Manager, Impact & Evaluation

Duties and Responsibilities

• Support the full life-cycle of program evaluation and impact assessment projects, including scoping and design, fundraising, implementation of evaluation and assessment efforts, and communicating findings to a range of audiences in both written and verbal communication formats.
• Implement and manage program evaluations across the various programs, working closely with various Executive staff.
• Assess organizational performance against strategic goals and communicate the impact of our work, by supporting both internal and externally-focused data collection efforts.
• Coordinate and support program evaluations conducted by external consultants and third-party researchers.
• Manage and respond to ad hoc requests for information about our impact assessment and evaluation efforts from staff and our organizational partners including existing and potential funders.
• Synthesize information and develop dynamic reports and findings in a variety of forms that effectively communicate HCC's impact, progress or challenges in achieving our strategic goals.
• Support HCC's work as a Community thought leader in the field - identifying ways to document and share findings and best practices to build the evidence-based support for our work.
• Assist in HCC's strategic efforts to develop outcome-focused action plans and program evaluation strategies across Enterprise departments.
• Assist in embedding evaluation and impact assessment into the design and writing of fundraising proposals.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree with an emphasis in evaluation, research methods, city planning, public policy, or a related field with minimum 3 years of demonstrated relevant evaluation experience in the fields of community development, public policy, government, or nonprofit management.
• Direct experience working on the full life-cycle of program evaluation and impact assessment projects, including scoping and design, fundraising, implementation of evaluation and assessment efforts, and communicating findings to a range of audiences in both written and verbal communication formats.
• Excellent project and client management skills required, with the ability to work on multiple projects at once.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills required, with experience creating deliverables and written reports for a variety of technical and non-technical audiences.
• Must value working in a small collaborative environment.
• Must demonstrate initiative, good judgment, resourcefulness and problem-solving skills.
• Familiarity with basic statistics and data interpretation skills required.
• Must have strong project management skills and be able to work independently to move projects from creation to completion, as appropriate, with limited support and guidance from a supervisor or senior team member.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment with multiple projects moving at once.
• Strong experience in Microsoft Office applications, including Excel, is required. It is helpful to have experience with Salesforce or other CRM systems as well as advanced analysis software (Stata, R, Tableau, Geographic Information Systems, etc.).

COMPENSATION

Competitive salary & benefits including generous paid time off policy, and paid holidays.

How to Apply:

To apply for this position, please email your resume and cover letter including the following subject line: Impact & Evaluation Manager to:

NOTE: Only those candidates under consideration will be contacted.

If you do not have access to email, mail your cover letter & resume to:

Human Resources

Harlem Commonwealth Council, Inc.

361 West 125th Street - New York, New York 10027

Website: www.harlemcommonwealth.org