Evidence & Evaluation Lead

Who you are (selection criteria)

• You hold relevant tertiary qualifications in research public policy or a related field or equivalent professional experience.
• You bring demonstrated experience designing and delivering high-quality research projects that generate actionable insights to inform systems policy and practice preferably within a public purpose or advocacy-focused context.
• You have strong capabilities in distilling diverse forms of evidence including academic research Lived Experience and community knowledge.
• You are deeply committed to ethical inclusive and trauma-responsive research practices with experience embedding the voices of victims survivors and diverse communities across all stages of the research process.
• You have the ability to distill complex information into accessible impactful insights and outputs tailored to a range of audiences including policymakers practitioners and victim-survivor communities.
• You are experienced in translating research into practical tools resources and strategies that support uptake application and sustained systems change.
• You are highly organised and analytical with strong project management skills and the ability to navigate competing priorities and complex stakeholder environments.
• You are aligned with the National Centres mission to disrupt child sexual abuse and bring about systemic change.
• You demonstrate a trauma-informed ethical and survivor engaged approach to your work and understand the critical importance of working in partnership with people with Lived Experience; ensuring their voices are heard respected and meaningfully embedded in all that you do.

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

• Lead the design and delivery of research projects that produce high quality actionable evidence to inform policy practice and systems change.
• Identify synthesise and elevate diverse forms of knowledge including academic research (both qualitative and quantitative) Lived Experience and community insights to contribute to research findings.
• Ensure an ethically sound approach and alignment when engaging with all internal and external stakeholders and with victims and survivors for research creating a safe and inclusive environment.
• Distill complex research and evidence into clear insights that inform policy practice and enable public understanding.
• Develop and deliver knowledge transfer and exchange strategies to ensure research findings are shared applied and embedded into policy practice and systems.

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.

The National Centre for Action on Child Sexual Abuse 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 reference checks as part of pre-employment screening and a Working With Children Check (or state equivalent).

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