Job description
- Federal Government Opportunity in Surry Hills
- 12-month contract with possibility of extension
- $602.55 per day + super
Other functions will include helping to embed rigorous evaluation across the organisation, supporting business units to develop theory of change, logic models and evaluation frameworks, providing expert advice to business units undertaking evaluation and supervising staff as required.
Responsibilities may include but are not limited to:
- Managing and delivering strategic evaluations.
- Leading the development of logic models and monitoring and evaluation frameworks for other programs, policies and services.
- Supervising Senior Research and Evaluation Officer(s) and other staff to collect, analyse and report quantitative and qualitative data.
- Enhancing the Scheme’s use of evidence-informed practice in delivering outcomes for participants, carers and family members.
- Shaping and maintaining relationships and partnerships with external research bodies, including specialist agencies and relevant academic and technical experts, to ensure that the wider disability research community is effectively engaged to deliver benefits for the Scheme and people with disability across Australia.
- Building the organisations approach to innovation in delivering practice improvements and contemporary services and supports, to improve outcomes for participants (people with disabilities, their carers and families) and deliver a sustainable NDIS.
The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate the following:
- Knowledge and experience in evaluation of programs and services
- Analysing and reporting on qualitative and quantitative data
- Project management skills and experience
- Stakeholder engagement and management experience
- An interest and/or experience working within the disability sector is desirable
- Post graduate research qualifications are highly desirable
In order to be considered applicants are required to hold an Australian Citizenship
If this sounds like the role for you, please submit an updated copy of your resume in MS Word format by hitting APPLY NOW or call Ankita on 02 9200 3683 for more information.
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