Primary purpose of the position

The Senior Project Officer (Evidence to Action) will be responsible for the ongoing development and implementation of ANROWS’s knowledge translation and dissemination activities including publications and resources. The position will also provide expert advice, analysis and critical assessment of research on violence against women, facilitate capacity-building and partnerships, and lead and contribute to in-house ANROWS research and knowledge translation projects in accordance with ANROWS’s strategic priorities and stakeholder engagement strategy.

Key responsibilities

1. Implement ANROWS’s knowledge translation and exchange plan. This may include preparing, commissioning, writing and/or publishing evidence papers and resources literature reviews, research syntheses, multi-media resources and curating special collections.  
2. Manage ANROWS’s knowledge translation activities and projects. This may include leading or facilitating knowledge transaltion and dissemination activies, such as webinars, panel discussions, forums and conferences.
3. Provide expertise, analysis and critical assessment of research on violence against women. This may include: responding to complex research and practice enquiries from ANROWS stakeholders; providing content expertise and advice to ANROWS staff; reviewing and evaluating research publications; and analysing activities and directions in violence against women research.
4. Lead and contribute to in-house knowledge translation projects within ANROWS. This may include preparing external funding and project submissions; preparing project briefs and other planning documents; and project management, including supervision of project staff where applicable.
5. Contribute to strategic planning and performance review activities across the ANROWS knowledge translation and dissemination functions. This may include oversight and status reporting about ANROWS’s functions; evaluation and review of publications and other activities; systems and process evaluations and reviews.
6. Support capacity building, networking and partnerships. This may include establishing and maintaining relationships with primary and secondary stakeholders, including policy and practice design decision-makers and researchers and facilitating relationships between researchers and policy and practice design decision-makers.
7. Work collaboratively with other ANROWS team members
8. Provide assistance to the CEO and Director, Evidence to Action as required.

Selection criteria

Essential

1. A graduate or postgraduate qualification in a relevant social science discipline.
2. Expertise in one or more areas of violence against women and/or their children, including an understanding of the role and impact of gender and other inequalities.
3. Demonstrated ability in knowledge translation, exchange, implementation and/or dissemination of complex information, preferably including research.
4. Excellent analytical and strategic thinking capabilities.
5. Demonstrated interpersonal and networking skills, including proven capacity to build and maintain positive professional relationships and partnerships.
6. Excellent project management skills and organisational skills, including the ability to thrive in a complex and dynamic environment and achieve defined outcomes within strict deadlines.
7. Strong track record in the effective supervision and professional development of project staff, as well as successful teamwork with colleagues at all levels.
8. Excellent written and oral communication skills including the ability to communicate effectively with government and academic stakeholders.
9. Understanding of issues affecting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, people who identify as LGBTIQ, and people with disability, as well as competence in working effectively with people in these groups.

Desirable

1. Understanding of social policy and the application of research to policy, programs, and practice.