Title / Position: Principal Research Associate
Organization: The Evaluation Center at Western Michigan University
Location: Kalamazoo, Michigan
Hours / Full or Part Time: Full-time (40 hours per week)
Time period: 2-year appointment, with option to renew assuming
satisfactory performance
Description of position: The Evaluation Center is developing an Evaluation
Lab where undergraduate and graduate students will develop evaluation
and social research skills by working on community-based projects.
The Evaluation Lab director will pay a lead role in developing the Lab’s
structure and engaging community and academic partners to ensure the Lab
is valuable to them. Once the lab is operational, the Lab director will:
- Promote the Lab to community organizations, students, and academic
programs
- Secure contracts for community projects
- Assemble teams of students to work on small-scale evaluations and
assign them to community-based projects
- Supervise, coach, and support students to (1) help them learn and
develop practical evaluation and social research skills; and (2) ensure
the technical quality, relevance, utility, and cultural appropriateness of
evaluations conducted by the Lab
- Develop grant and contract proposals to secure funding for the Lab's
operations
Education / experience requirements: Ph.D. with at least three years of
experience
Web Site: https://wmich.edu/evaluation/pra
Contact person & information: Lori Wingate, lori.wingate@wmich.edu
Deadline for submission: December 15, 2022 / Posting end date: December 15, 2022