Matt Healey
Bachelor of Arts | Master of Environment
Director and Senior Consultant
  • Bio
  • Recent projects
  • Qualifications
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Matt comes from a diverse background, having worked in higher and international education, consulting and the not-for-profit sector. Matt has worked on a number of projects with many different clients across the public and private sectors. He works on all projects at FPC, with some of his most recent content areas including public health and health promotion, mental health, natural resource management and climate change.
In addition to evaluation, Matt is also interested in human-centred design. In particular, how he can apply this mindset to his own work, as well as how evaluation and design interact and complement each other in different contexts.
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Matt is Secretary of the Australasian Evaluation Society (AES) Special Interest Group (SIG) on Design and Evaluation. The SIG recognises the links between design and evaluation and the importance of these fields complementing each other.
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Prior employment
Matt was a Consultant at Roberts Evaluation for one and a half years. Prior to that he spent nearly five years working on a variety of projects and roles in the international and higher education sectors at La Trobe University and the University of Melbourne. In 2014, Matt was an event coordinator for the Sustainable Living Festival.​
Examples of projects Matt has led or contributed to include:
  • Evaluation of the Councils and Emergencies Project, Local Government Victoria
  • Safer Together MERI Facilitation, Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning
  • Evaluation of the Waterway Management Twinning Program, Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning
  • Evaluation of the Solar for Renters Pilot Project, Moreland Energy Foundation
  • Evaluation of the Preliminary Risk Screening Pilot, Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning
  • Evaluation of the Rural and Regional Victoria Prevention Grants, (Victorian Responsible Gambling Foundation)
  • Evaluation Mentoring Services, cohealth
  • Evaluation of the AOD Preventative Education Program, Incolink
  • Evaluation of the CALD Community Prevention Grants, Victorian Responsible Gambling Foundation
  • Evaluation of the Secondary Schools Kitchen Garden Program, Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Garden Foundation
  • Mid-Term Review of the North East Waterway Strategy, North East CMA
  • Evaluation of the School Crossing Supervisor Program, Transport Canberra and City Services
  • Evaluation of the Early Years Kitchen Garden Program Model, Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Garden Foundation
  • Evaluation of the Prevention Partnerships Program, Victorian Responsible Gambling Foundation
  • Co-design Learnings Project - Stage 1 and Stage 2, Australian Red Cross
  • Fresh Tastes Program Evaluation Support Services, ACT Health
  • World Suicide Prevention Day Thematic Analysis, Movember Foundation
  • Crown Frontage Property Officer Project Evaluation, Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning
  • Small Farm Living Program Evaluation, NRM North
  • Local Coastal Hazard Assessment Learnings Project, Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning
  • Review of the Recovery Assistance Program, Victorian Responsible Gambling Foundation
  • Social Innovator's Challenge Evaluation, Movember Foundation
  • Evaluation of four NLP funded projects, North East CMA
  • Sustainable Cafe Study, Moreland Energy Foundation Ltd and CERES
  • Evaluation of the Ride or Walk to School Program, ACT Health
  • Co-Design and implementation of an evaluation for the Entrepreneurs: It's Your Move Program, ACT Health
  • Democracy in Geelong project evaluation, Local Government Victoria
  • You're the Boss Financial Literacy Program Evaluation, The Salvation Army
  • Evaluation of the Local Prevention Program, Victorian Responsible Gambling Foundation
  • Evaluation of the Climate Change Mentors Initiative, Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning
  • Conducted Energy Device Training Course Evaluation, Victoria Police
  • Evaluation of the Emergency Management Cluster Pilot and the Municipal Emergency Resourcing Program, Local Government Victoria
  • Food Waste Avoidance study, Bayside City Council
  • 2015 Stakeholder Survey, Victorian Litter Action Alliance (Sustainability Victoria)
  • Evaluation of the Mangoes Small Group Extension Process, Northern Territory DPIF
  • Evaluation of the Halve our Waste Program, Frankston City Council
  • Evaluation of the Small Scale Illegal Dumping program, EPA Victoria
  • Impact evaluation of the Victorian Centre for Climate Change Adaptation Research, Department of Environment and Primary Industries
  • Evaluation of the Grazing Best Management Practice training, Fitzroy Basin Association
  • Partnership evaluation of the North East Victorian Regional Waste Management Group, NevRwaste
Tertiary qualifications
  • Bachelor of Arts (Anthropology and Development Studies), La Trobe University
  • Master of Environment, University of Melbourne
Other relevant training
  • Design Kit:: the Course for Human Centred Design, Acumen
  • ​From Ideas to Action, IDEO U
  • Co-Design 101 (Methods and Facilitation), White Light Education / Peer Academy
  • Designing for People, Huddle Academy
  • Impact-led Design, Think Impact
  • Systems Practice, +Acumen