Job Description

Salary: $104,000.00 - $116,000.00 Annually

Job Number: PEPM-HRLSI-4/2026

Closing Date: 5/03/2026 11:59 PM Central

Position Summary

Leads organization-wide evaluation efforts to ensure the League’s programs, services, and strategic initiatives deliver meaningful impact for members. Facilitates outcome-focused conversations across teams, aligning data, research, and stakeholder perspectives to inform decision-making. Designs and manage systems to collect, analyze, and translate complex quantitative and qualitative data into actionable insights. Supports continuous learning and improvement by guiding evaluation practices and driving organization-wide understanding of impact. Manages cross-functional projects and strategic initiatives as assigned.   

Essential Job Duties:

Strategic Alignment

• Leads implementation of League-wide data, insights, and evaluation strategy to inform organization-wide and department level decision-making. 
• Develops a League-wide framework for demonstrating the value of League services for individual members.

Data Analysis, Reporting, and Vizualization

• Conducts quantitative and qualitative analyses, research, and benchmarking studies for both internal employee and member surveys and evaluations. Produces accurate, accessible, and understandable material that reflects research data and results at a level of detail appropriate for the intended audience.
• Builds and maintains reports, dashboards, and data visualizations using business intelligence tools such as Association Management System (AMS) to facilitate quick access to and manipulation of data necessary for the calculation and retrieval of quantitative information.
• Develops and delivers written, online, and oral presentations on League data and statistical trends to leadership.
• Proactively monitors data trends and maintains established and consistent reporting processes.

Process Improvement and Program Evaluation

• Work cooperatively with departments to conduct internal program evaluation and analysis including developing a proactive schedule for evaluation of programs, assisting teams in developing appropriate evaluation goals and measures, and developing and conducting evaluation plans. 
• Identifies opportunities, gathers input from user groups, and makes recommendations for improvements in data collection and data management practices, including the testing of new data initiatives in various technology platforms and implementation of approved solutions. 
• Make recommendations regarding governance and access to member data, supports the design, configuration and maintenance of AMS and data procedures to ensure integrity and consistency. 

Project Management

• Assists Strategic Initiatives Manager with designing, prioritizing and managing multiple, concurrent special projects, including brainstorming, planning, researching, implementation, and change management
• Leads assigned projects of organizational significance.

Core qualifications & Desirables

• Bachelor’s degree in public administration, public affairs, business administration, policy analysis, statistics, data analytics or a degree requiring substantial training in statistical analysis and program evaluation.
• At least four years of experience performing quantitative and qualitative analysis, research and impact-based work products.
• Considerable knowledge and use of computer software such as Microsoft products, databases, and statistical programs.  
• Considerable ability to mine, manipulate, analyze, and communicate research findings through written documents, graphic illustrations, and oral presentations to people with varying backgrounds and familiarity with the material.

Desirable Qualifications

• Additional years of experience performing quantitative and qualitative analysis and research.
• Master’s degree in public administration, public affairs, policy analysis, political science, or a closely related field.
• Municipal government experience
• Experience with business intelligence and artificial intelligence tools.

Benefits -  The League of Minnesota Cities offers a comprehensive benefits package that includes health and dental insurance, employer-paid basic life insurance, long-term disability coverage, three-weeks paid parental leave, a contribution match to 457 plans, participation in the PERA public pension plan, and 12 paid holidays. Additional benefits include voluntary supplemental life insurance, spouse and dependent life insurance, and short-term disability coverage. 

We welcome you as an applicant for employment with the League of Minnesota Cities. It is the League of Minnesota Cities’ policy to provide equal opportunity in employment, and we are committed to building a diverse, welcoming, and respectful workforce. We seek and welcome candidate applications from historically underrepresented groups, such as BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, People of Color) women, LGTBQ+, and those living with disabilities as well as Veterans.

The League of Minnesota Cities will not discriminate on the basis of race, natural hair styles and textures (including but not limited to “braids, locks, and twists”), color, creed, age, religion, national origin, marital status, disability, sex, sexual orientation, familial status, status with regard to public assistance, local human rights commission activity or any other basis protected by law. When requested to complete an application for the position we require that you furnish complete information, so we may accurately and completely assess your qualifications. You may attach any other information which provides additional detail about your qualifications for employment in the position you seek. Refer to the Applicant Data Practices Advisory included in the signature portion of the application, for guidance regarding how your application information will be used, the consequences of providing or not providing your information, and more.

The League of Minnesota Cities accommodates qualified persons with disabilities in all aspects of employment, including the application process. If you believe you need a reasonable accommodation to complete the application process, please contact HR and Benefits at 651-281-1202.

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