Senior Advisor, Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (VPS 5) - Ongoing

Respect Victoria (RV) is a Statutory Authority under the Prevention of Family Violence Act 2018. We have a broad focus on the primary prevention of family violence and violence against women in Victoria, and collaboratively work with stakeholders to provide state-wide leadership to create social, institutional, organisational and community change. RV recognises strength in diversity and values an inclusive workplace and are committed to providing flexible and accessible working arrangements for all. We actively encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people with a disability, culturally, religiously and linguistically diverse people, young people, older people, women and gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and gender diverse, intersex, queer or asexual people.

The role

The Senior Advisor, Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) will lead priority monitoring, evaluation, and learning initiatives and support the development of strategic monitoring and evaluation structures and systems, governance and partnership activity for RV, to enable a world-leading evidence base for effective primary prevention of family violence and violence against women.

The Senior Advisor, MEL will build and strengthen internal and external MEL structures and systems through collaboration with stakeholders and reference to leading practice and evidence. You will champion cultures of evidence gathering, reporting, and reflection, lead internal outcomes evaluation and reporting, and create strategic links with other MEL projects.

Reporting to the Manager MEL, you will support RV to grow as a learning organisation and support its demonstration of impact to build trust and create strategic collaboration with sector and government stakeholders. You will also contribute to the evidence of what works both for the organisation and for prevention more broadly.

Key Accountabilities

Develop, co-ordinate and implement monitoring, evaluation, and learning systems for capturing internal and state-wide data.

Establish and maintain effective working relationships with stakeholders to facilitate a partnership approach to relevant system building and evaluation efforts and the translation and communication of evidence-based evaluation and data.

Develop and coordinate data collection and collation and monitor and report on high priority issues, risks and trends.

Work across Respect Victoria to support the use and translation of evaluation and data.

Support cross organisational projects through the provision of MEL advice, capability building of staff and project participants, and other MEL work.

Key Selection criteria

Values: Alignment with the values of Respect Victoria and the Victorian Public Sector.

Role and organisational alignment: Relevant work experience and/or education in evaluation, health promotion, public health, gender equality, or other relevant field; understanding and working knowledge of key prevention frameworks, for example Change the Story.

Project delivery: Translates strategies into programs or projects that enables achievement of outcomes; Defines governance e.g. success measures, roles and responsibilities, progress monitoring required to manage risks and maximise probability of success.

Partnering and co-creation: Builds and maintains partnerships to achieve objectives; Coaches others on the co-creation process and builds team commitment to co-creation by demonstrating personal commitment; Builds trust in partnerships through timely and quality delivery of outcomes; Facilitates discussion and navigates differences of opinion to reach decisions.

Critical thinking and problem solving: Takes into account wider business context within business unit when considering options to resolve issues. Identifies recurring problems and prevents future recurrence by integrating solutions into work process. Delivers tangible business outcomes as a result of critically evaluating problems from multiple perspectives and delivering effective solutions.

To Apply: A cover letter addressing the key selection criteria (within two pages) in reference to the attached Position Description, and your resume through this website. If you would like to discuss this role in more detail, contact the Manager, Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning at [email protected].