Research and Evaluation Advisor - Urban

Directly impact the direction of urban programming • Apply your Design, Monitoring and Evaluation skills and urban programs experience in Australia's largest NGO • Work locally, with expert colleagues

World Vision is Australia's largest international NGO and helps over 20 million people every year, thanks to the support of more than 400,000 Australians. Our mission is to engage Australians in the effort to eliminate poverty and its causes.

The International Programming Group plays a key role across the World Vision Partnership in supporting the fight against poverty. Recognising urban poverty as a defining global challenge of the 21st Century, World Vision has established a Centre of Expertise (CoE) for Urban Programming to explore and promote promising urban development practices, informed by local knowledge and field experiences.

This position will sit in the Urban Centre of Expertise Team, and will see you working closely with field practitioners, industry leaders and subject matter experts to explore action-models that respond to the unique challenges of urban poverty. Key responsibilities will include;

• Contribute to the development of innovative urban programming approaches and models • Contribute to the urban research agenda and influence policy • Develop cross sectoral partnerships and provide support for grant acquisition for urban initiatives • Support the global urban learning network and facilitate World Vision Australia's learning on urban • Advance humanitarian and development thinking on urban programming through field capacity building initiatives

In addition you will possess:

• An in-depth understanding of urban poverty • Extensive experience working in urban contexts and/or addressing urban issues • Demonstrated knowledge of evaluation and development theories • Demonstrated senior experience in strategic thinking, stakeholder management and verbal and written communication skills • A Postgraduate degree with an urban issue focus, in international development, or other relevant discipline would be advantageous

A full position description is provided below. To read more about our organisational values, visit the World Vision website www.worldvision.com.au. If you feel you meet the requirements of this role, and are supportive of the organisations values, we would love to hear from you. To submit your application, please click on APPLY below.

World Vision Australia has created a culture that is inspired by our core values and our work. To find out more go to www.worldvision.com.au.

Applications Close: 10th October 2011

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