Director – Impact & Evaluation

Role Overview

• Design and lead evaluations for designated Campus Compact programs and initiatives, from assessment framework development through final reporting
• Develop evaluation plans, data collection instruments, and analysis frameworks appropriate to each project's scope and context
• Analyze both quantitative and qualitative data to produce clear, actionable findings and supportive stories
• Produce evaluation reports and briefs that translate evidence into recommendations accessible to non-technical audiences
• Serve as internal lead and liaison on projects that engage external evaluation consultants, ensuring quality and organizational alignment
• Ensure evaluation findings and data support grant proposals and funder reporting requirements
• Assist in developing a comprehensive KPI and metrics framework aligned to Campus Compact's strategic plan
• Build and maintain systems for monitoring and tracking progress across all strategic priorities
• Design accessible dashboards and reporting tools that allow leadership and staff to engage meaningfully with strategic data
• Produce regular, high-quality progress reports on strategic plan implementation for the President, senior leadership team, and Board of Directors
• Analyze trends and surface insights that help the organization identify areas of strength, emerging gaps, and opportunities for course correction
• Collaborate with staff to enhance program design process
• Develop tools, templates, guides, and frameworks that staff can use independently to design and conduct light-touch evaluation proportional to their project scope
• Facilitate learning sessions and workshops to build staff confidence and fluency in evaluation concepts, translating data for storytelling, and evidence-informed practice
• Champion a culture of learning and continuous improvement helping the organization move from data collection to effective use through genuine reflection and action
• Build formal mechanisms for staff, program, and organizational continuous improvement using key data, analysis, and insights.

Requirements

• Master's degree in program evaluation, public policy, social science, education, or a related field preferred; equivalent professional experience will be considered.
• A minimum of 5 years of experience in program evaluation, applied research, or a closely related field at a comparable level of responsibility
• Demonstrated experience designing and leading evaluations from inception through dissemination, independently or in coordination with others
• Experience in higher education, civic engagement, nonprofit, and/or membership-based organizations
• A track record of working effectively across teams and building others' capacity, not just completing evaluation work in isolation
• Experience designing or monitoring programs that create change through difficult to quantify means (e.g. capacity building activities)
• Experience leading or significantly contributing to strategic planning, particularly with a focus on on the measurement, on the organizational, department, or team level
• Experience contributing to organizational strategy, KPI development, or data for storytelling
• Direct experience or close collaboration working with grant writing or funder reporting that integrates evaluation data.

Benefits

• national healthcare coverage
• generous paid time off
• employer retirement contribution
• flexible work environment
• inclusive and caring culture
• dedication to professional development