Evidence and Impact Officer

Our client, the national charity for children in care and young care leavers are looking for someone to help them with their approach to monitoring and evaluation, strengthening their research and evidence base, and ensuring that their policy influencing and service development is underpinned by robust evidence.

Evidence and Impact Officer
Salary: £31,785 per annum
Hours: This role is full-time (35 hours per week).  They offer flexible working options such as compressed hours and job-shares.
Location: Team members mostly work remotely but have access to office space in London, and are expected to attend team meetings in London (usually once or twice per month).

About the Role

This national charity is here to make a difference to individual lives right now, and the care system as a whole for future generations. They believe that young people who’ve experienced care should have the same chances as everyone else to live happy, fulfilled lives. They put young people at the heart of everything they do – helping them to be powerful agents of positive change in their own lives, in the care system and in society.

The Evidence and Impact Officer will play a key role in improving their approach to monitoring and evaluation, strengthening their research and evidence base, and ensuring that their policy influencing and service development is underpinned by robust evidence. This role will be part of the Policy, Campaigns and Communications department, but will work closely with colleagues in the Services department and across the organisation to deliver impact. They are looking for someone who is motivated, analytical, is passionate about improving the lives of care-experienced young people, and has a good understanding of research methods and data analysis.

Benefits

They offer a wide range of employment benefits to all Team Members including generous annual leave, flexible working from the start, life insurance, and a rewards package which includes a Health Cash Plan.  They’re proud that they support our staff and want to see everyone who works here thrive in their personal and professional life.  You can see more of the benefits that they offer to everyone on their website.

Closing date: 10^th September 2024

Interview details:

Interviews will have two parts:

A session with young people; A panel interview with the charity's staff. Interviews will be held virtually using a video calling app (Microsoft Teams or Zoom). If access to technology/WiFi is difficult for you, please contact them so they can assist in making suitable arrangements.

They also want to ensure fairness in all of their interviews so all successful shortlisted candidates will be sent the interview questions in advance.

Interviews will take place:

Young people’s panel: 20 September Staff panel: 26 September

Interested?

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Please note: Before continuing with your application, you must have a Right to Work in the UK. Although the role is hybrid, they do not offer work visas or sponsorship for any candidates based outside of the UK.

As an organisation serving children in care and care leavers, they are keen to receive applications from people with experience of care. They actively seek to bring diversity of perspectives and experience, and especially welcome applications from those from racially marginalised communities and people with disabilities. They also ask all applicants to fill in an Equality and Diversity Monitoring Form as part of their application so they can better understand the diversity of applicants. This is anonymous and will not be connected to your application.  

Please also tell them if there are any reasonable adjustments they can make to assist you in your application.

They’re proud to be a Living Wage Employer.

No agencies please.