Organisation : Jesuit Social Services
Location : Melbourne (Richmond)
Work type : Part-time
Sector : Community Development
Salary type : Annual Package
Application closing date : 30 Aug, 2022
About the organisation
About the organisation
Jesuit Social Services is a social change organisation working to build a just society where all people can live to their full potential.
Since 1977, Jesuit Social Services has provided services to some of the most disadvantaged in our community.
We place a high priority on advocacy and are a leader in policy development and research.
- About the Program
The Men’s Project is an initiative of Jesuit Social Services launched in 2017. It provides leadership on the reduction of violence and other harmful behaviours prevalent among boys and men, and builds approaches to improve their wellbeing and keep families and communities safe.
Our vision is for engaged men, respectful relationships and safe communities.
We aim to achieve this by:
- research to better understand the attitudes and behaviours of boys and young men;
- promoting positive change related to gender norms and what it means to be a man in the 21st century; and
- designing, piloting and evaluating interventions that intervene earlier to fill crucial gaps in the services system including related to adolescent family violence and child sexual abuse prevention
The Men’s Project builds on Jesuit Social Services’ over 40-year engagement with boys and men in trouble.
What Jesuit Social Services can offer you:
- An organisation that lives their values, through our day to day work
- A welcoming and supportive environment
- Employee assistance program
- Ongoing role related training and development
- A competitive salary plus salary packaging benefits
- Generous leave
About the role
The Men’s Project is seeking a Manager – Research and Evaluation. The role will lead The Men’s Project’s research into the attitudes and behavours of boys and young men. This research is a critical contributor to the evidence base in Australia on how to reduce violence against women through working with men and boys.
This role will also lead the evaluation of our primary prevention programs, refining and executing an updated evaluation approach and combining evaluation data from individual projects to give a ‘big-picture’ view of what works to change attitudes and behaviours. As part of these efforts, this role will build the capability of the primary prevention and attitudinal change team to conduct their own evaluations.
This role will manage a small team, and be responsible for delivering a range of research and evaluation activities. The role requires someone with deep knowledge and experience in research design and qualitative and quantitative methods, tools and data sources. Evaluation experience is preferred but applications will be considered from candidates with strong research experience and a demonstrated ability to learn the necessary evaluation skills.
The successful candidate will have responsibility for leading and managing our major research projects, working with funders, academics and other internal and external stakeholders to ensure the successful delivery of these projects and communication of insights. The successful candidate will also lead a refresh of our evaluation approach to our primary prevention/attitudinal change programs.
Competitive remuneration, plus salary packaging benefit, is offered together with ongoing professional and career development.
Candidate Requirements
This role will suit a candidate with the following skills and experience:
- Relevant experience in non-for-profit, academic, corporate or government research and evaluation, including:
- demonstrated skill and experience in the design, implementation and project management of research and evaluation projects, and
- experience in the collection and analysis of quantitative and qualitative data
- experience in developing robust yet accessible reports and other documents (e.g. presentations, social media posts) to communicate research findings
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to synthesise complex information and communicate this to a range of audiences
- Experience in project management
- Excellent organisational skills
- An understanding of issues around gender equality, diversity and inclusion, primary prevention, family violence, men’s health and wellbeing, and/or masculinities
- Superior stakeholder engagement skills
- Ability to work both independently and as part of a team
- Capacity to fulfil reporting and administrative requirements associated with the position
- Understanding and sympathy and a demonstrated capacity to provide leadership in the mission and ethos of Jesuit Social Services
- Current driver’s licence
- Valid Working with Children Check card
- A successfully completed Police Check (to be conducted by Jesuit Social Services prior to commencement).
How to apply
Applications not allowed for this job listing.
Please quote in application: Manager, Research and Evaluation, The Men’s Project via Pro Bono Australia.
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