4-H Evaluation Academic Coordinator (AP 26-04)

Position Overview

The University of California, Agriculture and Natural Resources (UC ANR) invites applications for a 4-H Evaluation Academic Coordinator 2. The Evaluation Academic Coordinator will provide evaluation leadership to University of California 4-H Youth Development Program (UC 4-H). The 4-H Evaluation Academic Coordinator develops and implements statewide evaluations to strengthen the program and document program outcomes and impacts. The 4-H Evaluation Academic Coordinator collaborates to disseminate outcomes, impacts, and the public value of 4-H to a variety of audiences. The 4-H Evaluation Coordinator is responsible for providing overall leadership to build the capacity of academic personnel, staff and volunteers for program evaluation. The 4-H Evaluation Academic Coordinator connects their work to the latest advances in statistical methodology and evaluation research on non-formal youth development programs, including curriculum and content delivery, and collaborates with program teams/committees, campus departments, county 4-H/ Cooperative Extension offices, and state and community partners. The 4-H Evaluation Academic Coordinator represents UC 4-H on state, regional, and national committees.

Location Headquarters: State 4-H Office, UC ANR Building, 2801 Second Street, Davis, California

ACADEMIC PROGRAM MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES

• Conduct a comprehensive and ongoing needs assessment to determine statewide program evaluation needs and gaps. Develop, coordinate and implement large statewide and project-specific evaluations.
• Provide leadership in establishing alignment of evaluation efforts in support of the UC ANR Strategic Visioning Document and condition changes.
• Design and refine evaluations to document program outcomes and impacts of 4-H programming, including but not limited to the areas of youth development, Leadership & Civic Engagement, Healthy Living, STEM + Agriculture (STEAM) and Communications & Expressive Arts
• Work collaboratively with campus specialists, academic advisors, academic coordinators, local educators and volunteers to develop measures as needed to assess key practices and outcomes of the UC 4-H program and associated projects.
• Create and leads statewide implementation of an evaluation plan, ensuring that measures used assess key practices and outcomes of the 4-H YDP as indicated in the UC 4-H YDP Strategic Plan; makes recommendations to the Statewide 4-H Director, 4-H personnel and volunteers on program improvement.
• Continually review evaluation efforts throughout the state and provide leadership and training as needed to keep California at the cutting edge of evaluation research.
• Conduct qualitative and quantitative data analysis.
• Develop materials and prepare reports to communicate demonstrated outcomes, impacts, and public values, including the annual evaluation report.
• Work with the Marketing and Communications staff to prepare a UC 4-H Annual Report and respond to organizational requests for data, metrics and performance indicators.
• Disseminate information on program outcomes, impacts, and public values broadly to external and internal stakeholders through UC Delivers stories, peer-reviewed publications, professional conferences, presentations, newsletters, reports, state impact sheets, policy briefs, etc.
• Participate in program teams/workgroups, advisory committees, and other committees as appropriate.
• Support development, submission, and management of Institutional Review Board (IRB) applications.

Reporting Relationship: The Academic Coordinator reports to the Statewide 4-H Director. The incumbent will work cooperatively with all personnel in the statewide 4-H Program, other units in UC ANR, the broader UC system and partnering organizations.

Qualifications and Skills Required

Required Qualifications

Education: A minimum of a Master's Degree in a discipline related to program evaluation, human development, economics, developmental psychology, education, public administration or a closely related field is required at the time of appointment.

Key Requirements:

• Experience in large project planning and evaluation management, including designing evaluation tools and measuring program outcomes and impacts.
• Experience conducting statistical analyses, including bivariate and multivariate analysis, multiple regression, exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis, and other structural modeling techniques (e.g., longitudinal, multi-level).
• Demonstrated ability to communicate outcomes, impacts, and public values to a variety of audiences (including legislators, funders, consumers, and other decision makers).
• Excellent oral/written communication skills, including the ability to develop and deliver presentations, workshops, and training to diverse audiences.
• Knowledge of basic technologies, including word processing, e-mail, Microsoft Office Applications, the Internet, etc., as well as the educational use of computers, the Internet, and other distance learning techniques.
• Knowledge and experience with statistics software such as SPSS, Stata, SAS, R, or MPlus.
• Experience engaging with diverse communities and participants, including those with varied cultural, geographic, and socioeconomic backgrounds, to support inclusive and accessible educational programming.

Desired Qualifications and Experience:

• A Doctorate degree in a related field.
• Familiarity with 4-H youth programming.
• Experience working with volunteers and the public.
• Cooperative Extension experience or experience working at a Land Grant University.
• Experience supervising staff.