Senior Research & Evaluation Officer

Women's Aid Federation of England; West of England; On-site; GBP 31,000 - 38,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous Annual Leave

Pension benefits

Flexible working

Job summary

Women’s Aid Federation of England is seeking a Senior Research & Evaluation Officer for the Membership, Research & Evaluation team. The role focuses on measuring impact, monitoring and learning across programmes, and providing specialist evaluation support to other teams.

Based remotely in the UK with occasional travel, you will design evaluation frameworks, manage external evaluations, and present findings clearly to diverse audiences, contributing to an annual Impact Report.

Qualifications

• Knowledge of impact and outcomes data collection and analysis.
• Experience designing project evaluations using multiple methods.
• Experience managing external evaluation projects.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Understanding of data protection and safeguarding measures.
• Ability to present findings accessibly for diverse audiences.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement evaluation frameworks across projects.
• Lead monitoring, evaluation and learning activities.
• Manage external evaluation commissions and oversee quality.
• Present findings in accessible formats to stakeholders.
• Support teams with learning and evidence-based decision making.
• Contribute to annual organisational Impact Report.

Skills

Impact data analysis

Evaluation design

Research ethics & safeguarding

Communication skills

Data protection knowledge

IT skills (Windows)

Education

University degree in social sciences

Tools

Data analysis software

Windows OS

Job description

Location: Remote (UK based) with occasional travel
Salary: £34,200 per year (plus Inner London Weighting of £3,483.94, if eligible)
Length of contract: Permanent
Hours per week: 37
Who are Women’s Aid? Women’s Aid is the national charity working to end domestic abuse against women and children. We are a federation of just under 180 organisations which provide over 300 local lifesaving services to women and children across England. For 50 years we have campaigned on behalf of our members and survivors to shape policy and practice, and to raise awareness of domestic abuse. Our support services, which include the Survivors’ Forum, the No Woman Turned Away Project, the Survivor’s Handbook, Love Respect (our dedicated website for young people), the national Women’s Aid Directory and our advocacy projects, help thousands of women and children every year.Purpose of the Senior Research & Evaluation Officer role: This role sits within Women Aid’s Membership, Research & Evaluation department, reporting to the Evaluation and Impact Manager and line managing one Research & Evaluation Officer. This role is responsible for understanding and demonstrating the impact of Women's Aids work, ensuring ongoing learning evaluation of key projects, and providing specialist support to other projects within the department. This will include

• being responsible in the delivery of a programme of monitoring, evaluation and learning within Women Aid
• evaluating Women’s Aid’s work across a range of areas (eg policy, campaigning and training)
• providing specialist evaluation support to all teams to enable the organisation to understand and evidence their work.

Key duties and responsibilities of the Senior Research & Evaluation Officer:

• Design and implement evaluation frameworks on a variety of projects, such as our policy and campaigning work or the training we deliver. Using mixed-methods, to enable the organisation to understand and improve the impact and effectiveness of our work
• Support with the commissioning and management of external evaluation of Women’s Aid activities
• Lead the design and delivery of monitoring on a variety of projects, such as our policy and campaigning work, the training we deliver or our survivor services
• Present and disseminate findings in an accessible and engaging way
• Provide monitoring, evaluation and learning support to teams within Women’s Aid to enable self-evaluation and reflection, and to provide support around devising and implementing evaluation and learning frameworks
• Use expertise and knowledge to help colleagues to identify appropriate methods to achieve research aims
• Champion a culture of evidence based- decision- making and continuous learning and development
• Lead on producing our annual organisation Impact Report

What we are looking for in our Senior Research & Evaluation Officer:

• Knowledge and understanding of how organisations can collect, analyse and use impact and outcomes data and the range of methods and tools that can be used
• Knowledge of research ethics, data protection and relevant safeguarding measures
• Knowledge of different evaluation methodologies
• Experience of designing project evaluations using a range of methodologies
• Experience of commissioning and managing evaluation projects
• Experience of collecting, managing and disseminating information in an accessible way for a variety of audiences and to facilitate learning
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to communicate with a range of audiences
• Good IT skills, including for data analysis, preferably in a Windows based environment
• University degree - preferably in the social sciences, or equivalent professional experience

Benefits of joining us as our Senior Research & Evaluation Officer include:

• Generous Annual Leave: 25 days + 2 Company Holidays + 8 UK Bank Holidays, with an extra 1 day per year after 1 year of service, up to a maximum of 5 additional days.
• Valuable Pension Benefits: a generous 7% employer contribution.
• Flexible Working: remote working, a generous TOIL scheme, and family-friendly policies

NB:

• Women only need apply under schedule 9 (Part 1) of the Equality Act 2010
• All posts, including remote posts, must be based in the UK.
• Women’s Aid is committed to quality, equality, and valuing diversity. Applications are particularly welcome from Black and minoritised women. Please see the Reasonable Adjustments Statement on Job Description.