Senior Director of Impact Evaluation, Learning and Research Evaluation

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Title: Senior Director of Impact Evaluation, Learning, and Research Evaluation

Reports to: Deputy Senior Vice President of Programs

FLSA Status: Exempt

Salary Range: $115, 106 - $130, 208

Location: Remote

Tentative Start Date: ASAP

About Race Forward

Race Forward's mission is to catalyze movement building for racial justice. In partnership with communities, organizations, and sectors, we build strategies to advance racial justice in our policies, institutions, and culture. Race Forward imagines a just, multiracial democratic society free from oppression and exploitation, in which people of color thrive with power and purpose.

 Since 1981, Race Forward has brought a systemic analysis and an innovative approach to complex race issues to help people take effective action toward racial equity. In 2017 Race Forward united with the Center for Social Inclusion to become the new Race Forward.

 Position Summary

Reporting to the Deputy Senior Vice President of Programs, the Senior Director of Impact Evaluation, Learning, and Research will build and lead the Research and Impact Evaluation Team. The Research Team will support Race Forward Programs in evaluating the impact of their work on communities of color and public institutions working to advance racial justice. The Research Team will also implement a fee-for-service program that provides research and equity assessment support to organizations and agencies working to operationalize racial equity in their work. Overall, the Research team will build culture and practice of accountability and learning internally in Race Forward, and externally in the field of research justice. 

 

The Senior Director will oversee these broad priorities and supervise a team of two people, and in the future, a team of Affiliate Researchers to support fee-for-service work. 

 

For additional context, Race Forward recently completed a strategic planning process. In this new strategic plan, Race Forward believes that we can achieve a racially just, multiracial democratic society when communities of color win governing power, public institutions transform to become racially equitable, and the two collaborate towards racially just outcomes. This new strategic plan is now being implemented, including building out processes, tools, and systems to measure the impact of this new plan. The Senior Director, in partnership with the Deputy SVP of Programs, will provide leadership and expertise in building out the evaluation framework and processes for the strategic plan, in conjunction with Race Forward’s Executive Leadership Team and Senior Leadership Team. 

Duties and Responsibilities

 The Senior Director of Impact Evaluation, Learning, and Research’s essential functions include:

  • Lead the Research and Impact Evaluation Team (30 %)

    • Supervise the Research and Impact Evaluation Team consisting of a Director and a Manager.;

    • Attend supervision check-ins, team meetings; ensure tasks are completed in a timely matter;

    • Provide support in building and implementing work plans of each individual Team Member;

    • Provide counsel and support to ensure the growth and development of each team member;

    • Work with the team in developing systems and processes that ensure efficiency and success of individual and team projects;

    • Provide technical coaching and technical support to team members to ensure success in their roles. 

    • Lead future hiring processes for the Research Team.

  • Develop and implement a programmatic plan to carry out goals in alignment with the organizational strategic plan (30%)

    • Provide RF Leadership and Staff with guidance, framework, and a plan to evaluate the organization’s new strategic plan through such activities among others:

  • Develop a framework and project plan for measuring the impact of the organization’s strategic direction. 

  • Develop an evaluation timeline with key milestones. 

  • Identify processes needed to evaluate the effectiveness of the new strategic plan across the organization such us development of SMARTIE goals, metrics for evaluation etc. 

  • Development of organizational principles, tools and manuals for racial justice research and impact evaluation

  • Engage with internal programs to provide research justice and impact evaluation guidance and support

    • Complete other operational requirements (scheduling, calendaring, answering emails, coordination of meetings and engagements) based on the needs of the team and Race Forward.

    • Participate in internal meetings and processes.

    • Create and monitor the program’s budget to ensure alignment with the organization’s financial goals.

  • Direct the development of Research’s Fee-for-service work which may include: (15%)

    • Development of a standard Racial Equity Assessment Tool

    • Development of an Affiliate bench and infrastructure to support this work. 

  • Create tools for and engage with external partners to provide research justice guidance and support to the larger field (15%)

    • Convene racial justice researchers to provide co-learning, thought partnership, and methodology development for the field.

    • Create research justice tools to offer methodological guidance and best practices for the field. 

  • Admin / other (10%) 

 Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

 To perform successfully in this role, incumbent should possess skills identified below:

  • Strong research skills, both qualitative and quantitative, that incorporate research justice, feminist, and critical pedagogies, methodologies, and ethics;

  • Strong racial justice analysis;

  • Strong supervision and leadership skills;

  • A strong organizational development analysis and experience implementing organizational change efforts;

  • Strong group facilitation skills, including building and facilitating communities, coalition spaces, or networks;

  • Project management and logistics skills;

  • Outstanding communication skills, written and oral;

  • Ability to motivate and inspire others to take action;

  • Proactive, self-directed, and able to multitask effectively;

 Qualifications and Experience

  • Minimum 5 years developing, conducting, analyzing, communicating, and disseminating racial justice research;

  • Demonstrated commitment to racial justice work;

  • Experience in measuring the impact of racial justice or social justice programs;

  • Strong Project Management skills to help deliver projects in a timely manner; 

  • Experience leading and supervising diverse teams and staff;

  • Experience with building, monitoring, and reporting program or department budgets

Additional Information

This position requires long periods of time at a desk on a computer, may require time outside of normal business hours and includes occasional inter-state travel (when it is safe to do so).

 How to Apply

External Applicants: To apply for this position, please click the link below. To ensure full consideration, please be sure to include botha cover letter and resume with your application.

https://raceforward.isolvedhire.com/jobs/

 EEO Statement

Race Forward provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.