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Remote Volunteer Cross-Program Evaluator — Believe in Me

Remote, Volunteer must be in United States
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  • Details

    Time Commitment:
    Flexible
    Commitment Details:
    Approximately 4–8 hours per month for at least six months, plus required screening and orientation.
    Recurrence:
    Recurring
    Volunteers Needed:
    3
    Cause Areas:
    Arts & Music, Children & Youth, Education, Housing & Homelessness, Hunger, Food Security
    Benefits:
    Training Provided
    Participation Requirements:
    Background Check, Attend Orientation
    Age Requirement:
    25+
    Other Requirements:
    Successful screening plus confidentiality, consent, privacy, minimization, de-identification, youth research ethics, bias awareness, safeguarding, and approved reporting training.

    Description

    Help Believe in Me evaluate and improve programs serving underserved youth and young people across scholarships, community partnerships, iLevelUP, Cougs 4 Kids, and related initiatives.

    The volunteer Cross-Program Evaluator will develop approved evaluation questions, measures, collection plans, analyses, and learning summaries while protecting participants and avoiding unsupported claims.

    Responsibilities:

    • Translate approved program goals and stakeholder questions into practical evaluation plans
    • Define outcomes, indicators, data sources, collection methods, timelines, responsibilities, and limitations
    • Review existing information for quality, representativeness, bias, missingness, and privacy risk
    • Create accessible surveys, interview guides, dashboards, summaries, and learning sessions
    • Use consent, data minimization, de-identification, aggregation, and secure handling
    • Distinguish outputs, outcomes, correlation, contribution, and causation accurately
    • Coordinate with program, data, scholarship, partnership, safeguarding, and leadership owners
    • Avoid research claims, high-stakes profiling, or participant contact outside approved scope
    • Escalate ethical, privacy, safety, bias, or data-quality concerns

    Qualifications:

    • Experience in program evaluation, research, measurement, data analysis, education, social impact, or learning
    • Strong mixed-methods design, survey or interview practice, analysis, visualization, and plain-language reporting
    • Familiarity with youth research ethics, privacy, consent, accessibility, bias, and responsible demographic reporting
    • Graduate training or equivalent applied experience is helpful
    • At least 25 years old and willing to complete background and confidentiality requirements

    This is a remote, project-based or recurring role available within the United States. Expect approximately 4–8 hours per month.

    Questions: volunteers@believeinme.org

    Believe in Me

    107 Spring Street, 2nd Floor

    Seattle, WA 98104

    (206) 414-8043

    Location

    Remote
    Volunteer must be in United States
    Associated Location
    Seattle, WA, USA

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