Program Operations Specialist (Temporary)

* Lead design of a comprehensive evaluation for the internship/placement program, in collaboration with the project lead, using an Indigenous evaluation, as appropriate.* Engage key stakeholders and partners from NNPHI, Safe States, NCIPC, and both students and post-graduate interns in evaluation planning and integration of their guidance/feedback.* Collect knowledge and feedback about internship activities, professional development activities, and participants’ experiences through a mix of Indigenous data collection methods.* Develop an evaluation plan to include evaluation questions, approach, success indicators/measures, activities calendar, and analysis plan.* Lead implementation of plan including data collection, analysis, and interpretation.* Review and update processes, strategies, and materials for every component of the program: internship/placement, training and professional development.* Disseminate invitation to host sites to host interns/placements and implement through Seven Direction contacts/networks.* Disseminate invitation to students/recent graduates through Seven Directions listservs, social media, and relevant partners’ media channels.* Implement application and matching of interns, recent graduates with sites.* Coordinate with sites to complete individualized workplan for internship/placements.* Develop and facilitate program orientation, training series, and professional development opportunities with team.* Develop and facilitate internship/placement program contribution to grantee in -person meeting, with team, as needed.* Provide ongoing logistical support or technical assistance to hosting agencies as needed, with team.* Ensure program evaluation objectives are completed.* Work closely with NNPHI, Safe States, and NCIPC to identify broad list of tribal health departments or tribal-serving organizations working on overdose and injury prevention to host student interns and post-graduate placements.* Work with agency partners to develop internship position descriptions and identify supervision structures.* Compile position descriptions for prospective interns to review.* Collaboratively develop intern selection and matching criteria for interested intern applicants.* Develop internship application platform.* Develop marketing materials to publicize the internship opportunity.* Review applications and match interns to agencies.* Coordinate with funders and partners, as needed, to bring students/interns and/or provide professional development opportunity at the in-person meeting.* Take a leadership role in developing and implementing an evaluation plan for the internship/placement program.* Take a leadership role in implementing the internship/placement, training, and professional development program.* Manage placements of students and recent graduates with partner organizations.* This position will support senior staff and faculty with coordinating students and provide mentorship and training on research activities and public health practice for undergraduate and graduate students.* Knowledgeable and experienced in program evaluation.* Familiar with the tribal and urban Indigenous health system and tribal health governance.* Familiarity with issues affecting American Indian and Alaska Native health, healing, cultural diversity and strengths.* Experience facilitating meetings and discussions for internal and external (i.e., community, funders) partners.* Dynamic and engaging presentation and facilitation style.* Excellent problem-solving, organization, relationships, and project management skills.* Ability to be innovative, resourceful, and creative.* Curiosity, enthusiasm, willingness, and a positive attitude towards learning new and diverse concepts, methods, tools, knowledge and data systems, community cultural contexts, and solving problems.* The ability to work as a collaborative, cooperative, and congenial member of a close-knit scholarly research, practice, and administrative team, as well as work independently (experience in virtual team environments is a plus).* Detail-oriented; high degree of accuracy in all aspects of work.* Discipline and organizational ability to work in a hybrid environment both from a home-based office and on site at 7D offices.* Ability to respond to and accommodate dynamic priorities and schedules of faculty supervisors, including ability to set project calendars, provide reminders, and step into project management roles; ability to work independently.* Master's degree in Public Health, Social Work, Public Affairs, Psychology, American Indian Studies, or related fields.* One to two years of Indigenous evaluation knowledge and experience.* Four to five years' experience working with tribal nations and American Indian or Alaska Native (AI/AN) communities in both urban and rural settings.* Knowledgeable substance use/misuse, stigma, mental health, and public health practice in general and among AI/AN communities.* Ability to conduct one-on-one interviews and facilitation of focus groups, collect quantitative and qualitative data.* Familiarity with literature management software packages, e.g., EndNote, Zotero, etc. and qualitative software management and analysis software packages, e.g., Dedoose, Atlas.ti etc.* Experience working closely as a trusted resource with communities to identify needs, define strategy, develop action plans, identify deliverables, present results, measure outcomes, and provide recommendations.* Knowledgeable public health communication best practices and effective communication for different populations.* Familiarity with project management tools and/or software packages, e.g., MS Project, Smartsheet, etc.### BenefitsThere are many perks to working for the University of Washington. 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