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FYI.  Temporary part time position available at North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services.  See below for more information.

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For further information, please contact:

Ann Caughran, Rape Prevention and Education Program Assistant

NC DHHS, Division of Public Health

Injury and Violence Prevention Branch

1915 Mail Service Center
Raleigh NC 27699-1915
v: (919) 707-5437
f: (919) 870-4803

 

 

 

EMPOWER Project and Rape Prevention and Education (RPE) Program

Injury and Violence Prevention Branch

North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Public Health

 

TEMPORARY EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY

Empowerment Evaluation Associate

 

The Injury and Violence Prevention Branch (IVPB) seeks a part-time, temporary employee (32 hours per week) to serve on the evaluation team for the EMPOWER project and the Rape Prevention and Education (RPE) Program.  This temporary part-time position will begin as soon as the position is filled and continue until 4/30/12, depending on funding. The IVPB will provide a work space and equipment and expects the Empowerment Evaluation Associate to work on-site except when job duties require work elsewhere. The employee’s work schedule is negotiable, depending upon project requirements and deadlines.

 

Salary range: $17 - $25/hour depending on experience

 

Please note: This temporary position does not include benefits or paid holidays, vacation, or sick leave.   

 

Activities

• Assist with planning and facilitating meetings of the NC Sexual Violence Prevention Team (NCSVPT).
• Lead or co-lead NCSVPT sub-committee meetings. Communicate with sub-committee members between NCSVPT meetings and ensure timely completion of planned activities.
• Collaborate as part of the empowerment evaluation team to develop tools and processes designed to evaluate the NC Statewide Sexual Violence Prevention Plan (both process and outcome evaluation).
• Work with the EMPOWER team to refine the NC Sexual Violence Prevention Plan’s goals and objectives.
• Collaborate as part of the empowerment evaluation team to develop a continuous quality improvement (CQI) plan for the implementation of the NC Statewide Sexual Violence Prevention Plan.
• Collaborate as part of the empowerment evaluation team to develop a sustainability plan.
• Collaborate as part of the empowerment evaluation team to develop a communications strategy to disseminate evaluation, CQI and sustainability plans to key stakeholders and the public.
• Collaborate with empowerment evaluation team and RPE staff to develop an evaluation plan and relevant evaluation tools for use by RPE grantees.
• Assist with finalizing a training plan for RPE grantees.
• Work with RPE staff to design the evaluation section of progress report templates.
• Review RPE grantees’ progress reports to assess technical assistance needs related to evaluation of their projects.
• Provide RPE grantees with specific written feedback in response to the evaluation sections of their progress reports.
• Following submission and review of progress reports, conduct follow-up technical assistance regarding grantee project evaluation via phone calls, emails and/or site visits.
• Collaborate with empowerment evaluation team and RPE staff to design, facilitate and coordinate trainings on community assessments and program evaluation.
• Work directly with grantees to provide training and technical assistance regarding program evaluation for their projects as needed.
• Supervise secondary mentoring relationships related to evaluation-capacity building.
• Work with RPE grantees to develop output and outcome targets for contract deliverables.
• Work with existing data sets to determine the magnitude of the problem of sexual violence and to determine the gaps in existing data.
• Collect primary data on selected populations through the use of focus groups, key informant interviews, and surveys.
• Analyze primary data, interpret the results and report the findings in a format for a variety of audiences, both lay and professional.
• Attend two out-of-state CDC meetings per year, and participate in all conference calls pertinent to the EMPOWER project.
• Conduct literature searches, as needed.
• Write or co-write reports, as needed.

 

Qualifications

 

      Required:

• Familiarity with evaluation planning and developing evaluation tools
• Qualitative research skills, including:
  • Focus group, recruitment and implementation
  • Key informant interview skills
  • Data analysis and interpretation
• Quantitative research skills including use of existing data sets
• Experience working with groups of people to accomplish complex tasks
• Experience providing technical assistance
• Good written and interpersonal communication skills
• Familiar with and understands primary prevention concepts
• Experience doing literature searches
• Flexibility and the ability to adapt to project needs
• Independent, self-motivated worker
• Has own transportation (car) for use to carry out job tasks
• Strong organizational skills and ability to manage several complex tasks during the same time period

 

Preferred:

• Basic understanding of public health principles
• Familiarity with design, implementation and analysis of online surveys e.g. Survey Monkey
• Masters Degree in public health or related academic discipline
• Meeting facilitation

 

For further information, please contact:

Ann Caughran, Rape Prevention and Education Program Assistant

NC DHHS, Division of Public Health

Injury and Violence Prevention Branch

1915 Mail Service Center
Raleigh NC 27699-1915
v: (919) 707-5437
f: (919) 870-4803