Evaluation Practice Support Officer - Aps Level 5

Employment Opportunity

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:

• developing and supporting evaluation actions for a range of policy and program teams within the Attorney-General's Department and Portfolio
• assisting on evaluation projects using a range of evaluation methodology
• provide administrative support to the management of evaluation projects
• assist in the development and maintenance of business management and reporting systems
• assisting in the design and delivery of 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
• communicating with stakeholders to ensure that the departments monitoring and Evaluation Practice

How you can help us make a difference

We are interested in hearing from motivated, high-performing applicants. We value creative problem solving, attention to detail and identifying and developing innovative ways of working. Demonstrated experience in evaluation is highly desirable.

Our ideal candidate will be able to demonstrate the ability to:

• facilitate and administer project reporting processes
• apply evaluation and research techniques
• support project management and planning
• communicate ideas and concepts to a range of audiences
• support the development of 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