Company Overview
At Stepped Care Solutions, we are a Canadian not-for-profit consultancy group that aims to promote mental wellness by transforming mental health systems. We are a national leader in the design of innovative care models that systematically organize mental health services across the continuum of care (i.e., primary, secondary, and tertiary-care). With Stepped Care Solutions, you’ll find an active and committed partner ready to help your organization reshape its existing services and programs around the principles of Stepped Care 2.0© (SC2.0©). From consultation and training modules to partnerships between private sector innovators and health system decision makers, we have the expertise and resources to help you implement an innovative system that consistently delivers accessible, responsive and cost-effective mental health care with enhanced outcomes.
About the job
Position Summary
The Evaluation Lead role is focused on providing evaluation-related leadership, support and expertise to the internal SCS team, as well as to the organizations and communities which we support in implementing SCS services at the local, provincial, and national levels.
This position leads the development and implementation of internally- and externally-facing evaluation and continuous improvement plans by leveraging the Stepped Care 2.0 (SC2.0) evaluation framework, tools, and methodologies. This role will also contribute to planning, design, and development of grant and proposal applications, presentations, internal and external reports, manuscripts and other research-related outputs.
Responsibilities:
Project Evaluation Planning & Execution:
Support organizations and communities that are implementing SCS services to develop tailored and culturally relevant evaluation processes and tools, including frameworks, logic methods, data systems, and evaluation plans. To do so, the Evaluation Lead will:
Support implementing organizations and communities to develop meaningful and culturally relevant methodologies for collecting data to support the evaluation of the changes they are making .
Support the administration, data analysis and use of data collection tools.
Facilitate the analysis and application of data and evaluation findings to promote effective decision making and inform continuous improvement.
Work with implementing organizations and communities to build their evaluation capacity and ongoing use of the data collected.
Plan and facilitate small and large group discussions with key stakeholders contributing to the evaluation process.
Develop program and evaluation recommendations and share results in the form of presentations and reports.
Contribute evaluation-related expertise to proposals.
SCS Evaluation Program Development:
Lead the ongoing development of the SC 2.0 evaluation framework and its continuous improvement:
Lead the identification and development of measures, tools, and processes to enable organizations to implement an effective evaluation plan.
Identify evidence needs and formulate practice-based questions to inform future evaluation and research.
Participate in evaluation working groups and committees in implementing organizations and communities as needed.
Service delivery evaluation planning and execution:
Lead and support the development and execution of SCS service delivery evaluations (inclusive of those focused on training, implementation consultation/support, and engagement and co-design services) to inform continuous improvement of service offerings.
Contribute to research and reporting:
Support analyses and reporting related to SCS services
Contribute to research and knowledge translation activities to demonstrate the impact of SCS services, including manuscript development, grant applications, academic and industry presentations, and other mechanisms of thought leadership and knowledge translation.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
Master’s degree (or equivalent) in relevant areas of study including Mental Health/psychology, Health Services and Policy Research, Public Health, Health Sciences, Public Administration, or another related field.
5-7 years of related experience in mental health (preferred), other areas of health, and/or working at the systems level.
Experience designing and leading program evaluations using various applied methodologies at the systems level (e.g. outcome, implementation, development), developing logic methods, and associated tools.
Experience using a range of quantitative and qualitative research methodologies to guide evaluation processes with a commitment to conducting research in a respectful, ethical, and culturally responsive manner.
Experience producing evaluation outputs, including reports, manuscripts and presentations.
Capability to meet the eligibility requirements with the Canadian Evaluation Society is considered an asset.
Bilingualism (French and English) is an asset.
Ability to lead co-design and participatory approaches to developing tailored evaluation plans.
Ability to facilitate discussions, engage with partners to co-develop processes and methodologies that meet their need and context.
Knowledge of qualitative and quantitative evaluation, research methodologies and data analysis.
Ability to synthesize complex information for various audiences.
Proven ability to facilitate and present complex information, using knowledge translation methods.
Ability to develop innovative techniques with methodological challenges of providing evaluation in mental health settings.
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