Research and Evaluation Specialist Part-Time

Job Description

Job Description

MISSION STATEMENT :

Eliminate racism, empower women, and promote peace, justice, freedom and dignity for all.

PRIMARY FUNCTION : The Research and Evaluation Specialist serves as a data analyst / evaluator for all YWCA Kalamazoo programing. This position will work collaboratively with department directors to conduct evaluation activities and qualitative and quantitative analyses with a particular focus on integrating client experience across programs.

QUALIFICATIONS :

• Bachelor or Master’s degree in Evaluation, Economics, Education, Statistics, Business, Psychology, Public Health, Social Work, or International Development preferred.
• Must pass criminal, child abuse and neglect, and sex offender background checks.
• Knowledge of the principals, practices, and procedures of research and program evaluation practices.
• Three years of previous experience conducting quantitative and qualitative analyses, program evaluation, research, quality improvement, inferential statistics, and / or data management.
• Strong skills for manipulating, analyzing, and visualizing a wide variety of data sets.
• Knowledge of data visualization skills to create one-pagers and reports.
• Experience conducting statistical analysis using a software package (e.g. SPSS, SAS, R).
• Experience conducting qualitative analysis.
• Experience in conducting interviews and focus groups with marginalized populations.
• Ability to explain data analysis and results to a variety of audiences at different competency levels.
• Proficiency in survey design and data collections tools such as Survey Monkey, Qualtrics, and Google Survey.
• Proven success in project / program management tools such as Asana and Google Tasks.
• Demonstrated success in data management and reporting.
• Demonstrated ability to work well with people from diverse backgrounds.
• Proficient at queries, writing reports, and making presentations.
• Experience in internal and external evaluation.
• Well-versed in social justice-based evaluation, such as Transformative, Culturally Responsive, and Equitable Evaluation.
• Proven proficiency in using technology or comfort in learning new technology.
• Ability to juggle multiple projects simultaneously in a fast-paced, high demand environment.

The following statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed. They are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required.

RESPONSIBILITIES :

Assists with the development of evaluation procedures / protocols and the development of data collection instruments.

WORKING CONDITIONS AND ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS :

TRAINING REQUIREMENTS :

The above is intended to describe the general content of and requirements for the performance of this job. It is not to be construed as an exhaustive statement of duties, responsibilities or physical requirements. Nothing in this job description restricts management’s right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Equal Opportunity Employer