UIC CUPPA Careers Blog: Community School Evaluation Coordinator

Welcome to CUPPA Careers!

The College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs at UIC is the University of Illinois System's home for the study of public policy and contemporary urban challenges. We are CUPPA.

In the heart of Chicago, we offer degrees in fields of study that can change your life and change the world. CUPPA students and alumni are uniquely skilled to build and transform sustainable urban neighborhoods and communities and to address the challenges presented in the 21st century. Find our more about our Bachelors, Masters, and Doctorate degrees at cuppa.uic.edu.

Follow our job postings below and our national job tweets at @CUPPACareers. For student internships and student opportunities, head to the CUPPA Student Opportunities Blog

Have a job or internship to post? Send an email with the title, location, job description, and contact information to cuppa@uic.edu

Position Opening – Please Post

POSITION DESCRIPTION:*Community School Evaluation Coordinator*

__

OVERVIEW:*Coordinate the evaluation of Family Focus’s Community School
programs to support high quality program services and meet funding
requirements.This position works in a team of other professionals in
supporting the use of program outcomes as a method for continuous
program improvement.***

__

REPORTS TO:*Manager of Community School Initiatives*

_ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES_:

·Manage the data collection processes for community school programs
including identifying data that is to be collected, data quality
assurance, documentation and ensuring agency-wide compliance with
meeting deadlines for data collection activities.Collected data includes
grades, test scores, teacher/student/parent surveys, program schedules,
day attendance, program staffing, partners, and student demographics.

·Organize and analyze data for use in grant compliance reporting, annual
written evaluation reports, and continuous program improvement.This
includes running reports from the CTK database, using SPSS, utilizing
school district data reports and excel spreadsheets.

·Compile, write, and design the annual evaluation reports, data
summaries that are useful to inform program staff, stakeholders and
funders on program outcomes, and provide programmatic information that
is supportive of obtaining additional program funding.

·Lead the programs observational site visit process including scheduling
site visits, revising the observation tool and ensuring report completion.

·Maintain the agency’s overall IRB (Institutional Review Board) status
and manage the agency’s data agreements with school districts (including
the CPS RRB).This includes insuring that every participant has a consent
for release of data form on file annually.

·Communicate regularly with agency staff/leadership, community partners,
and stakeholders professionally in writing and verbally to explain
evaluation processes, disseminate findings, make program recommendations
based on outcomes and support program improvement activities.

·Develop and revise evaluation tools as necessary to respond to changing
funding requirements and emerging best practices, including the use of
logic models, developing assessment rubrics and participatory evaluation
processes.

·Monitor progress towards program objectives and ensure that
programmatic activities are aligned with overall program objectives.

·Ensure that programs comply with grant requirements.

·Provide support for staff professional workshops and trainings.

·Will need to travel to sites and schools in the Chicago land area on a
regular basis, therefore a access to a personal vehicle is required.

_REQUIRED SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS_:

·Experience in developing program evaluations and implementing
evaluation processes; including identifying data to be collected,
designing systems to collect data (quantitative and qualitative),
ability to support staff in data collection procedures.

·Knowledge/experience in the community school model, youth development,
family support programs and experience with partner/school collaborations.

·Knowledge/experience in program design, program improvement, and
supporting the development of professional development opportunities
based on evaluation findings.

·Experience in statistical analysis including the use of databases (CTK,
PPICs) and SPSS.

·Ability to coordinate several different projects at one time, meet
multiple deadlines, manage work independently and respond data requests
with short turnaround times.

·Capacity to work in a highly organized manner with attention to detail
is a must due to the volume of data that is to collected and managed.

·Desire to support innovative processes, implement best practices and a
commitment to building and expanding professional skills to support this
position's responsibilities.

·Familiarity with and commitment to the goals and activities of the wide
range of Family Focus program areas including community schools, early
childhood.

·Excellent interpersonal and oral and written communication skills.

·Ability to relate to a diverse group of people.

·Familiarity with Microsoft Word and Excel and use of the internet.

·A minimum of a Bachelor’s degree and two years experience in evaluation
experience is required.

·Familiarity with the Illinois state learning standards is desirable.

Salary commiserate with education and experience

_TO APPLY_: Send letter of intent and résumé to:

Kimberly Kelly, Manager of Community School Initiatives

No phone calls please.

kimberly.kelly@family-focus.org kimberly.kelly@family-focus.org
>

Family Focus is an equal opportunity employer.