Evaluation Intern

POSITION: EVALUATION INTERN

LOCATION: WASHINGTON, D.C.

REPORTS TO: SENIOR DIRECTOR, LEARNING AND EVALUATION

SUPERVISES: N/A

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HOURLY RATE:

 

Schedule:

• Maximum of 240 hours to be completed by April 2025, about 10 hours per week preferred

ABOUT OUR ORGANIZATION

LIFT believes that racial and gender wealth gaps stem from structural inequities that keep them trapped in a cycle where poverty, like wealth, is passed from generation to generation. At LIFT, we interrupt the generational transmission of poverty by partnering with parents of young children to build well-being, financial strength, and social connections – or as we like to put it, Hope, Money, and Love. LIFT's one-on-one coaching program empowers parents to set and achieve goals that put families on the path toward economic mobility – such as going back to school, improving credit, eliminating debt, or securing a living wage. In addition to coaching, LIFT parents also receive direct cash infusions to reinvest in their families and goals.

LIFT is at an exciting moment in its organizational trajectory. We aim to scale our impact by 1) making continuous improvements to our direct service model, 2) partnering with health care, post-secondary education, early child development, and government organizations to deliver LIFT's model and influence change in those systems, and 3) amplify the voices of parents living in poverty to influence policy issues impacting their lives and communities.

This role sits on LIFT’s National Program Team, which oversees the design, continual improvement and evaluation of LIFT’s program model with the goal of increasing impact for members and scaling LIFT’s work. The National Program Team aims to foster the highest quality program evaluation across all LIFT sites by 1) designing and implementing evaluation tools and systems that allow LIFT to evaluate the efficacy of its program and 2) performing analyses of evaluation data that will be used to facilitate continuous learning into program implementation. Analytical work in the economic mobility space and more specifically at LIFT has a unique feature: analysis supports making a difference in the lives of the communities we serve.

AS EVALUATION INTERN, YOU WILL:

• Provide quantitative data analysis and reporting support to the LIFT Evaluation Team
• Create data reports and visualizations to effectively communicate data findings
• Manage and analyze data in LIFT’s Salesforce system, known as Horizon
• Create and update Horizon reports
• Assist with a reports audit and reorganization
• Complete landscape analyses of studies, programs, and evaluations as needed for various evaluation projects
• Conduct qualitative interviews (interviews or focus groups with members, staff, coaches, partners or other stakeholders) and analyze qualitative data
• Collaborate with the Evaluation Team to interpret and present data in varied formats

OUR IDEAL CANDIDATE:

• An undergraduate or graduate student with work experience, interest, and/or coursework in data analysis, program evaluation, or related fields – prioritizing recruitment of a 2024-2025 LIFT coach for this role
• Basic proficiency at analyzing quantitative data, comfort with Excel and practical experience with Excel is a must
• Has experience learning new software and/or comfortable and willing to learn new software, including back-end administration and reporting
• Experience with Salesforce or another CRM/relational database is a plus but not required
• Has outstanding verbal and written communication skills
• Accepts and integrates feedback
• Is flexible, adaptable, and takes initiative even in ambiguous situations

 

 

 

 

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Last updated on Aug 22, 2024