IP-Switched External Evaluator

The New Wolsey Theatre Co.; Ipswich; Ibrido; GBP 42.000 - 64.000; Part-time

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IP-Switched CPP invites freelance evaluation consultants or agencies to tender for the position of external evaluator. The contract covers the full three years of the programme, running from December 2026 to March 2029, with online interviews in the week of 14 December.

Applicants should outline their experience in arts and community engagement evaluation and provide references and sample reports. We welcome diverse backgrounds and offer opportunities to shape evaluation across Ipswich wards,

Competenze

• Experience creating evaluation frameworks and supporting implementation and results analysis.
• Highlight experience in arts and/or community engagement evaluation.
• Ability to deliver practical insights for learning and sharing outcomes.

Mansioni

• Develop and manage the external evaluation for IP-Switched CPP.
• Reflect on practice and provide insights into the programme’s ambitions for Ipswich.
• Support the sharing of learning and findings with stakeholders over the three-year contract.
• Coordinate with delivery partners and compile reports/case studies as required.

Conoscenze

Evaluation framework design

Data analysis

Arts and community engagement

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Online Interviews will take place the week commencing Monday 14 December.

IP-Switched is inviting freelance evaluation consultants or agencies to tender for the position of external evaluator.

As a new Arts Council England funded Creative People and Places (CPP) programme, we are looking for an evaluator to support us to further the programme’s community-led approach, reflect on our practice, provide us with insights into the ambitions of our hometown, and support us in sharing our learning.

This contract will cover the full three years of IP-Switched’s programme development. The contract for evaluation will run from December 2026 until March 2029.

You can download the full brief at the bottom of the page.

About IP-Switched

IP-Switched CPP is an action research programme, and is part of the Arts Council England funded initiative ‘Creative People and Places’. There are 46 Creative People and Places programmes, all of which are located where involvement in creativity and culture is significantly below the national average.

CPPs empower local residents to decide what kind of creative activity they want to experience on their doorstep. Each programme has its own distinctive approach that is unique to the people and places that have shaped it and aims to make a lasting change in communities.

IP-Switched is developing its co-commissioning model of working with neighbourhoods across the Ipswich. We will be focusing on three wards; Westgate, Whitton, and Chantry and Stoke, which have been identified as underserved by the cultural sector.

An outline methodology detailing how you would meet the needs of the evaluation brief and timescales (no more than two sides of A4) and a budget breakdown.

Your C.V. or text that outlines:

• Your experience of creating evaluation frameworks, support in implementing and analysing results, particularly highlighting your experience of evaluation in the field of arts and/or community engagement.
• Details of those who would be involved in the delivery
• Two to three examples of reports and/or case studies you have produced.
• Two references.

Timeline

Evaluation kick-off meeting – week commencing Monday 11 January

We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds, especially from Black, Asian and ethnically diverse backgrounds, those who identify as D/deaf and disabled people, neurodivergent people, members of the LGBTQIA+ community and those from lower socio-economic backgrounds.
We open to exploring support and development needs and will make reasonable adjustments to enable applicants to participate in the selection process, and for the successful applicant(s) to carry out their role.

If you have any questions or you would like an informal chat about this opportunity, please contact [e-mail] .