Evaluator Career Pathways
Channel: Australian Evaluation Society
Date: 2020-11-27

With an increasing drive for evidence-based policy, the evaluation profession is ever-evolving. New opportunities for evaluators are regularly arising and there are more options within different organisations for new and mature-age evaluators alike.

At this session, you will hear reflections from a panel of evaluators with diverse career experiences. Speakers include evaluators from the public, not-for-profit, private, international development, philanthropic and academic sectors.

Speakers:
• Brad Astbury, ARTD
• Squirrel Main, The Ian Potter Foundation
• Ruth Aston, The University of Melbourne
• Lee-Anne Molony, Clear Horizon
• Farida Fleming, Assai
• Ellie McDonald, Department of Premier and Cabinet (Vic).
Panelists will explore:
• their evaluation career journeys
• barriers and challenges in the field
• a ‘day in the life’ of an evaluator in different settings
• lessons and reflections about career options and development
This seminar will be of interest to AES members and students / people interested in exploring their evaluation career options.

As this is the last session of the year, we encourage you to stay online after the formalities conclude for networking to round out an extraordinary year.

Charlie Tulloch will facilitate the discussion. He is an AES Board Member and AES Vic Committee Member. He runs Policy Performance, an evaluation and public sector consultancy. He has been an evaluator in the private sector for over a decade at small, medium and large firms and was formerly a policy advisor in the Victorian Department of Premier and Cabinet for five years.