Senior Evidence & Evaluation Manager

South West Community Chaplaincy; Birmingham, Leeds, Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

South West Community Chaplaincy seeks a senior evaluator to lead the design, commissioning and management of impact evaluations, ensuring credible evidence of what works. Based across our Birmingham, Leeds or London hub, you will manage a portfolio of projects, overseeing others while guiding junior colleagues.

The role requires strong quantitative / statistical research skills and the ability to engage critically with evaluators on methodological assumptions.

Qualifications

• Requires strong quantitative and statistical research capabilities.
• Ability to engage critically with evaluators on methods and assumptions.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design, commissioning and management of impact evaluations.
• Manage a portfolio of projects, leading some directly and overseeing others.
• Assess evaluability of interventions and lead design and delivery of large-scale evaluations.

Skills

Quantitative analysis

Statistical research

Leadership of evaluations

Portfolio management

Critical methodological engagement

Job description

You will play a central role in building the evidence base on what works to support young people into good jobs. Working with three Heads of Evaluation, the Deputy Director and the Director, you will help ensure our evaluations are designed to generate credible evidence of what works.

• Your primary responsibility will be to lead the design, commissioning and management of impact evaluations.
• You will bring strong quantitative / statistical research skills, and engage critically with evaluators on the methods and assumptions underpinning impact evaluations.
• You will manage a portfolio of projects, leading some directly, and overseeing others while supporting more junior colleagues.
• You will assess the evaluability of interventions, and lead the design and delivery of large-scale, complex impact evaluations.

This role can be based at our Birmingham, Leeds or London hub. We currently operate a hybrid model of two-days per week in the office and three-days from home.

For a full job description and person spec, please download our recruitment pack.