Job
Advertisement: Research & Evaluation Advisor
Permanent
Full-Time Position
Work Location:
Central New Brunswick, Mainland Nova Scotia, or Prince Edward
Island
(Hybrid work
environment: required in-office two-three days per week)
Application
Deadline: August 7, 2025
United Way Maritimes — with teams located in and
serving the regions of Central New Brunswick, Colchester & Cumberland
Counties, Halifax, Lunenburg County, Pictou County, Prince Edward Island, and
Saint John, Kings & Charlotte — is a for-impact organization that brings
donors, volunteers, and partners together to create lasting social change. We
believe everyone matters and deserves to belong, be safe, and live a life of
their choosing. To help, United Way Maritimes alleviates and reduces local poverty
by funding, partnering, convening, and advocating for solutions. United Way
Maritimes is part of a federated movement of 60+ United Ways across the
country.
The staff at United Way Maritimes takes pride in
bringing together people who have a range of experience, talents, and
backgrounds. We share a passion for each of the places we call home and bring
many different skills and strengths to the work we do. Our community and social
change priorities include poverty, social isolation, affordable housing, people
experiencing marginalization and vulnerability, and recovery and resilience to
environmental, mass casualty and public health emergencies. We provide a supportive
and flexible work environment filled with opportunity, balance, and laughter.
Reporting to the Vice-President, Community Impact
Strategy, this role is at the forefront of shaping how we understand, measure,
and amplify the impact of our programs and services across communities. As the
Research & Evaluation Advisor, you will be designing bold evaluation
strategies, building a culture of learning, and empowering staff and partners
to use data to create change.
The key responsibilities of the role include:
·
Champion
a culture of evaluation across UWM and the communities we serve—making data
meaningful, accessible, and actionable.
·
Design
and lead evaluations—from small-scale assessments to large, strategic impact
studies.
·
Develop
logic models and theories of change that bring clarity and focus to our
programs and strategies.
·
Support
internal teams and funded partners in building their capacity to collect,
manage, and interpret data.
·
Lead
engaging trainings and workshops that demystify data and inspire evidence-based
decision-making.
· Analyze and share insights from national, regional, and local data to inform strategy and spark innovation.
·
Identify
research gaps and forge partnerships to deepen our understanding of community
needs and opportunities.
Additional Qualifications:
·
3-5
years’ experience in designing, conducting and supporting community-based
program evaluations and/or social services research.
·
Demonstrated
experience developing program logic models and Theory of Change models.
·
Excellent
written, verbal communication skills and presentation skills with the ability
to communicate with a broad range of stakeholders.
·
Ability
to capture, analyze and synthesize information and prepare user-friendly
business documents, reports and briefing materials accurately.
·
Proficiency
in a variety computer software application (e.g. MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint and
Outlook), databases and presentation software etc.
United Way Maritimes is committed to a comprehensive
compensation package including salary, group retirement savings plan
contribution, health and dental benefits, generous vacation time, and
professional development and training. The salary range for this position
starts at $61,625 per year. If you have questions about the role
or compensation package, please contact Danielle Tobin at jobs@unitedwaymaritimes.ca or 902-755-1754.
If this sounds like you, let us know by sharing your
resume and cover letter
outlining why you could be the right fit for United Way Maritimes and this
role. Submit your application to jobs@unitedwaymaritimes.ca by August 7, 2025, at 11:59pm(AST).
United Way Maritimes deeply values equity and is
committed to ensuring our staff community reflects the diversity of the wider
community. We welcome applications from African Nova Scotian people, people of
African descent, Indigenous peoples, racialized people, women, people with
disabilities, people of varied sexual and gender identities, and others with
the skills and knowledge to productively engage with diverse communities.
United Way Maritimes seeks to maintain its commitment to inclusion and equity
and recognizes that increasing the diversity of our staff supports this
objective.
During the recruitment process, applicants have the
right to request an accommodation. Applicants invited to participate in an
assessment process (such as an interview or testing) and who require
accommodation should discuss their needs in advance of the assessment.
