Director of Evaluation & Impact (Executive Advisor III) (U) (Vacancy)

City of Columbus•Varies by position, OH

9d•Hybrid

About The Position

The Director of Evaluation & Impact provides strategic leadership for all evaluation, data, and learning functions of the organization and across the collective impact network. The role operates at the intersection of public health, community voice, and systems change, as it is responsible for designing and overseeing a comprehensive, equity-centered evaluation framework that ensures programs and initiatives are effective, accountable, and responsive to community needs. As a senior leader, this role partners with government agencies, healthcare systems, community-based organizations, and funders to align data strategy with policy and practice. The Director serves as both a technical expert and strategic advisor to executive leadership and external stakeholders, in addition to supervising program managers and staff across multiple grant-funded and general-funded initiatives. Under general direction, this role is responsible for the development and coordination of special projects or programs initiated in the Mayor’s Office; performs related duties as required. A person who has been selected by an appointing authority in accordance with the Columbus City Charter, Section 148(1) is said to have received an unclassified appointment. Those individuals receiving unclassified appointments serve at the pleasure of their appointing authority and may be terminated from employment at any time.

Requirements

Master’s degree in public health, epidemiology, biostatistics, public policy, health services research, social sciences, or closely related field required
7-10+ years of progressive leadership experience in program evaluation, applied public health research, or programmatic performance management.
Demonstrated expertise in program design, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation methods.
Advanced analytical skills and fluency with statistical software (e.g., R, SAS, Stata, SPSS) and data visualization tools.
Proven ability to translate complex data into compelling insights for community partners and non-technical audiences.
Experience working with grant-funded programs and familiarity with monitoring, compliance, and reporting requirements.
Proven experience leading and supervising multi-disciplinary teams.
Excellent communication, facilitation, organizational, and leadership skills with the ability to work with diverse stakeholders.
Ability to work collaboratively, manage priorities, and adapt to changing needs.

Nice To Haves

Doctoral degree (e.g., DrPH, PhD, etc.) preferred.
Experience working in Maternal & Child Health, infant mortality reduction, perinatal quality collaboratives, community-based programs, early childhood systems, collective impact, or other population health initiatives, especially in nonprofit or public-sector environments.
Familiarity with Vital Statistics, Medicaid claims data, hospital and healthcare data, and social determinants of health datasets.
Experience with quantitative and qualitative research methods, particularly community-based participatory approaches.
Demonstrated experience with and/or certification in process improvement, quality improvement, the IHI Model for improvement, Lean Six Sigma, or equivalent.
Familiarity with collective impact frameworks, shared measurement, and systems-change strategies.
Capacity-building experience supporting staff and partners in integrating evaluation practices.

Responsibilities

Lead the development of a shared measurement system that supports collective impact efforts to reduce adverse birth outcomes in Franklin County.
Establish enterprise-wide performance metrics and dashboards to support optimal monitoring and surveillance of infant mortality reduction activities and outcomes.
Advise executive leadership and the CelebrateOne Board on data trends, risks, opportunities, and policy implications.
Contribute to long-term strategic planning according to the collective impact framework.
Lead the development and implementation of evaluation frameworks that monitor progress on internal programmatic performance measures and external population-level indicators to assess outcomes, effectiveness, and impact.
Oversee the design and implementation of rigorous mixed-method evaluations (i.e., process, outcome, impact, and implementation science approaches).
Ensure integration of logic models, theories of change, and equity frameworks across all internal programs and externally funded partner initiatives.
Guide advanced quantitative and qualitative analyses using variable, known datasets; lead planning of primary data collection efforts for issues or topics without an established dataset.
Establish data governance policies, privacy standards, and data-sharing agreements.
Supervise program managers and direct service staff in a matrixed environment; oversee the management of high-risk client situations and provide structured supervision, coaching, and support to build internal data literacy capacity as well as an inclusive, high-performing team culture.
Embed equity and community accountability principles into all evaluation practices to promote culturally responsive and trauma-informed evaluations.
Work alongside internal staff and external partners to ensure meaningful engagement of impacted communities in defining success indicators and interpreting findings.
Lead data disaggregation efforts to identify, understand the root causes of, and address racial and geographic disparities in birth outcomes.
Collaborate with organizational leadership to strengthen partnerships with community organizations, healthcare systems, public health agencies, and residents to support collective impact strategies.
Collaborate with CelebrateOne’s Operations and Communications/Community Engagement teams on grant proposal development, performance metrics, budgeting, and funder reporting.
Oversee compliance of grant-funded programs, ensuring fidelity to scope, budget, timelines, evaluation requirements, and reporting obligations.
Represent the organization in highly visible external meetings, partnerships, and community collaborations as needed.
Lead organization-wide learning cycles and performance review processes.
Implement systems for high-quality data collection, analysis, reporting, and management practices that support continuous improvement and transparent communication with partners and funders.
Translate frontline experiences and evaluation findings into actionable insights that inform strategic decisions and collaborative planning across the collective impact network.
Partner with CelebrateOne’s Operations and Communications/Community Engagement teams to ensure continuous communication of evaluation results and impact stories.
Monitor emerging needs, trends, and evidence-based practices to strengthen program effectiveness.
Build evaluation capacity among staff and partner organizations by providing trainings on data collection, outcomes measurement, and continuous improvement practices.