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Evaluation Lead
Organization: Cahaba Medical Care Foundation
Department: The HIVE (Hub for HIV Excellence), Graduate Medical Education
Reports to: Principal Investigator, STRIVE NEXT, with dotted-line support to Cahaba leadership for organization-wide evaluation
Status: Full-time (1.0 FTE), exempt
Location: Birmingham, Alabama, hybrid options available
Position summary
The Evaluation Lead owns program evaluation and federal performance reporting for STRIVE NEXT, a four-year HRSA cooperative agreement (HRSA-26-108) that makes Cahaba the national coordinating hub for HIV clinical training in primary care residency programs. The Evaluation Lead designs and runs the data systems that show whether the program works across 8 to 10 partner residency programs. This role is also intended to grow Cahaba's evaluation and data capacity more broadly: supporting other grants, GME programs, quality improvement, and grant applications across the organization.
Key responsibilities
STRIVE NEXT evaluation (primary)
- Finalize the evaluation plan and data collection instruments with HRSA, including the OMB-approved AETC evaluation tools
- Administer and manage the resident pre- and post-competency and confidence assessments and the alumni practice survey
- Collect and validate quarterly performance data from partner sites
- Build and maintain network dashboards for leadership, partner sites, and HRSA
- Lead quarterly performance reviews and continuous quality improvement cycles with the Project Director
- Prepare evaluation content for annual progress reports and federal performance reports
- Track graduate outcomes, including residents practicing HIV care in Ending the HIV Epidemic jurisdictions
- Support presentations, publications, and the replication toolkit with the PI
- Prepare data and performance updates for monthly HRSA project officer check-ins and bimonthly AETC meetings
- Stay current on AETC and HRSA HIV/AIDS Bureau data collection requirements, evaluation tools, and reporting systems
Organization-wide evaluation and data (as assigned)
- Provide evaluation design, data analysis, and reporting for other Cahaba grants and programs
- Support graduate medical education outcome tracking and accreditation data needs
- Help write evaluation plans and logic models for new grant applications
- Support clinical quality improvement projects and data-driven decision making across the organization
Qualifications
Required
- Master's degree in public health, evaluation, epidemiology, biostatistics, education, social science, or a related field
- At least 3 years of experience evaluating health, education, or workforce programs
- Skill in survey design, quantitative analysis, and data visualization (for example Excel, R, Stata, SAS, or SPSS, plus Tableau, Power BI, or similar)
- Experience with federal performance reporting
- Clear writing and the ability to explain data to clinical and non-technical audiences
Preferred
- Doctoral degree (PhD, DrPH, or EdD) or equivalent evaluation experience
- Experience evaluating HRSA-funded or multi-site programs
- Familiarity with AETC evaluation requirements or HRSA HIV/AIDS Bureau reporting
- Experience with REDCap, Qualtrics, or similar data collection platforms
- Background in graduate medical education, competency-based assessment, community health centers, or HIV
- Mixed-methods evaluation experience
Funding and effort
This position is funded primarily through a federal HRSA cooperative agreement and is designated key personnel. Time spent on other Cahaba initiatives will be documented through time and effort reporting and allocated to the appropriate funding source.
Cahaba Medical Care is an equal opportunity employer.