Principal, Evaluation

1 week ago


Perth, Australia Minderoo Full time

**Company Description**:
**About Us**

**Minderoo Foundation** is a modern philanthropic organisation. We take on tough, persistent issues with the potential to drive massive change. We incubate ideas and accelerate impact. We push the limits of what is believed possible. Minderoo Foundation is independent, forward thinking and seeks effective, scalable solutions. We are proudly Australian, and one of Asia’s largest philanthropies, with AUD $2.5 billion committed to a range of global initiatives. Our team comprises of over 250 employees globally.

**Minderoo Foundation’s Impact team **is the engine room of our initiative portfolio. We contribute to the long-term vision for Minderoo Foundation, and provide strategic advice to our initiatives on strategy, partnerships, planning, research, evaluation, sustainability, and global reach, among other areas of expertise.

**About the role**

As Principal, Evaluation you will work closely with the Head of Research & Evaluation to provide a diverse range of support for evaluation activities across Minderoo Foundation.

Your responsibilities will include:

- Providing guidance, training, and coaching to initiative teams and partners to design, develop and deliver evaluations for new partnerships and projects.
- Developing and maintaining a fit for purpose policy detailing the standard for evaluation at Minderoo Foundation.
- Strengthening practices by documenting and sharing emerging insights and lessons learned.
- Encouraging and creating an organisational culture where quality evidence and evaluation are valued, and where teams are upskilled to deliver their research and evaluation activities.
- Supporting the Research and Evaluation team in developing and implementing our strategy.
- Contributing to the advancement of philanthropic evaluation through sharing ideas, research, systems, and practices across the sector

**Qualifications**:
**About you**

To create an impact and be successful in this role you will:

- Be comfortable in unchartered territory and designing solutions to complex and novel problems that are fit for purpose.
- Be adaptable and flexible in your approach to evaluations
- Be adept at building and managing stakeholder relationships in complex, and sometimes adversarial, environments.
- Be an inspiring communicator, with excellent interpersonal and public speaking skills to deliver effective messaging across both technical and non-technical audiences.
- Have a proven understanding of a variety of qualitative and quantitative evaluation tools, methods, and frameworks to understand impact and generate insights.
- Demonstrate experience evaluating projects, programmes, or policies in the natural environment field
- Have experience across a combination of sectors - academia, government and private.
- Possess a relevant tertiary qualification.

Are you **resilient **enough to bounce back up, dust yourself off and go again with **enthusiasm** and a **never, ever give up attitude **after being knocked back or pushed down?

Are you ready to be **accountable** in an impact and results driven organisation?

**Additional Information**:
**Next Steps**

Are you really **up for the challenge**?

***Please attach your resume and a cover letter explaining why you are up for the challenge
- Tattarang and Minderoo Foundation embraces Equal Opportunity and promotes diversity. We actively encourage Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islanders, people of all backgrounds, ages, sexual orientation, and those with Disability to apply._



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