Job Description: Manager of Evaluation and Learning
Summary:
Under the direct supervision from the department director, the manager of evaluation and learning is integral to measuring the overall impact of CSPC’s programs in the community. The manager works closely with program staff and partners providing guidance, coaching, and support to ensure the successful implementation of the organization’s measurement plan. Implementing the organization’s measurement plan can include collecting, analyzing, and visualizing quantitative and qualitative data in Spanish and English and managing internal tools and systems (Airtable, Survey Monkey, Google Forms, etc.). Additionally, the
manager collaborates with team members to ensure that they have the data needed to facilitate our internal continuous learning and improvement practice.
Key responsibilities:
· Ensure all programs and partners are supported with their day-to-day evaluation needs (pulling reports, managing surveys, analyzing basic data, etc.)
· Manage the evaluation plan for the organization and ensure milestones and deadlines are met
· Provide needed data for funders and/or partners
· Ensure database and other tools (Survey Monkey, Google Forms, etc.) continue to meet the needs of the organization and its initiatives
Overall goals:
· Support, coach, guide staff and partners to build knowledge and capacity of evaluative practice across the organization and its initiatives to support continuous learning and improvement
· Assist in telling the story of impact that CSPC has on the community it serves
· Utilize culturally-responsive evaluation techniques to implement the organization’s evaluation plan
Preferred Skills and Qualifications:
· Education: A bachelor’s degree in a relevant, related field such as social sciences, public administration, education, public health, public policy or nonprofit management.
· Nonprofit Experience: Three-to-five years of experience working within nonprofit organizations, preferably in roles related to program management and/or evaluation and learning.
· Evaluation Expertise: Demonstrated expertise in program evaluation, including designing and implementing evaluation frameworks, data collection, and analysis of qualitative and quantitative data in English and Spanish.
Experience working with diverse populations in a variety of community-based settings. Skill in presenting complex data in a clear and compelling manner, often using data visualization tools like Tableau or Power BI is ideal.
· Learning and Development: Experience in designing and implementing
organizational learning initiatives, including training and capacity-building
programs for staff and/or stakeholders.
· Data Analysis: Evaluation Capacity Development, proficiency in data analysis tools and software, such as Excel, or statistical software packages, to analyze and interpret program data.
· Project Management: Strong project management skills to coordinate and oversee evaluation and learning projects, including the ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously.
· Grant Management: Proposal evaluation and grantmaking Project Evaluation, Familiarity with grant reporting requirements and the ability to effectively communicate evaluation findings to funders and stakeholders.
· Communication: Strong written and verbal communication skills in English and Spanish to convey evaluation findings to diverse audiences, including staff, donors, program participants, and funders.
· Adaptability: The ability to adapt to evolving organizational needs and emerging trends in evaluation and learning with diverse populations in a variety of settings.
· Collaboration: Effective teamwork and collaboration skills to work with program managers, staff, and external stakeholders in a hybrid environment (virtual and
in-person)
Ideal Characteristics:
We value candidates whose skills and lived experience have prepared them to understand and uphold our core values of Dignity, Justice, Bravery, and Belonging. The ideal candidate is also:
· Curious and eager to learn, feels comfortable admitting mistakes
· Excited to collaborate with various CSPC team members, across departments and across experience levels
· Proactive, solutions-focused, and willing to tackle a wide variety of projects
· Flexible and comfortable in a rapidly changing, multi-lingual, multi-cultural environment
· Friendly, welcoming, patient, and service-oriented
· Passion for or expertise in k-12 education and a deep understanding of intersectional factors that impact a good education
CSPC does not discriminate in employment or in offering services and programs on the basis of an individual’s socioeconomic class; race; color; religion; creed; ancestry; national origin; age; height; weight; hairstyle; sex; gender identity and/or expression; sexual orientation; marital status; sensory, mental, or physical disability; the use of a trained guide dog or service animal by a person with a disability; medical condition (cancer- or genetic-related); AIDS or AIDS-related condition; family and medical care leave; pregnancy, disability leave; veteran status; the intersection of any of these; or on any other bases prohibited by law.
Values:
CSPC believes strongly in building a workplace that provides everyone with the opportunity to reach their full potential and thrive as both workers and people.
To help achieve that goal, the CSPC seeks to build a culture where our team members have a sense of belonging by feeling physically, emotionally and psychologically safe and respected; the inherent dignity of each person is upheld and celebrated; and Our policies are rooted in justice by being restorative in nature and practice, and centered in community; and Where everyone can practice bravery in the face of fear, experiment, take risks, and learn from mistakes.
Belonging, dignity, justice, and bravery also means centering the voices and experiences of marginalized people and we encourage all qualified candidates to apply, including: women; Black, Indigenous, and people of color; immigrants and refugees; folks who are trans or nonbinary; people who are queer, lesbian, gay, or bisexual; Autistic and neurodivergent people; folks with visible or invisible disabilities; anyone from another historically marginalized group or anyone at the intersection of these groups.
Location:
This position is based in Colorado. All employees must live within Colorado. All employees work remotely, and their home residence is considered their official place of employment.