Coord, Evaluation

Description

About the Organization:

It is an exciting time at the Capital Area Food Bank (CAFB) as we continue to undertake our mission. We know that creating long term solutions to food security requires more than meals. It requires education, training, and collaboration. We are seeking people with strong ideas and a passion to come together to

address the complex interrelated issues of food security, poverty, and equity. We are expanding in multiple ways: providing food for today and addressing the root causes of hunger by partnering with organizations that provide critical services like job training programs, health care and education. Food has the power to transform lives and move everyone forward. Find out how on our website at capitalareafoodbank.org. Let us discuss how food is at the center of everyone's healthy life!

Description:

This position is part of the Analytics Department at the Capital Area Food Bank, which aims to place data at the center of decision-making across all teams. The Evaluation Coordinator will contribute to this mission by supporting evaluation projects focused on understanding the resource-intensity, implementation, and impact of services and programs. Key responsibilities include conducting literature reviews and research on best practices, designing and programming surveys and protocols, collecting and analyzing data, cleaning data, developing reports and deliverables, and helping teams apply findings. The coordinator will report to and collaborate with the Evaluation Manager to provide support, coaching, and consultation across the food bank. This role requires the ability to manage multiple projects with varying content, scope, and levels of evaluation experience among team members. The ideal candidate will be passionate about advancing food security, committed to equitable evaluation and research design, and enjoy working in a collaborative environment.

Essential Functions:

Evaluation Strategy (~20%)

• Conduct background research and draft literature reviews.
• Support the development of logic models, evaluation questions, and indicators.
• Encourage the adoption of evaluation best practices across a wide variety of programs, pilots, and departments .
  
  

Data Collection & Analysis (~50%)

• Serve as our Key Survey System Administrator, overseeing all survey/data collection efforts across the organization ensuring adherence to all best practice research.
• Support and at times, lead, in-person and virtual quantitative and qualitative data collection across the food bank’s network of partners and the clients those partners serve.
• Support and at times, lead, quantitative and qualitative data analysis and develop findings.
• Learn and become proficient in all organizational databases and how they are utilized.
• Contribute to the maintenance of organizational and departmental reports, tools, and dashboards in Excel, Tableau, NetSuite Analytics Warehouse (NSAW) and Key Survey.
• Support the growth and standardization of data collection and analysis across food bank departments.
  
  

Data Use (~30%)

• Support the development of easily digestible evaluation reports and data visuals for internal staff and external stakeholders to communicate evaluation findings.
• Support staff in making programmatic or pilot changes based on evaluation findings.
  
  

Qualifications

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree or suitable experience with program evaluation, research, survey design, or other related field.
• 1-2 years of quantitative research experience, including designing sampling strategies, designing, programming, administering surveys, analyzing data sets, developing reports, and creating data visualizations, preferably within the field of hunger alleviation and food security.
• 1-2 years of qualitative research experience, including designing, collecting, and analyzing qualitative data, preferably within the field of hunger alleviation and food insecurity.
• High proficiency working in survey platforms, preferably Key Survey. This role requires a thorough understanding of basic survey programming.
• High proficiency with Excel, and Microsoft Office Suite. This role requires a high level of proficiency and confidence analyzing and presenting data within Excel.
• Proficiency with Tableau. This role will require developing and updating Tableau dashboards.
• Preferred candidates will have experience with SQL and query writing.
• Experience analyzing data and building maps in GIS platforms is a plus.
  
  

Preferred Qualifications:

• Self-starter; ability to take initiative and proactively identify solutions to challenges.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a collaborative team.
• Advanced organization and time management; ability to effectively and proactively prioritize at times large and varied workload with competing deadlines.
• Honest and effective communication skills.
• Ability to communicate findings accessibly, clearly and succinctly to a variety of audiences.
• Flexible and adaptable to the ever growing and changing needs of different departments across the organization
• Attention to detail; thoroughness in accomplishing a task through concern for all the areas involved, no matter how small.
  
  

Skills & Abilities:

• Strong commitment to equitable evaluation and research design; maintain a client-centered orientation when designing and executing evaluation projects.
• A desire to build relationships with co-workers across departments while working on a variety of projects.
• Commitment to reflection and continuous learning.
• Willingness to ask for and accept support, when needed.
• Willingness to engage in candid and honest conversations and accept feedback.
  
  

Physical Demands:

• Physical activities involve sitting for 80% of the workday. Occasionally lifts office supplies up to 20 lbs. Ability to travel to sites, as needed, throughout the metropolitan area.
  
  

Working Conditions:

• Normal office environment. Some work may take place in our warehouse distribution center, or at our partner agencies.
  
  

Reporting:

• Reports to: Evaluation Manager
  
  

Compensation:

• $72,500 - $77,000/ annually
  
  

Schedule:

• Hybrid schedule available
  
  

NOTE: Nothing in this job description restricts management's right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time.

We Offer: At Capital Area Food Bank, we understand that great people make a great organization. We value our people and offer employees a broad range of benefits including competitive compensation and benefits, free onsite parking, complimentary shuttle to metro, professional development, growth, and volunteer opportunities, fun work in a diverse environment.

Application Process:

• Interested applicants must submit a cover letter and resume. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis.
  
  

EOE STATEMENT

Capital Area Food Bank welcomes and supports a diverse and inclusive work environment. We are committed to equal employment opportunities (EEO) for all applicants seeking employment and for all our employees. CAFB makes employment decisions based on organizational needs, job requirements and individual qualifications without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, marital status, sexual orientation, personal appearance, military status, gender identity or expression, genetic information, political affiliation, educational status, unemployment status, place of residence or business, source of income, reproductive health decision making or any other characteristic protected by law. Additionally, harassment or discrimination based on these characteristics will not be tolerated at CAFB. To perform the essential functions of this position, reasonable accommodations are available to qualified individuals with disabilities.