We are looking for experienced people to join our consulting team in Melbourne!

• Are you looking to contribute to work that makes a difference to people’s lives?
• Our company vision is – to empower clients and communities to overcome the challenges facing society - are you our next team member?
• Senior or Intermediate level

About us

Allen + Clarke is an Australasian consultancy group with offices in Melbourne and Wellington.

We provide evaluation, research, policy, regulatory, business change and secretariat services to government, private sector and not-for-profit clients. We operate across Australia, New Zealand, the Pacific, and Asia. Our clients come to us for trusted advice on a wide range of issues.

Our company vision is – to empower clients and communities to overcome the challenges facing society.

We give a damn which means we believe in:

• Being and giving our best
• The importance of people
• Always being authentic

Our consultants are flexible, hard-working and committed. They care and want to make a difference by delivering excellent work for our clients. They know how to work with pace. They never lose sight of quality. They are good at identifying opportunities, risks and issues and mitigating them to ensure success for our clients. They enjoy looking for business development opportunities to make our business successful.

The opportunity

We are looking for new team members in our Melbourne office, with a focus on evaluation and review specialists. We are seeking Senior and Intermediate/Consultant level applicants.

The work we do ranges from completing rapid reviews of stand-alone programs or projects, specific data collection or analysis tasks, through to multi-year evaluations of complex and complicated policies and suites of programs. We are experts in a full range of qualitative and quantitative techniques and tools. You will have the opportunity to be involved in many challenging and rewarding issues.

About you

To be considered for a Senior Consultant position you will tick some of these boxes:

• Have 10+ years’ experience undertaking high quality evaluations or reviews in Australia
• Have extensive knowledge of a range of evaluation methods and approaches
• Have existing networks and links with government, NGOs and other evaluation practitioners
• Can plan, manage and deliver high-quality evaluations from inception to completion
• Enjoy a challenge and grappling with complexity
• Thrive on working with clients to identify their needs and deliverables
• Can lead projects, manage multiple pieces of work at once and work successfully within a team
• Have excellent, oral and written communications, including the ability to present information clearly and concisely
• Experience in project managing and coaching staff is essential.

To be considered for an Intermediate/Consultant position you will tick some of these boxes:

• Have 3+ years experience in a comparable role
• A track record of contributing to evaluations and reviews of policies and programs
• A desire to learn from more experienced team members and subject matter experts
• Excellent organisational and IT skills including Microsoft Office (Salesforce and Google Suite experience an advantage)
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Previous project coordination experience

Past experience in a consulting environment would be an advantage for all positions. Experience across the health, social, education and justice sectors will be looked upon favourably.

What we offer

These are ongoing roles based in Melbourne and may require some domestic and international travel. We offer flexible working arrangements (including part time).

We will provide a supportive, collaborative and collegial work environment with opportunities to mentor less experienced team members and to develop your consultancy skills alongside other experienced practitioners.

We are committed to providing a supportive and culturally safe working environment for all our staff members, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander employees.

You can find out more about us and the work we do at www.allenandclarke.com.au.

If you have any questions, please contact [email protected] using the subject line: Consultants enquiry via EthicalJobs, or Kylie Berg, Director Business Development on 0418901876.