YWCA Kalamazoo is on a Mission!

* *At YWCA Kalamazoo, we look for people who want to make a difference and do something that MATTERS. YWCA Kalamazoo is your ally who is on a mission to eliminate racism, empower women, stand up for social justice, help families, and strengthen communities. When you work for YWCA Kalamazoo, you become part of a worldwide movement: eliminating racism and empowering women.

Simply put, YWCA Kalamazoo draws together members who strive to create opportunities for women's growth, leadership, and power to attain a common vision of peace, justice, freedom and dignity for all people.

Our employee-centric philosophies focus on taking care of you and promoting a healthy work-life balance. We offer a benefits package tailored with YOU in mind!

* WHAT YOU'LL DO:*

*PRIMARY FUNCTION:  *The Senior Director of Research, Evaluation, and Program Development is a strategic executive leader. This position serves as an inspiring thought partner, supporting YW programs to integrate research and evaluation into practice, and supporting the sector to benefit from the YW's findings.

* QUALIFICATIONS:*

• Masters in social work or related field required, including applied research, OR PhD strongly preferred in social work, early childhood, public health or related field 
• Experience bridging the research-practice divide through implementation science and practice
• 10+ years of developing and executing social service programs
• Personal or professional experience related to at least one of the agency's service pillars

• Demonstrated experience in all of the following: designing and executing impact evaluations; strategic planning; personnel supervision and growth; conducting needs assessments; facilitating research partnerships; leading direct service teams

   KEY SKILLS:

• Expertise in implementation science and practice

• Strategic planning and innovation
• Curiosity, humility, boldness, creativity, connectedness
• Strong group facilitation, including personnel and community members
• Tool, research, and EBP/best practice identification and development
• Strengths-based personnel development, including for highly credentialed teams
• Commitment to anti-racist, feminist perspectives in social work

• Bilingual Spanish/English candidates encouraged to apply

   The following statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed. They are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

Centers anti-racism, feminism, and trauma-responsive leadership in all activities, including in leadership, partnership, and research.

Consults on research design and implementation, including development and direct facilitation of groups, interviews, and surveys when necessary

Collaboratively develops, manages, and forecasts departmental budget

Serves as the principal writer for research funding opportunities

Manages funded research projects in accordance with contractual requirements

Collaboratively creates and executes agency-wide research, evaluation, and program development protocols

Ensure all programs agency-wide are supported with a collaboratively created, rigorous, measurable logic model

Ensure all tools and interventions used agency-wide are vetted and either a) evidence-based or b) if no appropriate tool/intervention exists, have an actionable plan to develop the evidence-base

Maintain a comprehensive roster of the tools and interventions used across the agency, including confirmation (and citations)