Appointment Type: Full-Time Temporary (FTT)

Location: Oak Ridge, TN or Remote (U.S. Based Locations)

*Salary Range: $92,289 - $128,372

PURPOSE: The Associate Manager provides leadership to a sub-team within STEM WD Assessment & Evaluation (A&E). Implements applied research, assessment, and evaluation studies; designs survey approaches and instruments; manages large, computerized databases; provides statistical analysis and inference; interacts and communicates with project contacts; and reports results. Works with Sponsor, Manager, and Project Managers in planning, developing, implementing, managing, and growing new programs/activities. Directs and schedules work of assigned staff and provides daily direction and oversight.

Plans, organizes, directs, and schedules the work of employees, program assets and material within budgetary and quality standards.
• Helps define organizational goals and implements strategies for addressing these goals, consistent with maximizing organizational efficiency and performance.
• Analyzes workforce needs and establishes personnel requirements.
• Requisitions and selects qualified employees necessary to meet established requirements and organizational goals.
• Assigns employees to jobs; establishes standards and training for the proper performance of work and familiarizes staff with company rules, procedures, and policies.
• Maintains discipline of employees under supervision in accordance with established policies.
• Assumes responsibility for the proper application of established human resource administration policies, safety and health regulations, and local, state, and federal regulations.
• Initiates action and approves or recommends approval of hires, disciplinary actions, leaves of absence, promotions, reductions-in-force, performance evaluation, salary increases, terminations of employment for cause, separations, transfers, and other personnel actions.
• Approves or disapproves leave requests, timecards, and work schedules.
• Coordinates the functions performed under the incumbent's management with those performed under other management.
• Prepares reports concerning activities in areas of responsibility.
• Develops program-specific survey instruments, establishes protocols, develops and maintains scheduling of activities, obtains required approvals, resolves problems, and conducts data collection for projects.
• Documents data collection procedures, data files, application programs, and data analysis.
• Manages assessment and evaluation program-specific milestones, deliverables, and budgets; works with program evaluation sponsors and outside consultants.
• Ensures compliance with ORAU, sponsor, and federal regulations.
• Implements and participates in data collection activities, including monitoring return of forms, processing of data, contacting a sample of non-respondents, and conducting interviews to gather additional information.
• Designs, implements, and uses procedures for data entry, retrieval, quality control, and data management activities including online databases.
• Analyzes survey data including design of online and database procedures to maintain and analyze data, produce summary statistics, verify results, and provide data to project staff and other contacts.
• Prepares survey results and reports by providing summary data tables, descriptive statistics, and relevant comparison data, and drafting and editing report documents.
• Works with the Manager to develop, monitor, and adjust revenue projections for the group of sponsors.
• Supports proposal development for new Assessment and Evaluation opportunities.
• Establishes standards of performance, implements quality control measures, and captures knowledge through ongoing process evaluation.
• Ensures best practices and innovations are identified and shared and barriers are identified and overcome.
• Serves as a resource to program staff on tracking and evaluation activities for proposal preparation and online, web-based survey applications.

Bachelor's degree in statistics, business, scientific, technical, education or related field and 6-9 years of related experience. Master's degree preferred. An equivalent combination of education and experience requiring similar knowledge, skills, abilities, and performing duties as described may be substituted for the minimum requirements.

• Graduate degree in a social science or technical discipline preferred.
• Substantial experience in survey or data research, science education program evaluation, applied research, and/or assessment, and technical report writing and publication.
• Requires experience in the measurement of science education achievement and improvements or research statistics.
• Applied experience related to the evaluation of science education programs.
• Experience in being self-directed and capable of prioritizing multiple tasks and handling large and varied workload with independence.
• Experience in project management and budgetary activities.
• Experience leading and managing a team and coaching employee development.
• Applied statistics and survey research techniques as applied to science education and workforce assessments, questionnaire design, descriptive and inferential statistical procedures for evaluation and assessment, and project management and oversight skills.
• Qualitative data collection and analysis skills are required for some evaluation projects.
• Requires special knowledge and experience about specific research methodologies and techniques appropriate to the evaluation of K-20 science education programs and adult education/career training programs.
• Experience leading and managing a team and coaching employee development is preferred.

*The candidate's starting salary will be determined upon hire and ORAU will use salary survey data, internal comparators, and the candidate's qualifications to determine salary.

TOTAL REWARDS

ORAU has a strategic approach to providing total rewards to employees through a fair, equitable, and competitive total compensation package. The goal of our total rewards system is to integrate compensation, benefits, work-life balance, performance, recognition, development, and career opportunities to attract, engage, and retain the talent required to achieve ORAU's business objectives. The benefit component of our total rewards program supports business goals by offering the following benefits based on employee eligibility:

• Legally required benefits
• Group Health insurance including: Medical, Prescription, Dental, and Vision
• Retirement plan access
• Disability insurance
• Group life insurance
• Travel Accident Insurance
• Section 125 reimbursement accounts
• Other voluntary employee paid benefit and insurance offerings,

The ORAU total reward package also promotes work-life balance. Mindful of the need for employees to care for themselves and their families, ORAU offers the following additional work-life benefits based on employee eligibility:

• Paid Time Off (PTO)
• Paid Holidays
• Flexible work schedules or compressed work weeks
• Telework
• Occupational Health and Wellness Programs
• Employee Assistance Program