Director of Economic Inclusion
Massachusetts Trial Court
- Boston, MA
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Provide leadership on policies and programs that seek to promote asset and wealth building and identify opportunities for OEE to create or expand programs;
- Lead the department’s economic inclusion and asset building programs and initiatives including the BabySteps Savings plan and Baby Bonds research and policy;
- Utilize program evaluation metrics to inform outreach campaigns and establish measures for program success;
- Working with contracted staff, outside evaluators, and key partners, establish benchmarks for the BabySteps program and provide oversight to the outreach strategy;
- Provides substantive input and support, as point person for OEE programmatic research and evaluation with a focus on interim measures that are aligned to long term goals;
- Oversees program evaluations, summarize outcomes, and will work with evaluation staff to develop new program assessment methods as needed;
- Produce regular reports and presentations on program performance for internal and external audiences;
- Identifies data driven programmatic trends to inform implementation strategy;
- Write technical reports to meet grant requirements detailing procedures, outcomes, and observations;
- Support the development of new programs and policies initiatives that contribute to the department’s mission;
- Facilitate conversations with partners and stakeholders that support the use of data and evaluation findings to support collaborative decision making;
- Supervise staff under direct supervision including the BabySteps Program Manager, and contracted research staff.
- Articulates and implements the OEE’s mission and long-term strategic plan, including helping to determine resources needed to carry out the plan;
- Works with evaluation staff to define early and interim accomplishments that will set the stage for producing long-range results;
- Utilizes data for internal learning as well as external communications;
- Present findings to community and stakeholder audiences at various forums including national conferences as needed;
- Influences the strategic plan to advance outreach and promotions and increase public engagement;
- Builds and maintains a results-oriented culture;
- Works independently under general supervision;
- Other duties as assigned.
- Significant demonstrated experience in the asset development policy area; knowledge of children’s savings accounts programs highly desired;
- Strong writing, methodological, quantitative, and analytical skills;
- Excellent communication skills;
- Excellent interpersonal and customer service skills, including the ability to work effectively independently, in a team or collaborative environment;
- Knowledge of programmatic evaluation is desired;
- Computer skills: MS Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint.
- Minimum five years of program management experience in government or a related field;
- Advanced degree in a related field preferred;
- Willingness and ability for statewide travel as needed;
- Occasional staffing evening work events may be required;
- Supervisory experience required; experience managing diverse teams highly desired.