Impact & Evaluation Specialist

The Office for Students; West of England; Hybrid; GBP 38,000 - 39,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days annual leave

Learning & development

Civil Service pension

Health benefits

Job summary

The Office for Students (OfS) is recruiting an Evaluation Officer in Bristol. You will support evaluation activity across the organisation, working with an Evaluation Manager to scope, design, run, and commission evaluations and engage stakeholders to translate findings into actions.

Hybrid working is offered; you will contribute to learning and improvement across regulatory interventions, with opportunities to lead smaller activities as you grow in the role.

Qualifications

• Undergraduate degree with a relevant research component or equivalent experience.
• Knowledge of qualitative and/or quantitative methods; familiarity with evaluation concepts.
• Ability to communicate complex ideas clearly to non-technical audiences.

Responsibilities

• Scope, design, run, and commission evaluations of OfS activity.
• Manage commissioned suppliers to conduct evaluations.
• Provide expert support, advice and quality assurance to evaluations led by other teams.

Skills

Qualitative methods

Quantitative methods

Critical thinking

Communication

Collaboration

Attention to detail

Proactiveness

Learning mindset

Education

Undergraduate degree (relevant)

Postgraduate qualification (Desirable)

Tools

R

SPSS

NVivo

MaxQDA

Job description

The Office for Students (OfS) is recruiting an Evaluation Officer in Bristol. You will support evaluation activity across the organisation, working with an Evaluation Manager to scope, design, run, and commission evaluations and engage stakeholders to translate findings into actions.

Hybrid working is offered; you will contribute to learning and improvement across regulatory interventions, with opportunities to lead smaller activities as you grow in the role.