American Farmland Trust

Program Specialist

• Lead the design, implementation, and refinement of program evaluation frameworks across AFT initiatives
• Develop evaluation plans aligned with program objectives
• Establish standardized evaluation approaches across multiple programs while accommodating program-specific needs
• Identify opportunities to expand and improve organizational evaluation capacity
• Design and implement qualitative and quantitative data collection methods, including surveys, interviews, and focus groups
• Manage data collection activities to ensure data quality, consistency, and confidentiality
• Support development of an internal database and data management system
• Synthesize findings into meaningful conclusions supporting program improvement and organizational learning
• Prepare technical reports, summaries, presentations, and other communications conveying evaluation findings
• Translate evaluation results into practical recommendations for staff, leadership, funders, and partners
• Contribute evaluation findings to grant reports, publications, presentations, and organizational communications
• Lead creation of an organization-wide impact evaluation system and toolkit
• Collaborate with program staff and external partners throughout the evaluation process
• Provide technical assistance on evaluation design, data collection, and interpretation
• Facilitate workshops, meetings, and stakeholder discussions
• Identify and implement emerging evaluation methods, tools, and best practices
• Contribute to applied social science research on program effectiveness and participant outcomes
• Integrate evaluation findings into program planning, strategic decision-making, and organizational learning
• Report to the Senior Social Scientist and collaborate internally and externally within AFT’s Research division

Program Evaluation Specialist