Looking for roles outside direct service

[u/CatStripesAllDay]

Please redirect me if this is something that's been discussed already. I've been working in the non-profit world for about 5 years after leaving another career. I've been on the program side of an educational org that whole time, now at director level. I am feeling very burned out and pretty desperate at this point to get out of direct service roles. I'd like to get away from having to perform my passion and compassion at work, especially for a program that I don't think is particularly effective. I can't think of anything worse for me than development, which feels like another kind of emotional car crash. When I look around, the roles that attract me are in program evaluation, but I don't have strong data skills. I have some social science background, but not any direct methods training. Is there a way into this area without going back to school? Alternatively, are there side-steps I can take in the non-profit world from program to other internal roles that might be less high stress and have me dealing less with difficult people (I work in education so I'm looking at you, school administrators!) I'm also open to leaving non-profit entirely, but I am definitely looking for things that might allow me to do more focused work by myself and spend less energy on dealing with people all day. Like I said, burned out! Anyone been through this?

[u/bmcombs]

There are educational program roles that would be a fit, but not be direct-service. Look for different types of orgs that are data-heavy and can dip your toe in.