Grant Evaluation Lead
About The Position
The Evaluation Lead owns program evaluation and federal performance reporting for STRIVE NEXT, a four-year HRSA cooperative agreement that makes Cahaba the national coordinating hub for HIV clinical training in primary care residency programs. The role designs and manages data systems to assess program outcomes across 8 to 10 partner residency programs. It also supports the growth of Cahaba’s broader evaluation and data capacity, including work on other grants, graduate medical education programs, quality improvement, and grant applications. The position is based in Birmingham, Alabama, with hybrid options available. It is a full-time, 1.0 FTE, exempt role funded primarily through a federal HRSA cooperative agreement and designated as key personnel. Time spent on other Cahaba initiatives is documented through time and effort reporting and allocated to the appropriate funding source.
Requirements
- Master’s degree in public health, evaluation, epidemiology, biostatistics, education, social science, or a related field.
- At least 3 years of experience evaluating health, education, or workforce programs.
- Skill in survey design, quantitative analysis, and data visualization, using tools such as Excel, R, Stata, SAS, or SPSS and Tableau, Power BI, or similar.
- Experience with federal performance reporting.
- Clear writing and ability to explain data to clinical and non-technical audiences.
Nice To Haves
- Doctoral degree (PhD, DrPH, or EdD) or equivalent evaluation experience.
- Experience evaluating HRSA-funded or multi-site programs.
- Familiarity with AETC evaluation requirements or HRSA HIV/AIDS Bureau reporting.
- Experience with REDCap, Qualtrics, or similar data collection platforms.
- Background in graduate medical education, competency-based assessment, community health centers, or HIV.
- Mixed-methods evaluation experience.
Responsibilities
- Finalize the evaluation plan and data collection instruments with HRSA, including OMB-approved AETC evaluation tools.
- Administer and manage resident pre- and post-competency and confidence assessments and the alumni practice survey.
- Collect and validate quarterly performance data from partner sites.
- Build and maintain network dashboards for leadership, partner sites, and HRSA.
- Lead quarterly performance reviews and continuous quality improvement cycles with the Project Director.
- Prepare evaluation content for annual progress reports and federal performance reports.
- Track graduate outcomes, including residents practicing HIV care in Ending the HIV Epidemic jurisdictions.
- Support presentations, publications, and the replication toolkit with the PI.
- Prepare data and performance updates for monthly HRSA project officer check-ins and bimonthly AETC meetings.
- Stay current on AETC and HRSA HIV/AIDS Bureau data collection requirements, evaluation tools, and reporting systems.
- Provide evaluation design, data analysis, and reporting for other Cahaba grants and programs as assigned.
- Support graduate medical education outcome tracking and accreditation data needs.
- Help write evaluation plans and logic models for new grant applications.
- Support clinical quality improvement projects and data-driven decision making across the organization.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
