Team Leader, Research and Evaluation

Team Leader, Research and Evaluation

Employment Type: Full Time – Exempt (Up to April 2027)
Position Classification: Health Manager Level 4
Remuneration: $141,974.00 - $169,151.00 per annum, plus superannuation and 17.5% leave loading
Hours Per Week: 38
Location: 1 Reserve Road, St Leonards, Sydney
Requisition ID: REQ566186

• Be part of an organisation that makes a difference in cancer control in NSW
• Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples are encouraged to apply

Where you’ll be working

The Cancer Institute NSW is the NSW Government’s cancer control agency, established to lessen the impact of cancer across the state.

Working at the Cancer Institute NSW means joining a team of committed and dedicated staff who are proud to be a part of the Institute’s purpose of overseeing and accelerating the effectiveness of cancer control in NSW.

The Cancer Institute is a collaborative working environment that encourages diversity and inclusion in how we work and the way we work together. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples are strongly encouraged to apply. Greater consideration will be given to suitable applicants, in order to improve access to employment and career opportunities (GSE Rule 26).

What you’ll be doing

There are currently two team leaders for a team of eight staff members. This role is to co-lead the development, implementation and reporting of research and evaluation projects to measure and monitor the performance of Cancer Screening and Prevention programs and activities, and to inform planning, cancer control policy and practice.

Remuneration/Benefits

In addition to base salary:

• 11.5% superannuation
• 4 weeks annual leave (plus 17.5% leave loading)
• 10 days sick leave
• 40 hours per week which include accrual of monthly Allocated Day Off (ADO) x 12 per year.

Access to:

• Generous Flexible Working practices
• Fitness Passport: a membership card for NSW government employees that gives you and your family unlimited access to 400+ gyms and other facilities at one low price.
• Novated car leasing arrangement
• Salary sacrificing to superannuation.

For your application to be considered

To submit your application, please provide:

• Your resume (maximum five pages)
• A covering letter addressing the Essential Requirements, as outlined in the Role Description
• A response to the Pre-screening questions, as outlined below.

Essential requirements

• Advanced tertiary qualifications in an appropriate discipline such as public health, epidemiology, psychology or social science, or demonstrated relevant equivalent professional experience and training.
• Demonstrated experience developing and implementing research projects, including study design, qualitative and quantitative methodologies, and evaluation.
• Demonstrated experience designing and commissioning behavioural research studies, and managing contracts with research firms and other research partners (e.g. academics).
• Proven ability to manage a team responsible for designing, gathering and analysing quantitative and qualitative behavioural data.
• Understanding of the NSW Health Records and Information Privacy Act.
• Experience submitting and managing projects for ethics approval by a Human Research Ethics Committee (HREC).

If successful for interview candidates must bring original copies of essential qualifications to be sighted by the panel, and one copy to provide to panel.

Pre-screening questions

1. Please provide an example of where you have had to redesign a significant survey program in response to changing environmental conditions. What were the strength and limitations of the program, and how and why did they need to be redesigned?

1. Please outline your experience in managing multiple priorities concurrently, whilst addressing diverse stakeholder needs in providing services given the variety and complexity of systems.

Interested?

For more information:

1. Click here for the Role Description
2. Find out more about applying for this position

For more information about the Cancer Institute NSW please visit www.cancer.nsw.gov.au. For role related queries or questions contact Matthew Warner Smith on ***************@health.nsw.gov.au

Applications Close: Monday, 16th April 2025 at 11:59PM

All Cancer Institute roles are based at St Leonards, Sydney, and candidates are required to be Sydney based.

The CORE+4 Values define what is important to the Cancer Institute NSW and our employees.
Our values are: Collaboration, Openness, Respect, Empowerment, Strategic, Supportive, Innovative and Flexible.

The Cancer Institute NSW is unable to offer salary packaging. Salaries will be negotiated commensurate to experience and qualifications of the role.

The Cancer Institute NSW supports flexible working practices for all employees and welcomes applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people from diverse cultural backgrounds and people with disabilities. Stepping Up aims to assist Aboriginal job applicants by providing information about applying for roles in NSW Health. For more information, please visit www.steppingup.health.nsw.gov.au.

Please indicate if you have any accessibility requirements in your application or speak with the contact person should you be called for an interview. We provide reasonable adjustment for people with a disability during the recruitment process and during their employment.

To be eligible for permanent appointment to a position in NSW Health, you must have Australian citizenship or permanent Australian residency.

To submit your application please visit https://jobs.health.nsw.gov.au/cinsw