Ellie McDonald
Monitoring and Evaluation Senior Consultant at Collective Action- Claim this Profile
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Suzanne E.
Ellie is passionate about creating real change to better people's lives. She engages in continual development, and seeks to improve systems and programs to benefit both clients and the business. She has unlimited intellectual curiosity, and a considered focus on detail. Her knowledge of evaluation theory, methodology, and approaches is excellent. She is one of the best collaborators I have ever worked with. She is an asset to any team or organisation she chooses to work with.
Suzanne E.
Ellie is passionate about creating real change to better people's lives. She engages in continual development, and seeks to improve systems and programs to benefit both clients and the business. She has unlimited intellectual curiosity, and a considered focus on detail. Her knowledge of evaluation theory, methodology, and approaches is excellent. She is one of the best collaborators I have ever worked with. She is an asset to any team or organisation she chooses to work with.
Suzanne E.
Ellie is passionate about creating real change to better people's lives. She engages in continual development, and seeks to improve systems and programs to benefit both clients and the business. She has unlimited intellectual curiosity, and a considered focus on detail. Her knowledge of evaluation theory, methodology, and approaches is excellent. She is one of the best collaborators I have ever worked with. She is an asset to any team or organisation she chooses to work with.
Suzanne E.
Ellie is passionate about creating real change to better people's lives. She engages in continual development, and seeks to improve systems and programs to benefit both clients and the business. She has unlimited intellectual curiosity, and a considered focus on detail. Her knowledge of evaluation theory, methodology, and approaches is excellent. She is one of the best collaborators I have ever worked with. She is an asset to any team or organisation she chooses to work with.
Experience
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Collective Action
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Advertising Services
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Monitoring and Evaluation Senior Consultant
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Oct 2022 - Present
As a M&E Consultant, I am working on design, research and evaluation projects in the areas of prevention of violence against women and girls, sexual health, LGBTQI+ rights and health services nationally and internationally to build an evidence base that empowers individuals and communities facing discrimination. As a M&E Consultant, I am working on design, research and evaluation projects in the areas of prevention of violence against women and girls, sexual health, LGBTQI+ rights and health services nationally and internationally to build an evidence base that empowers individuals and communities facing discrimination.
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Tetra Tech
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United States
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Civil Engineering
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700 & Above Employee
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Monitoring and Evaluation Adviser
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Apr 2022 - Present
As an M&E specialist, I'm working closely with the Policy and Planning Unit in the Ministry of Education and Training (through a DFAT funded program) to establish a monitoring, evaluation, reporting and learning function to enhance evidence and data collection that informs policy, programming and strategic planning. This includes integrating gender equality, disability and social inclusion into the design, implementation and reporting of all activities.
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Manager Research Monitoring and Evaluation Practice
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Mar 2021 - Apr 2022
As a Manager of the Research, Monitoring and Evaluation Practice, I worked within a small team to deliver design, implementation and evaluation projects for DFAT and MFAT programs across the Indo Pacific. My role included project management of small projects, managing staff and sub-contractors, client engagement, conduct of interviews and workshops, data collection and analysis, report writing, strategy development and preparation of final deliverables.
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UN Women
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United States
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International Affairs
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700 & Above Employee
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Monitoring And Evaluation Consultant
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Jan 2021 - Jun 2022
Through the Spotlight Initiative, I worked with the Government of Timor-Leste and civil society organisations to strengthen and enhance the use of gender statistics to improve the budgeting, implementation, monitoring and reporting of the National Action Plan on Gender-Based Violence. This included undertaking interviews with stakeholders to identify the strengths and limitations of the current policy and developing a report to highlight the current operation of the policy and recommendations for the new NAP-GBV.
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Victorian Government
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Australia
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Government Administration
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700 & Above Employee
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Senior Evaluation Officer
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Apr 2020 - Mar 2021
As a Senior Evaluation Officer, I worked across the Department of Premier and Cabinet and the Department of Education and Training to provide advice on monitoring and evaluation approaches to enhance evidence-based program and policy design. This included developing different approaches to monitor and measure outcomes of government policies and programs, providing advice to program and policy areas, developing theories of change, facilitating workshops, preparing reports and liaising with a wide range of stakeholders across government.
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Government of Timor-Leste
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Government Administration
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1 - 100 Employee
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Monitoring And Evaluation Adviser
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Apr 2019 - Mar 2020
In this role, I worked within the Secretary of State for Equality and Inclusion to provide M&E advice to the Government of Timor-Leste to enhance the monitoring and evaluation of government gender programs, including programs to end violence against women. This included delivering monitoring and evaluation capacity development training in Tetun; designing program logics and data collection tools for all gender programs; coordinating a new partnership with the National Statistics Office and Australian Bureau of Statistics to enhance access and use of gender statistics; and acquiring grants to support capacity development training.
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Evaluation and Research Officer, Policy and Strategy Division
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Dec 2016 - Mar 2019
In this role I worked with a diverse team to deliver in-house evaluations and technical advice to DHHS policy and program areas through an internal evaluation consultancy model. I worked across the department to build the capacity of program and policy areas in monitoring and evaluation and undertook research, evaluation and client engagement to support program areas to enhance evidence based policy and practice. In this role I worked with a diverse team to deliver in-house evaluations and technical advice to DHHS policy and program areas through an internal evaluation consultancy model. I worked across the department to build the capacity of program and policy areas in monitoring and evaluation and undertook research, evaluation and client engagement to support program areas to enhance evidence based policy and practice.
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University of Melbourne
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Australia
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Higher Education
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700 & Above Employee
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Policy and Research Graduate, Vice Chancellor's Office
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Dec 2015 - Dec 2016
As a Graduate Officer, I worked in a small team to support the Vice-Chancellor (VC) and CEO, Glyn Davis. This included providing research assistance for the sixth edition of the Australian Policy Handbook, developing research briefs to inform public policy issues relevant to the higher education sector, and drafting reports to inform monthly board meetings. As a Graduate Officer, I worked in a small team to support the Vice-Chancellor (VC) and CEO, Glyn Davis. This included providing research assistance for the sixth edition of the Australian Policy Handbook, developing research briefs to inform public policy issues relevant to the higher education sector, and drafting reports to inform monthly board meetings.
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Education
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University of Melbourne
KnowVAWdata: measuring the prevalence of violence against women in the Asia Pacific, Statistics -
University of Melbourne
Master's Degree, International Relations and Public Policy -
Universidad de Granada
Bachelor of Arts (Exchange), Political Systems of Latin America and Northern Africa and Spanish Language -
University of Melbourne
Bachelor's Degree, Political Science, International Studies and Spanish