The application deadline is August 10, 2024 at 11:59 pm Pacific.
The Performance Measurement and Evaluation unit is recruiting an Intern III (Graduate Intern) to support data and evaluation activities. This Intern III (Graduate Intern) will primarily support the Department of Community and Human Services Developmental Disabilities and Early Childhood Supports Division and related programming serving infants, toddlers, youth, and families funded by Best Starts for Kids.
Job Duties
- Provide additional analysis, including additional compiling and cleaning, of previously collected quantitative and qualitative performance measurement data.
- Work with Best Starts for Kids evaluation team and Program Managers to understand and answer Program Managers’ questions about performance measurement data.
- Work with Best Starts for Kids evaluation team and Program Manager to make an evaluation plan for a pilot program.
- Perform exploratory data analysis, background research, and/or literature review to identify patterns of interest.
- Draft findings including descriptive statistics, data analysis, program recommendations, and potential future projects using performance measurement data to Best Starts for Kids evaluation and program teams.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
Experience, Qualifications, Knowledge, Skills
- Currently enrolled at an accredited college/university as a graduate level student in the social or health sciences (e.g. public health, public policy, political science, epidemiology, sociology, social work, education) or closely related field.
- Demonstrated knowledge of equity and social justice principles and practices and ability to apply this knowledge to all areas of the work, including methods, analysis, results interpretation, and dissemination.
- Detail oriented work ethic with the ability to work quickly and accurately meet deadlines, work on a number of tasks simultaneously, and organize and prioritize work in response to changing needs.
- Demonstrated ability to work as part of a diverse team with internal and external collaboration partners.
- Basic qualitative analysis skills – familiar with analysis methods and process, interpretation of qualitative data including selecting appropriate methods and visualization formats.
- Basic quantitative analysis skills – able to summarize quantitative data and present visually. Able to select appropriate methods for analysis and visualization.
- Ability to prepare and share results with project team to facilitate learning and continuous quality improvement. This may include presentations, reports, and data visualizations.
Desired Qualifications
- Experience using quantitative analysis software such as R, Tableau, STATA, or SPSS for descriptive statistical analysis.
Best Starts for Kids
Building on the deep knowledge, connections, and skills within King County communities, and backed by what science and research tells us about human development, the Best Starts for Kids King County initiative meets children and families with the right services at the right time. The first Best Starts for Kids levy, approved by King County voters in 2015, reached 490,000 of King County’s youngest children and their families and 40,000 youth and young adults, catalyzing strong starts in a child’s earliest years, and sustaining those gains through to adulthood. In August 2021, King County voters chose to renew the levy with over 62% approval for another six years. The plan for Best Starts for Kids 2.0 will maintain current Best Starts for Kids investments in promotion, prevention, and early intervention, while deepening our investments to address critical needs in our community. View the Best Starts for Kids Implementation Plan: 2022 – 2027.
