Assistant Director, Evaluation - Brown School

Washington University in St. Louis; St. Louis (MO); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

The Brown School Evaluation Center at Washington University in St. Louis is seeking an Assistant Director to lead evaluation portfolios and advance data-driven decision making.

You will partner with community and university partners, design mixed-method approaches, and translate findings for diverse audiences. Responsibilities include managing budgets, supervising staff and students, and expanding the portfolio through grants and new scopes of work while staying committed to equity and usability

Qualifications

• Master's degree required in a relevant field.
• Advanced statistical analysis capabilities and data management experience.
• Ability to translate complex findings for diverse audiences.

Responsibilities

• Lead multiple evaluation projects from scope to completion.
• Serve as primary contact for partnerships, ensuring equitable scope.
• Design evaluation methods and lead data collection and analysis.
• Develop dissemination products for prioritized audiences.
• Oversee staff and students and provide feedback.

Skills

Statistical analysis

Data storytelling

Leadership

Education

Master's degree

Tools

SPSS

R

STATA

Excel

Job description

Location

ST. LOUIS, MO 63130

Scheduled Hours

37.5

Position Summary

The Brown School Evaluation Center (the Center) has a mission to partner with social, health, and education organizations to strengthen community impact through evaluation services and training. We were established in May 2015 to be a local, national, and international evaluation resource. We're uniquely positioned in the Brown School at Washington University in St. Louis (WUSTL)-a leading school of social work and social policy.

The Center partners with community-based organizations, philanthropic and governmental funders, and departments of WashU to develop strategy, facilitate evaluation planning, implement evaluations, and build evaluation skills. Rooted in values of partnership, equity, diversity, and usability, the Center supports our partners through collaborative and customized evaluation approaches that help organizations make data driven decisions and communicate their impact.

The assistant director will work closely with Center leadership, staff, and graduate student assistants to support partner organizations in evaluating initiatives, programs, and services. The individual will manage a portfolio of funded projects and identify opportunities to expand this portfolio including grant and scope of work development. The role involves facilitating participatory evaluation processes, designing and implementing mixed-method approaches, overseeing quantitative and qualitative data collection and analysis, and translating findings into insights that inform decision-making and improvement.

They will also contribute to advancing the Evaluation Center's mission through developing relationships with community and university partners, disseminating learnings in the field, and supporting the advancement of evaluation practices utilized by the Center. In addition to leading their own portfolio, the assistant director will support projects led by other team members when their skills and time are needed.

An individual in this position will have advanced statistical analysis capabilities and experience while also the willingness to work with imperfect datasets and ability to translate complex concepts to a wide range of audiences.

Primary Duties & Responsibilities:

Evaluation Portfolio Leadership

• Serve as project lead on multiple evaluation/research projects from scope development through completion with support and oversight of Center director or associate director
• Serve as primary point of contact and decision-maker for assigned partnerships ensuring projects are partner-led and equitable
• Design evaluation methods with consideration for context and purpose
• Lead quantitative and qualitative data collection and analysis
• Facilitate co-interpretation with appropriate interest holders
• Develop dissemination products for prioritized audiences that support decision-making and action
• Delegate, provide feedback, and approve project components and tasks to staff and student team members

Statistical Analysis and Data Management

• Identifies appropriate analytic procedures, develops, and implements analysis plans or supervises others to do so
• Conducts statical analyses of quantitative data using analysis programs (e.g., SPSS, R, STATA, Excel), interpret statistical test results, and summarize findings for team interpretation.
• Support data interpretation with partners and dissemination product development as needed.
• Identifies data management approach for partner data collection, determines appropriate data management platform (e.g. Excel, AirTable), creates wireframe of relational database, and builds database or supervises others to do so
• Provide input and feedback across projects related to statistical analysis and data management as requested

Operational Coordination

• Develop and manage project budgets in partnership with Center leadership to ensure projects are staffed and funds are spend appropriately to meet deliverables
• Coordinate purchase of materials and incentives necessary to complete projects
• Inform staff assignments and performance evaluations based on staff engagement with their project portfolio
• Supervise staff and students directly and indirectly as projects require

Perform other duties as assigned

Working Conditions:

Job Location/Working Conditions

Normal office environment

Ability to move to on and off-campus locations

Physical Effort

Typically working at a desk or table

Repetitive wrist, hand or finger movement

Equipment

Office equipment

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work performed by people assigned to this classification. They are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all job duties performed by the personnel so classified. Management reserves the right to revise or amend duties at any time.

Required Qualifications

• Education: Master's degree
• Certifications /Professional L