Senior Coordinator, Monitoring and Evaluation- Fresno & Los Angeles, CA
Summary
Save the Children‘s U.S. Rural Education programs help children in low-income, rural communities become kindergarten ready and achieve grade-level reading and math proficiency by third grade. We employ diverse strategies to achieve this including home visits, play groups, in-school tutoring, out-of-school time programming, summer enrichment, family engagement, community events and more. The Senior Coordinator, Monitor and Evaluation will help us collect and analyze the data that lets us know if we’re achieving our ambitious goals for children.
This position will report to the Senior Director of Monitoring, Evaluation, Research, & Learning on our national team, but will work closely with the state teams doing the programming for which we are collecting data.
What You’ll Be Doing (Essential Duties)
Supporting state-level program teams to complete reports for donors and collect free meal distribution, gift in kind, program attendance, and other data (70%)
- Developing simple data collection tools and processes
- Training staff to use data collection tools and databases
- Data management, cleaning and checking
- Following up with staff to resolve discrepancies and fill in missing data
- Managing online and paper survey data collections
- Submitting monthly data to the national team
- Reporting to donors and other stakeholders
Supporting national team monitoring and evaluation reporting (30%)
- Data management, cleaning, checking and analysis of national data
- Creating data visuals and reports
Required Qualifications
- A high school diploma, plus a minimum of three (3) years of relevant experience managing, cleaning and analyzing data
- Demonstrated experience supporting the collection, cleaning, and analysis of data
- Professional proficiency with MS Office suite, including Intermediate Excel skills including facility with formulas, pivot tables and filtering tools
- Demonstrated data visualization skills: ability to create graphs and tables that clearly communicate findings
- Proven attention to detail and organization, with demonstrated ability to successfully work in a fast-paced environment with competing priorities
- Proven ability to communicate and collaborate successfully with individuals and teams at all levels
- Demonstrated commitment to fostering an environment of diversity, inclusion, and belonging
Preferred Qualifications
- Prior experience providing technical support to database users
- Monitoring & Evaluation experience
Why you should join the Save the Children Team…
Save the Children US offers outstanding benefits that include health, dental, vision and life insurances, pet insurance, short-term and long-term disability coverage, an Employee Assistance Program, 403(b), generous vacation, personal sick leave, family leave, parental/adoption leave, commuter benefits, dress for your day, and much more.
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About Save the Children
Save the Children Action Network is the political voice for kids. We believe that every child deserves the best start in life. As the political advocacy arm of Save the Children, we’re building bipartisan will and voter support to make sure every child in the U.S. has access to high-quality early learning and that no mother or child around the globe dies from a preventable disease or illness. By investing in kids and holding leaders accountable, we are helping kids from birth to age five survive and thrive.
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