Evaluation Coordinator, Foundry Central Office

Salary

The salary range for this position is CAD $31.80/Hr. - CAD $45.71/Hr.

Summary

Are you passionate about creating meaningful change in youth health services? Do you thrive in a collaborative and dynamic environment? Foundry is looking for a dedicated Evaluation Coordinator to join our innovative team and help us enhance the quality and accessibility of integrated health services for young people across British Columbia.

At Foundry, we reimagine health care to meet the diverse needs of youth aged 12–24 and their families. With a focus on wellness, connection, and accessibility, we bring together a variety of supports—including mental health, substance use, primary care, peer, and social services—under one roof and online.

As the Evaluation Coordinator, you will play a key role in supporting Foundry's commitment to evidence-based innovation and continuous improvement. Reporting to the Evaluation Specialist, you will contribute to evaluation projects that have a meaningful and direct impact on improving services for young people and their families.

What You'll Do:

• Coordinate projects and activities in alignment with Foundry’s evaluation strategy and organizational goals.
• Plan, develop, and implement evaluation initiatives to assess and improve integrated youth health services for young people in BC.
• Build strong relationships within Foundry’s network of centres and with external partners to foster collaboration.
• Collect, analyze and mobilize data as part of various evaluation projects and initiatives.
• Work within a diverse, multidisciplinary and collaborative team environment.

What You Bring

Education: A level of education, training and experience equivalent to a Bachelor's degree in Health or Social Sciences plus three (3) years in a responsible evaluation assistant, research, project, or coordinator or analyst role in a health, social services, government, or community organization.

Skills and Abilities:

• Knowledge of a range of evaluation methods and approaches including developmental, formative and summative evaluation; utilization-focused evaluation.
• Skills in research, quality improvement methods, and knowledge translation and exchange an asset.
• Demonstrated skills in project coordination and management.
• Demonstrated effective verbal and written communications skills.
• Experience using data visualization to effectively and creatively mobilize evaluation findings an asset.
• Understanding of and practical skills in relevant computer software applications. Specific experience using Excel, Qualtrics, Power BI, Asana and/or NVivo an asset; Experience using internet search engines, websites, and navigation.
• Understanding and practical skills to support stakeholder engagement, facilitation, community development, and partnerships.
• Demonstrated ability and experience in conducting literature searches and reviews, best practice reviews, policy analysis.
• Ability to work collaboratively with a wide range of internal and external stakeholder groups.
• Possesses integrity, sound judgment and ability to use tact and diplomacy.
• Ability to work effectively and collaboratively in a demanding and dynamic environment.
• Sound negotiation, conflict management and consensus-building skills.

What We Offer

• A competitive salary: The salary range for this position is $31.80 - $45.71 per hour, depending on experience.
• Growth opportunities: We welcome individuals at all stages of their career, offering opportunities for professional development and growth.
• Inclusive culture: We respect the diversity, dignity and interdependence of all persons. We value the cultural richness that our diverse workforce brings to the care of our equally diverse population of patients and residents.
• Hybrid work opportunity.
• Meaningful impact: Your dedication and expertise will directly impact the lives of young people across BC to live their best life.
• A comprehensive health benefits package including dental, vision, and life insurance as well as pension.

Your Day-To-Day

• Coordinates the development and execution of projects, assuring they are done in an efficient manner, that they adhere to project protocols, that they conform to applicable institutional and ethical policies and procedures and privacy legislation, and that they are completed within the required timelines.
• Identifies, collects, monitors, manages and analyzes relevant information relating to current projects, and provides input and recommendations to project/program team for development, implementation, analysis, dissemination of findings, and policy/practice recommendations.
• Assists with the development and execution of evaluation deliverables with a focus on knowledge translation and exchange (KTE) and stakeholder engagement.
• Actively contributes to the development, coordination and implementation of time-limited evaluation projects to ensure that projects integrate robust evaluation strategies, methodologies, and yield accurate, relevant, and meaningful findings and recommendations for the Foundry network, health professionals, policy/decision makers, and the public.
• Coordinates evaluation activities within Foundry's provincial network of centres supporting centre staff with training, resources or system support to conduct evaluation activities and facilitate Plan-Do-Study-Act cycles.
• In collaboration with Evaluation team members and working in partnership across applicable teams and portfolios, develops recommendations based on evaluation findings to inform improvements to projects/programs/initiatives in alignment with relevant evidence, best practices, policy, and implementation science.
• Supports key evaluation capacity-building efforts across Foundry, including provision of relevant resources, information, and guidance regarding evaluation concepts, approaches, tools, and methodologies.
• Works collaboratively with stakeholders in the network of Foundry centres as well as external partners to Foundry.
• Performs other related duties as required.