Project Manager, STEM-PERL, Yale University

The STEM Program Evaluation and Research Laboratory (https://stem-perl.yale.edu) in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at Yale University seeks a Project Manager to join a vibrant, productive team in their mission to improve college level STEM education. Reporting to the Director, the Project Manager will contribute to the support of several grants from the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI). The grants fund three project types: program evaluation, educational core research, and applied research that seeks to improve student performance, persistence, and diversity in the sciences. The Project Manager will collaborate with STEM-PERL team members and Yale faculty to manage communication across distinct program components that focus on undergraduate science courses including course-based undergraduate research experiences (CUREs). The Project Manager will contribute to evaluation and STEM education research projects as part of a national effort supporting widespread college STEM education reform. The Project Manager will contribute to early and ongoing discussions related to grant-funded research in addition to executing tasks that progress project research goals. These tasks include creating and distributing surveys on Qualtrics, conducting literature reviews, facilitating meetings with instructors and administrators, producing evaluation outcome reports, grant writing, and completing project reports. The Project Manager will be responsible for coordinating nation-wide research and applied research projects involving evaluation of college STEM programs, implementing evidence-based teaching practices, CUREs, and researching trust in college STEM classrooms. The Project Manager will contribute to communications, reporting, management, and data management for these grants.

 

Responsibilities:

• Work with the STEM-PERL Director to operationalize and implement strategic plans for evaluation projects, including timeline development, materials
• Stem-PERL management, data collection, and internal and external reporting.
  • Serve as intellectual partner in manuscript submission, project development, and education research.
  • Facilitate communication among multiple grant stakeholders via written updates, meetings, and showcase events. Develop STEM-PERL’s online communication strategy using YaleSites and social media platforms such as Twitter (X) and Instagram.
  • Manage progress and strategy for STEM-PERL’s various grants provided byNSF and HHMI, in support of the grant PI. Channel resulting information into progress reports and qualitative evaluations.
  • Work with an external consultant to implement teaching evaluations following the Systems Evaluation Protocol framework and analyze data.
  • Manage the process of yearly grant reporting across projects for STEM-PERL.
  • Establish and implement strategies for dissemination of project-related activities, evaluation outcomes, and program successes.
  • ***Please note that this position is in the process of being posted at Yale and it may not be uploaded for a few weeks.