Monitoring and Evaluation Officer

Introduction:

Family Planning Australia (FPA) is the leading provider of reproductive and sexual health services in NSW. As an independent not-for-profit organisation, we offer expert clinical care, information, and advice for everybody in every family as well as education and training and evidence-based research to support doctors, nurses, and other professionals and lead international development projects to promote the rights of people in the Pacific.

The Research Centre at Family Planning Australia has an important role in identifying research priorities elated to reproductive and sexual health, conducting quality research and translating this research to impact at the health service level. The Research Centre also facilitates the monitoring and evaluation of all of Family Planning Australia's programs and services in Australia and the Pacific Region, leading to improvements and innovations in the way Family Planning Australia works and providing leadership for the sector. The Research Centre regularly collaborates with universities, national and international research institutions on clinical and population health research.

We are currently recruiting for a Monitoring and Evaluation Officer

• Base Location: Newington NSW
• Fixed term part time (until June 2027)
• 3 days per week

Our benefits

• Reproductive and sexual health focused scope of practice
• Access to salary packaging ($15,900pa) plus meal/entertainment ($2,650pa) increasing your fortnightly take home pay
• Access to paid leave entitlements including annual leave, personal/careers leave, parental leave, study leave
• Learning & development support
• Engage in other organisational opportunities
• Professional education – clinical supervision, lectures, webinars, community of practice
• Research – reproductive and sexual health research studies and publications
• International Development – capacity building of health care providers in the Pacific
• Leadership – nursing leadership and clinical governance

Values

• All staff must fully support the FPA values
• FPA is a pro-choice organisation
• For a full list of values, please visit Family Planning Australia

Description:

Position Overview

Family Planning Australia is recruiting a Monitoring and Evaluation Officer to join the Research Centre part time (0.65 FTE, about 3 days a week) for a fixed term of 18 months (may be extended subject to funding). The Monitoring and Evaluation Officer will contribute to the design, development, and implementation of methodologies that investigate and evaluate health systems and programs as well as attitudes, knowledge, and behaviours.

The role will be actively involved in Family Planning Australia evaluation monitoring activities to support performance, policies and planning for reproductive and sexual health initiatives and to increase the body of knowledge in reproductive and sexual health in the public domain. The Monitoring and Evaluation Officer is a key intermediary between the Research Centre and internal stakeholders from other Family Planning Australia business units, which involves collaboration, problem solving and effective communication.

This role is also responsible for supporting the Director Research Centre and Senior Research and Evaluation Officers in the overall delivery of existing research and programs. This includes maintaining appropriate documentation and records to comply with funders' guidelines, liaising with key stakeholders, advertising, and communications, and providing effective and timely reporting.

Base Full Time Salary: $97,740

Interested?

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Contact Emmalee Ford on for a confidential discussion

Your application must include a:

• Resume (CV); and
• Cover letter outlining how your skills and experience. You must review and refer to the selection criteria listed in the position description in your application.

FPA is an Equal Opportunity Employer and we encourage all suitably qualified applicants to apply, including Aboriginal People and people from racial, ethnic or ethno-religious minority groups and people with disability.

Please submit your current resume and a cover letter addressing the selection criteria listed in the position description. We will be reviewing applications regularly, and the advertisement may be closed early if the position is successfully recruited to.

Family Planning Australia does not accept unsolicited agency resumes or applications and is not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited agency resumes or applications.

Skills and Experiences:

Essential

• Graduate qualification in the field of Public Health (or related field, Health Sciences, Biostatistics or equivalent work experience, or a combination of study and work experience)
• Proven experience in the design and management of monitoring and evaluation interventions and activities
• Understanding of monitoring and evaluation principles and design, including methodologies, frameworks, performance indicators and program logic
• Ability to work autonomously as part of a multi-disciplinary team, while adhering to established priorities, procedures and processes to deliver high-quality results
• Proven experience in mixed methods (qualitative and quantitative) data analysis and use of relevant software
• Ability to work concurrently on multiple projects, within timeframe and budgets constraints
• Strong oral and written communication skills, with demonstrated ability to communicate with stakeholders with differing experiences and backgrounds
• Strong problem-solving skills and time management skills
• Moderate to advanced knowledge and use of Microsoft Office suite including Outlook, Excel, Word, PowerPoint
• Must have Australian Working Rights

Desirable

• Experience in the development of online data collection tools such as Survey Monkey, Redcap, etc.
• Experience in preparing and writing literature reviews and peer-reviewed manuscripts for publication
• Knowledge of and/or experience in woman's health or sexual and reproductive health
• Experience using quantitative or qualitative software packages such as R, STATA, PowerBI, NVIVO or similar
• Proven experience in supporting or coordinating research studies including preparation of research proposal, ethics application, recruitment and follow-up

Other requirements

• A Criminal Record Check and Working with Children Check are required prior to commencement in this role