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rEvaluation Associate

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rLocation: Inst. for Human Development

rRegular/Temporary: Regular

rJob ID: 607853

rFull/Part Time: Full-Time

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r Workplace Culture

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Special Information

• This position is subject to the availability of funding. The incumbent is not eligible for Service Professional non-renewal notice, or Classified Staff layoff or recall status.

Job Description

The Institute for Human Development (IHD) is an interdisciplinary unit and the oldest Institute at NAU. IHD is housed in the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences on the campus of NAU in Flagstaff, Arizona. IHD is a University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities (UCEDD) emphasizing four core function areas: Research and Evaluation, Interdisciplinary Education and Training, Community Service, and Information Dissemination.

The Evaluation Associate position is funded primarily by two federal grants the U.S. Department of Education Rehabilitation Services Administration (RSA) and the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR). RSA funds IHD to lead the American Indian Vocational Rehabilitation Training and Technical Assistance Center (AIVRTTAC). The person hired into the position will be funded at 50% to complete activities associated with AIVRTTAC. The other 50% will be funded from our NIDILRR award entitled Culturally Appropriate Research in American Indian Employment (CARE).

The selected individual for the role will be a contributing member of the IHD research and evaluation team. The person in the evaluation associate position will work across projects to assist with maintaining a collaborative and organized research team. Under the direction of the IHD Executive Director, the Evaluation Associate will assist with tasks such as tracking project needs, developing evaluation tools, collecting evaluation data, managing data and the preparation of evaluation related materials, to include but not limited to formatting, citations/references, and dissemination. The evaluation associate will also assist with coordination of project related evaluation and research tasks with supporting undergraduate research assistants, and development of materials for the NAU Institutional Review Board (IRB). The work of the Evaluation Associate requires strong written and verbal communication skills.

Evaluation and Research Projects - 40%

• Develops, designs, and implements evaluation instruments and research plans to collect data for grant proposals and other sponsored projects, including determination of budget requirements for effective evaluation and research.
• Develops, collects, analyzes, and disseminates qualitative and quantitative survey data.
• Ensures that evaluations and research projects are implemented in accordance with priorities and limitations of ethics, time, funds, and staff support and meets contractual deliverables.
• Contributes evaluation content to required reports and other dissemination materials related to research findings.
• Ensures projects adhere to high quality, ethically defensible, culturally responsive evaluation practices.
• Recruits research participants, conducts interviews and facilitates focus group discussions through a Community Base Participatory Research (CBPR) process.

Training and Technical Assistance - 30%

• Assists the Project Director and provides technical assistance in the planning, development, and provisions of intensive targeted, universal Technical Assistance (TA) particularly as associated with the evaluation component of agreements.
• Consults with the development of American Indian Vocational Rehabilitation Services (AIVRS) Directors individual partnership agreements that detail the purpose of the intensive, sustained training and TA tailored to the specific needs and challenges of the AIVRS program.
• Facilitates the evaluation of strategic planning and communities of practices activities TA activities.
• Assists with the mid-year and annual evaluation of regional and national conferences data.
• Provides one-time conference presentations/trainings/professional development on the evaluation of AIVRS projects.
• Creates culturally appropriate training and technical assistance material.
• Reviews published training materials using checklist(s) developed by the Knowledge Translation Hub and provides feedback.
• Conducts training and coaching observations using checklist(s) developed by the Knowledge Translation hub and provide feedback.

IHD Research Team Member - 20%

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