Senior Research Scientist Supervisor, Health Program Evaluation

California Department of Public Health; Sacramento (CA); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

California Department of Public Health is seeking a Home Visiting Performance Measurement & Evaluation Unit Supervisor (Research Scientist Supervisor I) to lead scientific and programmatic oversight of home visiting evaluations. You will guide a team in designing studies, ensuring fidelity, and disseminating findings to inform policy and practice.

The role involves collaboration with state and local partners, development of population-based analyses, and creating dashboards that present

Responsibilities

• Provides scientific and managerial leadership to staff for the development and implementation of program evaluation studies and ongoing program fidelity monitoring.
• Uses state-of-the-science approaches in evaluation to lead staff in evaluation conceptualization, design, scope, stakeholder collaboration, theoretical foundation, implementation, analysis, quality improvement, documentation, and dissemination of findings.
• Provides scientific leadership and directs staff in the development and analysis of common statewide metrics of home visiting indicators.
• Collaborates with state and local program implementation teams, national model developers and funders to identify a conceptual framework and performance metrics for implementation and outcomes.
• Directs staff and provides scientific leadership on complex issues related to evaluation and monitoring of home visiting models to support underserved regions and populations.
• Provides scientific and managerial leadership for linking evaluation findings into program practice and policy.
• Collaborates with leadership to develop data-informed methods using population-based data to identify communities in greatest need for services and develop allocation methodologies.
• Leads development of statewide and site-specific data reports to inform monitoring, evaluation, and quality improvement initiatives.
• Directs the development of web-based dashboards presenting state and agency-level metrics for public and site-specific use.
• Directs statewide data system operations for home visiting programs including configuration, data collection, analyses, and quality.
• Leads efforts for collecting participant and program data via contracted SaaS vendors or SharePoint data collection.

Job description

California Department of Public Health is seeking a Home Visiting Performance Measurement & Evaluation Unit Supervisor (Research Scientist Supervisor I) to lead scientific and programmatic oversight of home visiting evaluations. You will guide a team in designing studies, ensuring fidelity, and disseminating findings to inform policy and practice.

The role involves collaboration with state and local partners, development of population-based analyses, and creating dashboards that present