EL2 Director Targeted Research and Strategic Evaluation - Adelaide CBD

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****Applications close by 9am Wednesday 14th of February 2024.****
Our Federal Government client is seeking to engage in a EL2 DirectorTargeted Research and Strategic Evaluation for a 12-month assignment with potential extension in Adelaide CBD
About the Team
The Research and Evaluation Branch is responsible for ensuring that NDIA policies, practices and priorities are informed by trustworthy and robust evidence. The branch aims to improve evidence-based decision making within the NDIA and finds solutions to high priority issues, shaping disability research to maximise its impact for the NDIS.
The Research and Evaluation Branch is accountable for collating and conducting research, evidence, best practice and lived experiences for decision-making. This includes evaluating key NDIA programs and initiatives, ensuring staff are able to find, generate and utilise evidence for decision-making and translating our knowledge of research to our customers and stakeholders.
About the Role
The EL2 Targeted Research and Strategic Evaluation (Labour Hire) is accountable under broad direction to undertake work with a high level of complexity or sensitivity that delivers quality outcomes across the functions of the National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA).
The position will exercise a significant degree of independence and will use a high-level of decision-making and judgement. The role will be required to coordinate and assume responsibility for highly complex or sensitive projects and work program outcomes across the functions that have strategic or operational significance to the NDIA.
The EL2 Targeted Research and Strategic Evaluation (Labour Hire) is responsible for initiating, establishing and maintaining strong relationships with key internal and external stakeholders. Where required, it will represent and negotiate on behalf of the NDIA to advance the NDIA's interests in cross-agency, inter-jurisdictional and other forums.
Key skills required for role/s:

• Experience in either State, federal or consultancy evaluation leadership roles including analytics/statistics expertise.
• 3+ years' experience in leading teams in large scale, complex evaluations including state/federal programs.
• Excellent stakeholder management and the ability to work with stakeholders to determine stakeholder needs, program logics and outcomes required.
• 3+ years in independently designing evaluations and producing evaluation logics that reflect the stakeholders/Agency's needs.
• Demonstrates extemporary experience of delivering end to end formative and impact evaluations which have informed change.
• Experience in using a range of sophisticated methods including quantitative, qualitative and economic methods, and embedding the participant at the heart of the work.
• Ability to coach and nurture a team of evaluation experts.
• Excellent presentation and stakeholder skills.
• Proficient writer who can produce high quality plain English products.
• A team player who contributes to leading a thriving branch and supports all other areas.
• Academic or evaluation qualifications

Responsibilities of the role include but are not limited to:

• Managing a multidisciplinary team delivering robust mixed methods Research and evaluations, including those involving inferential statistical analyses.
• Developing and managing program logic models, theory of change and evaluation frameworks.
• Leading new ways for using existing and new data for measuring outcomes for the NDIS and its participants.
• Developing and managing key strategic relationships with a broad range of stakeholders designing and delivering evaluation projects.
• Overseeing and preparing a range of high-quality written evaluation findings including business cases, Parliamentary, Ministerial, Senate Estimates briefs and Agency documentation.
• Developing, leading, and promoting a culture of evaluative thinking across the NDIA and building capacity of other business units to undertake evaluations of their business activities.
• Collaborate with the Research and Evaluation Branch leadership team, delivering the Research and Evaluation Strategy.

(NOTE: the key responsibilities of the role are based on current priorities and may change over time)
It is highly desirable that the successful applicant understand or lived experience in the field of disability.
What's on Offer?

• Position located in Adelaide CBD.
• EL2 $750.00 to $900.00 per day + super
• Temporary contract for 12 months, with possibility to extend
• Standard Hours or work - Monday to Friday, 8:30 am till 5:00 pm - 7 & ½ hour days 5 days a week.

If you are interested in the role and you have the right experience for the position, please apply now following the link below. CM123W
At Chandler Macleod, we are committed to fostering a diverse workforce where everyone is welcome. We encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, women, people living with a disability and the LGBTIQA+ community.
You can read more about our commitment to diversity and inclusion at https://www.chandlermacleod.com/diversity-and-inclusion