Evaluation Specialist

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Organization

Woodland Park Zoo

Job Posted

July 12, 2022

Job Category

Job Type

Remote

No

Location

Seattle, WA
United States
This position is grant funded through March 2024. and will lead the evaluation of an initiative focused on building sustainable community partnerships and co-designing empathy-informed programming with community partners. We are looking for someone who enjoys working with dynamic community stakeholders and using participatory approaches in their practice.

The position is hybrid, with time split between working remotely and onsite.

Summary

SUMMARY 

This position is responsible for designing, planning, and conducting evaluation that supports the grant-funded Empathy Collaborative Initiative.   This is a limited duration, grant funded position currently funded through March 31, 2024.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

  • Develop evaluation plans in collaboration with the Empathy Collaborative project teams, leadership, and community partners.
  • Provide mentoring and training opportunities to build evaluation capacity both internally and with external partners.
  • Manage databases, perform quantitative and qualitative data analysis, and report writing.
  • Conduct data collection to evaluate empathy-based programming that is co-designed with community.
  • Evaluate relevant staff trainings focused on culturally responsive practices and effective community engagement.
  • Conduct evaluation that support multi-faceted participatory-research partnership with diverse community partners.
  • Support the empathy projects in cultivating and maintaining positive working relationships with zoo staff, volunteers, and external partners. 
  • Contribute to additional grant-related evaluation projects as needed.  Research content, write articles, blog posts, publications, grant narrative information, communications/interpretive materials, and other materials in support of the empathy projects.

Link to full job description. 

How to apply:

To apply, please submit a resume and cover letter through this link.