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Research and Evaluation Assistant

Alcohol and Drug Foundation
  • Full time, continuing role. Melbourne based (location flexible for the right candidate)
  • Base salary $61,912.50 - $76,830.00 per annum plus super + salary packing benefits
  • Join a collaborative and highly motivated hardworking team

About us

Celebrating 60 years of service to the community, the Alcohol and Drug Foundation (ADF) is Australia's leading body committed to preventing harm from alcohol and other drugs in communities around the nation. Our aim is to create an Australian culture that supports people to live healthy, safe and satisfying lives, unaffected by drug and alcohol harms.

The Foundation's work reaches millions of people in local communities through sporting clubs, workplaces, health care settings and schools, offering educational information, drug and alcohol prevention programs and advocating for strong and healthy communities. The Alcohol Drug Foundation is proudly independent and not-for-profit.

For further information, please go to our website.

About the role

Critical to the success of this role will be providing support into the Research and Evaluation team as part of the Evidence and Innovation business unit. This will include consulting and liaising with other members of the team and throughout the organisation, therefore collaboration is critical. Work assignments will include the development of evaluation plans and frameworks, tools for data collection, ethics applications, data collection, management and analysis and more.

About you

  • A relevant tertiary qualification such as psychology/social sciences, health sciences, health promotion or related field
  • At least 1-2 years of professional experience in a similar or related role
  • Research and Evaluation Experience:
    • Understanding of evaluation stages and processes, including the key components required to form an evaluation plan and framework.
    • Demonstrated ability to plan research and evaluation projects, including designing evaluation plans.
    • Demonstrated experience writing and managing ethics applications.
    • Experience with designing quantitative or qualitative research methodologies, particularly survey-based research methods.
    • Experience with data management, including implementing and maintaining data management procedures and practices to ensure high quality data are collected.
    • Experience collecting data, including using Survey Monkey or similar program, as well as quantitative data analysis.
    • Demonstrated ability to draft and write reports.
  • Ways of Working:
    • Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
    • Flexibility and ability to work within tight timelines to an agreed schedule.
    • Demonstrated ability to plan and implement a work schedule, and an ability to work autonomously, but not in isolation.

The recruitment process will include at least 1 panel interview and a technical task.

To apply

Your application must include (1) brief cover letter, (2) a separate response to the Capability Profile components on page 2 of the Position Description and (3) resume.

You will need to PDF and combine documents 1 & 2.

For enquiries, please contact our People & Culture Team via [email protected] using the subject line: Research and Evaluation Assistant enquiry via EthicalJobs.

A position description is attached.

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