Jeff Coutts and his team at Coutts J&R are about providing you with the expertise to systematically collect, interpret and effectively use the information you need to make the right decisions in your project and program. Our expertise is in establishing evaluation frameworks, planning and undertaking monitoring and evauation (or mentoring your staff as they undertake the process) and measuring and reporting on impact. Our challenge is to make sure that you have the information you need to make the most informed decisions and meet your reporting requirements.
There is strong demand for evaluation services at the moment – and Coutts J&R is happily involved in a full range of projects and opportunities across Australia - South Australia’s Eyre’s Peninsula; the Murray Darling Basin; the northern Australian Rivers and top our own back yard in the Condamine Catchment, Southern Queensland (some of these are now included in our projects section). There has also been some opportunity to branch out further into the Pacific Region – all interesting work! I was recently sent a link which highlighted ‘Program Evaluation’ as one of the 13 careers to watch for in the next decade!...One of the baker’s dozen of professions that promise income growth, work-life balance and social impact.
So maybe we are in the right place at the right time!
In the extension arena, we often talk about managing change. We talk about capacity and resilience and making changes to improve our own lives and our communities. It’s not just about taking the latest technology and applying it – but to have thoughtfully learned from our experiences and training and weighing up what to apply across our social, economic, environmental landscape.