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Community Initiatives

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501 - 1000 employees

Founded 1996

🤝 Non-profit

💼 Consulting

💰 $100k Grant - Community Initiatives on 2023-12

Non-profit • Consulting

Community Initiatives is a dedicated fiscal sponsor and 501(c)(3) nonprofit established in 1996 that provides infrastructure and administrative services to community-led projects and nonprofit leaders. It offers services including benefits, payroll and human resources support, financial management, tax preparation and compliance, grants management, risk management and insurance, legal counsel, and online donation management. Community Initiatives hosts a diverse portfolio of sponsored projects working on social justice, environment, education, health & wellness, the arts, and other community causes, and emphasizes saving project leaders time and resources while providing expert support.

📋 Description

• Analyze national, state, and district-level attendance data to identify trends, disparities, and opportunities for impact. • Develop credible frameworks to assess attribution, contribution, and influence where direct causality may be difficult to isolate. • Lead development of an Impact evaluation plan for the organization aligned with Attendance Works’ strategic plan and our goal of reducing chronic absence by 50%. • Establish standards for evidence claims used in external communications, fundraising, board materials, and thought leadership. • Ensure impact statements are rigorous, defensible, and clearly communicate limitations. • Work with program staff to ensure that research findings are incorporated into TA activities and inspire action. • Design and oversee formative and outcome evaluations of Attendance Works programs, tools, and technical assistance initiatives aligned with Attendance Works’ Strategic Plan. • Based on analysis of findings, recommend improvements to programmatic strategy and practice aligned with broader organizational goals. • Regularly reviews findings with the advisory board, leadership team and all hands. • Build an inclusive research culture that centers the voices and experiences of students and families most impacted by chronic absence. • Provide expert feedback to organization leadership regarding continuous improvement including support with process evaluations for new and existing initiatives to assess implementation quality, reach, fidelity, participant engagement, and operational effectiveness. • Integrate quantitative and qualitative evidence.

🎯 Requirements

• 10 years of progressively responsible experience in research, evaluation, data analytics, impact measurement, or related functions. • Proven track record of developing organization wide evaluation plans and frameworks. • Proven track record of developing data dashboards. • Experience analyzing large-scale education, youth, or public-sector datasets and translating findings into practice, policy and strategy. • Experience working in education, nonprofit, public-sector, philanthropy, or systems-change environments preferred. • Experience producing reports, briefs, board materials, or public-facing thought leadership for diverse audiences. • Experience managing multiple projects, budgets, timelines, and cross-functional stakeholders. • Masters degree required, Relevant Doctorate Degree strongly preferred.

🏖️ Benefits

• Fully paid medical, dental, and vision • 401k and 5% employee match • Basic Life Insurance, AD&D, STD, LTD • 4 weeks of paid vacation • 12 days of paid sick leave • 14 paid holidays • 4 floating holidays