Director of Evaluation and Reporting

Position Details

Position Information

Department Extension & Engagement (TEE) Position Title Specialist 2-Strategic Job Title Director of Evaluation and Reporting Appointment Type Professional Faculty

Job Location Corvallis Benefits Eligible Full-Time, benefits eligible Remote or Hybrid option?

Job Summary

The Division of Extension and Engagement is seeking a Director of Evaluation and Reporting. This is a full-time (1.00 FTE), 12-month, professional faculty position.

This Director of Evaluation and Reporting for the Division of Extension and Engagement (Division) will lead division-wide evaluation and reporting. This position will also partner with individual Extension and engagement programs to direct strategic alignment in evaluation, assessment, and reporting best practices, while telling the exciting story of the impact Extension has in communities throughout Oregon and beyond.

The Division engages with partners internal and external to the university by identifying needs and opportunities, connecting people to educational programs and OSU resources, and co-creating innovative solutions. The Division is core to Oregon State University's mission and helps create real solutions and positive impact across Oregon and beyond. The Division is aligned under the leadership of the Vice Provost for Extension and Engagement.

More information about our Division and its core units and initiatives is available on our website.

OSU Extension, as part of the Division of Extension and Engagement, partners with local communities to provide trusted expertise and science-based knowledge to address critical issues and help every Oregonian thrive. We are committed to creating positive change through programs and providing spaces where each person feels safe and welcome. Our research, programs, partnerships and volunteer opportunities are focused on healthy communities and economies;

resilient and productive forests and natural ecosystems; sustainable agriculture, food systems, and gardening; and thriving youth, individuals and families.

OSU Extension serves communities throughout Oregon and has physical offices in each of Oregon's 36 counties and on the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs Reservation. Extension programs reach close to 100,000 young people annually through club-based, in-school, and out-of-school programming. We engage over 8,000 community volunteers to extend and build capacity among our over 500 employees in six regions and several program areas.

OSU Extension and Engagement enhances the lives of Oregonians, and this position will help evaluate and share our collective impact of outreach and engagement.

The overarching goal of this position is to envision, develop, lead and support a cohesive process for evaluation and reporting between and among Extension and engagement programs. This includes primary responsibility for evaluation and reporting activities for the entire OSU Extension Service, for example the data collection, writing, and submission of the annual USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture's (NIFA) federal report for Extension.

This position also contributes expertise and vision for strategic alignment of evaluation and reporting activities related to OSU Engagement. All work should take place through a lens of equity.

Oregon State University strives to ensure that all educational programs, services, activities, and materials we offer to the public are identified, developed, delivered, and evaluated in an accessible, inclusive, equitable, and socially just manner. OSU division's educational programs, services, activities, and materials are available to all people. OSU division prohibits discrimination in all its programs, services, activities, and materials. All employees are responsible for and expected to comply with Civil Rights obligations and actively work to expand access to all eligible populations.

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