Senior Evaluation Consultant at OXARO Inc.

Location: Ottawa, ON (Hybrid)

Duration: 24 weeks, plus a 24-week option period

Security Clearance: Secret

Responsibilities

• Analyze publications, strategies, and frameworks, and recommend content for refreshed doctrine.
• Validate, modify, and compile publications and frameworks to ensure consistency and reduce ambiguity.
• Conduct research and stakeholder engagement to capture subject-matter expertise.
• Translate doctrine, policy, and personnel management content into clear, accessible formats.
• Develop performance measurement frameworks, logic models, indicators, and assessment tools.
• Design evaluation plans covering objectives, methodologies, timelines, and roles.
• Develop terms of reference that define evaluator roles, responsibilities, and standards.
• Build and test evaluation tools such as surveys, interview guides, focus groups, and case studies.
• Collect and analyze qualitative and quantitative data to assess doctrine performance and relevance.
• Validate approaches, findings, and recommendations through expert panels, peer reviews, and consultations.
• Prepare evaluation reports, briefing notes, and presentation decks to inform leadership decisions.
• Compile lessons learned and deliver strategic briefings on evaluation plans and findings.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in doctrine development, technical writing, evaluation, performance measurement, or related advisory services.
• Experience leading 3+ mixed-method (qualitative and quantitative) evaluation projects in complex organizations.
• Experience applying validation and quality assurance methods on 3+ evaluation projects, including peer and expert review.
• Experience authoring evaluation governance documents and terms of reference on 3+ evaluation projects.
• Experience leading documentation governance and standardization on 3+ projects.
• Experience leading stakeholder engagement and integrating subject-matter expert input on 3+ projects.
• Experience conducting evaluations under Treasury Board policy instruments and results-based management principles.
• Experience developing or evaluating doctrine and policy frameworks for a national defence or armed forces environment; NATO or Five Eyes experience is an asset.
• 6+ months of experience supporting written products in a defence or security environment.
• Secret clearance required.
• Master's or doctoral degree (PhD) in Military Science, International Relations, Human Resources Management, or Public Administration.

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OXARO is committed to fostering an inclusive, equitable and respectful workplace where every individual feels valued and empowered to contribute their best. We believe that diversity drives innovation and strengthens our ability to serve our clients and communities. We are dedicated to ensuring a fair and unbiased recruitment process and welcome applications from members of the four designated groups under the Employment Equity Act: women, Indigenous peoples, persons with disabilities and members of visible minorities.

Accommodations are available upon request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the recruitment process.

We sincerely thank all applicants for their interest in this opportunity. While we appreciate every application, only those selected for an interview will be contacted.