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Evaluator - Term Limited

Salary

$5,639.00 - $7,049.00 Monthly

Location

Denver, CO

Job Type

Full Time

Job Number

ILA 04971 05/01/2025

Department

Colorado Department of Human Services

Division

BHA -

Opening Date

05/01/2025

Closing Date

5/7/2025 11:59 PM Mountain

FLSA

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Type of Announcement

This position is open only to Colorado state residents.

Primary Physical Work Address

710 S. Ash Street, Unit C140, Denver, CO 80246 - Hybrid working arrangements

FLSA Status

Exempt; position is not eligible for overtime compensation.

Department Contact Information

[email protected]

Salary Note

Although the full salary range for this position is provided, appointments are typically made at or near the range minimum.

How To Apply

Please submit an online application for this position at https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/colorado. Reach out to the Department Contact to apply using a paper application, including any supplemental questions. Failure to submit a complete and timely application may result in the rejection of your application. Applicants are responsible for ensuring that application materials are received by the appropriate Human Resources office before the closing date and time listed.

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Department Information

This position is open to current Colorado residents only.

Please note: This recruitment may be used to fill multiple vacancies.

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Most State of Colorado employees are eligible for a great benefit package! Please see the Supplemental Information section below for details!

Description of Job

Hybrid. Predominantly telework with a minimum of one in-person meeting a month. This is subject to change.

8-5 Monday through Friday

Note: This position is term-limited with a term limit of 09/29/2028

About this Unit:

This position is located within the Colorado Department of Human Services (CDHS) Behavioral Health Administration (BHA) which is responsible for policy development, service provision and coordination, program monitoring and evaluation, and administrative oversight for the behavioral health system.

Additionally, the Behavioral Health Administration (BHA) leads and promotes the State’s behavioral health priorities, ensures that behavioral health services respond to the changing needs of communities, monitors State and local data, and continuously evaluates State efforts. In collaboration with other state agencies, BHA is accountable for the delivery of behavioral health services in Colorado. It bestows a streamlined and efficient government approach to support quality care while minimizing the burden on providers so that they can focus on service delivery. BHA is responsible for behavioral health policy development and effective collaboration with cross-sector partners working in and around the behavioral health system and along the continuum from prevention to treatment and recovery. BHA works in partnership with State agencies to reduce bureaucracy and fragmentation.

This position is located within the Technology and Data Division of BHA. The Technology and Data division is responsible for the end-to-end data and digital strategy for the BHA, including:

+ Designing and building easy-to-navigate digital services that get people the information they need, faster;

+ Producing actionable insights and evaluation that drive better outcomes;

+ Promoting transparency and data access to drive accountability and continuous improvement;

+ Improving data quality and information flows between providers and the BHA, reducing administrative burden; and,

+ Maintaining critical data infrastructure that supports the delivery of the BHA’s services.

The data insights and evaluation function of the Technology and Data division includes assessing equitable access to quality behavioral health services for people in Colorado among publicly-funded programs, monitoring quality of services delivered by behavioral health providers as well as population-level outcomes for communities in Colorado. The division is also responsible for reporting information and answering questions about behavioral health service delivery to various partners or funders such as advisory boards, other state agencies, the federal government (SAMHSA), the Colorado General Assembly, and the Governor’s office

About this Position:

Analyzes and Interprets Data:

This position designs process, outcome, and cost evaluation studies to assess BHA-funded programs and services against BHA objectives. Specific evaluation projects vary from year to year based on BHA’s evaluation priorities and may address a range of topic areas, including mental health and substance use disorders; acute care; children, family, and youth; and other behavioral health-related topic areas.

Data Collection:

When existing data sources and/or tools are not available, this position designs and uses original data collection instruments, such as surveys, key informant interviews, focus groups, and observation checklists to collect data needed to complete evaluation studies and/or to report on performance measures.

Data Analysis and Interpretation:

Uses SQL, Python, and/or R software to conduct descriptive and inferential statistical analyses of quantitative data collected or used in process, outcome, or cost evaluation studies and/or performance measurement efforts designed as part of Duties A and B; uses manual methods or appropriate software to summarize and interpret meaning from non-numeric data collected as part of qualitative study designs.

Prepares Written and Oral Presentations:

Prepares and presents written and oral reports on performance measurement and evaluation methods, results, key findings, and programmatic implications for a variety of audiences at local, statewide, and national levels.

Technical Assistance on Evaluation Concepts:

Provides evaluation technical assistance and training (formal and/or informal) to internal BHA staff and/or external stakeholders or grantees in program evaluation concepts.

Minimum Qualifications, Substitutions, Conditions of Employment & Appeal Rights

Minimum Qualifications

Experience Only:

Six (6) years of relevant experience in leading research and/or evaluation projects, including methods design, development of data collection tools, quantitative and qualitative analysis, and reporting or closely related field

OR

Education and Experience:

A combination of related education in program evaluation, public health, public administration, economics, finance, business management, community and behavioral health, sociology, applied social science research, statistics, psychology, or a closely related degree and/or experience leading research and/or evaluation projects, including methods design, development of data collection tools, quantitative and qualitative analysis, and reporting equal to six (6) years

Preferred Qualifications:

+ Experience with SQL, Python, Tableau and/or R software

+ Subject matter expertise in behavioral health, substance abuse disorder or public health programming

+ Experience leading evaluations of behavioral, mental health, substance use disorder or public health

Conditions of Employment:

+ This position is delegated as a hybrid position. The employees must maintain a home office,

internet, and possibly phone to complete required job duties or report to the office when needed.

