Evaluation Coordinator

Evaluation CoordinatorThe Office of Child Development (OCD) is seeking an experienced, creative, and versatile professional capable of handling a variety of administrative and research tasks for the Evaluation and Research Team (ERT). This employee will provide targeted administrative support and research assistance for a comprehensive evaluation of an innovative Early Childhood Education program in Central Pennsylvania. Responsibilities include: collecting quantitative and qualitative assessment data from young children and adults, entering and analyzing data in a variety of software programs; managing scheduling, communications, and logistics for project activities; creating data visualizations, preparing presentations, and writing executive summaries; and providing project-wide administrative support. The incumbent will maintain positive, professional relationships with a variety of stakeholders from school staff to parents. They must understand detailed research plans and protocols, and have skill, competence, and comfort working with young children in early childhood education settings with the ability to collect data from children as well as their educators and families. The incumbent must be detail oriented in data documentation and storage. Additional responsibilities include collaborating with supervisor and practitioners to organize and support writing of various reports, prepare and administer surveys, maintain databases, and coordinate meetings/events. Experience in interviewing and conducting focus groups preferred. Incumbent must be able to obtain a TB test clearance. This position will be located at the Catherine Hershey Schools - Elizabethtown Center in Elizabethtown, PA. Experience related to early childhood education settings required. Experience with Excel, SPSS, quantitative and qualitative data collection (interviews; focus groups) and analysis, survey design and analysis, and use of Qualtrics preferred.