Monitoring and Evaluation Officer

Kwinana; City Of Kwinana; On-site; AUD 81,000 - 88,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working arrangements

Premium Kwinana Recquatic Centre–staff

Three days paid time off during Xmas

Wellness program

Career development & study support

Celebration and Recognition policy

Job summary

The City of Kwinana is seeking an analytical and collaborative Monitoring & Evaluation Officer to join the brand-new Early Childhood Development team. You will consolidate data from diverse sources, identify trends and translate complex information into practical insights for decisions affecting children and families.

You’ll develop evaluation frameworks, strengthen shared measurement and support a culture of continuous learning and evidence-informed decision making across partnerships.

Qualifications

• Experience in data analysis, interpretation, monitoring and evaluation.
• Ability to develop evaluation frameworks and shared measurement approaches.
• Experience collaborating with researchers, government agencies and community partners.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate and analyse qualitative and quantitative data from multiple sources.
• Develop and support evaluation frameworks and shared measurement approaches.
• Facilitate the City’s evaluation partnership with Curtin University, including governance and reporting.
• Prepare high-quality reports, dashboards and data visualisations.
• Work with City teams, researchers and government partners to strengthen data capability.
• Identify community priorities, service gaps and opportunities for system improvement.

Skills

Data analysis

Evaluation frameworks

Stakeholder collaboration

Data governance

Research ethics

Communication skills

Driver’s licence

Education

Relevant qualification in evaluation/public health/data analytics

Job description

PremiumRecquatic Membership | 13% Superannuation | Fantastic Culture This position is classifiedas a PACS Band 5 ($80,839 – $88,058) under the City of Kwinana’sstructured remuneration system.

____________________________Can you turn complex data into clear, practicalinsights?
Can you helporganisations understand what is working, where the gaps are andwhere to focus next?
Do you believe strongevidence can help create better outcomes for childrenandfamilies?
If your answer is "yes",we'd love to meet you.

What’s OnOffer

The City of Kwinana is looking for an analyticaland collaborative Monitoring & Evaluation Officer to join our brandnew Early Childhood Development team.

This role isabout making evidence useful. You’ll bring together data from a range of sources, identify trends and translate complex informationinto practical insights that support better decisions for childrenand families.

Workingacross the Kwinana Early Childhood Development Partnership andimplementation of the Kwinana Early Years Strategy, you’ll helpdevelop evaluation frameworks, strengthen shared measurement andsupport a culture of continuous learning and evidence-informeddecision making.

WhatYou’ll Be Doing

In this rewarding roleyou’ll:

• Coordinate and analysequalitative and quantitative data from sources including theAEDC, Restacking the Odds, ABS and other relevantdatasets.
• Developand support evaluation frameworks and shared measurementapproaches to monitor outcomes and evaluate the impact ofinitiatives.
• Facilitate the City’sevaluation partnership with Curtin University, includingresearch activities, data governance, reporting and knowledgetranslation.
• Preparehigh-quality reports, dashboards, data visualisations andevidence summaries that make complex information clear anduseful.
• Workcollaboratively with City teams, researchers, governmentagencies and community partners to strengthen data capabilityand continuous improvement.
• Use dataand evaluation to help identify community priorities, servicegaps, strategic investment opportunities and systemimprovements.

WhatYou'll Need

To make an impact in this role thesuccessful candidate will possess the following skills andattributes:

• Demonstrated experiencein data analysis, interpretation, monitoring, evaluation,performance measurement and the development of evaluationframeworks or shared measurement approaches.
• Theability to analyse complex quantitative and qualitative data,including population-level data, and translate findings intoreports, dashboards, visualisations and practicalrecommendations.
• Experience workingcollaboratively with researchers, government agencies,community organisations and stakeholders to support sharedoutcomes and evidence-informed decision making.
• Anunderstanding of research ethics, data governance, privacy andthe responsible management of sensitive information acrossorganisations.
• Highlydeveloped organisational, analytical and communication skills,including strategic planning, reporting, research and grantevaluation.
• Arelevant qualification in evaluation, public health, socialresearch, data analytics, statistics, education, communitydevelopment or a related discipline, or significant relatedexperience.
• Acurrent driver’s licence, Working With Children Check andNational Police Clearance.

What’s In It ForYou

At the City ofKwinana you will enjoy a true work-life balance, with access toflexible working arrangements and a fantastic workplace cultureborne from a collaborative team environment.
Other perksinclude, but are not limited to…

• Afantastic workplace, recently ranked alongside the top 10% ofthe most constructive local governments in Australia and NewZealand for workplace culture!
• Competitive salary plus13% superannuation.
• Three(3) days paid time off during Christmas close-down.
• Additional annualallowance instead of leave loading.
• A robustemployee wellness program with initiatives designed to supportemployees' physical and mental wellbeing.
• Agenerous Celebration and Recognition Policy foremployees.
• Theopportunity for flexible working arrangements.
• Careerdevelopment, training opportunities and studysupport.
• PremiumKwinana Recquatic Centre membership.

Applications close5:00pm 20 October 2026

The Cityof Kwinana reserves the right to commence recruitment prior to theclosing date, and will not accept or consider lateapplications

TheCity of Kwinana promotes and values diversity to create a uniquework force.

Applicants from diverse backgrounds, such as Aboriginalpeople, people living with disability or people fromdifferentcultural backgrounds are encouraged toapply.The City also strives to be a customercentric organisation, with the customer at the centre of everythingwe do. As such, all employees play an important role in helping usto achieve this by ensuring they provide best-practice customerservice. The City has the goal of zero harm for its employees, thisincludes providing a smoke-free environment and minimising exposureto the elements. Conditions of employment are in accordance withthe City’s current Enterprise Agreement. For further information,please contact our Recruitment team on 9236 4618 or 92364628.

Pleasenote:

As part of the City’s recruitment process, theselected applicant will be required to undergo a pre-employmentmedical which includes a Drug and Alcohol screen test.