- Meets with potential clients, supports the evaluation design and methodology and draft proposals for needs assessments, program evaluation and data collection projects. - Serves on evaluation teams and works with program staff and external partners to develop comprehensive multi-year program evaluation plans (qualitative and quantitative), logic models and key performance metrics associated with objective evaluation, as well as individual time-limited evaluation projects. - Contributes to the development and implementation of program-wide evaluations, data infrastructures, and continuous quality improvement strategies. - Collects primary data through conducting interviews, focus groups, or surveys. - Verifies evaluation plans complement and are consistent with established strategic plans, programmatic requirements and activities, and federal cooperative agreement guidelines. - Performs qualitative evaluation activities, such as design of interview and focus group protocols, coding data, performing analysis using thematic coding and qualitative software programs such as MAXQDA. - Develops evaluation reports, presentations, or manuscripts, writing drafts of study background, methods, results, and recommendations. - Provides recommendations for improvements in processes, programs, and/or policies, as a result of monitoring and evaluation findings and conclusions. - Conducts project management responsibilities, including maintaining schedule and quality of deliverables, and being a point of contact for clients. - Supports evaluation business development efforts, including strategic planning and monitoring of current and future business opportunities.

ADDITIONAL JOB DETAILS:

- Please submit cover letter, transcript and writing sample with application. Candidates should outline in their resume and/or cover letter how they meet the minimum qualifications regarding applicable evaluation coursework/formal training.

- Bachelor’s degree in evaluation or closely-related field from an accredited institution and five years of professional experience in program evaluation, assessment or quality improvement, or a Master’s degree and two years of professional experience in program evaluation, assessment or quality improvement, or an equivalent combination of education, experience and training. - Experience developing and implementing evaluation plans and data collection tools. - Experience conducting qualitative data collection and analysis (focus groups, key informant interviews) and/or quantitative analysis. - Experience with data management, and writing and generating evaluation reports. - Advanced experience using Survey Monkey, Survey Gizmo, Qualtrics, RedCap, or similar applications.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

- Experience with economic evaluation. - Graduate certificate or fellowship training in evaluation or closely-related field. - Experience using MAXQDA, ATLAS.ti, NVivo, or other qualitative data analysis software for analysis. - Experience using R, SAS, STATA or other quantitative analysis software.