OUR WORK IN PRACTICE
The Malya way
We work alongside Aboriginal organisations, community controlled services, and their government and funder partners to strengthen the foundations that make good work possible.
Evaluation, governance, research, program design and community engagement. Each piece of work is grounded in the priorities of the organisation and the communities it serves, and built to be used, not filed away.
01 · Evaluation
Building an evidence base that works
Monitoring, evaluation and learning frameworks that organisations can actually run - indicators the board understands, data collection staff can keep up with, and reporting that satisfies the funder without flattening what community said.
MEL frameworks | Indicator sets | Data collection tools | Outcome reporting
02 · Governance
Strengthening how organisations are led and governed
Board reviews, role clarity, delegation and decision-making tools built for ACCO boards - starting with where the board is, not with a template. The output is a plan directors can work through, not a report that sits in a drawer.
Board reviews | Governance frameworks | Role and delegation maps | Director development
03 · Research
Research that informs practice
Evidence reviews, needs assessments and service mapping written for the people making the decision. Findings are decision-ready: what the evidence says, what it means here, and what we would do about it.
Evidence reviews | Needs assessments | Service mapping
| Consultation synthesis
04 · Engagement
Engaging communities in the work
Yarning circles, on-Country sessions, board workshops and one-on-one yarns with staff. Engagement is planned with cultural protocols first, and what people say is carried through to the decision - not summarised away.
Yarning circles | On-Country engagement | Co-design workshops | Feedback loops
05 · Program design
Designing programs with clear purpose
Program logics, service models, theories of change and implementation roadmaps. Each one is tested against what the organisation can realistically staff and fund, so the model survives contact with delivery.
Program logic | Theory of change | Service models | Implementation roadmaps
03 · Business Start-up & Innovation
Turning early ideas into viable, testable businesses
Founder-led business and innovation support that takes an idea from problem framing through validation, testing and commercial readiness - building the business model, evidence and practical pathway needed to move forward with confidence. The focus is on testing what will work before investing heavily in what might not.
Problem framing | Business model development | Validation and testing | Commercialisation pathways | Pitch readiness
Built to be used, not filed away
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