Research & Evaluation Officer

Research & Evaluation Officer

About Relationships Australia
Relationships Australia NSW (RANSW) provides a safe, judgement-free environment where individuals, couples and families can address the critical matters impacting their relationships, and their lives.
  
About this role
Research, Impact, and Analytics is a high-profile team in our organisation within the Business Enablement division. The team provides strategic leadership in policy research, data analytics and impact evaluation across RANSW. Drawing on a broad range of quantitative and qualitative methods, we work collaboratively with clients and colleagues to produce insights and evidence that drive practice innovation and allow us to advocate for better policy that meets people’s needs. 
  
What you’ll do

• Support delivery of individual program evaluations or targeted research studies, including study design, literature reviews, quantitative and qualitative data collection, mixed methods analysis and reporting
• Support the Senior Research & Evaluation Officer in implementing RANSW’s Impact Framework, including delivering and analysing mixed methods client surveys, conducting follow-up interviews as required, and contributing to writing of impact reports
• Recruit RANSW customers and external stakeholders as research participants
• Support the team to design research and evaluation methodologies appropriate to the diverse range of clients and employees

The details:

• Part time, 3 days per week
• Based at Macquarie Park, hybrid working options available 
• Flexible work options available - willing to consider all working arrangements for the right candidate
• Approx FTE base salary $85,000 - $95,000, (pro-rata for days worked, depending on skills & experience) + 11.5% super and tax-free salary packaging up to $15,900. (Increase your take home pay! Calculate Your Savings at https://www.salary.com.au/calculate-your-savings) 

What you'll bring

• Bachelors degree in a relevant field such as social sciences, social work, or psychology
• Experience conducting social research or evaluation projects in either a community services or academic setting, including collecting, analysing and presenting data
• Experience adapting communication styles to accommodate different people’s needs (e.g. people with communication impairments, people who speak languages other than English)
• Experience using research-related software e.g. surveying tools, analysing quantitative data in MS Excel or R, qualitative analysis in Nvivo, MaxQDA or similar, online facilitation in Miro
• Experience writing research reports or presentations for non-researcher audiences

Why work with us?

• Make a genuine difference to the relationship wellbeing of individuals, couples and families; everyday!
• Work alongside people who truly care about what you achieve. Grow with us as a team
• We offer many benefits including flexible working options, additional leave days, Employee Referral Reward program and a fitness passport
• Extra Income - You can salary package up to $15,900 pa of your pre-tax salary for everyday expenses and up to $2,650 pa for entertainment expenses, meaning you take home even more pay!
• We value inclusion and belonging. We want a workforce that is reflective of all the communities we serve. To strengthen our inclusive practice we have employee action groups: Accessibility, Reconciliation, Gender, Sex & Sexually Diverse and Culturally and Linguistically Diverse
• We are committed to deepening our relationships with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. We have a stretch Reconciliation Action Plan to guide our efforts to build strong relationships, increased employment, and enhanced respect between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and other communities    

Next steps?
Interested?  Apply online. Please email employment@ransw.org.au if you would like further information or a position description.  Applications close Thursday, 21st November 2024. 
  
RANSW requires the preferred applicant to undertake a National Criminal History Record Check and a Working with Children Check before employment.

It is a condition of employment from 1 January 2022, that employees who are eligible to receive the COVID-19 vaccination must be fully vaccinated to perform duties at any of our workplaces. If you are not medically eligible to be vaccinated against COVID-19, you must provide Relationships Australia NSW with acceptable evidence of having a health condition for which obtaining a COVID-19 vaccination is contraindicated.