Temporary Program Specialist

Essential Job Duties

Position will oversee monitoring, evaluation, data collection, and learning to ensure accountability and continuous improvement. They will design the evaluation framework, train partners in consistent reporting, manage secure data, and conduct data collection and analyses to assess progress and impact. The specialist will prepare reports for stakeholders, facilitate feedback loops to refine programming, and coordinate with other regional FRSAN networks to align measures and contribute to national reporting.

• Design and manage the project's monitoring, evaluation, and learning frameworks.
• Design and administer baseline and periodic assessments with network membership, to identify gaps and opportunities, inform project strategic directions and partner needs, and cross-state collaboration.
• Refine network logic models, establish benchmarks and create performance measurement plans, develop outcome measures and data-collection tools, for all major project components.
• Establish and maintain data management and reporting systems across project areas.
• Work closely with the project coordinator and support project communications by collecting partner feedback on digital tools' usability and accessibility, providing needed evaluation data and performance measures for
• Work with Project Directors to deliver ongoing training, peer learning, and support for program piloting and evaluation.
• Attend FRSAN national and regional meetings including regional working group meetings.
• Establish data, evaluation and reporting infrastructure and databases to gain feedback and guide continuous improvement of partner-led farm stress efforts.
• Produce reports from databases to monitor and evaluate project activities and progress towards objectives.
• Work with partner universities to develop farm resource databases and coordinate with 4-H mapping of resource databases
• Support partner work to maintain local farmer education and resource sharing
• Support Lead Partner Organizations in applying evaluation insights to improve their programs

Work Schedule: 40/hrs per week between Monday-Friday, 8am-5pm (minor flexibility allowed)

Minimum Experience /

Education:

• Master's degree in Sociology or Psychology
• At least 7 years experience evaluating large scale, multistakeholder projects

Department

Required Skills:

• Experience in applicable evaluation, database and statistical analysis software

Preferred Years Experience, Skills, Training,

Education:

• Experience working on Regional US or National projects
• 10 years experience

Required License or Certification:

• Valid driver's license

• Health Insurance for Temporary Employees
• Enhance your career with LEAD courses
• Attend non-revenue generating sporting events for free.

Job City & State: Raleigh, NC

Department: AHS

Classification

Title:

Temporary-Technical/Paraprofessional

Working Title: Temporary Program Specialist

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