Data and Youth Insights Director

• Use your exceptional analytical communication and leadership experience for good
• Be part of a dynamic fast-paced organisation delivering best-practice youth mentoring to over 2000 at-risk young people across Australia
• Permanent part-time 3-4 days per week. Salary packaging available
• Hybrid role (home office Sydney office)

About Raise

At Raise we exist to help young people. We do one thing and we do it really wellyouth mentoring.

Our best-practice early intervention mentoring program is proven to create lasting impact. By matching trained and trusted volunteer mentors with teenagers who need extra support we help young people feel heard valued and hopeful for the future.

Operating in over 180 high schools across Australia we provide life-changing mentoring to more than 2000 young people every year.

Join our passionate village of people dedicated to making a difference. At Raise youll work in a flexible positive and collaborative environment where your contributions have a real impact.

About the Role

Were looking for a strategic and interpersonal Data and Youth Insights Director to help shape the future of youth mentoring through data driven insights.

Key responsibilities include:

• Lead the development and implementation of Raises data and youth engagement strategy ensuring they inform decision-making at every level.
• Oversee data governance analytics and reporting frameworks to maintain integrity and compliance.
• Translate complex data into meaningful insights that drive program improvement and organisational growth.
• Develop strategies that amplify young peoples perspectives in program improvement and organisational decision-making.
• Collaborate with internal teams and external stakeholders to share insights and influence sector-wide change.
• Champion a culture of data literacy and evidence-based practice across the organisation.

A full list of responsibilities is available in the Position Description.

About you

• Post graduate degree in social or behavioural sciences evaluation health sciences or related discipline with strong research/evaluation components.
• Prior experience in a similar leadership role and proven experience designing and delivering evaluation frameworks and projects end to end ideally in youth education mental health or community settings.
• Advanced skills in qualitative and quantitative research data analysis and translating insights into actionable recommendations.
• Strong leadership skills with the ability to lead a small but strong team and build organisational capability in data and reporting.
• Strategic thinking and problem-solving skills with a focus on impact.
• Excellent communication skills to translate data into compelling narratives for diverse audiences.
• Commitment to Raises mission and values with a passion for improving outcomes for young people.

Most importantly you are inspired by Raises mission and thrive in a fast-paced collaborative environment where your work directly impacts young peoples lives.

Our Values:

At Raise we have six values that express our shared understanding of what we believe how we would like others to see our personality what we aspire to as an organisation and how we aim to behave:

Be Courageous we are imaginative driven progressive confident

Show Heart we are kind passionate sincere empathetic

Give Respect we believe in acceptance equity inclusivity

Apply Integrity we operate with authenticity accountability transparency

Bring Vitality we are positive fun energetic inspiring

Deliver Excellence we are evidence-based responsive consistent experts in our industry

Diversity Inclusion and Accessibility:

At Raise Foundation were committed to creating safe inclusive and empowering spaces for young people mentors employees and our wider community.

We welcome and value people of all ages genders cultural and linguistic backgrounds people with disability (both seen and unseen) Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples people from all social classes and those diverse in gender identity and sexual orientation. We recognise and respect all differences in people and believe that lived experience from marginalised communities brings essential perspectives and diversity of thought. This is not only critical to building a fair and equitable workplace but also strengthens our ability to fulfil our purpose to improve the social and emotional wellbeing of young people by connecting them with trusted and trained mentors across Australia.

Raise is proud to be an equal opportunity employer that encourages flexible work arrangements and is committed to creating an environment where all employees feel respected supported and able to thrive.

Raise is committed to creating an inclusive and accessible recruitment process. If you have any questions about your application or require adjustments at any stage of the recruitment process please contact us at

Interested

If this sounds like you wed love to hear from you! Please submit your application including a cover letter addressing the selection criteria.