Impact Evaluation Manager

at  Rimfire Resources

• Horticultural industry - Monitoring, Evaluation, Reporting & Improvement (MERI)
• Impact of Research, Development, Marketing & Extension investments
• Sydney, Brisbane, or Melbourne

THE ROLE

Within the Industry Insights team, there is now the requirement for an Impact Evaluation Manager.

Reporting to the Industry Insights Manager, the role is responsible for:

• Leading the impact assessment and evaluation of Research, Development, Extension and Marketing investments
• Managing data insights and information projects that support industry needs and decision making
• Communicating findings to amplify and extend industry insights

You will be at the forefront of implementing a framework to assess the influence of the organisation’s investments, drawing upon established methods and models. This involves driving the development, implementation and enhancement of monitoring, evaluation, measurement and reporting systems.
Collaborating across all business units you will consult, analyse metrics, and provide impacting reporting, thereby gaining a comprehensive understanding of how the research shapes outcomes benefitting Australia’s horticultural industries. This includes evaluating and managing various initiatives and projects (eg industry specific benchmarking) delivered by external service partners.
You will be engaging with and working closely with a range of high-level stakeholders across the horticultural industry and government.

To be successful in this influencing role you will have:

• Experience in monitoring and evaluation frameworks within RD&E programs, ideally in an agricultural industry
• Leadership and high level communication skills
• Experience in analysing research performance and reporting
• Tertiary qualifications in economics / commerce (Formal study in the field of evaluation will be highly regarded