About Our Watch

Our Watch is a national leader of primary prevention of violence against women and their children. Our vision is an Australia where women and their children live free from all forms of violence.

Our role is to stop violence before it starts. We work to embed gender equality and prevent violence where Australians live, learn, work, and socialise.

We encourage applicants to visit our website and learn about the essential actions needed to prevent violence against women.

Website: ourwatch.org.au.

To follow the ongoing conversation about preventing family violence against women please like our Facebook, Instagram, twitter or LinkedIn pages.

About the role

• Full time (part time options considered)
• Fixed 12 month term (with possibility of extension)
• $95,384 - $100,220 plus statutory superannuation and 17.5% annual leave loading

The Senior Advisor, Evidence and Impact will be a creative and innovative thinker with a demonstrated ability to work strategically and collaboratively. You will have experience working with theories of change and impact measurement frameworks and will be an effective and clear communicator who can explain and present complex concepts and findings to a variety of audiences. Have strong interpersonal skills and a strong ability to work closely with colleagues across the organisation.

Reporting to the Manager, Evidence, Monitoring and Impact, the role will contribute to the evidence and impact work of Our Watch. In particular, supporting the development and implementation of effective ways to monitor and report on Our Watch’s contribution to the prevention of violence against women. This will include responsibility for:

• understanding and communicating our organisational impact. This will include working to develop and refine impact/outcomes measurement frameworks and tools.
• working collaboratively to contribute to monitoring and reporting against Our Watch’s Strategic Plan.

About you

The successful candidate will have:

• Tertiary qualifications in public policy, social or political science, public health, law, gender studies or other area of relevance, or equivalent experience.
• High level analytical skills related to research, monitoring, evaluation, or outcomes (ideally relevant to gender equality, prevention of violence against women, women’s policy, or another relevant area).
• Demonstrated experience in contributing to the design, implementation, and management of theories of change, monitoring, evaluation and learning frameworks, or impact/outcome measurement frameworks.
• Expertise in developing strategic approaches to outcomes and impact and translating them into actionable implementation plans.
• Commitment to working collaboratively and respectfully in a high-performing team and organisation, with a persevering style, with creativity and ability to meet tight deadlines and work productively with limited supervision.

Why work for us

Our Watch is strongly committed to the wellbeing of its employees, and we strive to continuously improve our employee experiences at work. Our Watch was recently recognised at the 2023 Australian HR Awards for the Best Workplace Flexibility Program and receiving an Excellence Award as an Employer of Choice in the Not-for-Profit Sector. Our Watch has also recently been announced as an Inclusive Employer by Diversity Council Australia.

For the full list of our award-winning employee benefits, please view the 'Work with us' page on our website here.

A few of our unique award-winning benefits include:

• Commitment to work life balance for staff, including flexible hours/ ways of working and 5 additional personal leave days per year.
• 12 weeks paid parental leave for all new parents.
• Innovative leave policies, such as floating public holiday leave, cultural leave
• Cultural remuneration package for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander staff

How to Apply

To apply, please click on the Apply Now button and upload your current resume and cover letter for consideration. Please note, applications with a cover letter will be prioritised.

A position description is attached.

Hybrid, remote and work from home options considered within Australia.

Our Watch is committed to diversity, we value people of all cultures, languages, capacities, sexual orientations, gender identities and we strongly encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. Our Watch is proud to offer Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander staff an additional remuneration package in recognition of the cultural load they carry and ongoing impacts of colonisation.

We are passionate about providing a barrier-free recruitment process, if you require modifications during the application process to meet your access needs, please contact us.

Applications will be assessed as received.