Teach For Australia would like to acknowledge the many Traditional Custodians of the lands throughout Australia. We pay our respects to their Elders past, present and emerging, for they hold the memories, the traditions, the culture and hopes of Australia's first peoples.

Teach For Australia's vision is an Australia where education gives every child greater choice for their future. The mission is to grow a community of leaders committed to equity for children and young people, by recruiting and developing exceptional people to teach and lead across Australian schools.

Teach For Australia provides:

• Opportunity to work with an engaged community of educators - working to close the education gap

• Truly flexible work practices: we are a remote-first workplace, with opportunities to work in-person at our head office as required

• Allowance and time off work for professional development

• Additional day off for your birthday

• 12.5% superannuation

Note: This role is primarily WFH / remote and can be performed Australia-wide

Role Purpose 

Teach For Australia strives to be a learning organisation, guided by our vision, mission and Theory of Change. The Measurement, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning (MEAL) Manager plays a critical part in TFA living into this commitment by leading the MEAL function to ensure TFA has a strong evidence base which informs decisions and a culture of leveraging data and evaluations for continuous improvement.

This role's evaluation expertise, passion for learning, and continuous improvement orientation will have a broad impact across TFA – from partnering with teams to design and implement measurement and evaluation tools, to supporting evidence-informed decision making, and measuring and communicating TFA's impact as an organisation.

Qualifications and Experience 

Essential 

• Strong experience in designing and implementing program monitoring and evaluation in social and community services
• Knowledge and experience in evaluation practice, including experience in developing Theory of Change, logic models and leading program evaluations
• Experience with large-scale government reporting and quality assurance processes, ensuring compliance with contractual requirements and maintaining data integrity
• Experience managing and leading a team or function
• Degree in social or behavioural sciences, evaluation, education or a related field or equivalent level experience

Skills, Attributes and Knowledge 

Essential 

• Strong leadership orientation and a flexible self-starter who thrives on challenges and who is a strong fit for Teach For Australia’s vision and core values
• Strong project management, time management and organisational skills, enabling the ability to manage competing priorities under pressure and meet deadlines
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including experience writing evaluation reports and summaries, the ability to articulate complex concepts, and make recommendations based on the available information, and the ability to engage and present to diverse audiences
• Exceptional interpersonal skills, including the ability to collaborate with staff across the organisation to support evidence-based continuous improvement and with external stakeholders as required
• Established research, data, analysis and evaluation skills with the ability to synthesise conclusions and facilitate discussions for decision making across stakeholder groups

For further details about this role please view the Job Description attached.

At Teach For Australia, we encourage people of all backgrounds to apply. We are committed to fostering an inclusive workplace where everyone feels valued and respected.