Assessment & Evaluation Manager

Job Summary

The Assessment and Evaluation Manager is a research faculty position that leads assessment, evaluation, and learning analytics across the Center for Leadership’s student, staff, and faculty programs. This role advances evidence-based improvement by developing assessment frameworks, supporting meaningful learning outcomes, and translating data into actionable insights. Responsibilities include managing complex leadership education data, overseeing survey design and analysis, and producing reports, dashboards, and graphics.

A core responsibility is the design and management of a Leadership Faculty Fellows program, a cohort-based initiative that partners with faculty to evaluate campus leadership programs and strengthen equitable assessment practices. Through this work, the position helps enhance leadership learning outcomes, assessment strategies, and program effectiveness across CU Boulder. CU is an Equal Opportunity Employer and complies with all applicable federal, state, and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment.

We are committed to creating a workplace where all individuals are treated with respect and dignity, and we encourage individuals from all backgrounds to apply, including protected veterans and individuals with disabilities.

The Center for Leadership (CFL) at the University of Colorado Boulder serves as a multidisciplinary leadership hub to support, connect, and elevate leadership programs, resources, and research across the university. The CFL is dedicated to fostering leadership development, collaboration, and innovation among students, faculty, and staff. Our mission is to invest in the leadership potential of all students and elevate leadership education at the University of Colorado Boulder through collaboration with internal and external communities.

• Provide vision and oversight for the design, implementation, and continuous improvement of assessment and evaluation practices for CFL programs.
• Develop and maintain shared leadership learning outcomes aligned with the CFL’s values, models, and institutional priorities.
• Ensure assessment practices support continuous improvement and explicitly “close the loop” by informing program design, pedagogy, and participant experience.
• Align assessment efforts with university, system, and accreditation expectations as relevant.

• Support data gathering and analysis to develop the CFL’s overall data strategy, reworking raw data into clear, actionable insights, and providing the department with a comprehensive understanding of the data's implications for decision-making and planning.
• Lead longitudinal data collection and analysis for leadership education, including coordination of surveys, alumni career outcomes data, and key institutional metrics to support ongoing assessment and strategic decision-making.
• Produce and maintain dashboards and reports to support CFL program assessment, student tracking, and advising, while being a central resource for data location, system integration, and effective use of institutional databases and CRM platforms.
• Design surveys or other evaluation methods to measure effectiveness of CFL programming. Analyze results and create infographics and other materials showing program efficacy.
• Assist with development of executive summaries, slide decks, and other work, providing insights for presentation of visually compelling and persuasive summaries in reports and presentations to internal and external partners.
• Create and maintain complex files, spreadsheets, databases, reports, queries, etc. based on stated objectives and regularly monitor and report on the status and completion rates.
• Be the liaison between Data & Analytics and the CFL.

• Collaborate with the CFL Director and staff on survey design and methodology, providing guidance on standard processes and refining surveys to address needs.
• Design and implement mixed-methods assessment strategies, including surveys, focus groups, interviews, rubrics, and reflective tools.
• Select and apply survey…