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Manging the development of content for the 2026 Australian Census including the main household form, Special Short Form and the Interviewer Household Form used to enumerate Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and people sleeping rough. Leading qualitative testing including expert panels, focus groups, cognitive interviews with people from the general public as well as Aboriginal and Torres Straight Islanders and people from cultural and linguistically diverse backgrounds… Show more Manging the development of content for the 2026 Australian Census including the main household form, Special Short Form and the Interviewer Household Form used to enumerate Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and people sleeping rough. Leading qualitative testing including expert panels, focus groups, cognitive interviews with people from the general public as well as Aboriginal and Torres Straight Islanders and people from cultural and linguistically diverse backgrounds. Analysing results, report writing and providing expert adviceProviding advice for Census instrument development and validation Providing expert advice to internal and external stakeholders including subject matter experts.Supervising and mentoring staff Show less

Managing the biomedical component of the Intergenerational Health and Mental Health Survey, the National health Survey.Contract management for the external pathology provider. Ensuring execution of agreed obligations and compliance. Maintaining relationships and change management. Managing the operational aspects with external pathology provider including field procedures, data delivery, reporting and KPI’s.Managing project delivery including knowledge management… Show more Managing the biomedical component of the Intergenerational Health and Mental Health Survey, the National health Survey.Contract management for the external pathology provider. Ensuring execution of agreed obligations and compliance. Maintaining relationships and change management. Managing the operational aspects with external pathology provider including field procedures, data delivery, reporting and KPI’s.Managing project delivery including knowledge management, resources and complex timetables across multiple teach within the branch and division.Managing and contributing to the implementation of the Health Measures enumeration for both the National Health Survey and the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander survey. This includes pre-testing, content development and validation, field operations and complex and bespoke solution design. Assisting and contributing to the tender process, contract negotiation and contract management with an external pathology provider.Assisting with ethics applications Development Respondent facing materials Team management including supervising, mentoring and training new staff. Show less

Manging the development of content for the 2026 Australian Census including Special Short Form and the Interviewer Household Form used to enumerate Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and people sleeping rough. Assisting with the development of the Main Census Household Form.Leading qualitative testing including expert panels, focus groups, cognitive interviews with people from the general public as well as Aboriginal and Torres Straight Islanders and people from cultural and… Show more Manging the development of content for the 2026 Australian Census including Special Short Form and the Interviewer Household Form used to enumerate Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and people sleeping rough. Assisting with the development of the Main Census Household Form.Leading qualitative testing including expert panels, focus groups, cognitive interviews with people from the general public as well as Aboriginal and Torres Straight Islanders and people from cultural and linguistically diverse backgrounds. Analysing results, report writing and providing expert adviceProviding advice for Census instrument development and validation Providing expert advice to internal and external stakeholders including subject matter experts.Supervising and mentoring staff Show less

Managing the integration of the National Health Survey and the Survey of Income and Housing including development of common content, integrated field procedures and processing procedures and outputs.Managing internal stakeholdersWriting strategy and evaluation papers

Managing the Field enumeration for the Longitudinal Study of Australian ChildrenDevelopment and delivery of interviewer and office staff training packages and procedural documentation, including extensive face to face training programs across the country Monitoring the field enumeration and reportingManaging sample retention strategies, including respondent tracking and refusal conversion strategies.Managing equipment and materials for respondent and… Show more Managing the Field enumeration for the Longitudinal Study of Australian ChildrenDevelopment and delivery of interviewer and office staff training packages and procedural documentation, including extensive face to face training programs across the country Monitoring the field enumeration and reportingManaging sample retention strategies, including respondent tracking and refusal conversion strategies.Managing equipment and materials for respondent and interviewers, including Tender processes expenditure reporting, and reconciliation. Internal and external stakeholder management Managing respondent engagement, including the development and production of study materials such as newsletters, You Tube clips and brochures.Training and mentoring staff Show less

Working in the Consumer Prices Index compiling, editing and the analysis of prices data.Conducting, researching and writing methodological reviews and sample maintenance to improve the CPI and share best practice with other nations. Supervising, mentoring and training new staff. Coordinating training packages, courses and off-sites for the purpose of improving staff capability.