Evaluator

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Job Summary

This position will support grant projects within the Community Health Promotion Division of the Public Health Institute at Denver Health. Primary grant projects requiring evaluation support include Engaging Youth Expertise (EYE) for Prevention Sustainable Futures and the Youth Pride Coalition. EYE for Prevention is a youth-led, trauma-informed program that engages Youth Leaders with personal or familial experience with mental health or substance misuse to co-create interventions to address behavioral health issues like vaping and opioid use. The Youth Preventing Risk in Denver Equitably (PRIDE) Coalition is focused on community driven planning and implementation processes to reduce the impact of substance use specifically among youth within Denver’s LGBTQIA+ communities. Success in this role will require collaboration and building trust with the youth leaders.

Essential Functions:

• Serves as an evaluator for grants and projects. (10%)
• Partners with key stakeholders at the beginning and throughout the project to catalyze evaluation practices. (10%)
• Conducts literature reviews; synthesizes and applies insights to support evaluation plans and instrument development. (10%)
• Helps develop evaluation instruments including focus group guides, surveys, evaluation forms, and interview protocols. (5%)
• Coordinates logistics and facilitates quantitative and qualitative data collection. (5%)
• Oversees and contributes to data entry and data management. (5%)
• Conducts qualitative data collection using structured protocols, including facilitation of focus groups, key informant interviews and participant observations. (5%)
• Analyzes qualitative data to distill key themes based on knowledge of programs, relevant theory, and key evaluation questions. (5%)
• Utilizes qualitative software for analysis. (5%)
• Conducts basic quantitative analyses. (5%)
• Works with the program to consider new opportunities for evaluation. (5%)
• Interprets and disseminates evaluation or quality improvement results to key stakeholders and the broader public health and research community through oral, media and written communication to improve program implementation or for public health action. (5%)
• Writes reports and prepares dissemination materials for a variety of audiences, including educational materials, oral presentations, posters, reports, and peer-reviewed articles. (5%)
• Collaborates with internal and external key stakeholders, including other health department divisions and Denver Health, public health agencies, researchers, community organizations, and individual community members to optimize the impact of public health programs on health. (5%)
• Works with internal and external partners to guide, implement and evaluate public health programs. (5%)
• Upholds the principles of health equity in epidemiologic investigations, evaluations, activities, and communications. (5%)
• Supports writing of grant applications and protocols for program evaluations. (5%)

Education:

• Bachelor's Degree Required

Work Experience:

• 1-3 years of professional experience in the conducting a broad range of program evaluation activities pertaining to public health. Required

Licenses:

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Demonstrated skills as a program evaluator, selecting and applying qualitative theory and analytic approaches.
• Demonstrated experience leading projects successfully.
• Excellent writing and verbal communication skills; ability to tailor written, visual and verbal presentations to different audiences based on adult learning theory, as appropriate.
• Ability to develop task lists and timelines in response to established deadlines.
• Excellent attention to detail.
• Ability to prioritize and lead tasks to achieve daily work expectations without continual direction from supervisor.
• Advanced knowledge of and ability to use Microsoft Office applications, including Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
• Experience with qualitative software (e.g., NVivo, Dedoose, AtlasTI).
• Experience with quantitative software for basic data management and descriptive statistics (e.g., SPSS, SAS, R).
• Ability to use audiovisual equipment and apply use of multimedia into presentations.

Shift

Work Type

Salary

Benefits

At Denver Health, we take care of the people who take care of our community. Our benefits are built to support your life, your family, and your future - with generous paid time off, fully paid parental leave, exceptional retirement contributions, comprehensive health coverage, and nationally recognized well-being programs. We invest in your growth through tuition assistance, career advancement pathways, and professional development - while also offering meaningful financial advantages through loan forgiveness eligibility and employer contributions. When you join Denver Health, you’re joining a mission-driven organization that invests in you.

Here is a small list of our benefit programs:

• Paid time off starting at 28 days per year, inclusive of vacation, personal/sick, and 7 Holidays
• 100% paid parental leave up to 6 weeks
• Immediate eligibility for retirement plans with employer contribution up to 9.5%
• Generous medical, dental, vision plans in addition to employer paid disability and life insurance.
• Comprehensive well-being programs including on-site employee fitness center located on Denver Health main campus and nationally recognized RESTORE Center
• Free RTD EcoPass (public transportation)
• Childcare discount programs & exclusive perks on large brands, travel, and more
• Tuition reimbursement & assistance
• Education, coaching, and professional development opportunities through the Workforce Development Center (WFDC) that support internal career growth and advancement pathways
• Professional clinical advancement program & shared governance
• Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) eligible employer+ free student loan coaching and assistance navigating the PSLF program
• National Health Service Corps (NHCS) and Colorado Health Service Corps (CHSC) eligible employer

About Denver Health

Denver Health is an integrated, high-quality academic healthcare system considered a model for the nation that includes a Level I Trauma Center, a 555-bed acute care medical center, Denver’s 911 emergency medical response system, 10 family health centers, 19 school-based health centers, Rocky Mountain Poison & Drug Safety, the Public Health Institute at Denver Health, Denver Health Medical Plan and Denver Health Foundation.

As Colorado’s primary, and essential, safety-net healthcare system, Denver Health is a mission-driven organization that has provided millions in uncompensated care for the uninsured each year.

Located near downtown Denver, Denver Health is just minutes away from many of the cultural and recreational activities Denver has to offer.

Denver Health is an equal opportunity employer (EOE). We value the unique ideas, talents and contributions reflective of the needs of our community. All job applicants for safety-sensitive positions must pass a pre-employment drug test, once a conditional offer of employment has been made. Applicants will be considered until the position is filled.