Data and Evaluation Manager

Description

United Way for Greater Austin brings our community together to break economic barriers and build opportunity for all. We break the cycle of economic hardships for families and individuals, striving to create a vibrant, thriving community. Recognizing the urgency of addressing economic challenges, we focus on increasing the availability of high-quality early care and education and access to pivotal resources to address financial barriers in Central Texas.

Our united front includes dedicated donors, volunteers, corporate and civic partners, staff, and a connected network of neighbors. Together, we leverage data, community alliances, services, and public engagement to transform Central Texas, responding to urgent needs with lasting, impactful solutions.

The Data and Evaluation Manager plays a critical role in supporting United Way for Greater Austin’s data, measurement, learning, and evaluation efforts across programs, initiatives, and partnerships. This position serves as a highly skilled individual responsible for data collection, analysis, reporting, dashboard development, and evaluation activities that support organizational learning and informed decision‑making. Working collaboratively with staff and community partners, the Data and Evaluation Manager helps ensure the quality, integrity, and usefulness of data while identifying insights that strengthen programs and improve outcomes.

The ideal candidate is analytical, self‑directed, detail‑oriented, and passionate about using evidence to support children, families, and communities.

• Analytical and detail-oriented: You enjoy working with data and take pride in ensuring information is accurate, reliable, and actionable.
• Self-directed and proactive: You take ownership of your work, manage competing priorities effectively, and identify solutions to challenges with minimal oversight.
• Results-oriented: You consistently deliver high-quality work while managing multiple projects and deadlines.
• Collaborative: You build strong relationships and enjoy partnering with colleagues and community stakeholders to achieve shared goals.
• Problem solver: You look beyond reporting requirements to identify opportunities for improvement and stronger outcomes.
• Communicates effectively: You can explain technical concepts, findings, and recommendations in ways that are useful and accessible to diverse audiences.
• Curious and committed to learning: You seek to understand the story behind the data and use insights and conversations with colleagues to support continuous improvement and better outcomes.

• Support the planning, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation of programs, coalitions, grants, and community initiatives.
• Collect, organize, validate, analyze, and interpret data from multiple sources to support decision-making and learning.
• Provide technical leadership, developing sustainable systems for data extraction and transformation. Develop and maintain technical documentation for the organization’s data infrastructure.
• Develop, maintain, and update dashboards, reports, and data visualizations that communicate key performance indicators and outcomes.
• Monitor data quality and troubleshoot data-related issues while identifying opportunities for process and workflow improvement.
• Support evaluation activities, including data collection, analysis, survey administration, and reporting.
• Conduct community-level research and trend analyses to support program planning and strategic decision-making.
• Prepare reports, presentations, and summaries that communicate findings to internal and external…