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Injury and Violence Prevention Epidemiologist/Evaluator (88103)

This position will design epidemiologic investigations and public health surveillance of Injury and Violence Prevention topics (e.g., intimate partner/sexual violence, child abuse and neglect, traumatic brain injury, and motor vehicle crash, older adult falls, suicide, homicide, drowning). The position will also contribute to evaluation of current Wisconsin Injury and Violence Prevention strategies. The position will be housed at the Wisconsin Department of Health Services. Apply by 11/24/2016 for assured consideration. http://jobs.hr.wisc.edu/cw/en-us/job/493695/injury-and-violence-prevention-epidemiologistevaluator

Injury and Violence Prevention Program Strategic Plan Coordinator (88105)

This position will lead education efforts of local health department leaders and policy makers about public health approaches to Injury and Violence Prevention. Emphasis will be on coalition/collaboration building to connect science and practice within the field of violence and injury prevention. Focus areas include intimate partner/sexual violence, child abuse and neglect, traumatic brain injury, and motor vehicle crashes. The position will be housed at the Wisconsin Department of Health Services. Apply by 11/24/2016 for assured consideration. http://jobs.hr.wisc.edu/cw/en-us/job/493697/injury-and-violence-prevention-program-strategic-plan-coordinator

Whole Health Clinical Group (a division of Milwaukee Center of Independence; MCFI) are  currently looking to fill an internal evaluation position for this project and to assist with other evaluation work at Whole Health.  If you know someone who’s interested, they can contact Amanda Hill in HR at MCFI to get more information or to find out how to apply (amanda.hill@mcfi.net).

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Madison Area Technical College is looking for an evaluation consultant.

Reporting to the OAAA Director, the Research and Programs Manager is responsible for program development, management, and implementation of projects and programs that aim to reduce racial inequities in Milwaukee County in areas that include workforce development, families, housing, transit, and criminal justice. Responsibilities include needs assessment, program design, project management, data collection, statistical analysis and reporting of data related to all programs, program evaluation, and quality/performance improvement activities.    

• Current enrollment in a masters or doctoral-level program, a recent graduate of a master's or doctoral-level program, or an early career master's-level evaluator with five years or less of post-degree evaluation experience.
• Have not previously attended or participated in an AEA conference.
• Submit a completed individual application for consideration.

Invitation to Provide Feedback on the AEA Draft Competencies

In 2015 the AEA Board of Directors appointed a Task Force to develop a set of evaluator competencies for the association. The membership of the American Evaluation Association has previously endorsed three documents that have contributed to the professionalization of our field:

●       The Joint Committee’s Program Evaluation Standards, currently in their 3^rd edition (2011, http://www.jcsee.org/program- evaluation-standards-statements)

●       AEA’s Guiding Principles for Evaluators (revised in 2004, http://eval.org)

●       AEA’s Cultural Competence Statement (2011, http://eval.org)

The proposed competencies will be the fourth such document.

Working over the course of the spring and summer last year, the Task Force reviewed existing sets of general and subject-specific competencies for program, policy, and personnel evaluation to identify foundational competencies necessary to the diverse evaluation practice of AEA members. In addition, the Task Force developed and implemented a plan to engage member feedback. At the 2015 AEA annual meeting in Chicago, the Task Force held a lively listening session and a day-long meeting to process people’s input on the initial draft. As a result, we revised the draft competencies early in 2016.

You may access the draft competencies themselves here.

WE NOW SEEK YOUR HELP in critiquing this latest draft set of competencies to make sure that they make sense in the many contexts in which AEA members practice.  We are asking for your feedback on the form and content of the current draft of foundational competencies.

●       We seek to identify necessary competencies. Evaluation is clearly a context-dependent activity, and AEA evaluators practice evaluation in many different places and ways. The AEA Evaluator Competencies will be the general competencies that every evaluator or team of evaluators should have, regardless of context.

