Volunteer Data Analyst

USE YOUR EVALUATION AND DATA ANALYTICS EXPERTISE TO HELP HISTORICALLY MARGINALIZED COMMUNITY MEMBERS BUILD BETTER LIVES

Negotiation Works seeks volunteers with expertise in data analysis and statistics to assist with managing the evaluation and data analytics aspect of our work. A description of Negotiation Works and this volunteer role follows. This volunteer role can be conducted remotely.

ABOUT NEGOTIATION WORKS

Negotiation Works is a Washington DC-based non-profit organization that provides negotiation and self-advocacy training for people who are emerging from difficult and often traumatic situations–such as incarceration, homelessness, addiction, and domestic violence–so they develop the skills to navigate everyday challenges and live the next chapters in their lives confidently and productively.

By negotiation strategies we mean communication and persuasion tools for: (a) engaging in self-advocacy in situations such as obtaining needed services or arranging a workable job schedule and (b) resolving disputes and everyday conflicts involving work, housing, family, and other situations. Participants learn that using negotiation skills to work through employment, housing, family, and other situations is more effective in achieving good outcomes for themselves than other, more reflexive approaches, which easily devolve into demanding, arguing, pleading, or avoiding and rarely result in good outcomes. Instead, negotiation skills provide a sense of security, control, and satisfaction in dealing with life’s many personal and professional challenges.

Our core services involve multi-week, interactive negotiation courses for historically marginalized individuals in the Washington, DC area. Since 2018, we have provided services to a broad range of marginalized populations through partnerships with residential programs for people experiencing homelessness, educational and workforce development programs specifically targeted for women or for individuals returning to the community post-incarceration, and correctional institutions. To date, we have taught over 100 multi-week courses and served more than 1000 individuals. We train and mentor volunteer instructors, who include lawyers, teachers, social workers, mediators, and law students, to lead the programs at our partner sites.

OVERVIEW OF VOLUNTEER DATA ANALYTICS OPPORTUNITY

We are constantly evaluating our program and our curriculum, to make sure that our services are accomplishing our goals. Specifically, we use pre- and post-course surveys and weekly free response questions to measure whether the program participants are learning the substantive content, applying negotiation in their daily lives, and developing increased confidence in using negotiation in a wide variety of situations. We also administer long-term surveys to determine how the program participants use negotiation strategies once they complete the program. We teach approximately 200 individuals per year in courses that range from 4- to 8-weeks long.

We are looking for help with the following tasks:

• manage and clean our data (both quantitative and descriptive/narrative)
• conduct various statistical analyses of the data
• create written and visual displays of the analyzed data
• provide recommendations for modifying our evaluation tools

The results of the data analysis are critical in helping us determine how our programs are supporting the communities we serve and how we might further enhance our services.

This volunteer will be part of a team of volunteer data analysts and, ideally, will be able to commit to volunteering with Negotiation Works for at least one full year. This opportunity can be conducted remotely and has a very flexible time commitment.

APPLICATION

To apply, please submit a resume and 250-300 word statement responding to: “Why are you interested in volunteering with Negotiation Works?” to melissa@negotiation-works.org.

Organization website: https://www.negotiation-works.org/