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Campus Compact

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11 - 50 employees

Founded 1985

📚 Education

🤝 Non-profit

🌍 Social Impact

Education • Non-profit • Social Impact

Campus Compact is a national coalition of colleges and universities committed to advancing the public purposes of higher education through civic engagement, community development, and democratic learning. It provides membership services, professional development, credentialing, programmatic initiatives (e. g. , Newman Civic Fellowship, AmeriCorps VISTA, Engaged Scholars Initiative), resources, conferences, and advocacy to help institutions institutionalize community-engaged learning, student civic leadership, and partnerships with local communities.

📋 Description

• Design and lead evaluations for designated Campus Compact programs and initiatives, from assessment framework development through final reporting • Develop evaluation plans, data collection instruments, and analysis frameworks appropriate to each project's scope and context • Analyze both quantitative and qualitative data to produce clear, actionable findings and supportive stories • Produce evaluation reports and briefs that translate evidence into recommendations accessible to non-technical audiences • Serve as internal lead and liaison on projects that engage external evaluation consultants, ensuring quality and organizational alignment • Ensure evaluation findings and data support grant proposals and funder reporting requirements • Assist in developing a comprehensive KPI and metrics framework aligned to Campus Compact's strategic plan • Build and maintain systems for monitoring and tracking progress across all strategic priorities • Design accessible dashboards and reporting tools that allow leadership and staff to engage meaningfully with strategic data • Produce regular, high-quality progress reports on strategic plan implementation for the President, senior leadership team, and Board of Directors • Analyze trends and surface insights that help the organization identify areas of strength, emerging gaps, and opportunities for course correction • Collaborate with staff to enhance program design process • Develop tools, templates, guides, and frameworks that staff can use independently to design and conduct light-touch evaluation proportional to their project scope • Facilitate learning sessions and workshops to build staff confidence and fluency in evaluation concepts, translating data for storytelling, and evidence-informed practice • Champion a culture of learning and continuous improvement helping the organization move from data collection to effective use through genuine reflection and action • Build formal mechanisms for staff, program, and organizational continuous improvement using key data, analysis, and insights.

🎯 Requirements

• Master's degree in program evaluation, public policy, social science, education, or a related field preferred; equivalent professional experience will be considered. • A minimum of 5 years of experience in program evaluation, applied research, or a closely related field at a comparable level of responsibility • Demonstrated experience designing and leading evaluations from inception through dissemination, independently or in coordination with others • Experience in higher education, civic engagement, nonprofit, and/or membership-based organizations • A track record of working effectively across teams and building others' capacity, not just completing evaluation work in isolation • Experience designing or monitoring programs that create change through difficult to quantify means (e.g. capacity building activities) • Experience leading or significantly contributing to strategic planning, particularly with a focus on on the measurement, on the organizational, department, or team level • Experience contributing to organizational strategy, KPI development, or data for storytelling • Direct experience or close collaboration working with grant writing or funder reporting that integrates evaluation data.

🏖️ Benefits

• national healthcare coverage • generous paid time off • employer retirement contribution • flexible work environment • inclusive and caring culture • dedication to professional development