Leadership and management
Leading and managing projects, including supervising staff, overseeing budgets and timelines, executing deliverables, and communicating with clients.
Developing business, including identifying new business opportunities and writing proposals.
Research and evaluation design
Developing research designs and evaluation plans.
Designing outcome and impact evaluations using quantitative research methods including multivariate regression, propensity score matching, difference-in-differences, and descriptive analyses.
Providing monitoring and evaluation technical assistance.
Data collection and analysis
Designing data collection plans.
Leading field research teams in conducting site visits in and collecting qualitative data through focus groups, community listening sessions, and key informant interviews.
Leading survey research teams in designing and implementing surveys.
Leading data engineering teams in identifying data sources, securing access to data, and collecting data from program databases and administrative databases, including Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act’s (WIOA) Participant Individual Record Layout (PIRL) data, Unemployment Insurance (UI) data, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) data, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) data, community college institutional research data, and school district institutional research data.
Leading data analysis teams in analyzing data using Stata.
Data visualization and communication
Leading data visualization teams in visualizing data using Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Publisher, Microsoft Power BI, and Tableau.
Communicating findings to policymakers and practitioners through presentations, research briefs, evaluation reports, and academic journal articles.
Facilitating the use of data insights by program practitioners for continuous improvement.