Evaluation and Learning Lead

• Opportunity to work at Partnerships for Local Action and Community Empowerment (PLACE) a national not-for-profit organisation that supports the adoption and impact of place-based approaches across Australia.
• Join at an exciting time as the PLACE team builds its foundational team during its establishment phase in preparation for its first steps of growth as a new organisation.
• $110000 - $130000 (FTE) per annum excluding superannuation.
• Full time (1.0) fixed-term position
• Perth (Boorloo) location with hybrid conditions.
• The successful candidate will undertake domestic travel regularly as part of this role.

The Evaluation and Learning Lead plays a critical role in ensuring PLACE continuously communicates its impact clearly and strengthens its ability to drive systems change. This role is responsible for embedding reflective practice across the organisation translating insights into strategy and supporting evidence-informed decision-making.

This role leads the development of organisational learning processes facilitates reflection and evaluation activities and manages key reporting functions. The work of the Evaluation and Learning Lead will help PLACE amplify the voices of local communities build sector capability and demonstrate the value of place-based and people-centred approaches.

Who you are (selection criteria)

• You have a strong proficiency in Power BI with experience developing dashboards visualisations and automated reports that communicate impact clearly to diverse audiences.
• You are passionate about using data and evidence to advance social change and believe that evaluation should empower communities and strengthen the work of those closest to it.
• You bring experience in reporting organisational learning or similar roles where youve worked both technical and stakeholder-centric responsibilities.
• You are a confident facilitator who can lead reflective learning sessions translate data into meaningful insights and support evidence-informed decision-making.
• You are experienced in writing high-quality reports for funders government partners and community stakeholders.
• You have the ability to translate data and information into accessible insights for a diverse set of stakeholders; balancing strategic storytelling with transparency.
• You have worked with external evaluators and understand how to coordinate data collection support process design and manage relationships effectively.
• You are comfortable in a start-up environment; you manage multiple competing priorities with a proactive and adaptable approach.
• You demonstrate a commitment to PLACEs vision values and principles particularly around community leadership and shared decision-making.

Research indicates that while men apply to jobs when they meet an average of 60% of the criteria women and other marginalised individuals often wait until they fulfil every requirement. If you believe you have the attributes to do the job but dont match every point on the job ad we welcome and encourage your application.

Key responsibilities

• Design and facilitate reflection sessions learning circles and reviews that transform experiences and feedback into actionable insights for PLACE teams.
• Lead organisational learning processes to explore critical questions about our effectiveness and identify where we should focus efforts for maximum impact.
• Create Power BI dashboards and automated reports that bring PLACEs impact to life showing how our work connects communities with government builds sector capability and removes barriers to local change.
• Coordinate data collection activities across the organisation and create simple tools that make it easy for colleagues to participate in evaluation processes.
• Build and nurture positive relationships with PLACEs diverse network of stakeholders including community members partners funders creatives and suppliers.

Please see the Evaluation and Learning Lead position description for more.

Who we are

Partnerships for Local Action and Community Empowerment (PLACE) is a national organisation that champions and supports community-led approaches to social and economic challenges.

PLACE is not a service provider. We are a support system - a hub for shared learning partnership and policy innovation.

Our work is underpinned by a belief that communities know best what matters to them and that long-term change starts with shared decision-making and strong local leadership.

If you require additional adjustments or would like to discuss any access needs as a part of the application and recruitment process please contact us via email

Our candidate experience

We aim to be transparent and kind to all of our candidates. We value your time and as such want to share how we do things so you know what to expect with no nasty surprises. For more information on our end-to-end candidate experience please visit the SHE HR Consulting website.

How to apply

To express your interest submit an online application through our application portal and include a professional resume. All applicants must also provide brief responses to the application questions that are included as part of the online application.

Note: we do not accept cover letters as part of our application process.

Applications will be reviewed upon receipt and we may close our job advertisement without notice so dont delay your application.

PLACE is an equal opportunity employer and strives to maintain a workplace environment that is fair and free of discrimination is safe and accessible for all employees and provides working arrangements that accommodate the diverse needs of our staff. We strongly encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people women people from culturally- and linguistically-diverse backgrounds LGBTQIA people and people of every ethnicity faith ability culture language gender identity age and sex.

Employment in this position is conditional upon reception and maintenance of a Working With Children Check.

As part of our employment screening process we do run police checks. But dont worryhaving a criminal record doesnt automatically disqualify you.