Program Evaluation Internship

Spring 2013 Program Evaluation Internship Released November 5, 2012 Public Profit helps public service organizations measure and manage what matters. Our clients include a variety of public service organizations that serve children and youth, including schools, family resource centers, and children’s policy advocates. We provide program evaluation, evaluation capacity-building and data visualization services to our clients. Public Profit is conducting an evaluation of a professional development program for youth workers that seeks to improve their ability to improve the emotional climate of after school programs by more meaningfully involving young people in leadership roles. The mixed methods evaluation design incorporates multiple data sources, including key informant interviews and focus groups, expert observation, large-scale survey data and stakeholder surveys. The Program Evaluation Intern will assist with the collection and analysis of quantitative and qualitative data and with authoring findings reports and articles intended for journal publication. The ideal candidate will have: • Familiarity with a variety of child and family policies and programs, including child care, K-12 education and after-school programming. • Training in statistics and program evaluation; graduate level training preferred. • Excellent writing and editing skills; experience preparing journal articles a plus. • Hands-on experience managing data and conducting basic descriptive and inferential statistics. Strong familiarity with Excel and SPSS a must. • Demonstrated ability to manage multiple tasks simultaneously and to meet deadlines. What the Intern will gain from this position: • Opportunity to build skills in evaluation design and implementation, with an emphasis on data cleaning and analysis. • Co-authorship acknowledgement in findings reports and journal articles. About the position: • Internship will last from January – May 2013, approximately 10 hours per week. • An honorarium of $5,000 is provided with the internship. • Intern will work at Public Profit’s offices in downtown Oakland; work-at-home opportunities are available with a proven track record of performance. To apply: • Email a cover letter and resume, with candidate’s name in the document title (e.g. Amirah Shah Resume) to jobs@publicprofit.net. • Only applicants selected for an interview will be contacted.