●       These draft competencies are emphatically not final versions. They are initial drafts for discussion and input, and they will be revised again following this round of feedback.

We are now soliciting your opinions on the current draft set of competencies and its potential uses. We also want to hear your thoughts on the opportunities created by and the risks associated with defining and endorsing a set of evaluator competencies to guide evaluation professionals. Results will be used in the next revision of the draft competencies. In addition, we plan to analyze the results of all the feedback for presentation at the 2016 AEA annual meeting in Atlanta.

Please send comments to the Task Force by writing an email to competencies@eval.org. We welcome your input.

Research Specialist - Program Evaluation (PVL #88088)

Join the dynamic Evaluation Research team as a Research Specialist for Program Evaluation. The Evaluation Research Group works in partnership with community, tribal, university, and governmental organizations through the development, implementation, and evaluation stages of their programs. 

This position assists in evaluation research and applied research in a wide variety of population health-related areas, particularly adolescent mental health, substance use, and/or public health. The position will support implementation of evaluation plans and studies, including data collection, data management, basic analyses and report preparations, and providing technical assistance to programs for continuous quality improvement. They will work with the team in development of interim and final evaluation reports, presentations to key stakeholders, and publications based on findings. 

The assured consideration date for applications is October 2, 2016. Please see the full position description at: http://www.ohr.wisc.edu/Weblisting/External/PVLSummary.aspx?pvl_num=88088.

Evaluation Research Scientist (PVL #87853)

Seeking an Evaluation Research Scientist to join a dynamic team. The Evaluation Research Group works in partnership with community, tribal, university, and governmental organizations through the development, implementation, and evaluation stages of their programs. The evaluation unit of the UW Population Health Institute has an extensive history and current portfolio of evaluation research projects. Two of these projects involve evaluation research regarding collaborative science programs - the Institute for Clinical and Translational Research (ICTR) and the Center for Predictive Computational Phenotyping (CPCP). 

This position will conduct evaluation research focusing on these programs of team science and the development and application of scientific knowledge to the broad areas of clinical and translational bio-medical research represented by the work of CPCP and ICTR. The scientist will collaborate with UWPHI and ICTR evaluators and with affiliated faculty to plan and implement evaluation studies regarding implementation and effectiveness of big data and clinical-translational research in bio-medical settings of the ICTR and CPCP programs. This will include development and implementation of ongoing evaluation and accountability systems, development and analysis of surveys and data bases, and in-depth evaluation research on the synergistic impact of these programs of interdisciplinary team science.

The assured consideration date for applications is October 16, 2016. Please see the full position description at: http://www.ohr.wisc.edu/Weblisting/External/PVLSummary.aspx?pvl_num=87853. 

CALL FOR APPLICATIONS

• Broadening their understanding of evaluation as a profession; and
• Strengthening their knowledge of evaluation theory and methods through workshops, webinars, mentoring and experiential projects.

• Orientation via webinar/conference call
• Webinar-based Experts Exchange with leaders in teaching evaluation approximately monthly
• Monthly teleconference for working and reporting on individual and group initiatives, collaboration and peer support. 
• Attendance and participation in the AEA/CDC Summer Evaluation Professional Development Institute 
• Participation in either (or both) individual or a group/cohort culminating evaluation exercise
• Webinar-based summer training debrief/focus group after Summer training
• Attendance and participation at AEA's annual conference including networking opportunities and specialized training and opportunities for the MSI faculty group as a culminating activity in November of 2017. 
• Webinar-based Conference debrief/focus group in late November
• Ongoing access to resources through a specialized webpage
• Ongoing affiliation to the American Evaluation Association
• Ongoing affiliation to an AEA local affiliate if present in the region

• Registration fee waiver to AEA annual conference and workshops
• Registration fee waiver to Summer Evaluation Professional Development Institute
• For those not local to the Washington, DC area, airfare and hotel while at the annual conference (Evaluation 2017)
• For those not local to the Atlanta area, airfare and hotel while at the Summer Institute professional development series