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OVERVIEW OF NORTHERN COLORADO KIDS THRIVE
Northern Colorado Kids Thrive (NoCo Kids Thrive) is an independent nonprofit organization and steward of significant public investment dedicated to ensuring every young child in our community has quality early childhood experiences so they thrive from day one.
As the administrator of significant public and private investment in early care and education, NoCo Kids Thrive supports families, child care providers, educators, and community partners through programs that expand access, strengthen the early childhood workforce, improve quality, and build a more coordinated early childhood system.
Through voter-approved early care and education tax funding and additional public and private investments, NoCo Kids Thrive oversees more than $20 million annually in public revenue, in addition to workforce supports, family tuition subsidies, and philanthropic funding. As administrator of these funds, the organization is entrusted with fiscal integrity, transparency, and long-term sustainability in service to children, families, educators, and taxpayers.
POSITION SUMMARY
The Director of Evaluation leads the design and implementation of Northern Colorado Kids Thrive’s evaluation and learning strategy, ensuring the organization can measure impact, inform decision-making, and demonstrate outcomes across all program areas.
This role is responsible for building and managing a comprehensive evaluation framework that tracks short-, medium-, and long-term outcomes, including longitudinal analysis of children’s progress from early childhood through K–12. The Director works closely with internal teams and external partners—including school districts and public agencies, to ensure data is collected, analyzed, and used to continuously improve programs and inform system-level change.
The Director also plays a critical role in supporting the sustainability of public investment in early childhood, including providing the data, analysis, and evidence needed to inform future funding decisions and potential reauthorization efforts.
