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We have an exciting opportunity for someone with significant experience in learning, evaluation and impact to join our Central team in London providing maternity cover from October 2026 until October 2027.
Location – This role is mainly working from home with one day a week in our London office (usually a Monday). There may also be occasional travel to other programme sites (currently Stoke-On-Trent, Redcar, Middlesbrough and Scotland).
Salary – Up to £55,000 DOE
Employment Type – Permanent
Team – Learning & Impact team
About you
We are looking for someone who can demonstrate the following:
- Significant experience in learning, evaluation and impact.
- Considerable experience carrying out high-quality evaluation and learning work that supports the implementation of local services and/or projects.
- Strong skills in quantitative data analysis for the purposes of both assessing local need and strengthening delivery, including a command of both descriptive and inferential statistical techniques.
- Digitally savvy with skills in Microsoft 365, a high level of proficiency with Microsoft Excel and with statistical analysis programmes such as IBM SPSS Statistics.
- Familiarity with the range of local and national quantitative datasets that relate to early childhood development.
About the role
The responsibilities of this role include:
- Leading the design of and conducting evaluations assessing the implementation and impact of local initiatives using both qualitative and quantitative research methods.
- Leading the collection, analysis, interpretation and integration of quantitative data to generate robust insights and inform discovery work in new sites, programme development and early years system improvement.
- Translating integrated data into clear, evidence-based recommendations to guide decision-making. Including presenting findings clearly to stakeholders, informing programme development and continuous improvement.
- Working in partnership with local stakeholders and independent evaluators to support robust data collection practices.
- Driving alignment between data insights and increasing the number of children achieving a ‘Good Level of Development’ by age five.
About us
Thrive at Five is a national charity focused on giving every child the best possible start in life. We know the foundations for life and learning are built in the earliest years, from pregnancy to five. By working alongside families, communities and local partners, we help build stronger, more connected support for parents, so more children get what they need to thrive and reach a good level of development by age five.
Thrive at Five is a relatively young organisation but with an already strong national and political profile, having been called out in Parliament for our ways of working in Stoke-on-Trent and invited to be interviewed at the 2025 Civil Society Summit by the Secretary of State for Education. We have grown rapidly in our first four years, with a growing team of nearly 40 across the country. 2026 will be a year of further growth and milestones for the charity as we celebrate our fifth-year anniversary and expand into our third and fourth regions. This will involve recruiting for a new teams, establishing our programmes and beginning to co-design and implement our work in partnership with communities.
About our benefits
- Pension contributions – We will contribute 3% and you can contribute 5% towards your pension through NEST.
- 25 annual leave days per year plus bank holidays.
- £100 contribution towards your professional body membership
Please note that as this role is subject to a successful Basic Level Disclosure check through the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS). If you have any unspent convictions, but wish to apply for this role, please advise us in your application. The successful candidate will also need to provide satisfactory references and current right to work in the UK.
To apply for this role, please submit your cover letter and CV by following the Apply Now button. Closing date for applications is midnight on Sunday 21st June 2026.
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Reports to: Chief Operating Officer with dotted line to Head of Technology
Location: Hybrid - mainly at home, with monthly co-working days in London and meetings with team as required
Salary: £39,000 - £41,000
Hours: Full time; 37.5 hours a week, We are happy to consider requests for flexible or part time working
Contract: Permanent
ABOUT NOW TEACH
We believe that experienced professionals can make exceptional teachers who shape young lives. That’s why, since 2017, we’ve attracted, supported and championed those who make a courageous career leap into the classroom; more than 1,300 so far.
We currently have teachers in over 700 schools, teaching over 125,000 students. Our purpose is to stand beside career-change teachers as they navigate a new professional identity and bring their experiences, skills and networks to the students, subjects and schools that need them.
We are looking for driven and committed people to help us meet new goals, increase our Network and create more impact in schools.
ABOUT THE ROLE
Role overview
The Data Manager is responsible for overseeing the collection, management, quality, security, governance and use of data at Now Teach. They are responsible for ensuring that Now Teach’s data is accurate, integrated between systems, well managed, accessible to support operational reporting, analysis, continuous improvement and strategic decision making.
