Research & Evaluation Strategy Lead

Liliʻuokalani Trust; Honolulu (HI); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

The Senior Manager, Research & Evaluation at Liliʻuokalani Trust leads a portfolio of research and evaluation projects, partnering with program and operations teams to inform strategic decisions and improve services for Native Hawaiian wellbeing.

You will design and implement an evidence-based agenda, co-develop standard methods, and build accessible data tools while coaching managers across LT to strengthen data-informed practice.

Qualifications

• Doctoral degree that includes advanced study of social science research and/or evaluation methods.
• Master's degree with 8-10 years of equivalent experience.
• Progressively-responsible, directly-related work experience, including conducting developmental evaluation.
• Facilitative leadership and mentorship training and experience.
• Experience coaching knowledge workers.
• Possess the cultural knowledge and skills to work respectfully and effectively in a Hawaiian-serving organization and with local communities.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement a Research and Evaluation agenda that identifies timely, high-priority questions to guide strategic, tactical, and operational decision-making.
• Build and lead a portfolio of research, assessment, and evaluation projects at the strategic and tactical levels.
• Co-lead the development of standard evaluation methods and data collection tools for program evaluation.
• Support the development of and updates to LT's assessment tools.
• Serve as the embedded evaluation partner for the Liliʻuokalani Center and other programs as determined necessary and appropriate.
• Collaborate with program and operations teammates to interpret data from a wide range of sources and utilize it to strengthen program and service planning and delivery.
• Assist in the design of strategies, tactics, programs, and services by bringing the research and evaluation toolkit into partnership with program teammates.
• Coaching Research and Evaluation Managers and build capacity across LT.

Skills

Leadership

Coaching

Data-informed decision making

Cross-functional collaboration

Research & Evaluation

Publications/Presentations

Education

Doctoral degree in social science research/evaluation

Master's degree with 8–10 years equivalent experience

Job description

The Senior Manager, Research & Evaluation at Liliʻuokalani Trust leads a portfolio of research and evaluation projects, partnering with program and operations teams to inform strategic decisions and improve services for Native Hawaiian wellbeing.

You will design and implement an evidence-based agenda, co-develop standard methods, and build accessible data tools while coaching managers across LT to strengthen data-informed practice.