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Evaluation and Evidence Lead - Flexible Location

Save The Children

Do you enjoy working with complex data to make sense of program delivery and outcomes? Are you interested in applying your technical expertise to measure outcomes for children, families and communities across Australia? In this re-scoped national role, you'll bring your highly developed analytical skills and commitment to evidence building to help demonstrate the quality and outcomes of Save the Children programs.

Save the Children is no ordinary not-for-profit

We're ambitious, creative and outspoken. We stand up for children's rights. We want all children to be educated, healthy and safe, living a life free from abuse and neglect. We've been working with families and communities in Australia in every state and territory as a trusted support for children for nearly 70 years. More information on our work in Australia is available here.

Where you come in:

In this full time, permanent role you'll have a unique opportunity to help shape how we collect, analyse, and learn from data and evidence. You'll work across every business and service delivery team for Australian Services and report to our Manger, Fidelity and Impact Measurement. Based in any capital city of Australia, you'll have flexibility to work from home or from one of our state offices.

You will make an impact by:

  • Developing analytical frameworks for demonstrating program and organisational impacts
  • Providing technical support on monitoring and evaluation, including theories of change, program logics, evaluation designs/frameworks and measurement tools - leading this work on key projects
  • Supporting business development activities and processes to embedded best practice monitoring and evaluation into the design of programs
  • Building capacity within teams for monitoring, evaluation, accountability and learning
  • Working collaboratively across teams, to effectively leverage all available supports

Does this sound like you?

You're experienced in working with complex monitoring data in a research or evaluation context, designing data analysis plans to measure outcomes. You thrive in a fast paced, complex environment and can manage competing priorities. You enjoy engaging with differing stakeholders across diverse backgrounds as you work with teams to support monitoring, evaluation and reporting activity, and build capability for measurement. You're able to convey complex concepts in a straightforward manner and build the capacity of others through the way you conduct your work.

This role requires:

  • Degree in social or behavioural sciences, evaluation, health sciences or other relevant discipline
  • Experience in the design and implementation of mixed methods studies including complex quantitative analysis and qualitative and quantitative data analysis and synthesis, to determine implementation progress, service quality and achievement of program objectives
  • Demonstrated ability to report complex information, including evaluation reports and summaries, to a diverse range of stakeholders

Working at Save the Children is more than just a job

It's the feeling of knowing that your work is contributing to making the world a better place for children and working with others who feel the same. In addition to a connection to social causes, you will have access to:

  • Competitive salary plus fully salary packaging benefits
  • Friendly, agile and flexible work environment including working from home
  • Additional annual leave options available

For more information regarding our employee benefits, please follow this link.

Sound interesting?

We'd love to hear from you. Submit your cover letter (2-page max) and resume by clicking on one of the buttons in the 'Apply' section.

Position Description - Evaluation and Evidence Lead.

For a confidential discussion about the role, please contact Sue Leahy via [email protected] using the subject line: Evaluation and Evidence Lead - Flexible Location enquiry via EthicalJobs or 0409 445 436.

Save the Children is committed to providing and maintaining a safe working environment for its employees and client groups, consistent with our obligations under OH&S legislation. Successful applicants are required to provide evidence of vaccination against COVID-19, or proof of medical exemption.

We have tested our application process with diverse groups in mind, with the intent to ensure it's straightforward and accessible for all to apply. Diversity and inclusion are fundamental to our culture and improve our ability to reach our most vulnerable client groups. But we also know there is no one-size fits-all when it comes to recruitment - so if we didn't quite hit the mark for you, please let us know! We're dedicated to ensuring Save the Children Australia is a workplace suitable for all people and can modify our processes to suit you - no matter your race, ethnicity, gender, age, disability, sexuality, neurodiversity, culture and beliefs.

Save the Children Australia is a child-safe organisation. All employees are required to undergo a National Police Check, a Working with Children Check where necessary, and sign our Child Safeguarding Policy and Code of Conduct. We also support the Inter-Agency Misconduct Disclosure Scheme. You can read about the Scheme and our commitment to Safeguarding here.

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