Project Specialist II

Job Title

Project Specialist II

Agency

Texas A&M Agrilife Extension Service

Department

Office of Data & Accountability

Proposed Minimum Salary

$5,416.67 monthly

Job Location

College Station, Texas

Job Type

Staff

Job Description

Job Description Summary

The Project Specialist II manages and supports evaluation/survey projects to measure the impacts of Extension educational efforts – within established timelines.

Essential Duties/Responsibilities

• Works cooperatively with clients to establish expected program outcomes, operationalize measures, and develop data collection strategies.

• Plans, develops, and implements survey projects and other data collection efforts in support of program impact reporting. Establishes project goals and monitor progress towards achievement. Coordinates other project activities as needed.

• Collects, processes, analyzes, and reports data on immediate program outcomes using existing SPSS command syntax and other data tools for ongoing projects. Writes SPSS command syntax for new projects as needed.

• Reviews project deliverables to ensure accuracy and quality.

• Develops educational resources and project-specific interpretation guides included with dissemination of results. Documents project-specific procedures.

• Conducts training on evaluation basics to new Extension specialists and county agents - primarily focused on measurement of immediate outcomes, and on specialized topics such as data collection methods, data analysis, interpretation of results, questionnaire design, etc. as needed.

• Identifies, diagnoses, and resolves issues within projects.

• Leads in design of new survey scan forms for projects using Teleform.

• Performs other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

Required Education and Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in extension, education, agriculture, health, quantitative social science, or related field.

• One year of related experience with survey projects using data management tool.

Preferred Education and Experience:

• Master’s degree in extension, education, agriculture, health, quantitative social science, or related field.

• Formal training in program evaluation.

• Experience in measuring immediate and/or longer-term outcomes in Extension or other non-formal educational setting.

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Strong data, analytical, and project management skills.

• Proficiency in using SPSS or SAS to shape, aggregate, and analyze data for survey projects.

• Experience writing SPSS or SAS command syntax for record and file level data manipulations for survey projects.

• Experience with data collection and analysis using surveys methods.

• Knowledge of word processing, database, presentation and spreadsheet applications.

• Ability to help educators develop logic models, program goals, and SMART objectives.

• Attention to detail to ensure quality data products.

• Ability to multitask and work cooperatively with others.

• Excellent written and verbal communication, analytical, interpersonal and organizational skills.

Preferred Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Experience with data collection and analysis projects using non-survey methods.

• Working knowledge of descriptive statistics, inferential statistics, and repeated measures.

• Working knowledge of Tableau.

• Strong Excel skills.

• Strong questionnaire design skills.

All positions are security-sensitive. Applicants are subject to a criminal history investigation, and employment is contingent upon the institution’s verification of credentials and/or other information required by the institution’s procedures, including the completion of the criminal history check.

Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action/Veterans/Disability Employer.