This is a key role in ensuring we can identify, articulate and measure the impact of our work both internally, and with partners, senior stakeholders and funders as well as supporting our aims of operational efficiency and self-service. The role will continue to develop our data capability as an organisation to evaluate our impact and continually improve our processes.
The Data Manager will be adept at working with multiple stakeholders and helping navigate and simplify processes. They know how to pull information from our reporting systems alongside or combined with other data sources, including national benchmarks, to identify trends and patterns and provide that data to teams in a way that supports great decision making and improvement. They will have a passion for data engineering being hands on as well as being able to identify and implement improvements to drive our data forward.
In this role you will……
Data quality & governance
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Oversee Now Teach’s data systems, fundraising and monitoring and evaluation processes ensuring they are set up for reliable data capture and reporting
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Work closely with our data system product owners to ensure systems are set up and used to protect confidentiality, integrity and accessibility of data
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Oversee data pipelines and the data aspects of integrations between our core systems
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Be responsible for data accuracy, integrity, governance and consistency across systems, ensuring high levels of data accuracy, completeness and consistency
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Responsible for data capture across the organisation – Recruitment, Network, partners and donors
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Ensure compliance with the UK GDPR and that data is handled securely and ethically
Date engineering
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Be responsible for transitioning raw data into clean, structured and reliable datasets that are easy to understand and can be used for informed decision making across the organisation
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Be responsible for automating the collection of data from multiple systems so it can be reliably analysed
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Creating datasets and reports that support accountability, learning and improvement
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Develop our approach to data management and platforms, exploring the use of a medallion based data warehouse
Reporting, monitoring & impact
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Produce regular reports for teams, trustees, funders, and regulators.
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Support monitoring, evaluation, and learning (MEL) activities to evidence impact and outcomes.
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Enable accurate reporting for all teams from all key systems, developing self-service dashboards and reporting to support service improvement and organisational learning.
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Support analysis and data led strategic decision making by providing and making accessible reliable data
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Respond to ad‑hoc data and reporting requests, including grant applications and tender submissions.
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Use internal reporting systems and external data sources, including national benchmarks, to identify trends and patterns, to support data led strategic decision making and organisational learning.
Systems & improvement
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Responsible for effective data capture across all new areas of work, working with the Head of Impact, Head of Technology and relevant teams to define and agree data needs and ensure appropriate systems are in place to support high quality data
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Identifying opportunities to automate, streamline and improve data processes with an organisational ambition for data to be readily accessible for all teams
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Build meaningful reports and dashboards, working with the Head of Technology and engaging with internal teams required
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Maintain our data map and other related assets to ensure we have a clear view of what data we capture across the organisation and what we do with it
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Develop data management and data visualisation guidelines for Now Teach to ensure we have a consistent approach to gathering data
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Provide training and guidance to all Now Teach staff on data best practice
Key collaborators
In this role you will work closely with a wide range of stakeholders to achieve success, including...
Head of Impact – partnering closely to ensure the organisation has robust, high-quality data to effectively measure, evaluate, and evidence impact. You will support the development of meaningful insights that enable data-driven decision-making and continuous improvement.
Head of Technology – collaborating to ensure that data infrastructure, systems, and processes are fit for purpose, secure, and aligned with organisational needs, enabling efficient data management and integration across platforms.
CRM Product Owner – working together to optimise the use of the CRM system, ensuring it meets user needs, supports accurate data capture, and enables effective reporting and analysis across teams.
Director of Network and their team – providing clear, robust, and accessible data sets to support ongoing network design, planning, and delivery. Your work will help inform strategic decisions and ensure data is easily understood and actionable.
Director of Philanthropy, Marketing & Communications and their team – supporting donor reporting requirements, contributing to the development of compelling fundraising pitches, and providing key data sets to strengthen communications.
Director of Recruitment and their team – ensuring the provision of accurate and timely data to support forecasting and planning.
