Data and Evaluation Coordinator

Native American Community Services (NACS) Job Post Summary

Equal Opportunity Employer

Date posted: September 9, 2025

Position: Data and Evaluation Coordinator

Type: Full-time/hourly/non-exempt

Salary Range: $24.00-$29.00

Hours: 40 hours per week

Office: Buffalo Office- 1005 Grant Street, Buffalo NY, 14207

Summary:
NACS seeks an experienced and mission-driven Data and Evaluation Coordinator (EDC) to provide cross-program support for organizational data management and quality improvement efforts, and in particular support its Healthy Generations Tribal Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting (MIECHV) program.

This position plays a critical role in ensuring compliance with contractual obligations for program data collection, reporting, evaluation, and performance management. The DEC will lead the technical aspects of the Community Needs and Readiness Assessment (CNRA), including design, implementation, data analysis, and reporting. Additionally, this position provides evaluation and quality improvement support across NACS' programs, contributing to data system integrity, performance measurement, and continuous quality improvement (CQI) efforts.

Must be willing to travel across all NACS' service areas (Buffalo, Niagara Falls, Lockport, Rochester, and Syracuse). All efforts to be performed with the understanding of and in accordance with Good Mind Principles, including the practices of Trauma Informed Care.

Duties & Tasks (but not limited to)

• Serve as a key technical partner in the CNRA process and MIECHV implementation plan development, including instrument design, community engagement, data collection, analysis, and reporting in alignment with Health Resources & Services Administration Tribal MIECHV requirements.
• Effectively engage with staff, community members, and stakeholders.
• Lead and be the primary contact for NACS' data tracking system development and implementation.
• Design and execute data collection strategies and tools to support performance measurement and evaluation activities.
• Train staff and other participants on data collection tools, systems, and protocols.
• Collaborate with program teams and organization leadership to identify, track, and report on measurable outcomes and key performance indicators.
• Ensure data quality and integrity for meeting required program reporting requirements and contribute to continuous program improvement.
• Provide quality assurance/quality improvement (QA/QI) and performance management technical assistance to NACS' leadership and programs.
• Analyze and interpret program data to inform decision-making, strategic planning, and grant reporting.
• Develop dashboards, summaries, and evaluation reports tailored to various audiences (internal leadership, funders, and community partners).
• Contribute to organization-wide theory of change activities, including logic models, process mapping, and workflow analysis.
• Assist in the data and evaluation aspects for new program development and support the grant writing process.

Education, Qualifications, and Skills:

• Bachelor's degree in Public Health, Social Sciences, Statistics, Data Science, or a related field.
• At least 3 years of professional experience in program evaluation, data analysis, or performance measurement.
• Experience with a federal data reporting is a plus.
• Demonstrated experience designing and implementing community-based needs assessments or similar participatory evaluation processes.
• Strong knowledge of qualitative and quantitative research methods, survey tools, and data visualization platforms (e.g., Excel, Power BI, Tableau).
• Proficiency with data analysis software.
• Ability to communicate findings clearly and respectfully to both technical and non-technical audiences, including Native communities.
• Commitment to cultural humility and working within a Native American-serving organization.
• Must be flexible to evening and weekend hours as needed.
• Must pass all background checks and pre-hire requirements including a clean and valid NYS driver's license and carry minimum auto liability coverage of $100k/$300k.

Preferred:

• Experience working with Tribal MIECHV or similar maternal and child health home visiting programs.
• Knowledge of Indigenous research methodologies or community-based participatory research (CBPR).
• Familiarity with federal data reporting systems or evaluation frameworks in a non-profit or government-funded program setting.
• Experience partnering with Native American populations in research and evaluation with an understanding of data sovereignty.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $24.00 - $29.00 per hour

Expected hours: 40 per week

Benefits:

• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Health savings account
• Paid time off

People with a criminal record are encouraged to apply

Work Location: In person

Salary : $24 - $29