Blue Shield of California Foundation is an independent, nonprofit organization that supports lasting and equitable solutions to make California the healthiest state and end domestic violence. We value integrity, partnership, possibility, equity, and dignity. We believe that when we work together to remove the barriers to health and wellbeing, especially for Californians most affected, we can create a more just and equitable future. The Foundation is funded entirely by contributions from Blue Shield of California, a mission-based, not-for-profit health plan founded by physicians in 1939.
To fulfill our mission at Blue Shield of California, we must ensure a diverse, equitable, and inclusive environment where all employees can be their authentic selves and fully contribute to meet the needs of the multifaceted communities we serve. Our comprehensive approach to diversity, equity, and inclusion combines a focus on our people, processes, and systems with a deep commitment to promoting social justice and health equity through our products, business practices, and presence as a corporate citizen.
Blue Shield of California has received awards and recognition for being a certified Great Place to Work, best place to work for LGBTQ equality, leading disability employer, one of the best companies for women to advance, Bay Area’s top companies in volunteering & giving, and one of the world’s most ethical companies. Here at Blue Shield of California, we are striving to make a positive change across our industry and the communities we live in – join us!
Your Role
The Foundation is an independent licensee of the Blue Shield Association. Blue Shield of California has contributed more than $500 million to Blue Shield of California Foundation since 2002 to have a positive impact on California communities. Our mission is to build lasting and equitable solutions that make California the healthiest state and end domestic violence. The Senior Evaluation and Data Strategy Manager will help execute the Foundation’s evaluation and research strategy and ensure that the Foundation staff and leadership, grantees and stakeholders have access to the information they need to support systems change, and to measure and assess progress towards Health Equity and reductions in Domestic Violence in California.
Your Work
In this role, you will:
- Translate highly complex data and research finding into consumable, actionable insights via summaries, visualizations, and recommendations
- Work with Foundation teams to assess the Foundation’s impact and influence on achieving the Foundation’s mission. These efforts will include developing a dashboard to document progress toward achieving the Foundation’s mission, supporting the development and use of logic models and theories of change to advance our measurement work and program strategies
- Partner with Foundation staff, external evaluators, grantees, and Foundation teams to identify key questions, methods, and approaches to improve the evidence base to advance domestic violence prevention efforts in California and nationally
- Assess internal and external progress and impact on health and domestic violence
- Synthesize evaluation and research findings and develop tools and templates to support learning from evaluation and measurement efforts
- Share data and research findings with key stakeholders, including the Foundation’s Board of Trustees and Executive Team, ranging from dashboards to narrative reports
- Work with the Foundation’s Communications and Public Affairs team and Program team to share, interpret, and build capacity to utilize data with grantees, communities, the field, and public policymakers
- Implement the Foundation’s strategy to use data to drive and support strategy refinement, as well as changes in public understanding, social norms, public policy, organizational practice, and effective service programs
- Lead grantmaking efforts that align with the Foundation’s data strategy and the needs of the communities we serve and engage public officials, philanthropy leaders, communities, researchers, and other experts to identify how improved data and access to data can support population health
- Implement a platform for Foundation-wide learning within and across program portfolios to ensure that the Foundation translates learning into action
Your Knowledge and Experience
- Requires a college degree or equivalent experience. A Master's degree is strongly preferred; emphasis on data analytics, research methods, statistics
- Minimum of 7 years of strategic planning, research and evaluations, learning, or relevant experience required
- Strong collaborative skills and cultural competency that enable the individual to work with and across diverse professional disciplines, communities, interests, and experiences
- Demonstrated competency with data, measurement, and strategy at the global and granular levels
- Experience designing, developing, and maintaining dashboards that support organizational learning and decision-making
- Analytical acumen demonstrated in fields as diverse as statistics, data science, economics, and policy analysis
- Knowledge of methods for protecting confidential data, creating, and managing databases and establishing data governance policies
- Experience with qualitative and quantitative software packages
- Demonstrated professional and personal commitment to health improvement and equity
Our Values
- Honest. We hold ourselves to the highest ethical and integrity standards. We build trust by doing what we say we're going to do and by acknowledging and correcting where we fall short
- Human. We strive to be our authentic selves, listening and communicating effectively, and showing empathy towards others by walking in their shoes
- Courageous. We stand up for what we believe in and are committed to the hard work necessary to achieve our ambitious goals