Evaluation Profession

Ensure evaluation evidence is at the heart of policy design and decision-making by joining the Evaluation Profession. Learn from the experts, grow your network and gain access to learning resources.

Join this Profession

 

The Evaluation Profession will help to build an APS workforce that uses evaluation, evidence and continuous improvement to drive outcomes. This positively impacts our policies and programs.

The Evaluation Profession brings together people who assess the effectiveness and efficiency of government policies, programs and initiatives and aims to champion evaluative thinking and evaluation – in all its forms – across the APS.

It will help build evaluation capability, support diversity and mobility in evaluation roles, and foster innovation.

Evaluation Profession Strategy

The Evaluation Profession Strategy sets out the plan to embed a culture of evaluation and continuous learning to underpin evidence-based policy and delivery. It outlines the vision, context, priorities and actions needed to build evaluation capability across the APS.

The strategy establishes how the Evaluation Profession will develop a professional pathway for public-sector evaluators, build evaluation awareness and technical ability and enable high-quality evidence to deliver better outcomes for all Australians.

Read the full APS Evaluation Profession Strategy to learn more.

Head of the Evaluation Profession

Co-Head Dr Shane Johnson, First Assistant Secretary of the Macroeconomic Analysis and Policy Division of Department of Treasury, and Co-Head Danielle Wood, Chair of the Productivity Commission promote the improvement of evaluation skills, support evidence-based policies, connect practitioners, and promote advanced evaluation approaches.

Who is this Profession suitable for?

Employees who assess the effectiveness and efficiency of government policies, programs, and initiatives.

Benefits of joining this Profession

  • Learn to foster accountability, transparency and continuous improvement within the workforce.
  • Ensure government initiatives deliver real and measurable impact.  
  • Expand user networks whilst learning from experts.
  • Gain the ability to confidently, design evaluations, measure program performance and provide evidence-based recommendations.
  • Advocate for better evaluative practices and improve monitoring, evaluation, and performance management across the entire policy cycle.

 

For more information, visit the APS Evaluation Profession. 

Resources

Evaluation Profession
The Evaluation Profession encourages you to develop critical skills in evaluation. Those skills contribute to shaping programs and policies that make a difference. By joining you will contribute to fostering accountability, transparency and continuous improvement.

Courses

Benefits realisation management
This course introduces APS staff to benefits realisation management and provides practical examples of its application.
Introduction to Evaluation in the Commonwealth Government
This course introduces APS staff to evaluation in the Australian Government context. Concepts are covered with Commonwealth Evaluation Policy principles and practical examples.
Program Logic
​This course introduces public servants to program logic models for policy, project and program development, implementation and evaluation. Program logic models are visual tools for thinking about the way an intervention is intended to create a desired change.
Randomisation
This course will assist APS policy, program and project staff to understand what randomisation is and how to apply it in their own work.
Evaluation skills for Australian Public Servants
This program will assist APS policy, program and project staff to understand key evaluation concepts and apply them in their own work.
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