• Exciting opportunity to lead evidence, knowledge and information services
• Full time continuing role, Melbourne CBD based
• Base salary $96,700 - $114,972 per annum plus super and attractive salary packaging benefits

The ADF encourages cultural diversity and our programs are reflective of our community partners, stakeholders and community at large. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are encouraged to apply.

About us

Celebrating 60 years of service to the community, the Alcohol and Drug Foundation (ADF), is Australia's leading body committed to preventing alcohol and other drug harms in communities around the nation.

The organisation's work reaches millions of people in local communities through sporting clubs, health care settings and schools, offering educational information, drug and alcohol prevention programs and advocating for strong and healthy communities. The ADF is proudly independent and not-for-profit.

For further information, please go to our website: http://www.adf.org.au/.

About the role

The Manager - Evidence is responsible for ensuring the ADF has a robust and comprehensive position of evidence relating to prevention and reduction of harms associated with alcohol and other drugs (AOD) across all its work. This role will play a key role in ensuring the ADF is a credible evidence-based organisation by ensuring high quality and robust evidence is used to inform program, policy, advocacy, resources, publications, and content development in the development for internal and external use.

The position will also play a key leadership role in managing strategic relationships with funders, research organisations, government, peak bodies and service providers from the AOD sector. The larger oversight responsibility areas include Evidence, Leadership and Management, Governance and Quality Assurance and Financial Management and Reporting.

About you

This exceptional role requires a post graduate qualified professional with extensive demonstrated experience in the synthesis and summary of peer reviewed and grey literature into integrated findings in a systematic and transparent manner to inform program, policy, advocacy, resources and publications. Additionally, you will need possess demonstrated experience and skills in the development of key documents relating to research and evidence and the implementation of quality assurance and governance processes. Leading a multi-disciplinary team it is essential that the successful candidate has demonstrated experience in research and or practice in the AOD sector.

For a position description and more information please visit our careers page.