Pacific Regional Evidence & Learning for Innovation Technical Advisor

There’s something special about spending your days alongside like-minded people, just as committed to purposeful work as you. At Save the Children Australia, we attract bright and big-hearted people who are inspired to make a difference. Together, we are fearless in our pursuit of making lasting change for the children and communities who need it most.

A place to make a difference:

In this full-time maximum term 2-year role, you’ll work as a part of our Pacific Regional Program Development and Quality team to help us create lasting change for children in the Pacific. The Pacific Evidence & Learning for Innovation (E&L4I) Advisor plays an important role in delivering on our vision of a better world for children in the Pacific. Whether it’s supporting Pacific country offices to design monitoring and evaluation strategies to test the impact of interventions, or encouraging an organisational culture for innovation, knowledge sharing and continuous learning, you’ll be contributing to our commitment to children in the Pacific.

This role can be done remotely, but you will be based in / have the right to work in Australia, New Zealand or a Pacific country where Save the Children Australia has a presence (PNG / Vanuatu / Solomon Islands). If you do not have current and full work rights in any of these locations, we will unfortunately not be able to accept your application for the role.

You will make a difference by:

· Developing and supporting monitoring and evaluation strategies and plans for the Pacific 2025-29 ANCP projects, with a focus on quasi-experimental design to test interventions and build the evidence-base of projects.

· Establishing and maintaining high-quality monitoring and evaluation systems, ensuring that country offices are trained and equipped for routine data collection, analysis and use of evidence.

· Leading statistical data analysis of monitoring data collected to build evidence of interventions and approaches being tested through ANCP projects.

· Promoting an organizational culture for innovation, knowledge sharing and continuous cross learning, including through co-leading a Regional Community of Practice with a cross-section of staff from across Pacific COs focussed on learning from evidence for innovation, program implementation, scaling and decision-making.

· Supporting the development and dissemination of learning products for ANCP projects, such as fact sheets, policy briefs, policy position papers and publications.

· Acting as the in-house expert and advisor on integrating data analytics into programming, including through the use of artificial intelligence and machine learning techniques.

A place to feel valued:

You are an analytical thinker with significant expertise in monitoring, evaluation and learning. You deeply believe in the importance of rigorous evidence to drive innovation, testing-to-scale of interventions and learning to continuously improve programming. With exceptional inter-personal and cultural sensitivity skills, you are committed to capacity building, including through training, coaching and mentoring. You will be determined to make a difference.

This role requires:

· At least 7 years of experience in a monitoring, evaluation and learning related role within a development and/or humanitarian context.

· Advanced knowledge of complex survey design, sampling methods and statistical analysis, including applying these designs and methods in low-resource settings.

· Advanced experience in designing monitoring and evaluation strategies, plans and systems for projects, including using quasi-experimental designs.

· Advanced proficiency in Kobo Toolbox and quantitative data analysis software, including Excel, as well as experience in using AI and machine learning for program insights and analysis.

· Experience in leading MEL capacity building and knowledge management and organisational learning processes to help drive improvements in evidence understanding and uptake.

· Excellent written and verbal communications skills, and an ability to produce and disseminate high quality learning outputs to a variety of audiences.

· Willing to travel to country and field offices in the Pacific

A place to belong:

We are diverse personalities, backgrounds and talents, embracing our differences as one strong and united team. We see and celebrate the unique value you bring to our organisation, and offer a range of rewards for your effort, including:

· Individual learning plans to help map and deliver on your career development.

· Internal employment and development opportunities

· Support for workplace wellness, including access to our free, confidential Employee Wellbeing Program

· Celebrate and feel supported in your diversity. We’ve established internal networks to support our diverse workforce, foster inclusion and allow you to bring your whole self to work (if that’s what you want!) (Pride@Save, Parents and Carers@Save, Mental Wellness Alliance, Disability@Save, First Nations Advisory Committee).

· Full salary packaging benefits (please use this link to see how much this benefit could mean to you!)

· Extra leave to use in a range of ways to ensure you’re able to perform at your optimum

Follow this link for the full list of our employee benefits.

Does this sound like the place for you?

We’d love to hear from you. Submit your cover letter and resume below.

We strongly encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander candidates to apply.

Applications close 11.55pm AEST, Sunday 13th July 2025.

Position Description - Pacific Regional Evidence & Learning for Innovation Technical Advisor

For more information about this position, please contact Georgina O’Hare at georgina.ohare1@savethechildren.org.au. Or for more information about a career at Save, visit our Careers Page.

We have tested our application process with diverse groups in mind, with the intent to ensure it's straightforward and accessible for all to apply. Diversity and inclusion are fundamental to our culture and improve our ability to reach our most vulnerable client groups. But we also know there is no one-size fits-all when it comes to recruitment - so if we didn’t quite hit the mark for you, please let us know at people.culture@savethechildren.org.au. We’re dedicated to ensuring Save the Children Australia is a place where everyone can feel supported – no matter your race, ethnicity, gender, age, disability, sexuality, neurodiversity, culture and beliefs.

Save the Children Australia is a child-safe organisation. All employees are required to undergo a National Police Check, a Working with Children Check, and sign our Child Safeguarding Policy and Code of Conduct. We also support the Inter-Agency Misconduct Disclosure Scheme.

Save the Children is committed to providing and maintaining a safe working environment for its employees and client groups, consistent with our obligations under OH&S legislation.

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