Evaluator Programs
2 months ago
**Job ID**: 46696
**Job Category**:Policy, Planning & Research
**Division & Section**:Parks, Forestry & Recreation, PFR Policy & Strategic Planning
**Work Location**:Metro Hall, 55 John Street, Toronto, Ontario
**Job Type & Duration**:Full-time, Permanent Vacancy
**Hourly Rate and Wage Grade**:$48.49 - $53.14, TF5001, Wage Grade 15
**Shift Information**: Monday to Friday, 35 hours per week
**Affiliation**: L79 Full-time
**Number of Positions Open**: 1
**Posting Period**: 10-Oct-2024 to 25-Oct-2024
**Job Summary**:
Parks, Forestry, and Recreation (PFR) is one of the largest divisions in the City of Toronto. We are the keepers of our common grounds - the parks, recreation facilities and natural spaces where Torontonians come together to build community and play, celebrate and explore.
Reporting to the Manager, Research and Analytics, in the Policy and Strategic Planning Branch of Parks, Forestry & Recreation, the Evaluator, Programs will help design, plan, and lead the implementation of small and large evaluative frameworks, needs assessments, and applied research projects. Working closely with a Management Consultant, you will also collaborate cross-functionally with data analytics and policy colleagues.
You possess a strong technical background, especially in program evaluation and applied mixed methods research applicable to recreation, ecosystem services, climate change resilience, public space, youth-focused, community
- and network-building programs. You should have a track record of using evaluative thinking to drive the understanding, improvement, and communication of quality of life outcomes for the public.
**Major Responsibilities**:
**Evaluation Planning & Measurement Framework Development**
- Collaborates with divisional units/sections/branches in the planning and evaluation of programs.
- Develops plans for the implementation of the evaluation strategy and data development agenda in collaboration with internal and external groups.
- Researches, reviews and implements policy and programs for evaluation.
- Designs causal and/or logic models and/or theories of change to frame and design/integrated measurement frameworks for divisional policies, strategies and plans.
- Designs, plans, and implements high-quality applied research, evaluation and/or baseline studies.
**Data Collection and Analysis**
- Analyzes needs and develops assessment tools.
- Coordinates and collaborates with divisional managers, technical experts in the related field of the study to streamline related or connected work processes and/or data collection and to ensure monitoring and evaluation components are well integrated in the implementation plans.
- Provides technical support to divisional teams in the development, use, and quality assurance of data collection methods for qualitative, quantitative and participatory research and evaluations.
- Designs and tests evaluation and applied research strategies and tools to ensure the quality and usability of performance monitoring tools and collects data from patrons and program participants to support the decision-making process, and includes Designs, develops and implements surveys to determine customer satisfaction with specific programs.
- Coordinates cross-functional groups within the Division to support data quality assurance and data governance guidelines.
- Performs the statistical analysis and evaluation of results and prepares reports.
**Knowledge Translation and Capacity Building**
- Trains divisional and unit staff on monitoring and evaluation of foundational knowledge.
- Consults and/or works collaboratively with external groups, stakeholders, outside organizations and interest groups to identify shared interests/results.
- Collaborates in decisions reached and ensures outcomes are supported and provides mediation for opposing viewpoints.
**Key Qualifications**:
- Master's degree in program evaluation, epidemiology, anthropology, social sciences, ecology or public health or social services research or an equivalent combination of education and/or experience.
- Considerable experience in conducting and supporting program evaluations and/or public health, ecosystems, or social science research in a public service context.
- Considerable experience with quantitative and qualitative evaluation/research methods.
- Experience with sampling design and statistical analysis.
- Experience with computer systems, database management, and statistical packages used for data analysis in evaluation.
**You must also have**:
- Excellent interpersonal skills to maintain inter-professional team relationships with multiple stakeholders, including City staff and the public.
- Excellent political acuity.
- Ability to create and effectively present information and facilitate discussions with various audiences.
- Ability to work independently with mínimal supervision.
- Detail-orientation, dependability, and flexibility with initiative, capacity, and organizational skills to
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