Cultivating Change supports social purpose organisations to cultivate change by embedding monitoring, evaluation and learning (MEL) within their operations and culture. We know that the old binary of bringing in a fully independent evaluator, or delivering all evaluations internally, can limit organisations. At Cultivating Change, we operate in the middle ground, where our expertise builds your capacity through applied MEL initiatives.

I help social purpose organisations to better plan and evaluate their activities so they can continually learn and improve. I support organisations to work in innovative and collaborative ways to reach populations most in need.My key areas of work include:⇨ Conducting program evaluations and strategic reviews⇨ Strengthening organisational monitoring and evaluation (M&E) systems⇨ Design of social and behavioural change frameworks ⇨ Preparation of literature reviews and… Show more I help social purpose organisations to better plan and evaluate their activities so they can continually learn and improve. I support organisations to work in innovative and collaborative ways to reach populations most in need.My key areas of work include:⇨ Conducting program evaluations and strategic reviews⇨ Strengthening organisational monitoring and evaluation (M&E) systems⇨ Design of social and behavioural change frameworks ⇨ Preparation of literature reviews and scientific publicationsKey themes of work include sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR), gender, young people, alcohol and other drugs, and health service strengthening.I have previously completed consultancies for a range of clients in Australia (diversitat, Deakin University, Otway Health, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Windana, Women's Health West, various primary care partnerships (PCPs)) and internationally (ActionAid International, Avenir Health, Chiaro, FRIDA,Ipas, IPPF, LSHTM, Marie Stopes International, Options Consulting, Oxfam, THET, VSO, 3ie) Show less

Adjunct Lecturer, in the School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine Alfred Hospital. This is an unpaid honorary position in addition to my ongoing freelance consultancy work and my part-time health promotion and research work at the Burnet Institute (see below for details of these roles)

One day a week I work at the Burnet Institute, coordinating the health promotion component of a partnership project to dramatically increase the number of people who inject drugs accessing hepatitis C treatment through community and corrections based care

This was a part time role, managing an initiative to reduce abortion stigma supported by the David & Lucile Packard Foundation. My responsibilities in this role included:⇨ Supporting four country pilot projects to develop and evaluate initiatives to reduce stigma at client, service provider and community level (Benin, Burkina Faso, India, Pakistan)⇨ Development of an abortion messaging guide to enable IPPF member associations and other organizations to improve their… Show more This was a part time role, managing an initiative to reduce abortion stigma supported by the David & Lucile Packard Foundation. My responsibilities in this role included:⇨ Supporting four country pilot projects to develop and evaluate initiatives to reduce stigma at client, service provider and community level (Benin, Burkina Faso, India, Pakistan)⇨ Development of an abortion messaging guide to enable IPPF member associations and other organizations to improve their messaging around abortion⇨Documentation and sharing of evidence and best practice related to abortion stigma internally and externally⇨ Overall project coordination, management and donor reportingFrom September 2014 to June 2015 I was the European representative on the steering committee for inroads, a new international network of advocates, scholars, health providers, and donors to reduce abortion discrimination and stigma worldwide. Show less

Managed USD $20 million multi-donor global fund to support safe abortion programming.Key achievements included:⇨ Successful expansion to support over 100 projects in over 50 countries, compared to 35 projects previously ⇨ Strengthening of Fund logframe and development of evaluation framework to measure process and results across Fund portfolio ⇨ Recruitment and line management of two project staff and multiple consultants and temporary staff⇨ Maintenance of strong… Show more Managed USD $20 million multi-donor global fund to support safe abortion programming.Key achievements included:⇨ Successful expansion to support over 100 projects in over 50 countries, compared to 35 projects previously ⇨ Strengthening of Fund logframe and development of evaluation framework to measure process and results across Fund portfolio ⇨ Recruitment and line management of two project staff and multiple consultants and temporary staff⇨ Maintenance of strong relationships with board members and Fund donors (Governments of Denmark, Netherlands, Norway and United Kingdom and a large Foundation), including high score on DFID annual review (see link below) Show less

Responsible for developing portfolio of innovation programming.Key achievements included:⇨ Successful implementation of internal Innovations Fund⇨ Design and delivery of ideation skills training at central and country level⇨ Coordination and provision of technical advice for eHealth and mHealth initiatives ⇨ Development and launch of annual internal innovations competition⇨ Completion of needs assessment to inform organisational strategic approach to innovation

Responsible for supporting multiple research and surveillance projects, including implementation and data analysis for behavioural surveys, design and maintenance of databases and preparation of scientific papers, reports, grant applications and ethics committee applications (part time during PhD candidature 2008-2010, full time previously)During this period I co-supervised three Bachelor of Biomedical Science & Medicine Honours Students, guest lectured for several Masters of Public… Show more Responsible for supporting multiple research and surveillance projects, including implementation and data analysis for behavioural surveys, design and maintenance of databases and preparation of scientific papers, reports, grant applications and ethics committee applications (part time during PhD candidature 2008-2010, full time previously)During this period I co-supervised three Bachelor of Biomedical Science & Medicine Honours Students, guest lectured for several Masters of Public Health subjects and led Rapid Assessment training workshops for partner organisations in Myanmar.For publications during this period, please see my ResearchGate https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Judy_Gold/publications or Google Scholar http://scholar.google.co.uk/citations?user=Jq6iu8UAAAAJ&hl=en profiles. Show less

Led tutorials for first year medical students for the second semester subject MED 1022 (Epidemiology and Biostatistics)

Data analyst for Pacific Regional HIV/AIDS Project, Fiji

Advisor for HIV Strategic Planning 2007-2012, HIV Program, FSM National Department of Health

Advisor for HIV and STI second generation surveillance surveys, HIV Program, Palau Ministry of Health

Private tutoring of Physiology and Biology for first and second year nursing students; Molecular Biology Tutor, Indigenous Tutorial Assistant Scheme University of Melbourne

Data analysis for fertility and HIV/AIDS/STI components of the 2003 East Timor Demographic and Health Survey, National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health

Compilation of study materials and data entry for the Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine