Hiring Organization Information
Position Information
Mat-Su Health Foundation (MSHF) is the official business name of Valley Hospital Association, Inc., which shares ownership in Mat-Su Regional Medical Center. In this capacity, MSHF board members and representatives actively participate in the governance of Mat-Su’s community hospital to protect the community’s interest in this important healthcare institution. Grounded in organizational values of prevention, access, wellness, fairness, equity, and collaboration, the MSHF mission is to improve the health and wellness of Alaskans living in the Mat-Su. Through grantmaking, convening of local partners, and policy change, the foundation’s work has resulted in significant improvements in systems that support the health of Mat-Su residents in areas such as behavioral health, child welfare, crisis response, community connections, workforce development, transportation, housing, and senior services.
The Mat-Su Health Foundation is intentional about building a healthier future for Mat-Su and our work is guided by community knowledge and data. Evaluation & Learning (E&L) plays a critical role in promoting the use of data and evaluation to inform strategy and decision making, advance health equity, and communicate the impact of MSHF programs. The E&L team is growing and supports the foundation’s work in a variety of ways:
- Working across MSHF programs to develop assessments that inform our strategies and advocacy, like the Community Health Needs Assessment, Behavioral Health Assessments, and Mat-Su Food Systems Assessment
- Working with programs and grantees to measure the impact of our collective work, for example an evaluation of the scholarship program or the Youth 360 program
- Collaborating with grants management to streamline grant applications and reports
- Developing requests for proposals and selecting external evaluators to support needs assessments and program evaluations
- Gathering community health data from a variety of state and national sources, for example the American Community Survey, Behavior Risk Factor Surveillance System, and Vital Records, to create reports and charts that inform our work and communicate about the health of the Mat-Su to a variety of stakeholders
Leadership
- Work closely with program staff to develop grantee reporting guidelines, develop evaluation objectives and questions, inform evaluation design, and disseminate and organize evaluation findings and reports
- Lead the design and implementation of third-party evaluations, including selection of external partners and co-designing evaluation questions and methods
- Promote the use of learning and evaluation findings internally, with the Foundation’s board of directors, with grantee partners, and with stakeholders
- Generate reports and data visualizations to highlight progress toward strategic goals and evaluate organizational impact
- Understand and communicate community health data for internal and external stakeholders
Program Administration/Management
- Develop processes for collecting data, create data visualizations, and engage in sensemaking with program staff and stakeholders
- Ensure evaluation products and processes are timely, useful, and of high-quality
- Design and develop grantee reporting strategy to collect information that provides useful insights to the grantee and MSHF while contributing to measuring impact
- In collaboration with the Director of Evaluation & Learning and grants management refine a coding structure and definitions in the grants and scholarships management system
- Create reports and dashboards in mySidewalk to support the redesign of the online data repository, Mat-Su Health Stats
- Curate community health data to inform advocacy and decision-making
- Support the completion of a triennial Community Health Needs Assessment and implementation plan
External Relationships
- Build and maintain relationships with evaluation partners, grantees, other funders, philanthropic support organizations and community stakeholders
- Represent MSHF in various workgroups, coalitions, and steering committees
- Participate in opportunities to share the MSHF’s learnings and findings with key audiences
- Actively participate in a network of peers locally and nationally to develop and discover new ideas and strategies to enhance evaluation and learning activities
Health Equity Promotion
- Promote an understanding of health disparities through data
- Ensure evaluation alignment with the organizational commitment to promote health equity and inclusion
- Seek to understand and apply principles of data equity
- Serve as internal leader to further Foundation’s commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion
Competencies
- Experience with qualitative and quantitative evaluation methods and the use of participatory approaches and community engagement in evaluation
- Experience leading evaluations and working with third-party evaluators
- Experience in communicating to key stakeholders, including strong writing skills that incorporate the use of data visualizations and the ability to make sound presentations on complex topics
- Knowledge of the concepts of health equity and data equity with a willingness to expand in these areas of knowledge and work
- Sensitivity to diplomacy in communicating with a broad and diverse audience
- Strong analytical skills and ability to leverage strategic and practical thinking
- Ability to learn quickly and to stay flexible and organized in a fast-paced environment
- Excellent interpersonal skills and willingness to work collaboratively across programs
- Demonstrated self-starter with passion for continuous learning and improvement
Education & Experience
- Bachelor’s degree required. Advanced degree in public health, social sciences, public policy or administration, or related field utilizing applied research methods or evaluation and learning practices preferred
- Comparable years of relevant experience can be substituted for educational requirements if related to the roles and responsibilities of this position
- 5+ years of professional experience in evaluation and/or applied research, preferably in philanthropy and/or public health
- Ability to build and maintain positive relationships with diverse stakeholders
- Literacy in Microsoft office suite, highly proficient in excel and creating compelling data visualizations
- Experience with Tableau, Power BI or related dashboard tools is a plus