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The Evaluation Insights team is responsible for uplifting the evaluation maturity of the Attorney-General's Department and ensuring we use best-practice evaluation as part of the departments approach to developing evidence-based policy. The Evaluation Insights team is expanding to reflect the commitment of the Attorney-General's Department to drive evaluative culture within government and maintain and strengthen the integrity and transparency of the decisions we make.
As an Evaluation Officer your role will involve:
- providing centralised advice and support on evaluation actions to a range of policy and program teams within the Attorney-General's Department and Portfolio
- leading, managing and assisting on evaluation projects using a range of evaluation methodology
- designing and delivering training and resources to uplift the evaluation capability of the department and promote best-practice monitoring and evaluation practices
- collaborating with policy and program teams to develop monitoring and evaluation frameworks in line with the Commonwealth Evaluation Policy
- contributing to design and implementation of organisational evaluation strategy
- collaborating within the department and with external stakeholders to ensure that the departments monitoring, and evaluation practices are strategically aligned and in step with whole-of-government expectations
- building internal and external partnerships to further whole-of-government evaluation uplift efforts
How you can help us make a difference
We are interested in hearing from passionate, high-performing applicants with experience and skills in evaluation. We value creative problem solving, embracing challenges and identifying and developing innovative ways of working.
Our ideal candidate will be able to demonstrate the ability to:
- expertly use a range of evaluation and research methodologies
- project manage major evaluations
- develop monitoring and evaluation advice and products which are meaningful, well-evidenced, and tailored to their audience
- develop and deliver training, resources and templates
- build relationships with key stakeholders
- use a range of written and verbal communication methods appropriate to the audience
- work in a collaborative environment and with a diverse, inclusive and multi-disciplinary team
- proactively identify opportunities to improve team and organisation processes and outcomes
