Impact and Evaluation Lead - Satellite Foundation

• 0.8 FTE (30.4 hours per week) | Fixed term to 30 June 2027 | Collingwood, Victoria | Hybrid working | SCHADS Level 6

About Satellite Foundation

Satellite Foundation connects and empowers young people aged 8 to 25 who have a family member living with mental health challenges through creative, peer-based in-person and online programs.

About the role

Reporting to the Manager, Partnerships and Contracts, the Impact and Evaluation Lead develops Satellite's organisation-wide evaluation approach, coordinates data collection and translates evidence for service improvement, executive and Board reporting, funding submissions and public communications.

Key responsibilities

• Translate program logics into evaluation plans, data requirements, methods and collection schedules.
• Design and govern quantitative and qualitative data collection tools across program streams.
• Set data quality standards and maintain CRM and data integrity in line with consent, privacy and child-safety requirements.
• Analyse findings and prepare impact reporting for operational, Executive and Board decision-making.
• Coordinate the annual impact report and funding evidence and coach staff to use data for improvement.

About you

• Relevant tertiary qualifications and at least three years of monitoring and evaluation experience in community, health or social services.
• Experience with qualitative methods, including interviews, focus groups and case studies.
• Well-developed data management capability, including CRM systems, quality and integrity.
• Ability to communicate evaluation findings clearly to operational, executive and public audiences.
• Understanding of issues affecting children, young people and families where a family member experiences mental health challenges.
• Ability to coordinate several workstreams in a small, dynamic team.

Highly regarded: outcomes frameworks, theory of change, co-design, lived-experience workforces and coaching colleagues to use data and evaluation.

How to apply

Applications close on the advertised closing date however early applications are encouraged, and applications will be reviewed progressively.

For questions, contact search@nfpsuccess.com.au using the subject line: Impact and Evaluation Lead - Satellite Foundation enquiry via EthicalJobs or 0418 878 492.

Pre-employment and inclusion

Employment is conditional upon satisfactory National Police and Working with Children Checks, proof of the right to work in Australia, and relevant misconduct disclosures. Satellite Foundation is an equal opportunity employer and child-safe organisation. Applications are encouraged from people with lived experience of mental health challenges and from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander, culturally and linguistically diverse, and LGBTQIA+ communities.

A position description is attached.