We’re Hiring!

We are looking for a full-time Evaluation Consultant to join our team. If you're a sharp, collaborative thinker with a passion for evaluation and a background in the nonprofit sector, we'd love to hear from you. This role is at the heart of our mission — helping organizations and communities learn, grow, and create real impact. Sound like you? Read on.

Elevate Consulting is a Nashville-based consulting firm that collaborates with community members, leaders, and organizations to develop and implement processes for learning and improving services, systems, and structures for equitable social change. Founded in 2016, Elevate believes that human connection, learning, and intentional action strengthens organizations and communities. We are a woman-owned and -led firm built on a team-based approach, pairing clients with consultants who bring relevant expertise and genuine investment in the work.

Elevate’s core services span research and evaluation, strategic planning, and community and stakeholder engagement. We design and lead full-scale evaluations, build evaluation capacity, develop strategic frameworks, and facilitate meaningful planning processes with organizations across sectors. Our team of skilled evaluators, applied researchers, facilitators, and nonprofit/philanthropy experts brings a multidisciplinary approach to every engagement, drawing from the social sciences, organizational development, change management, and community change.

Who We Are

What We Value

We believe learning is critical for change, and we build spaces where people can engage in deep, meaningful learning
We build trust, cultivate respect, and work alongside communities to create social change.
We recognize the power dynamics inherent in our work. We push back on inequitable structures when we see them, we challenge our partners to critically examine their power, and we commit to challenging our own power and privilege.
We understand that social change is complex, interconnected, and constantly evolving, and we use approaches that embrace that complexity.
We strive to provide excellent, responsive, rigorous, and professional services that are highly relevant within local contexts. We hold each other accountable to continually learning and improving our craft.
We believe in data and strategies that are useful, accessible, applicable, and actionable, and we use specific tools and frameworks to ensure the relevance of our work.
We do this work because we believe in it and because we enjoy it. We aim to share that energy in every interaction.

Who We Are Looking For

Elevate Consulting, LLC seeks a full-time, salaried Evaluation Consultant to lead and support projects in alignment with our core values and quality professional practices.

Elevate recognizes that a diverse representation of experiences, identities, and perspectives is critical to ensuring our work is equitable, relevant, and responsive to the needs of the communities we serve. We are committed to prioritizing applicants who contribute to the diversity of our team.

What Evaluation Consultants Do at Elevate

Employ best practices in evaluation and applied research to support client needs, including a range of hands-on training, consulting, and contract evaluation projects
Collaborate with team members to undertake short-term or long-term projects to address a variety of evaluation needs across programs, organizations, and collaboratives.

Lead client-facing projects in collaboration with other Elevate team members, including:
- Developing and maintaining strong relationships with clients and other stakeholders in alignment with Elevate’s core values
- Managing project timelines and providing high-quality, useful deliverables on time
- Coordinating a small project team of Elevate team members to accomplish project goals
Facilitate meetings with clients and project stakeholders to understand and meet their needs
Develop recommendations to support clients’ learning, capacity-building, and improvement

Education + Experience

Bachelor’s degree and 6-8 years of work experience in a related field OR Master’s degree and 2-4 years of experience in a related field (e.g., nonprofit management/leadership, applied research, evaluation, community development, community psychology, social work, etc.)
Experience utilizing social science research and evaluation methods
Experience working with nonprofits, foundations, government entities, and other mission-driven organizations
Experience supporting data-driven processes across a range of settings, including strategy/planning and systems change/collaborative work

Characteristics

Independent worker: Identifies as someone who can “take the ball and run with it”
Adaptable: Comfortable with a small business environment and flexible schedule
Collaborative: Supports team members by offering support, communicating needs and feedback, and aligning behavior to team norms and guidelines
Responsive and Communicative: Completes work and provides feedback in a timely manner
Reflective: Commits to regular self-assessment and is focused on learning and improving
Responsible: Approaches professional work with integrity
Equity-focused: Understands and acknowledges the importance of approaching this work with an equity lens

Salary + Benefits

Salary Range: $75,000-$80,000
Medical, dental, and vision insurance available (partial coverage by Elevate)
Three months paid parental leave
Internet & phone stipend
Flexible, hybrid work schedule with generous time off
Quarterly profit share (contingent upon profitability on the business)
401k (Elevate will match up to 4%), which can be applied to qualified student loan payments, if applicable (per SECURE 2.0 Act)

How to Apply

Applicants are encouraged to apply as soon as possible. The planned start date for this position is August 10, 2026.

Application Guidelines

To apply for this job, please submit your resume and answers to the following questionnaire via email to hello@consultelevate.com. The questionnaire below may be submitted in written (PDF) or video format, depending on your preference. If submitting via video, a simple smartphone or Zoom recording will suffice (we do not expect a highly produced video).

We request that you do not utilize any form of AI or AI-generated tools to complete your questionnaire.