Overview
Research and Evaluation Project Lead Jobs in Dartmouth – Nova Scotia at Feed Nova Scotia
Title: Research and Evaluation Project Lead
Company: Feed Nova Scotia
Location: Dartmouth – Nova Scotia
Category: Research/Development
Research and Evaluation Project Lead Full-time, one-year contract / 37.5 hours per week
Who are we?
Food is not the solution to food insecurity, but people need support today. Knowing this, we collect and distribute more than three million kilograms of food annually to 140 member food banks, meal programs, and shelters across the province. This equates to over $1 million worth of food each month. We also support our member agencies as they build capacity to serve their communities.
While we help Nova Scotians meet a very basic need, we’re raising awareness of the root causes of food insecurity – things like systemic racism, low wages, inadequate income support, and unaffordable housing. And we’re advocating for sustainable, policy-based solutions that will allow everyone to live a life of dignity and leave no one relying on charitable band-aids to address human rights.
Overview of
Responsibilities
The
Innovation
and Learning Lab was developed to engage, coordinate, and support community to explore, design, and implement new ideas to address food insecurity. Our work includes administering an annual
innovation
grant program, designing and supporting implementation of food-focused prototypes, and collaborating with networks who are advancing visions of food sovereignty and justice.
An element of the
Innovation
and Learning Lab is to collect, review, and analyze research, while centering first voice and lived experience, with the intent of co-designing creative and sustainable solutions to the food insecurity crisis in our province.
Working closely with the team, the Research and Evaluation Project Lead will report to the Director of the
Innovation
and Learning Lab and manage all aspects of a priority multi-site research initiative through 2024 that will test the impact of pre-loaded debit cards issued to food bank clients. The Project Lead will also conduct analysis of our grant projects and support evaluation of our prototype initiatives.
Recognizing that this is a new role for the organization, some
flexibility
and fluidity of tasks and account abilities will be necessary as we continue to trial new functions, learn from our experiences and outcomes, and pivot to ensure we are meeting the immediate and future needs of the organization.
What does the Research and Evaluation Project Lead do? 1.
Research, Evaluation, and Knowledge Translation – Food Banks Canada pre-loaded debit card initiative (60% of total workload)
Leads coordination of research design, outreach, participant recruitment, project implementation, evaluation, and knowledge translation:
Reviews and refines research design of project plan in consultation with the Director,
Innovation
and Learning Identifies/finalizes member agencies for recruitment of research participants in consultation with the
Innovation
Lab and Community Connections Department Engages selected member agencies to secure participation in recruitment of up to 400 research participants, identifies and develops tools to support the recruitment process
Supports recruitment, registration, and orientation of participants to the initiative
Registers research participants to an online pre-loaded debit card platform, manages database
Designs, develops, and finalizes survey-based data collection …
