Who are we?

At Sonder, we’ve been helping people across South Australia to improve their wellbeing and live better lives since 1993. We support thousands of people each year with mental health challenges, drug and alcohol use concerns, chronic disease management and employment.

Why are we hiring?

You may have noticed recently that Sonder has been advertising a large number of role opportunities - this is all due to our significant growth which has resulted in us being able to support more people in more communities. Whilst our growth has led to us now employing over 300 people, we’ve made sure to retain our friendly culture and practical approach.

What benefits can we offer?

When you work with Sonder, you become part of the Sonder family and that provides you with a number of benefits such as:

• Flexible working arrangements
• Generous salary packaging options
• Meal & entertainment allowances
• Paid parental leave, and much more!

Sonder are open to negotiating further benefits with the successful applicant to ensure an excellent working environment for you.

Learn about the position:

Location: Sonder Edinburgh North

The Research and Evaluation Coordinator will have primary responsibility for developing and coordinating evaluation and research strategies for Sonder. The Research and Evaluation Coordinator will enhance, support and provide expert advice across Sonder to facilitate the collection and use of data related to Sonder services.

The Research and Evaluation Coordinator will develop and utilise relationships with internal and external stakeholders, including government, non-government, Primary Health Networks and the university sector to inform current and future Sonder research projects within Primary Health.

Reporting directly to the Executive Manager, Innovation and Excellence, your responsibilities will be:

• Coordinate and oversee the development of monitoring and evaluation frameworks for Sonder programs in collaboration with program leadership/Coordinators and ensure data collection is synonymous with the Quality Performance Framework.
• Coordinate with program leadership/Coordinators qualitative and quantitative data collection, storage and analysis.
• Oversight of research activities and provision of co-ordinated support and advice to ensure the safe and ethical conduct of research activities across Sonder.
• Partner with Executive Management in the development, implementation and ongoing evaluation of processes that generate feedback, monitor client experience and outcomes, including taking appropriate action in an environment of continual improvement across programs and Sonder as a whole.
• Liaise and collaborate both across the organisation and through the wider health system including the university sector to develop and coordinate the implementation of high quality research that contributes to the evidence base and promotes positive health outcomes.

Experience requirements:

• Experience in working with a range of partners and stakeholders to plan, implement and evaluate health services, programs and processes for diverse populations.
• Experience in undertaking a range of high level evaluation, research and analysis in finding relevant and appropriate sources of information, assessing its quality and usefulness and identifying the strengths and weaknesses of health strategies directed at populations.
• Experience in utilising effective and appropriate leadership styles to motivate, support and inspire others to work together in achieving objectives in a climate of continuing change, and contributing to an environment focused on reflective practice, professional development and active collegiate learning.
• Demonstrated ability to prepare reports including recommendations.

Qualification requirements:

• Degree qualifications in a field relevant to public health eg public health; health promotion, social science.
• PHD in Social Services, Public Health, Health Services, Epidemiology or other HR fields is highly desirable.

*We encourage all applicants to read through the full position description before applying. This can be found at http://sonder.net.au/careers/

Please note: In accordance with the Emergency Management Direction No 2, regarding Healthcare Setting Workers, it is a condition of employment that you have the first dose of COVID-19 vaccination by 8th November 2021 or have an endorsed medical exemption that meets government requirements.

How to apply:

Applicants are requested to click Apply Now below to submit a cover letter and resume through our careers portal on our website.

Feel free to send any enquiries to [email protected] using the subject line: Research and Evaluation Coordinator enquiry via EthicalJobs.