PERSON SPECFICATION
Who you are (qualities/values)
- A team player, you believe the best results come from working together. You’re always ready to share ideas, support colleagues, and celebrate team successes.
- You build great relationships wherever you go. You’re approachable, collaborative, and genuinely enjoy working with others to make a difference.
- Have a talent for taking complex data and turning it into clear, engaging data insights that everyone can understand – whether they are a data expert or not.
- Passionate about using data to support meaningful change and impact
- Enjoy being part of a small team where people thrive on working together and outside their designated roles occasionally to drive work forward
- Able to manage multiple projects, systems and data sets and keep track of how they interrelate
- Have a commitment to continuous improvement
- Comfortable working on your own and setting goals and deadlines, whilst responding to and prioritising ad hoc queries and requests
- Committed to your own personal and professional development
- Passionate about ensuring that schools and students benefit from the inspiring professional and life experience of career change teachers.
What you’ll need to succeed in this role (experience/qualifications etc)
- High levels of accuracy and attention to detail
- Strong organizational and prioritisation skills
- Experience supporting impact measurement and reporting
- Knowledge of UK GDPR and data protection principles
- Advanced Excel and SQL skills
- Experience (or a willingness to learn) of engineering data pipelines, building and maintaining scalable data warehouses
- Have skills and experience working with Salesforce, or be open to learning how to utilise Salesforce; quick to learn new systems and help others to navigate them
- Have experience of project management, establishing operational systems and processes, with the ability to work autonomously
Don’t meet every requirement? Studies have shown that women and people of colour are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every qualification. At Now Teach we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your experience doesn’t align perfectly, we encourage you to apply anyway.
WORKING AT NOW TEACH
Our people join and stay because they value Now Teach’s flexibility, close-knit team culture and social purpose. 32% of employees at all levels of the organisation work part time and everyone works flexibly, with time off in lieu part of our standard working practices. We are a small, collaborative and supportive team of nearly 20 people. We are non-hierarchical, and we set clear expectations and celebrate the successes of teams and individuals.
Our Vision
Schools and students benefit from the inspiring professional and life experience of career change teachers.
Our Values
Now Teach has four core values which encompass how we work together to delivery our vision and mission: Drive impact through expertise; Focus on who matters most; Make change happen; and Build connections that amplify.
Our culture and values are central to us encouraging and supporting people into teaching. Without our positive, honest, and flexible approach we wouldn’t be able to adapt to meet the needs of Now Teachers. We have been named as one of Escape the City’s Top 100 Employers in 2021 and 2022 and have been recognised as a Working Mums’ Top Employer and at the Working Dads Employer Awards. We have won awards for our Culture, Flexible Working and Excellence in Public Service.
In return we offer you
As well as flexible working and a great culture, we offer a wide range of benefits including 25 days annual leave per year (plus bank holidays), an additional 3 days for Christmas closure (25th Dec-1st January), a pension scheme with a generous 11% employer contribution, enhanced parental leave policies, a rewards platform with employee discounts, access to an Employee Assistance Programme and an annual professional development budget for each employee.
Working arrangements
Full time/part time role, flexible working patterns possible. Now Teach are supported to work flexibly at co-working spaces or at home as needed with monthly working days in London. You will be required to cover your own travel expenses to London.
Application Process
Please submit your CV and cover letter (max 2 pages for the cover letter).
Applications close on 16th June
First stage interviews will take place on 1st/2nd July online
Second stage interviews (if appropriate) will take place on 9th or 13th July online
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
Now Teach strives to be a workplace that is diverse, equitable and inclusive where we can ALL be ourselves. We encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, ethnicities, ages, gender identities, stages of life and those with hidden or visible disabilities.
We are committed to providing reasonable adjustments throughout our recruitment process and we’ll endeavor to be as accommodating as possible. If you would like to discuss specific requirements, please contact us and ask to speak to the Operations Team.
All applicants must have an existing Right to Work in the UK.
Safe Recruitment Procedure
Now Teach are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people.To meet this responsibility, we follow a rigorous selection process, and all successful candidates will be subject to a Basic Disclosure and Barring Service check.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.