Program Evaluation & Implementation Coordinator

Job Title: STAR Program Evaluation & Implementation Coordinator

Time: 20 hours/week. There is flexibility on when work can be completed.

Grant Duration: through February 29, 2028

Job Description:

The STAR Expansion Project Coordinator will assist with the Lutheran Settlement House (LSH) and CHOP partnership grant, Promoting Healthy Teen Relationships. The grant aims to promote healthy teen relationships through deployment of a Teen Ambassador and teen dating violence education program at partner community sites. This position will support outreach, relationship-building, program coordination, and project evaluation activities. Evaluating the impact of STAR will allow the team to continuously improve the program while laying the groundwork for replicating and expanding STAR in the future. This hybrid role includes in-person hours (at least 1 day/week) at either LSH’s main site in the Fishtown neighborhood of Philadelphia or at CHOP and its satellite offices, as needed for STAR programming

Job Responsibilities

• Participate in grant team meetings
• Meet regularly with team members (TDV Coordinators, Child Counseling Team)
• Coordinate and schedule meetings, including sending reminders, preparing agendas and presentations, and documenting and distributing meeting minutes
• Keep project materials organized
• Assign and follow up on project tasks
• Create, edit and print project materials
• Create, edit, and disseminate project surveys (pre- and post-implementation)
• Develop and manage program evaluation materials
• Conduct qualitative interviews and/or focus groups
• Conduct data collection and data analysis
• Increase project dissemination materials
• Compile grant outcomes and assist with data interpretation utilizing Excel and CANVA
• Assist with the design and completion of community site outcomes reports
• Ensure timely collection and submission of invoices and participate timesheets to LSH’s fiscal department for payments
• Support Teen Dating Coordinators and partner site liaisons by ensuring all necessary program materials are prepared and available, including SEPTA cards, training food, attendance sheets, surveys, and other supplies

Qualifications

• Completion of a 4-year undergraduate degree
• Prior research experience
• Prior project management experience
• Interest in public health, research, evaluation, and violence prevention
• Strong leadership skills and willing to take initiative
• Excellent communication and organizational skills
• Works well within a diverse team
• Familiarity and comfort with software systems
• Completion of HIPAA CITI Training (completed once hired)
• Child Abuse Clearance, FBI Fingerprinting, NTP CHOP On-boarding (completed once hired)
• Completion of all childhood vaccinations as well as primary COVID vaccine series and yearly influenza vaccine.
• Bilingual in English and Spanish is preferred. Bilingual in other languages is a plus. We value diversity and aim to have our staff diversity mirror our client population. We strongly encourage BIPOC applicants and other diverse backgrounds to apply.

STAR Program Background

STAR (Students Talking About Relationships) is a workshop series offered to teens aimed at increasing awareness of teen dating violence (TDV) and preventing involvement in TDV relationships. This grant expansion includes the following elements: 1) Summer Training Program for Teen Ambassadors 2) Co-Facilitation of STAR programming with Teen Ambassadors partner sites and 3) Facilitation of STAR Effect project-based advocacy with Teen Ambassadors in their respective sites. Evaluation will occur of each aspect of the STAR Expansion project.

Benefits include:

• Philadelphia Sick Time is accrued at a rate of 1 hour per every 40 hours worked.
• Paid holidays
• Our 401k retirement savings program offers a 1% match, and we offer pre-tax flexible spending accounts for health, travel, and dependent care.
• We value growth and learning, and offer trainings and conference participation whenever possible. We value the voices of our staff, and we offer mini-grants for staff to pilot new ideas in their work.
• We understand that employees are people first and foremost, and are committed to an overall supportive and flexible organizational culture.
• Our work is critical but we know it’s not easy, so we aim to infuse joy wherever possible. Whether we are offering free yoga and exercise classes, ending all-staff meetings with Karaoke or Bingo, or committing steadfast to a snack-based meeting culture – we aim to balance the weight of our work with laughter and levity as often as we can.

Proficient in English (reading/writing/verbal communication), Bilingual English and Spanish preferred, and compensated commensurately. Bilingual in any language a plus.