Research and Evaluation Lead
Neami National, Australia

Our vision is fullcitizenship for all people living with mental health challenges in Australia

About the Role

• Full Time, Maximum Term Contract until 31 March 2025
• Classification: Senior Management and Specialist Remuneration Level 1 with a salary range of $103,522 - $121,425 per annum + Superannuation
• Salary Packaging arrangements providing tax benefits available for living and entertainment expenses increasing your take home income where part of your wage is paid tax free each pay, savings thousands in tax each year
• Location: Head Office, Preston (Remote) or Whittlesea amp; Latrobe Valley

About Neami National

Neami National is a community mental health service supporting people living with mental illness to improve their health, live independently and pursue a life based on their own strengths, values and goals.

We have been providing mental health support for over 30 years. We were founded on an alliance between professionals, individuals and their families. Collaborative recovery remains at the heart of who we are today.

About your new role

Reporting to the Senior Manager of Research and a Victorian Regional Manager (Vic Locals), the role will lead a two-year action research project to co-design, prototype, and test implementation of best practice approaches to integrated Mental Health/Alcohol and Other Drug treatment, care, and support in local communities. Leadership of the project includes planning, coordination of stakeholders, and delivery of intended outcomes (practice resources and a research report/publication(s)). Activities will involve a review of the literature and best practice approaches, recruitment and coordination of an expert advisory group to plan and provide oversight to the project and leadership of the action research project activities including protocol development, ethics, data collection, analysis and dissemination of findings.

Unique opportunity to bring your skills in research, service delivery and service design together in this unique project role.

Contribute to shaping reform in mental health and AOD services in Victoria in this action research role that seeks to pool expertise from lived experience, research and practice to design and test integrated mental health and AOD delivery in two of Victoria’s Mental Health and Wellbeing Local services in Whittlesea and La Trobe.

Work with a great research team (hybrid working arrangements) with some time embedded in service delivery teams.

What will Neami offer in return?

• Generous leave entitlements including paid parental leave, an Accrued Day Off each month, Gratis Leave and Wellness leave
• Professional development through regular Practice Development sessions and coaching with your supervisor
• Ongoing extensive in-house Learning and Development Programs to encourage learning and skill-building
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) through Benestar - access a holistic health and wellness offering of supports and resources to Neami staff and their immediate family
• Work flexibility arrangements available for maintaining your work-life balance

What you will bring to the role?

• Commitment to working in partnership with people with lived and living experience, including a willingness to share power, build relationships, remain curious, and ensure all activity is trauma informed and does no harm.
• Evidence of project leadership and coordination and effective stakeholder engagement
• Demonstrated experience in the conduct of qualitative and quantitative research and evaluation (may hold expertise in one or more methodologies, preferably mixed methods/participatory)
• Knowledge and experience of analytic software e.g. SPSS, NVivo and referencing software
• Formal higher degree research qualifications
• Demonstrated experience in the development of research reports and publications

What the role requires:

• National Criminal History Check (Police check) disclosable outcomes considered
• Current Working with Children Check required before commencement of work
• Current Drivers licence
• Australian Working Rights
• As part of Neami’s condition of employment you will need to provide appropriate evidence of being fully vaccinated against COVID-19 (having received three doses) to Neami National.

How to apply:

The terms and conditions of the role are listed in the position description. If you have any further questions not addressed in the advertising words or position description, please contact:

Priscilla Ennals, Senior Manager Research and Evaluations Service Development
0429 807 213,

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