PET Eval Contractor_PD

 The Program Evaluation Team (PET) is located within the Program Development and Evaluation Branch (PDEB), in the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), Division of Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Obesity Prevention (DNPAO). The Program Evaluation team is responsible for conducting evaluation activities for DNPAO’s State Nutrition and Physical Activity (SPAN) program, High Obesity Program (HOP), Racial and Ethnic Approaches to Community Health (REACH) program, Good Health and Wellness in Indian Country (GHWIC), Tribal Practices for Wellness in Indian Country (TPWIC), and Tribal Epidemiology Centers Public Health Infrastructure (TECPHI) programs. The Program Evaluation team works to ensure that DNPAO funded initiatives are implemented effectively, produce meaningful outcomes, and continuously improve. By providing ongoing and on-demand technical assistance to state and local partners, the team helps cooperative agreement recipients apply strong evaluation practices in their public health programs.

The Contractor seeks a full-time Evaluation Specialist to supplement the Program Evaluation team by providing expert evaluation support that ensures programs are implemented with fidelity, measured accurately, and continuously improved through data-driven insights.

Task Examples Include:

• May serve as a program evaluator to cooperative agreement partners, providing technical assistance to state and local health agencies receiving CDC funding.
• Collect and monitor progress and outcome data to evaluate impact of program efforts and ensure alignment with program scope and objectives.
• Develop, implement, monitor, and troubleshoot data review processes to improve data quality and validity of program data.
• Create and update/manage dashboards to visualize recipient’s progress on priority indicators.
• Respond to inquiries received from a range of stakeholders (e.g. including recipients, researchers, science partners, decision-makers) in a timely manner.
• Develop and manage feasible evaluation plans and timelines
• Review, analyze, and interpret quantitative and qualitative evaluation data and practice-based evidence. Prepare and deliver internal and external reports and presentations.
• Serve as a member on division priority strategy workgroups.

Qualifications and Education Requirements

            Bachelor’s/5 years‘ experience

            High School/9 years

Preferred Skills:

• Evaluation and research methods (quantitative and qualitative)
• Data management (e.g., organizing, cleaning, merging, storing)
• Data analysis
• Technical assistance and communication expertise
• Experience designing data dashboards
• Critical thinking and problem solving
• Facilitation Management and planning
• Experience working with tribes

Professional Competencies Preferred:

• Analytical thinking
• The ability to work independently, as well as with a team
• Federal Government Experience is desired but not essential