Consultant, Health Equity Data – Evaluation

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Collaborate with the Monitoring, Evaluation, & Quality Improvement team to design, manage, and implement data-driven projects for public health organizations.

• Take the lead or co-lead on larger technical and advisory initiatives while contributing to project design.

• Independently manage tasks with minimal oversight on a day-to-day basis.

• Ensure exemplary client satisfaction while managing projects.

• Contribute to and/or take charge of proposals.

• Design, administer, and analyze internal assessments and surveys that measure health equity, cultural and linguistic responsiveness, and related program standards.

• Conduct both quantitative and qualitative analyses of assessments, surveys, social determinants of health, and community needs data.

• Generate clear findings at the program, department, and system levels.

• Develop and refine evaluation methods and frameworks to track health equity outcomes over time.

• Assist partners in translating findings into actionable quality improvement steps.

• Present findings through presentations, summary tables, data visualizations, analytic reports, and executive summaries.

• Design and administer workforce and program surveys linked to strategic equity initiatives.

• Collect, validate, manage, and analyze implementation data, including strategy highlights, process measures, and performance indicators.

• Create and maintain reporting systems and dashboards to monitor progress toward health equity goals.

• Support performance measurement frameworks and implementation metrics.

• Align data collection, reporting, and evaluation activities across various initiatives.

• Integrate equity standards and performance measures into agency and vendor activities as needed.

• Develop tools, templates, and guidance documents to enhance client capacity for performance measurement, data reporting, and evaluation.

• Provide planning, facilitation, meeting documentation, and technical assistance for data, evaluation, and performance measurement activities.

• Prepare written deliverables including data summaries, evaluation reports, dashboards, presentations, and policy or procedural documents.

• Collaborate with BME colleagues to create client-capacity tools, templates, and guidelines.

• May oversee Associates and Senior Associates.

• Carry out other duties that support BME’s mission and commitments to clients.

⛳️ Requirements

• A minimum of 4-6 years of relevant experience in applied public health is required, including at least 2 years in a consulting firm environment.

• A Master’s degree in Public Health, Epidemiology, Health Policy, or a related field.

• At least 1-4 years of experience in a client-facing role.

• Proven experience in program evaluation, survey research, epidemiology, or a similar analytic role, with a focus on health equity measurement.

• Direct experience working within state, local, or federal health departments, or supporting these agencies as clients is strongly preferred.

• Experience with data work focused on racial equity or health equity is strongly preferred.

• Strong quantitative and qualitative analytical skills, including proficiency in survey design and analysis.

• Proficient in data analysis and visualization tools (e.g., Excel, R, Tableau, REDCap, or similar).

• Excellent organizational and time management skills; capable of managing multiple concurrent deliverables.

• Outstanding written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to convey complex data into clear, actionable insights for diverse audiences.

• Skilled in facilitating quality improvement sessions, evaluation discussions, and cross-team alignment meetings.

• Comfortable working both independently and collaboratively in a remote, embedded-client environment.

• Familiarity with public health systems and practices at state and local levels.

• Understanding of evaluation frameworks, performance measurement, PDSA/QI (Plan-Do-Study-Act/Quality Improvement) methods, and health equity data practices.

• Familiarity with health equity standards like CLAS (Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services) and/or strategic plans to advance racial equity is a plus.

• Alignment with BME’s shared values.

• Must reside in the U.S.; BME Strategies is unable to sponsor work-related visas.

🏝️ Benefits

• Enjoy over 6 weeks of total leave, including paid vacation, sick time, personal leave, and floating holidays.

• Health, dental, and vision insurance with 80% employer-paid coverage for employees and 70% for dependents.

• Health FSA and dependent care FSA available.

• 401(k) plan with employer matching.

• Employer-paid short-term and long-term disability insurance.

• One-time technology stipend.

• Opportunities for professional development and career advancement.