Special Projects Evaluator
DataStaff, Inc is seeking a Special Projects Evaluator for a long-term contract opportunity with one of our direct clients located in Raleigh, NC
*This role is hybrid; 8 days per month will be on-site
Job Description:
The Special Projects Evaluator works with Quality, Population Health, and Evaluation (QPHE) and other business unit leadership to develop comprehensive evaluation plans for various NC Medicaid programs and projects. The Evaluator oversees the implementation of different evaluation plans, providing ongoing and summative monitoring and measurement to ensure activities and services further the goals and objectives of NC Medicaid and NC Department of Health and Human Services, and ensures activities are complementary to QPHE program operations and activities and consistent with the plans and methodologies of external stakeholders and evaluators.
Primary Duties and Responsibilities:
- Collaborates with QPHE and business unit management teams to develop and implement evaluation plans that identify and prioritize activities to be completed during program launch and ongoing deployment.
- Ensures evaluation activities 1) will generate information that is truly useful to stakeholders, 2) can feasibly be answered given available resources and support, and 3) will be sufficiently comprehensive to present a full assessment of the program.
- Works with Program Evaluation team leadership to implement strategies, tools, and data collection plans to track outcomes.
- Stays abreast of and evaluates current trends and practices in public health research and evaluation. Makes recommendations to ensure effective and efficient data collection, dissemination, and reporting.
- Produces periodic reports and presentations for stakeholders and leadership for program management/evaluation purposes; assists with data interpretation.
- Troubleshoots and ensures that data is being collected, archived, and queried in accordance with relevant protocols and evaluation plans.
- Maintain complete and adequate files, records, and documentation.
Education and Experience Requirements:
- Master’s degree or equivalent work experience in public health, exercise science, community development, or a related field of study.
- At least three years of experience developing and implementing evaluation strategies, including surveys, focus groups, and stakeholder interviews.
- At least three years of experience analyzing data and creating reports using available data.
Desired Skills, Knowledge, and Abilities:
- Knowledge of or familiarity with frameworks for program evaluations, especially in public health and/or healthcare settings.
- Ability to train others in the methods of program evaluation, including design, data collection, data analysis, and reporting.
- Ability to engage with, listen to, and learn from a broad range of evaluation stakeholders, encouraging their meaningful participation.
- Commitment to ensuring that evaluation activities are done in a culturally competent manner.
- Ability to work as part of an interdisciplinary team to plan and conduct evaluations.
- Ability to organize and summarize information in a clear and concise manner.
- Ability to understand the context of a program and how it affects program planning, implementation, outcomes, and even the evaluation.
- Ability or experience in the development and use of logic models to describe complex programs.
- Ability to gather data using qualitative and quantitative approaches such as interviews, group processes, participant observation, surveys, electronic data files, or other methods.
- Ability to prepare and present evaluation results in a manner that increases the likelihood that they will be used and accepted by a diverse group of stakeholders.
This opportunity is available as a W2 position with a competitive benefits package. DataStaff, Inc. offers medical, dental, and vision coverage options as well as paid vacation, sick, and holiday leave. As many of our opportunities are long-term, we also have a 401k program available for employees after 6 months.