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Working/Functional Title

Extension Evaluation Specialist

Position Summary

Michigan State University Extension is committed to fostering a welcoming and inclusive organization, which requires all staff to contribute towards a vision for success. Diversity, equity, and inclusion are central to our work, regardless of title or position within the organization. This means that all staff at MSU Extension are dedicated to the following:

• We work together to ensure that programming is delivered to diverse audiences, produces equitable impacts for all participants, and demonstrates partnership and inclusion for all groups.
• We embrace that it is everyone's job to create a culture that promotes diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging.
• We ensure that every team member is prepared with the skills and resources to contribute to our welcoming and inclusive culture.
• We foster inclusion by recognizing and valuing diverse perspectives, skills, experiences, and work to create equal access to programming for communities.
• We commit to continuous learning for diversity, equity, and cultural competency, in order to achieve inclusive excellence.
• We understand that diversity, equity, and inclusion are essential elements to our work and are vital to the organizational culture and programmatic success of MSU Extension.
• We embrace a culture of understanding, coaching and feedback towards achieving a vision of success for the entire organization and its staff.

• *Together we will achieve success and we commit to these goals in our work, continued education, and ongoing efforts.  *

   

POSITION SUMMARY

MSU Extension (MSUE), the outreach arm of Michigan State University is a large and complex unit that includes four institutes with more than 700 employees in 83 counties spread across the upper and lower peninsula of Michigan. As a key member of MSU Extension, this role offers statewide leadership and specialized knowledge in evaluating the efficacy and effectiveness of Extension programs and initiatives. This is achieved through consultation, fostering capacity development, and active involvement in understanding organizational learning outcomes and impact. This position will have statewide responsibilities and will collaborate across Institutes, work teams, faculty, specialists, and educators for overall advancement of organizational impact.

In this role, you will collaborate and consult with MSU Extension staff and programmatic work teams to establish evaluation objectives, ensuring programs are evidence-based and responsive to community needs. You will assist in the development and implementation of comprehensive evaluation plans and methodologies to gauge program impact in alignment with program goals, grant requirements, and reporting deadlines. Your analysis of evaluation findings will inform decision-making, identify best practices and areas for enhancement to ensure Extension programs effectively serve the intended audiences.

Your responsibilities include assisting with designing, implementing, and managing evaluation strategies (e.g., needs assessments, logic models) to measure program outcomes and ensure that Extension programs and initiatives are meeting their intended goals and objectives. You will assist in identifying appropriate data collection methodologies including surveys, interviews, focus groups, observations, and other research methods. You will also assist in analyzing data from multiple methods (i.e., qualitative, and quantitative data) to assess program impact and identify areas for