Performance Evaluation Director

Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission

Starting Range: $90,000 to $120,000 p/year (with upward potential).

Range: $65,812.76 - $91,611.00, commensurate with experience.

Maine Legislature Office of Fiscal and Program Review

Salary is commensurate with candidate qualifications, certifications, and experience.

The Legislative Audit Bureau is an award-winning, nonpartisan legislative service agency whose objective analyses and recommendations help improve the efficiency and effectiveness of state government operations. We are looking for detail-oriented professionals to join our team and contribute to the Bureau’s important mission. The Bureau’s work helps the legislature fulfill its responsibility to provide effective oversight of Wisconsin state government. In 2024, the Bureau won the Excellence in Evaluation award from the National Legislative Performance Evaluation Society (NLPES), which annually presents the award to an office that made significant contributions to the field of program evaluation over a four-year period of time.

In addition, the Bureau has been awarded the Certificate of Impact from NLPES every year for more than a decade. This award is presented annually for evaluations or audit reports that resulted in documented public policy changes, program improvements, dollar savings, or other public impacts. The Bureau also received a 2024 Notable Documents Award for two evaluation reports published in 2023.

Responsibilities

What Will You Do?

As a Performance Evaluation Director, you will report to and collaborate closely with the State Auditor while representing the Bureau in interactions with officials from across state government. As a member of the Bureau’s senior leadership team, the Performance Evaluation Director performs responsibilities that include but are not limited to:

• Managing the work of evaluation team leaders, establishing expectations, assessing performance, and taking responsibility for evaluation work assigned by the State Auditor;
• Meeting frequently with evaluation teams to review analyses, plan additional evaluation work, and develop tentative analytical conclusions for further consideration;
• Performing quality assurance procedures by reviewing audit documentation;
• Facilitating and participating in staff development and recruiting;
• Effectively balancing staffing resources to meet deadlines;
• Preparing and implementing plans to meet audit objectives;
• Developing appropriate and thorough analyses based on adequate and sufficient audit evidence;
• Monitoring each evaluation to ensure quality and completeness of the evaluation work; and
• Preparing timely and accurate evaluation reports.

Qualifications

Who Are You?

• You are able to maintain strict nonpartisanship.
• You have a minimum of seven years of relevant leadership experience, including leading, motivating, and developing staff.
• You have a minimum of ten years of experience in the field of performance evaluation, auditing, or a closely related field.
• You have experience in public policy analysis and methods of measuring program effectiveness and efficiency.
• You have experience in determining appropriate research strategies, planning and conducting complex performance evaluations, and leading others in performing these functions.
• You have demonstrated an ability to effectively promote a positive, productive work environment in a team setting.
• You possess substantial critical-thinking, analytical, multi-tasking, writing, and oral communication skills.
• You have a degree in an academic discipline emphasizing analytical skills or policy analysis.

Preferred Qualifications

• You have knowledge of the principles, practices, standards, and applications of performance evaluation in government.
• You have an extensive understanding of government policies, budgets, management, and operations.

Why Should You Join Us?

• You want to contribute to the efficiency and effectiveness of state government operations.
• You want to work in a professional environment and be part of a team of intelligent colleagues doing meaningful work.
• You want to explore professional development and growth and are interested in continued education and learning opportunities.
• You are interested in a healthy balance between your personal and professional life.
• You are seeking a competitive salary and a comprehensive benefits package. The offered benefits package includes, but is not limited to:
  • 120 hours of vacation, 36 hours of personal holiday, 9 paid holidays, and 130 hours of sick leave.
  • Electives for health, vision, and dental benefits, as well as health savings accounts and flexible spending accounts.
  • Options for alternative work patterns to facilitate a work-life balance.
  • Participation in the Well Wisconsin Program.
  • Access to a free and confidential employee assistance program for State of Wisconsin employees to provide support for and resources for everyday matters to more serious concerns.
  • Participation in the Wisconsin Retirement System.
  • Possible qualification for student loan forgiveness.

How to Apply

How Do You Join?

We are seeking candidates who are legally authorized to work in the United States and will not require employer visa sponsorship now or in the future. A background check will be conducted on all finalists prior to an offer of employment. To be considered, interested candidates must submit the following materials to :

• a one- to two-page statement of interest that addresses your experience as it relates to the qualifications of the position; and
• resume.
• Those invited to interview will be required to provide unofficial transcripts (undergrad and graduate).

The deadline to apply is 11:59 p.m. on Sunday, October 20, 2024. The Legislative Audit Bureau is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer.