Local Education Fund Employment Opportunities

Director of Research and Effectiveness
Public Education Foundation
Chattanooga, Tennessee
 

The Public Education Foundation, a well-established local education fund with a national reputation for innovation and successful school reform, seeks a Director of Research and Effectiveness. The successful candidate will lead the Foundation's efforts to gather, analyze, present, and use information that strengthens PEF's programs and helps Hamilton County public schools increase student achievement.

Key responsibilities include:

• Developing and directing the Foundation's research, analysis, evaluation, and data gathering.

• Collaborating with the Foundation's president and directors to identify, collect, analyze, understand, and present in a reader-friendly format the data and information that are most helpful to colleagues at the Foundation and in the school district.

• Building, cleaning, and maintaining a database that provides Foundation staff with broad options for evaluation and assessment.

• Helping principals, teachers, counselors, and the broader community analyze, understand, and use student achievement data to drive improvement.

• Working with the Foundation's president and directors to prepare and help present information in formats that are widely understood by the general public.

• Maintaining a strong working relationship and data sharing agreements with the senior staff of the Hamilton County Schools, local post-secondary institutions, and non-profit organizations.

• Providing data, graphics, and analysis for grant proposals and reports to funders.

• Presenting information to local, regional, and national audiences.

• Consulting and supporting the work of others conducting research on public education and community well-being.

• Serving as a member of the Foundation's senior leadership team and helping to lead efforts to strengthen the Public Education Foundation's work.

Credentials and requirements:

• Extensive experience and expertise in data collection and analysis, preferably in public education reform

• Strong knowledge of statistics and experience with SPSS software

• Experience working with non-profit organizations and public school districts

• Excellent ability to communicate with spoken words and graphics

• Deep commitment to improving public schools

Compensation: will be highly competitive and includes a generous benefits package and the opportunity to work in a non-profit organization with a long history of helping to improve public schools. The Director of Research and Effectiveness reports directly to the Foundation's president.

To apply, please submit 1) a letter describing experience and qualifications that is relevant to this position, 2) a resumÉ, and 3) a recent presentation or report that you have produced that demonstrates your ability to analyze data and present information effectively.

Send all materials to:

Dr. Daniel Challener
Public Education Foundation
100 East Tenth Street, Suite 500
Chattanooga, TN 37402

Review of applications will begin on October 12th and continue until the position is filled.

Candidates may also email their application materials to jmartin@pefchattanooga.org

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