Senior Program Evaluator: Lead Data-Driven Impact Studies

Allegheny Intermediate Unit; Pittsburgh (Allegheny County); On-site; USD 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Allegheny Intermediate Unit seeks a lead evaluator to manage multiple evaluation projects from planning through completion. Responsibilities include coordinating client relationships, designing evaluations, and disseminating findings.

The role requires advanced data analysis skills, experience with dashboards (Power BI/ArcGIS/Tableau), and strong communication for diverse audiences. Extensive travel to state/national conferences is expected.

Qualifications

• Master's degree in education, evaluation, social sciences, statistics, public policy, public administration, public health, or a related field.
• Three or more years of professional experience conducting program evaluation, applied research, data analysis, or closely related work.
• Demonstrated experience designing and implementing program evaluations using quantitative, qualitative, and/or mixed-method approaches.
• Demonstrated experience cleaning, managing, merging, analyzing, and summarizing large or complex datasets.
• Proficiency with Excel. Experience with one or more statistical or analytical software packages such as SPSS, R, SAS, Stata, Python, or similar tools a plus.
• Preferred experience developing dashboards and interactive data visualizations using Power BI, Tableau, or comparable platforms preferred.
• Preferred experience using ArcGIS or other geographic information systems to analyze, map, or visualize geographic data preferred.
• Demonstrated ability to develop high-quality visual communication products, including charts, infographics, dashboards, presentations, data briefs, or other accessible approaches to communicating evaluation findings.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the lead evaluator for multiple evaluation projects from planning through completion.
• Manage day-to-day client and stakeholder relationships for assigned projects.
• Manage project workplans, timelines, deliverables, and data collection activities.
• Design and implement all phases of program evaluation from design to dissemination.
• Develop and implement data collection methods including surveys, interviews, focus groups.
• Clean, manage, merge, validate, analyze, and interpret data from multiple sources.
• Translate evaluation findings into actionable conclusions and recommendations.
• Develop engaging reports, presentations, infographics, and other communication products.
• Develop dashboards and data visualizations to support performance monitoring and communication of findings.
• Present findings at conferences and with clients; travel for meetings as needed.
• Supervise staff and interns; provide guidance and feedback on deliverables.
• Maintain professional knowledge through ongoing development and participation in meetings and networks.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Skills

Project management

Data analysis

Client relationships

Quality assurance

Stakeholder communication

Leadership

Education

Master's degree in related field

Tools

Power BI

ArcGIS

Tableau

Excel

R

Python

SPSS

Job description

Allegheny Intermediate Unit seeks a lead evaluator to manage multiple evaluation projects from planning through completion. Responsibilities include coordinating client relationships, designing evaluations, and disseminating findings.

The role requires advanced data analysis skills, experience with dashboards (Power BI/ArcGIS/Tableau), and strong communication for diverse audiences. Extensive travel to state/national conferences is expected.