Evaluation Assistant 0.5 Fte 20 Hours Per Week

**Careerforce**

**Evaluation Assistant 0.5 FTE 20 hours per week.**:
**Wellington**

$67,856 - $71,625 Annual Pro rata to hours worked

Permanent Part time
- **Have your birthday off.**:

- **Flexible working**:

- **Volunteer leave**

**What you’ll do**

The purpose of this position is to contribute to the Service Assurance team’s work in using information gathered through evaluation activities to understand organisational performance and make improvements on behalf of employers and learners. This role supports evaluation activities at Careerforce including surveys to inform NZQA reviews, graduate and apprenticeship evaluations, employer surveys, and ad hoc survey requests.

**Activity: Data Collection and Analysis**

**Performance Measures**:
Data Cleansing - the process of finding and removing errors, inconsistencies, duplications, and missing entries from data to increase data consistency and quality. Coding verbatim comments from surveys to provide thematic analysis. Preparing data charts for analysis.
- Administrative support is provided to the Evaluation Analyst accurately and within agreed timeframes
- Outputs are produced to a high standard
- Methods and analytical approaches deliver outputs that meet stakeholder needs.

**Activity: Communication with Stakeholders**

**Performance Measures**:
Reporting requirements are met as required.

**Activity: Quality Assurance and Best Practice**

**Performance Measures**:
Contribute to the review and improvement of evaluation outputs with design, collection, collation and analysis of evidence across teams. Engage in own professional development plan. Identify opportunities to enhance and innovate our evaluation approaches. Actively provide quality reviews and respond to reviews. Feedback on evaluation outputs is sought, received and actioned in a timely manner.

**Person specification**

**Education / Qualifications / Training**

Relevant qualification or equivalent experience. Level 3 NCEA and 1-2 years’ experience or currently studying towards a tertiary qualification.

Some knowledge and understanding of evaluation methodologies, analysis and reporting.

Is intuitive

Has good communication skills

Works comfortably in a team or on their own

Has excellent attention to detail

**You will also need to demonstrate the following**:
Relevant qualification or equivalent experience

Demonstrated experience using excel and survey monkey and basic data analysis

An understanding of the vocational education and training would be desirable

An understanding of data tools and platforms, including the ability to develop and implement data collection methodology and contribute to analysis of data.

Enthusiastic and ‘can-do’ approach to a wide variety of tasks.

**Ministry of Justice Check**:
A satisfactory Ministry of Justice check is required for all roles within Careerforce and is conducted upon acceptance of an offer of employment. Periodic re-checking may be conducted.

**Relationships**

**Internal**

Service Assurance Manager

Evaluation Analyst

Marketing, Communications & Insights Team

Product Management Team

All Careerforce staff

**External**

Nil

**Committees / Groups**

Nil

**Employee responsibilities**

**Activity**:
**Performance Measures**:
Contribute to Careerforce’s overall achievement of key strategic priorities, annual plan targets, compliance requirements and quality systems. Identify risks and impacts, and identify, implement and review solutions within areas of responsibility.

Attend and participate in relevant meetings and training days and provide input and support to colleagues. Prepare audience-appropriate communications. Utilise resources effectively and efficiently. Adhere to company policies and processes. Contribute to projects as required. All identified tasks/areas of responsibility are performed in an effective and pro-active manner. Evidence of contributions to meeting key strategic goals and annual targets to agreed standards and timeframes.

Risk management plans and activities are developed and implemented. Evidence of pro-active contribution to supporting the purpose, values and culture. All relevant policies and processes are followed. Evidence of proactive contribution to projects.

**Attributes**

**Client Focus**

Dedicated to meeting the expectations and requirements of internal and external clients; committed to ascertaining clients’ needs and continuously improving products and services to meet them; provides timely and accurate information to clients; establishes and maintains effective relationships with clients and gains their trust and respect.

**Change Agility**

Flexible and adaptable to change; maintains effectiveness when experiencing changes in work tasks / environment; adjusts to work within new work structures, processes, requirements and cultures.

**Effective Communication**

Clear and effective two-way communication with a wide range of people, and in all situations in order to explain, persuade, convin