The mission of Emory Centers for Training and Technical Assistance (Emory Centers) is to advance public health practice through capacity building in partnership with the public health workforce and communities nationwide.

Emory Centers provides ongoing technical assistance for evaluation design and implementation of the Healthy Brain Initiative Cooperative Agreement evaluation for the Alzheimer’s Association. Emory’s expertise has supported performance measurement and continuous quality improvement to assist the Association in monitoring progress toward the intended outcomes of the HBI Cooperative Agreement and identify areas for improvement.

The Manager of Research Projects will function in a Program Evaluation Lead capacity and will primarily be assigned to Alzheimer’s Initiatives within Emory Centers’ Program Evaluation and Quality Improvement Center.

Other special assignments may occur across other initiatives including Ebola, Diabetes, HIV, and Workforce Development.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Work with project team and stakeholders to develop a comprehensive evaluation plan, including a logic model and indicators, that identifies and prioritizes evaluation activities for Alzheimer’s Association’s (ALZ) 5-year funding period
• Develop and test data collection instruments, surveys, interview/focus group guides and other relevant data collection tools
• Conduct data analyses (quantitative and qualitative) and reporting on all evaluation activities as outlined in the evaluation plan
• Compile reports on evaluation activities and hold meetings with stakeholders to discuss results, provide recommendations, determine action steps, and dissemination plans
• Support the ALZ curriculum team with any evaluation needs
• Contribute to ALZ’s progress updates and reporting to CDC
• Provide technical assistance on evaluation to ALZ stakeholders
• Supervise project staff and graduate research assistants, as assigned
• Actively participate in the Program Evaluation and Quality Improvement Center, including resource sharing and peer teaching
• Serve as a subject matter contributor on evaluation for other projects and programs within Emory Centers, as requested

Qualifications 

Minimum

• Master’s degree in Public Health, Epidemiology, Biostatistics, Sociology, and Psychology or related discipline and two years of professional level research experience, OR equivalent combination of experience, education, and training.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.

Preferred

• Experience managing research/evaluation projects, including logic models, standard operating procedures, sampling plans, and instrument and database design
• Experience implementing research/evaluation projects, analyzing qualitative and quantitative data, managing databases, and developing data collection tools.
• Advanced Excel and experience with online survey systems such as Qualtrics, survey monkey or RedCap, experience with qualitative analytic software such as NVivo and MaxQDA, experience with statistical packages such as, SAS, SPSS, R.
• Experience with data visualization and geo-mapping a plus.