+ Standard Background – Name check, TRAILS, CMS and JBITS

+ Former State employees who were disciplinarily terminated or resigned in lieu of termination must disclose the information on the application and provide an explanation why the prior termination or resignation should not disqualify the applicant from the current position. Absent extraordinary circumstances, prior disciplinary termination or resignation in lieu of termination will disqualify the applicant from future State employment with CDHS.

APPEAL RIGHTS:

If you receive notice that you have been eliminated from consideration for this position, you may file an appeal with the State Personnel Board or request a review by the State Personnel Director.

An appeal or review must be submitted on the official appeal form, signed by you or your representative. This form must be delivered to the State Personnel Board by email ([email protected]), postmarked in US Mail or hand delivered (1525 Sherman Street, 4th Floor, Denver CO 80203), or faxed (303.866.5038) within ten (10) calendar days from your receipt of notice or acknowledgement of the department’s action.

For more information about the appeals process, the official appeal form, and how to deliver it to the State Personnel Board; go to spb.colorado.gov; contact the State Personnel Board for assistance at (303) 866-3300; or refer to 4 Colorado Code of Regulations (CCR) 801-1, State Personnel Board Rules and Personnel Director's Administrative Procedures, Chapter 8, Resolution of Appeals and Disputes, at spb.colorado.gov under Rules.

A standard appeal form is available at:www.colorado.gov/spb. If you appeal, your appeal must be submitted in writing on the official appeal form, signed by you or your representative, and received at the following address within 10 days of your receipt of notice or knowledge of the action: Colorado State Personnel Board/State Personnel Director, Attn: Appeals Processing, 1525 Sherman Street, 4th Floor, Denver, CO 80203. Fax: 303-866-5038. Phone: 303-866-3300. The ten-day deadline and these appeal procedures also apply to all charges of discrimination.

Supplemental Information

How to Apply (https://cdhs.colorado.gov/information-for-job-applicants#how-to-apply)

The Assessment Process

For recruiting questions, please contact Stacy Chinea at [email protected]

About Us:

If your goal is to build a career that makes a difference, consider joining the dedicated people of the Colorado Department of Human Services (https://www.colorado.gov/cdhs) (CDHS). Our professionals strive to design and deliver high-quality human and health services that improve the safety, independence, and well-being of the people of Colorado. In addition to a great location and rewarding and meaningful work, we offer:

+ Strong, secure, yet flexible retirement benefits including a PERA Defined Benefit Plan or PERA Defined Contribution Plan www.copera.org plus 401(k) and 457 plans

+ Medical and dental health plans

+ Employer supplemented Health Savings Account

+ Paid life insurance

+ Short- and long-term disability coverage

+ 11 paid holidays per year plus vacation and sick leave

+ BenefitHub state employee discount program

+ Employee Wellness program MotivateMe

+ Excellent work-life programs, such as flexible schedules, training and more

+ Remote work arrangements for eligible positions

*Some positions may qualify for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program. For more

information, go to https://www.colorado.gov/pacific/dhr/student-loan-forgiveness-programs .

Our Values:

We believe in a people-first approach: To serve the people of Colorado, we develop a culture and work environment that creates an energized, inspired, and healthy team capable of giving their best to Coloradans.

Balance creates quality of life: We want our team to be resilient through a supportive workplace that values flexibility, health and wellness, and employee engagement.

We hold ourselves accountable: We take responsibility through our actions, programs, and results for the state of health and human services in Colorado.

Transparency matters: We are open and honest with employees, our partners, the Coloradans we serve, and the public.

We are ethical: We abide by what is best for those we serve by doing what is right, not what is easy.

Collaboration helps us rise together: We work together with all partners, employees, and clients to achieve the best outcomes for Coloradans.

We are committed to increasing the diversity of our staff and providing culturally responsive programs and services. Therefore, we encourage responses from people of diverse backgrounds and abilities.

ADAA Accommodations: CDHS is committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. As part of this commitment, our agency will assist individuals who have a disability with any reasonable accommodation requests related to employment, including completing the application process, interviewing, completing any pre-employment testing, participating in the employee selection process, and/or to perform essential job functions where the requested accommodation does not impose an undue hardship. If you have a disability and require reasonable accommodation to ensure you have a positive experience applying or interviewing for this position, please direct your inquiries to our ADAAA Coordinator, Nancy Schmelzer, at [email protected] or call 1-800-929-0791.

~THE STATE OF COLORADO IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER~

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Describe your experience with research/evaluation methods. Discuss the types of statistical tests you have commonly performed (including your proficiency with SQL, R, Python and Tableau), and/or the qualitative approaches you have used, and the conclusions you have drawn as a result.

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Describe your experience planning evaluations. Discuss the process you used to engage stakeholders, identify evaluation priorities, and develop an evaluation plan.

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Briefly describe your experience evaluating behavioral health, mental health, substance use disorder, or public health programs. What was the goal of the work, your role(s) and what you learned from the experience?

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If you are a current or former Colorado state employee, please provide your employee number (starts with 997).

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Are you a Disabled Veteran? if yes, you must upload your DD-214 and Disability Letter with your application.

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Former state employees who were disciplinarily terminated or resigned in lieu of termination must disclose the information on the application. In the space below, please provide an explanation as to why the prior termination or resignation should NOT disqualify your application from the current position. Otherwise, please list N/A

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