Evaluation and Performance Lead

Evaluation and Performance Lead (ID: REQ639874)

Employment Type: Health Manager Level 3 – Full Time, Permanent
Remuneration: $132,236.00 - $150,222.00 per annum, plus 12% superannuation
Hours Per Week: 38
Additional Benefits: Generous Flexible Working practices, access to Fitness Passport, Novated car leasing arrangement, and Salary sacrificing to Superannuation.
Location: 1 Reserve Road, St Leonards

Applications Close: 11:59 PM, Thursday 19 February 2026

The Cancer Institute NSW is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment which reflects the community we serve. We encourage candidates from all backgrounds, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, LGBTIQA+, neurodiverse individuals, and people with disabilities 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).

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 in your application

About the Opportunity
The role coordinates and supports a collaborative and strategic approach to planning, reporting, monitoring and evaluation across the Cancer Institute NSW to understand the impact and demonstrate achievement towards organisational and system wide plans and priorities, including the NSW Cancer Plan (and its Implementation Plan), Future Health, the Regional Health Strategy and the Performance Agreement with the NSW Ministry of Health.

Essential Requirements

• Graduate qualifications in Public Health or in a related discipline or demonstrated equivalent, relevant professional experience and training.
• Demonstrated relevant professional experience in health planning and reporting in alignment with key strategic documents.
• Strong analytical and evaluation skills with a proven track record in developing and implementing monitoring and evaluation frameworks, methodologies and tools, such as program logics and monitoring and evaluation plans.
• Demonstrated ability to produce high quality written documentation and outputs including reports, correspondence, briefing papers, summaries, website updates and other collateral.
• Demonstrated experience working with a breadth of stakeholders and high level communication, interpersonal, consultation and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Sound experience working in complex systems of government at a state or federal level.

Pre-Screening Questions

• Please outline your experience in designing and delivering an evaluation, including how you brought key program stakeholders along the journey.
• Please outline your experience in strategic reporting, including how you have ensured it is accurate and useful.

Need more information? 

• Click here for the Position Description
• Find out more about applying for this position
• Learn more about Cancer Institute NSW

Additional Information 

• Applicants will be assessed against the essential criteria in the Position Description.

• NSW Health is committed to accessibility and may provide adjustments to the recruitment and interview process as needed, including physical adjustments, interview setup, or scheduling needs. 
• This is a permanent position and requires full working rights in Australia (e.g. Australian citizenship/ permanent resident). If you currently hold a temporary visa that allows you to live and work in Australia, you may be eligible for employment opportunities in line with the conditions of your visa.

Contact People
Please contact the Hiring Manager, Brooke Stapleton on brooke.stapleton@health.nsw.gov.au if you have any questions about this role.

For Aboriginal candidates who would like to talk to the CEC Aboriginal Workforce Consultant, please contact HSNSW-AboriginalCareers@health.nsw.gov.au. Support is also available through the Stepping Up website.

If interview adjustments are required, please contact HSNSW-PillarsPC@health.nsw.gov.au at the time the interview invitation is issued, or as soon as reasonably possible. Requests for adjustments will be considered in line with NSW Health requirements.