Principal Program Evaluator

3 weeks ago

Parramatta, Australia NSW Department of Communities and Justice Full time

Division: Strategy Policy and Commissioning- Location: Parramatta, NSW, AU, 2150- Req ID: 69269**Principal Program Evaluator**

**NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research (BOCSAR)**

**Location: Paramatta**

**Employment type: Ongoing full-time role**

**Salary**:$129,331.00 pa - $139,787 pa, plus employer's contribution to superannuation and annual leave loading**

**Your role at BOCSAR**

You're interested in doing research and evaluations across interesting topics in justice, policing and crime like:

- What influences the bail decisions made by police and courts?
- Who is charged with terrorism offences?
- How effective are government policies aimed at reducing family and domestic violence?

You excel when you’re trusted to lead the design and delivery of projects based on your own expertise and judgement with an engaged (and fun) team for support and guidance.

**What you’ll do at BOCSAR**
- Design and deliver research and evaluation projects to understand the effectiveness of new policies and programs.
- Undertake internal and external reviews of evaluation and research reports.
- Build partnerships with stakeholders across the Department of Communities and Justice, other government bodies and research institutions.
- Represent the Bureau on committees, task forces and working parties, including presenting the results of research studies at conferences and seminars.
- Develop new methodologies and source new datasets that will enable improvements in program and policy evaluations, and establish standard operating procedures for common tasks.
- Assist the Director (Research and Evaluation) in the preparation of research grant proposals and monitoring the expenditure of grant funds.

**What we’re looking for**

**Essential requirements**
- Honours degree or equivalent in statistics, economics, epidemiology, psychology or another discipline with a strong statistical component.
- Experience and expertise in program or policy evaluation, particularly quasi-experimental and micro-econometric methods like difference-in-difference, instrumental variables etc.

**Strong capabilities in**:

- Project management: The ability to prepare and submit schedules for projects, monitor performance against these schedules and deal with administrative problems that arise.
- Effective communication: particularly translating technical work to policy makers and managing stakeholders.
- Providing expert advice and recommendations: Translating your expertise to a policy audience and senior staff based on your professional judgement and expertise.

**Nice to have**:

- Skills or experience in complementary statistical techniques (e.g., machine learning, prediction).
- Expertise and experience in economic evaluation and cost-benefit analysis.

Download the role description.

**What We Offer**

We offer a variety of benefits, including:

- A challenging and rewarding career.
- Flexible, autonomous work environment.
- Competitive pay and conditions.
- Training and development opportunities to build and maintain capabilities.
- Health & Wellbeing and Employee Assistance Programs.

Want more information? Visit our website to see more information on Working for us.

**We do work that really matters**

The NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research is a statistical and research agency within the Department of Community and Justice (DCJ) whose role is to analyse and report on trends and patterns in the criminal justice system. It was established in 1969. Our aim is to assist policy makers and administrators in the criminal justice system to develop and implement strategies which reduce crime, and provide a more efficient, effective and equitable justice system.

**Are you ready to join us?**

Click apply, attach a cover letter (maximum 2 pages) outlining how you meet the requirements of the role as well as an up-to-date résumé (maximum 5 pages).

**Applications close **Thursday, 26 September 2024 at 11:59 pm AEST.

**Got a question?**

Visit Recruitment adjustments on the DCJ website to learn more.

**Inclusion and Diversity lies at the heart of how we recruit**

We continue to hire great people with a wide variety of skills, experience and backgrounds. This includes people with disability, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People, women, people identifying as LGBTIQ+, culturally and linguistically diverse people, carers and other diversity groups.

To find out what DCJ are doing to build an inclusive and diverse workforce, visit Inclusion and diversity on the DCJ website.

**Other Information**

A talent pool may be created for future ongoing and temporary roles and is valid for a period of up to 18 months.

For more information visit Your recruitment journey on the DCJ website.

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