The Behavioural Insights Team (BIT) is looking for an exceptional candidate to join as Senior Advisor.

At BIT, a Senior Advisor is someone who can lead projects, people and partnerships. The ideal candidate is someone passionate about behavioural science and is ready for the opportunity to apply evidence-based designs for government agencies, not-for-profits and philanthropic organisations.

This role is a Full-Time Permanent position based in Sydney with a hybrid working pattern.

What does a Senior Advisor do?

Our Senior Advisors are responsible for leading design and delivery of projects by steering teams (both within BIT and within clients’ teams) as they complete literature reviews, quantitative analysis, field work, and randomised controlled trials.

They are expected to represent BIT as an expert in behavioural science and research methods as well as managing client relationships to establish, maintain and deliver a successful portfolio of projects for clients in the NFP and Government sectors.

What makes a great Senior Advisor at BIT?

• Minimum 5+ years’ experience developing and delivering policy in government, academia, or consulting.

• Expertise in behavioural science and direct experience of how it can be applied to help solve complex real-life policy problems.

• Ability to quickly assimilate complex issues across multiple policy areas and distil insights into practical solutions.

• Experience in the design and implementation of rigorous evaluations, including but not limited to randomised controlled trials.

• Demonstrated ability to prospect and generate new business.

• Excellent organisational & project management skills.

• Excellent written and verbal communication for a wide range of audiences.

• Strong leadership and teamwork skills, with the ability to exercise good judgement in a rapidly changing and ambiguous environment.

• Demonstrated excellence in people management and coaching skills, particularly in small teams.

• A Bachelor, Masters or PhD in a relevant subject area (including, but not limited to: behavioural economics, psychology, design thinking, evaluation methods).

Who are we and what can we offer you?

The Behavioural Insights Team is the world leader in applying behavioural science to public policy challenges in order to strengthen communities and improve lives. Our APAC business includes offices in Australia and Singapore. We are part of a bigger global group with teams in the UK, Europe, the Middle East and the Americas.

We are committed to creating an inclusive workplace and building a diverse workforce. We strongly encourage applications from all backgrounds, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and people with disability.

Other elements of our Employee Deal

• We encourage flexible working and have a culture that enables this; for example flexible start and finish times, and a hybrid working model (minimum 2 days per week in the office).

• Regular team lunches and social events.

• We strongly encourage growth and personal development - allocating a training and development budget to each employee. 

• We encourage a strong work-life & mental health balance and offer study leave, 5 weeks of annual leave and a generous paid parental leave policy.

• An Employee Assistance Program that offers you free, professional and entirely confidential counselling and wellbeing support services

How to apply

You will need to answer a few work-based questions which will be anonymously marked by members of our team. Our selection is based on performance in these questions.

Candidates with the top scoring answers will be invited to a structured interview where you get to meet some of the team. At the interview stage, you will be asked questions that reflect the role and also to complete a work-based task, so you have the chance to demonstrate your skills. 

Key dates

• Role closes: Sunday 2 March 2025 at 11:59PM AEDT

• Interviews: Week commencing Monday 10 March 2025, in person at our Sydney office.

• All dates are subject to change (but we'll try our best to not change them!)

Please note:

You will need to have the right to work in Australia in order to be able to undertake this role. 

Some of the personal data you provide to Applied when you apply for a role with The Behavioural Insights Team will be passed on to The Behavioural Insights Team for the purposes of (a) reviewing your application; (b) inviting you for an interview; and/or (c) offering you a job and getting you set up as an employee/contractor. For full details on how BIT collects and uses your personal data please visit our website - https://www.bi.team/bit-global-recruitment-privacy-notice/ 

If your application is not successful, any personal data provided to us by Applied (including any personal data relating to equal opportunities monitoring as set out above) will be retained by The Behavioural Insights Team for no longer than 6 months after the application deadline has passed (other than in exceptional circumstances where we may need to retain your personal data for longer), at which point your personal data will be securely deleted.