About Miriam
With an innate curiosity and inquisitive spirit, Miriam effortlessly balances a personable and empathetic approach with thorough and pragmatic methods. She thrives in detail – from delving into human experiences to capture all sides of a story, to analysing data to effectively design complex studies and frameworks.
Miriam is known for using her keen analytical mind and evidence-based decision-making skills to help create the best possible outcomes for disadvantaged communities. Her strengths are in evaluation design, evaluation tool development, report writing, and data presentations. She has a particular passion for working with culturally and linguistically diverse and refugee communities.
Passionate about equity and justice, Miriam is dedicated to ensuring all people are given the opportunity to thrive. She is excited to be part of the Cube team, where she has the opportunity to do excellent work in service of the public good.
Mum to two small kids, you’ll find Miriam testing out new playgrounds or devising toddler-friendly baking projects on the weekends. She has a particular interest in the middle east and works hard to maintain her amateur Arabic language skills. She’s looking forward to introducing her kids to some of the amazing places she’s been.
Experience | Highlights
Miriam's recent work includes:
Supported the multi-year joint evaluation of two Department of Health workforce initiatives to build the mental health workforce pipeline in Victoria, applying both an implementation and outcomes focus and meeting lapsing program evaluation requirements to support future funding submissions.
Developed an evaluation framework and supporting artefacts to generate evidence and inform business improvements in an increasingly demanding service delivery environment.
Provided evaluation capability building for Our Village (formerly St Kilda Mums), as well as co-design of a program logic, evaluation framework and impact snapshot to enable measurement and communication of impact.
Supported a lapsing program evaluation of a cross departmental program designed to modernise the agricultural industry and build the workforce pipeline. The evaluation included significant stakeholder engagement and economic analysis of benefits of the program relative to costs.
Designed monitoring and evaluation framework for a state government-funded health and nutrition program
Established a longitudinal impact study and set up a distribution monitoring system for a UN agency cash distribution program in Iraq
Designed and delivered multiple third-party monitoring and evaluation projects in the humanitarian sector across Turkey, Syria and Iraq
Education | Accreditation
Master of International Relations (University of Melbourne)
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Bachelor of Arts (honours) (University of Melbourne)
