing begins.
A strong proposal is built on a well-designed program — clear goals, a credible outcomes framework, and a narrative that speaks directly to what a funder cares about. Itera Partners works with organizations at both ends of that process: helping shape the program itself, then articulating it compellingly in the proposal. This includes review of funder priorities, stakeholder and needs assessment where relevant, and post-award support to ensure tracking and reporting systems are in place before the work begins.
Recent work includes supporting a New York cultural organization in securing its first NYC Department of Cultural Affairs grant through program design and outcomes framework development.
WHAT THIS TYPICALLY INCLUDES
Review of funder priorities and alignment with your programs
Program design support — clarifying goals, activities, and outcomes framework
Needs assessment where it strengthens the proposal
Proposal writing and editing, including narrative and evaluation sections
Post-award support: tracking systems and reporting frameworks
Whether you have a specific project in mind or are just exploring, let's talk.