Senior Evaluation Associate

Dcsociologicalsociety; Mississippi; On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

The Center for Research Evaluation at the University of Mississippi is recruiting a full-time Senior Evaluation Associate to help grow our Higher Education evaluation portfolio. The Senior Evaluation Associate will design and manage evaluation and applied research projects from start to finish, building strong trusting relationships with clients.

The ideal candidate will have experience with higher education professionals, leading staff, and conducting higher education evaluations and training

Qualifications

• Ideal candidates will have experience working with higher education professionals (faculty, upper administration, undergraduate and graduate students).
• Experience leading or managing staff and conducting higher education evaluations and/or assessments.

Responsibilities

• Design and manage evaluation and applied research projects from start to finish.
• Contribute to proposal writing and grant development; engage in outreach activities such as capacity building workshops, social media, blog posts, and publications.

Job description

"The Center for Research Evaluation is an independent evaluation center housed at the University of Mississippi. We work with communities, universities and other mission-focused organizations to lead meaningful evaluations that enhance the impact of their work. We are recruiting a full-time Senior Evaluation Associate to help grow our Higher Education evaluation portfolio. The Senior Evaluation Associate will design and manage evaluation and applied research projects from start to finish while building strong trusting relationships with our clients. The Senior Evaluation Associate will also apply creative and innovative evaluation designs to ensure that we deliver high-quality, technically sound, and useful evaluations for our clients. Senior Evaluation Associates also contribute to building the Center's profile through proposal writing and grant development, and by contributing to CERE's outreach efforts such as capacity building workshops, social media, blog posts, academic publications, and other outreach activities."

"Ideal candidates will have experience working with higher education professionals (faculty, upper administration, undergraduate and graduate students); leading or managing staff; conducting higher education evaluations and / or assessments; and conducting facilitation (data workshops, trainings, presentations, etc.)."