Research and Evaluation Associate

The Fresh Air Fund•York, NY

6h•$18 - $20•Hybrid

About The Position

The Fresh Air Fund (Fresh Air) is a leading youth development organization founded in 1877, dedicated to providing transformative opportunities for children and young adults from New York City's underserved communities. Fresh Air believes in the power of nature and outdoor experiences to change lives, connecting young people to the outdoors and fostering personal growth, leadership development, and exploration. Through free summer camp and year-round programs focused on leadership, education, and career exploration, Fresh Air equips young people with the skills, confidence, and connections needed to succeed. The organization has served over 1.8 million children and is committed to expanding access to life-changing experiences. Fresh Air employees are driven by purpose, collaboration, and a shared commitment to youth success. This part-time Research and Evaluation Associate will provide analytical, data-management, and reporting support for Fresh Air's summer and school-year programs. The role involves managing evaluation workflows, including survey administration, data preparation, analysis, visualization, and reporting. It will also contribute to projects on participant retention, alumni data infrastructure, and long-term impact measurement.

Requirements

Relevant education, training or professional experience in psychology, sociology, education, public policy, public health, statistics, data analytics, or related fields. A college degree is not required.
At least two years of relevant experience supporting research, evaluation, data analysis, program learning or a comparable applied function.
Experience cleaning, organizing, analyzing and quality-checking quantitative data using Microsoft Excel or comparable tools.
Experience working with survey data and summarizing findings accurately for nontechnical audiences.
Strong attention to detail, organization and follow-through, with the ability to manage multiple recurring workflows and meet deadlines.
Strong written communication and sound judgment regarding data quality, confidentiality and the appropriate use of evidence.
Ability to work independently and collaboratively with colleagues who have varied levels of experience with data and evaluation.
Commitment to The Fresh Air Fund’s mission and to youth development and equity.

Nice To Haves

Experience with qualitative coding, pre/post survey matching, dashboard development or longitudinal datasets is preferred.
Proficiency with Tableau or another data-visualization platform and strong PowerPoint production skills is preferred; familiarity with SurveyMonkey, Salesforce or statistical software is a plus.
Experience with youth development, camps, out-of-school-time programs, education or nonprofit organizations is preferred.

Responsibilities

Coordinate recurring survey administration and data-processing workflows across summer and school-year programs, including schedules, files, status tracking and follow-up.
Prepare survey instruments, data structures and trackers; monitor response rates, missing information and other data-quality indicators.
Process electronic and paper-based survey and observation data, including data entry or oversight of data entry during peak periods.
Clean, match, merge, code and organize quantitative and qualitative data, completing systematic quality-control checks and documenting any issues.
Conduct routine descriptive analyses, pre/post comparisons, subgroup summaries and qualitative coding using methods established with the Director of Research and Evaluation.
Develop clear tables, charts, dashboards, presentation slides and routine program reports, including annual school-year and summer reporting and strategic-plan measurement.
Support inventories of current measures, historical records and alumni reachability, and help document participant-to-alumni matching and data-stewardship workflows with R&E and IS&T.
Provide research and production support for evidence reviews, measure scans, feasibility assessments and bounded analyses related to long-term outcomes.
Maintain organized files, data dictionaries, codebooks, process documentation and quality-control checklists, and track R&E project milestones and review cycles.
Maintain confidentiality and handle participant, alumni and staff information in accordance with applicable privacy, security, consent and data-use requirements.
Other responsibilities as assigned.