Evaluation Analyst - San Antonio, United States - UT Health San Antonio

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    Job Summary:


    Under general supervision, The Evaluation Analyst- Associate assist in the execution of evaluation plans, scheduling of interviews, conducting interviews, creating surveys, analyzing data, and contributing to developing reports and presentations.

    In addition, the position will engage with various internal and external program stakeholder groups to assist in the development of logic models and program overviews.


    Job Duties:

    • Perform background research on specified topics and synthesize information in the form of annotated bibliographies and literature reviews.
    • Assist in the collection and processing of qualitative and quantitative
    • Assist in the execution of the quantitative research activities, such as: survey design; data coding and management, including data cleaning and validation; and data analysis
    • Under supervision, engages in qualitative research activities, such as: implementation of interview and focus group protocols; conducting thematic coding of qualitative data.
    • Under supervision, performs quantitative and/ or qualitative data analysis using statistical analysis software such as R, SPSS, SAS, Stata, and/or MAXQDA, NVivo.
    • Contributes to developing of deliverables, such as reports, presentations, summary briefs, and data visualizations to communicate study findings to professional and lay audiences.
    • Writes concisely, edits efficiently, and produces client-ready work.
    • Communicates research findings through compelling written, visual, and real-time mediums in accessible, engaging, and actionable ways for our diverse set of clients.

    Education:
    Bachelor's Degree in Public Health, Public Policy, Behavioral/Social Sciences, or related scientific or technical discipline.


    Experience:

    • At least 3+ years of experience in applied social science research and evaluation.
    • Experience using data collection programs (i.e., SurveyMonkey, REDCap, Qualtrics) or experience collection qualitative data through interviews or focus groups.
    • Experience with data analysis software, whether quantitative (i.e., R, SPSS, SAS, Stata) or qualitative (i.e., MAXQDA, NVivo).
    • Experience with conducting primary data collection through surveys, interviews, and/ or focus groups and with securing secondary data from external databases and public sources
    • Demonstrated experience synthesizing data from variety of sources
    • Experience contributing to report writing and other technical writing.