He has had responsibility for whole-of-agency functions, including research and evaluation. Kale has acted as an expert advisor across federal and state whole-of-government initiatives to improve evaluation and performance. He applies this expertise across human services, organisational performance, mental health, alcohol-and-other-drugs (AOD) and data strategy.
Prior to joining Nous, Kale led the strategic policy and operations for the Australian Department of Social Services for evaluation and research. He also managed child protection, family and inclusion program evaluation for the New South Wales Department of Communities and Justice. This included consulting to the Their Futures Matter initiative supporting evaluation development of a large linked dataset to support data driven approaches to community services, the New South Wales Human Services dataset.
Kale started his career with the Western Australian Mental Health Commission leading the Western Australia component of the Australian Secondary School Students Alcohol and Drug Survey and Western Australia reporting for the National Drug Strategy Household Survey.
In his spare time Kale is usually with his family, running in nature, attending dance and theatre events, or reading his way slowly through the 1001 books to read before you die.
