Data & Evaluation Consultant

Who Are We?

Young Storytellers equips young people to be the driving force of their own narratives. We’re passionate about bringing people together and creating stories to raise the voices of those who don’t often get heard. We believe that when a young person understands the power of their own story — made of their unique background, culture, race, gender, sexuality, immigration status, geographic location, and economic statues — it creates a more empathetic and equitable future for everyone. We raise voices, one story at a time.

Young Storytellers works with students in elementary, middle, and high school. In elementary school, students write scripts that are completely their own; in middle school, students write stories about challenges that they face; and in high school, students explore how various communities are portrayed in the media and craft stories that they feel represent their self-identified communities. Students in each program work with volunteer mentors, and every student gets to see their work performed by professional actors. Young Storytellers programs are designed around Common Core standards, integrate Social and Emotional Learning activities, and include components of Learning for Justice’s Social Justice Standards.

What Is This Position?

The Data & Evaluation Consultant is a seasonal contracted position that provides integral support to the Young Storytellers Programs, Education, and Volunteers teams by ensuring data is collected with integrity from our many school sites across programs, cities, and states. The Data & Evaluation Consultant collaborates with YS team members to build surveys to collect both qualitative and quantitative data that is representative of student, family, teacher, school staff, partner, and volunteer experiences, and presents findings to be interpreted and used by the YS team. The Data & Evaluation Consultant drives impact by providing a comprehensive report at the end of the school year that all members of the YS team can use, including fundraising and development team members. The Data & Evaluation Consultant also works with Program, Volunteer, and Education team members to enhance data literacy and analysis skills, in addition to collaborating on the creation, refinement, and development of data best practices and new forms of data collection, including but not limited to structured focus groups and community interviews. As with all YS team members and consultants, the values of connection, belonging, exploration, play, and equity are at the core of all decisions and actions that the Data & Evaluation Consultant makes.

Cool, But Let’s Get Specific. What’s Involved in This Job?

Responsibilities:

• Creates and edits surveys as needed to ensure they are high quality, with the team's needs and feedback in mind;
• Supports the administration of all program and volunteer surveys;
• Interprets and codes data received from all Young Storytellers surveys, including student, volunteer, school liaison and teachers, and family surveys;
• Assists with specific data collection and analysis requests by staff, as needed;
• Creates dashboards and a yearly comprehensive program report to deliver to the YS team (which includes Program, Education, Volunteer, Communication, and Development teams);
• Presents data findings in an accessible way to the YS team at select all team meetings;
• Provides communication and training to the YS team as needed on data, survey creation, reports, and dashboards;
• In partnership with key staff members, develop data guidebook and evaluation timeline that centralizes processes to collect and analyze data and apply findings from surveys, community engagement, and focus groups;
• Creates data visualizations and infographics for YS annual report and website, as needed and helpful.

Am I A Good Fit For This Position?

Required Qualifications:

• Substantial experience with data collection and interpretation, especially within nonprofit and/or education sector;
• Experience creating accessible and informational narratives and reports using qualitative and quantitative data;
• Experience creating various data visualizations and/or infographics.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills;
• Excellent organizational skills;
• Proven ability to work effectively in collaboration with diverse teams and groups of people;
• Demonstrated experience with handling sensitive personal information.

Desired Qualifications:

• Experience integrating the values of belonging and equity into evaluation practices and processes;
• Prior experience working with and across teams to get to a desired result;
• Experience working within education – especially arts education;
• Experience with Google Suite, including Google Data Studio is preferred.

What is My Compensation for This Position?

The Data & Evaluation Consultant is a temporary and remote contracted position for the 2022-2023 school year, beginning in October 2022 and ending June 2023, with the possibility of the contract being extended if the right fit for the organization. Hours are flexible and a timeline will be established during the onboarding process, though must be available to review data and produce reports in November/December 2022 and May/June 2023. Pay is $10,000 for the 9-month period.

What’s Your Covid-19 Vaccination Policy?

In alignment with our organizational values and Worldview, Young Storytellers has a Covid-19 vaccination mandate in place for all staff, interns, Board members, volunteers for in-person programs and events, and office visitors. We define “fully vaccinated” as all required shots plus a booster shot by a FDA-approved vaccine (Pfizer, Moderna, or Johnson & Johnson) or a comparable approved vaccine (i.e. AstraZeneca). Proof of vaccination must be submitted to Young Storytellers before interviewing with the organization. Legitimate health or religious exemptions will be considered, but the health and safety of the whole YS community will be equally considered.

Ok, I’m In. How Do I Apply? 

Anticipated start date is October 2022 and applications will be accepted until the position is full. To apply, please visit this link and submit the following as a single PDF:

• Resume, CV, and/or portfolio;
• A brief paragraph stating why you are interested in working with Young Storytellers in this role;
• A short statement about how you would integrate the YS mission and values into your work as the Data & Evaluation Consultant; and
• A report or data dashboard you created in the course of your career and a short summary of the impact that it had (any personal information should be redacted).

Anything Else I Should Know?

Young Storytellers is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Belonging is a core value of the Young Storytellers culture, and our daily practices around equity, diversity, inclusion, anti-bias, antidiscrimination, and antiracism are central to that value. Young Storytellers firmly believes that Black Lives Matter. We encourage women and gender diverse people, BIPOC, LGBTQIA+ individuals, veterans, immigrants, and anyone with a disability to apply for this and all our positions. Young Storytellers has designed our interview, onboarding, and ongoing cultural practices to be a welcoming space for everyone. You can read more about our worldview on our website.

For any questions or accommodations while applying due to a disability, please email us at jobs@youngstorytellers.com or call us at 323.962.4500.