Job Summary
- $115,669 - $121,288 per annum
- Applications close:
- Job posted on: 17th Jun 2022
- Sydney > CBD, Inner West & Eastern Suburbs Sydney
Australia’s National Research Organisation for Women’s Safety (ANROWS) is seeking a Senior Research Officer (What Works) to take a leadership role within ANROWS’s Research and Evaluation Program. This team is currently working to increase policymakers’ and practitioners’ access to evidence of effectiveness by developing a series of evidence and gap maps and an evidence portal. These resources will capture, categorise and assess impact evaluations of interventions designed to reduce and respond to violence against women.
The Senior Research Officer will work closely with the Research Manager (What Works), expert advisers and key stakeholders to develop and maintain the maps and portal. The position will also support the implementation of the ANROWS Research Program more broadly, and provide advice for a range of internal and external ANROWS stakeholders concerning the Research Program.
ANROWS is an innovative research organisation established as an initiative of Australia’s first National Plan to Reduce Violence against Women and their Children 2010–2022 (the National Plan) by the Commonwealth Government and all state and territory governments of Australia.
ANROWS is a unique research organisation, being one of the only national organisations across the world tasked with building, translating and disseminating the evidence base to inform policy and practice on women’s and children’s safety.
As a registered harm prevention charity and deductible gift recipient, ANROWS also runs a research program funded by philanthropic funds (the ANROWS Research Fund to Reduce Violence Against Women and their Children), and is periodically contracted by service providers and other government stakeholders to conduct evaluation and research projects.
This is a 1.0 FTE position, reporting to the Research Manager, What Works, and is located at the ANROWS national office in the Sydney CBD. The appointment is for a fixed term from commencement up to 30 June 2025 with the possibility of extension, subject to funding.
The salary range for this position is $115,669 to $121,288 per annum pro rata plus 10.5% employer contributions to the employee’s chosen superannuation fund with the option to salary sacrifice. ANROWS staff are entitled to four weeks’ pro rata annual leave, in addition to personal and sick leave.
Essential
Desirable
Any questions regarding the position should be directed to: Dr Elizabeth Watt, Research Manager (What Works) on Telephone: 02 8374 4000, or at Email: [email protected], using the subject line: Senior Research Officer - What Works enquiry via EthicalJobs.
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The successful applicant will be offered the position subject to a criminal history check (also known as a police check).