Job Description
Duties and responsibilities
• Supporting the delivery of project and programme evaluations to provide evidence and insight into impact.
• Supporting strategic planning of other research and evaluation activities, including the design of research and evaluation frameworks for external evaluations commissioned by the Trust.
• Assisting in collecting and organising primary and secondary monitoring and evaluation data.
• Analysis of quantitative and qualitative data using a range of methods, tools and techniques.
• Assist in creating data visualisations and charts to support research findings.
• Contributing to the preparation of evaluation and insight reports addressing cross-cutting themes derived from analysis.
• Contributing case studies, articles and blog posts to promote projects and activities funded by the Trust’s grant programmes.
• Conduct desk-based research to support and inform the Trust’s policy and practice.
• Administrative support for the research and impact function.
• Supporting the onboarding on grant holders on to the Trust’s Impact Hub.
• Liaising with grant holders to provide advice and guidance on evaluation activities if required.
• Supporting and administering relevant contracts for research and impact activities.
• Attending occasional events and representing the Trust.
Person specification - essential
• Attention to detail and accuracy in data handling and analysis.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to work independently as well as collaboratively in a team environment.
• Previous experience with social research projects, evaluations, or data analysis.
• Proactive and flexible with the ability to creatively provide pragmatic, workable solutions.
• Competent in MS Office applications.
Person specification - desirable
• Achieved a degree in a relevant field (e.g., statistics, social sciences, data science, etc.).
• Competent in qualitative and quantitative analysis tools (e.g., NVivo, R, Python, SPSS).
• Data visualisation skills (e.g. Power BI, Tableau).
• Previous experience working in the voluntary and community sector.