Remote Evidence & Data Lead - Impact & Evaluation

Centre for Homelessness Impact; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension scheme with employer contrib.

30 days annual leave (increases with‑s

Travel season-ticket loans

Cycle to work scheme

Employee assistance programme

Job summary

Centre for Homelessness Impact is seeking an Evidence & Data Lead to grow and deliver our evidence, evaluation and data work. The role focuses on rigorous quantitative analysis, impact evaluations, and translating findings into practical policy guidance.

You will manage end-to-end data projects, oversee in-house and partner analyses, and advocate for evidence-informed decision-making across homelessness policy and services.

Qualifications

• Strong quantitative research skills.
• Experience designing, delivering, and quality-assuring impact evaluations (RCTs/quasi-experimental).
• Ability to translate quantitative findings for policy and practice.
• Experience working with administrative, survey or complex datasets.

Responsibilities

• Oversee primary studies (RCTs and quasi-experimental) ensuring design, sampling, power, outcomes, analysis and reporting are robust.
• Review quantitative analyses from partners and assess if conclusions are supported by evidence.
• Conduct applied research and exploratory/causal analyses as needed.
• Translate research findings into actionable policy insights and dissemination outputs.

Skills

Quantitative analysis

RCTs & quasi-experiments

Statistical analysis

Data visualization

Data cleaning

Education

Statistics, Economics, Epidemiology or related field

Tools

R

Python

Stata

Job description

Centre for Homelessness Impact is seeking an Evidence & Data Lead to grow and deliver our evidence, evaluation and data work. The role focuses on rigorous quantitative analysis, impact evaluations, and translating findings into practical policy guidance.

You will manage end-to-end data projects, oversee in-house and partner analyses, and advocate for evidence-informed decision-making across homelessness policy and services.