Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist – Flexible Location

• Join one of the world’s largest and most respected conservation organisations
• Workplace flexibility including monthly Rostered Day Off
• Ongoing contract
• WWF Australia Office Location Flexibility

About the organisation

For over 60 years, WWF has been a powerful voice for nature and communities. We are a global network of local organisations working in 100 countries. WWF-Australia is the largest southern hemisphere member of the WWF Network, with over 2.5 million supporters. We work as a catalyst with communities, First Nations, governments, businesses, innovators, and philanthropists towards our global mission: to build a world where people live and prosper in harmony with nature.  We use our expertise to conserve biodiversity, empower communities and halt climate change in Australia and the Asia-Pacific region. Joining WWF-Australia, you will be part of a diverse global team of over 7,000 employees – working together in a values-driven global to local network for the prosperity of both people and our planet.

Learn more about our 60 year history: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5OluzruE9zE

About the role

As WWF-Australia’s technical expert on the monitoring, measurement and evaluation of conservation programs and strategic outcomes, the role leads the implementation and continuous improvement of WWF Australia’s impact measurement and evaluation systems and processes, conducting periodic reviews of tools, systems and practices to ensure strategic and programmatic adaptive management and reporting requirements are met. The role works across the organisation to grow technical capability-building and knowledge management within WWF and our partners, and captures learnings and success (results) stories on the impact WWF’s conservation work is having.

Key Accountabilities (please refer to the Position Description for the full list)

• Promotes accountability and exercises high level leadership in the design and implementation of monitoring, evaluation and learning practices to a high standard.
• Implements, reviews and refreshes WWF Australia’s monitoring, evaluation and learning approaches and practices to align with WWF’s project and program management standards, global goals, outcomes and indicators.
• Uses innovative, advanced professional practices to identify opportunities, recommend initiatives and collaborate with multi-disciplinary teams to develop and implement conservation business intelligence systems and process improvements to capture, measure and report on WWF Australia’s conservation impact.
• Builds organisational capacity and staff capability to improve knowledge management, engaging opportunities for program learning including through connections with the wider WWF-Network.
• Works collaboratively with other relevant program/initiatives within the WWF.
• Network to strengthen integration and cross-learning in programs by leveraging knowledge of external best practices and emerging trends and strengthening and maintaining best practices in areas of program monitoring, measurement and evaluation.

Skills, knowledge and experience

• Expert level experience in designing and implementing sophisticated measuring, monitoring and learning approaches to derive evidence regarding the outcomes and impact of complex conservation interventions.
• Advanced conservation project management experience, including forming and leading teams, and collaborating across programs or institutions.
• Significant experience in project/program evaluation.
• Is the technical expert in standards/new approaches to impact assessment, monitoring and evaluation, including understanding of capabilities and limitations of alternative approaches required.
• Champions knowledge management, engaging their network across WWF and external evaluation practitioners.
• Strong technical research and data analysis skills.
• Demonstrated written and verbal communications skills, with an ability to communicate research findings and technical concepts to both scientific and lay audiences.
• An ability to work constructively in a flexible team-based environment.
• Demonstrated experience managing direct reports.

The ideal candidate will have an ability to work both autonomously and constructively within a team and be aligned with WWF’s vision, mission and I-CCaRe Values – Integrity, Courage, Collaboration and Respect.

WWF values diversity and is building a workforce that reflects the community we serve. WWF is an equal opportunity employer and Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander peoples, people from culturally & linguistically diverse (CALD) backgrounds, sexuality and gender diverse (LGBTQIA+) community members, and people living with disabilities are encouraged to apply.

WWF-Australia staff work in teams and in regional and remote communities. To protect the health and safety of WWF-Australia team members and people in regional and remote communities, WWF-Australia requires all persons who apply for employment at WWF-Australia after 25 October 2021 to provide evidence that they have received the first and second courses of an Australian government-recognised COVID-19 vaccination before a job offer can be made.

Applications

Applicants can apply via “Apply Now” button. Only those applicants applying online via the eRecruitment System will be considered.

Please include the following two attachments:

• (1) A cover letter, no more than 1 page in length, describing your suitability (with relevant examples) for the role.
• (2) Your resume (CV).

Note that applicants require current unlimited working rights in Australia to be eligible for this role.

A position description is attached.