Education and Training Lead, Faculty of Clinical Informatics

Could your expertise in education and training services be the key to boosting the UK’s skills in using data and technology to improve people’s health and care? 

The Faculty of Clinical Informatics is a vibrant, young charitable organisation with a growing multi-disciplinary membership.  Backed by Health Education England, we are working at pace to support a wide range of health and social care practitioners to develop recognised professional skills and help fill the gap of 12,000 new clinical informaticians needed by 2030.

We’ve created the new role of Education and Training Lead to identify the learning needs of FCI members and plan how these will be met through external providers as well as through the development and delivery of our own training services.  The successful candidate will be great at collaborating with external organisations, such as HEE and its equivalents in other UK nations, FedIP, universities and other educational providers to ensure that quality training is available to health and care professionals working in digital health at all stages of their careers.  You’ll be skilled at project planning, working within defined budgets and delivering on time and have a track record of stimulating adult learning through a variety of formats such as self-directed learning, online learning, work-place learning.  You’ll be excited by the challenge of being the pathfinder in this new role and making a significant impact, supporting our members to develop their skills, aligned to our Core Competencies Framework.

If you are passionate about professional education and training and have experience of implementing strategic plans, partnership working, network development, we want to hear from you.  

We are a friendly, flexible small team, committed to supporting a diverse workforce.  This permanent role is fulltime home working with occasional visits to our office in London, E1 8QT.   Salary £51,000 - £56,000 per annum.

Closing date: 5.00pm on Friday 12 November 2021

IT Operations Manager

Salary: £40,831 per annum

Location: Refuge London Office

Refuge is the UK’s largest provider of specialist services and we are proud to be a leader in our field and an employer of choice, with leading edge systems for supervision, quality management and development.  For more information on our work, please visit our website.

Working as part of our busy IT team, this role will provide technical IT support to enable the achievement of Refuge’s strategic objectives, working closely with the Head of IT & Digital to implement Refuge’s IT Strategy.

This role will take over technical management of all IT and communication systems infrastructure, including maintenance, the upgrading of the network and the management of projects. The post holder will ensure high levels of IT security (in conjunction with the IT Security Analyst) and adhere to data protection regulations.

We are looking for an individual with previous experience in a similar role who has demonstratable previous experience of embedding ITIL into a Service Desk Team. Outstanding organisational skills and the proven ability to make things happen will be a key requirement to this role, as well as excellent written and verbal communication skills.

As member of the IT team the post holder will take part in an out of hours on call rota.

All candidates must demonstrate a commitment to the feminist values of empowerment and equality which underpin all of our work. Successful applicants will be expected to work within Refuge’s Values and Behaviour Framework and demonstrate these in their everyday work.

Refuge offers: a competitive salary with annual progression within points of the salary grade; 28 days annual leave increasing to 30 days; a pension scheme that includes a 6% employer contribution; as well as a comprehensive Employee Assistance Programme.

Closing Date: 9:00am Monday 1st November 2021

Interview Date: 9th November 2021

A Disclosure Barring Service (DBS) certificate will be required for this role.

About the role

The Senior Product Development Manager will report to the Head of The Big Bang be responsible for developing, managing and implementing the strategic direction of several EngineeringUK products/projects, currently Big Bang Competition and Tomorrow’s Engineers but with potential for this remit to change/expand as EngineeringUK programmes develop. This will involve working collaboratively across teams within EngineeringUK and externally with the wider engineering, STEM and education communities.  The role may oversee the work of others on the programmes as additional resourcing is required.

Role responsibilities
 

The role holder will ensure that we are delivering against KPI’s for the Big Bang Competition as we look to engage with a greater diversity of schools across the programme which meet the EngineeringUK EDI criteria, while ensuring we are working to understand how we can build and improve the experience of the Big Bang Competition for all project entrants. The role holder will also be required to ensure we are inspiring Tomorrows Engineers through the management and strategic oversight of our Inspiring Tomorrow’s Engineers information and resource hub, which is used by the STEM community as a source of guidance and best practice

You will:

• Develop, manage and implement the strategic direction of products/projects working collaboratively with teams across EngineeringUK
• Develop and manage products/projects with a focus on continuous improvement based on evidence to grow reach to and impact on young people from groups that are under-represented in engineering
• Work closely with colleagues across EngineeringUK including:
  • the research team on developing and implementing evaluation plans for the products/projects
  • the communications team to develop clear marcomms plans
  • the Business & Industry team, to identify and pursue new funding opportunities and support the management of existing relationships  
  • the Neon team, to promote engagement products and identify linkages
  • the Engagement Projects team to ensure learnings are shared and opportunities to align operationally and strategically are identified and developed
• Drive forward the successful implementation of products/projects on time and to budget, identifying and mitigating potential risks, measuring and monitoring performance against deliverables, reporting as required
• Bring together and work with internal and external stakeholders, including managing the relationship (and contracts) with partners including those who support in the delivery of product/projects and those who fund it
• Build trusting and fruitful relationships with the relevant partners and representing EngineeringUK at external meetings
• Oversee and manage the work of other individuals if additional resource is required on the programmes
• Carry out other tasks or duties as directed and required
• Work in line with EngineeringUK’s values, to be passionate, courageous, insightful and inclusive
• Work in line with EngineeringUK’s Quality Management System and data protection and safeguarding policies at all times.

Person specification

Essential

• Proven experience of developing programmes at a strategic level as well as operational delivery
• Excellent leadership skills and ability to work within a matrix management approach
• Proven programme management experience, with ability to measure and monitor performance against deliverables  
• Confident communicator
• Good analytical skills
• Passionate, resilient, and resourceful.
• Excellent stakeholder management and relationship building skills.
• Ability to think creatively and innovatively whilst working under pressure.
• Strong attention to detail, ensuring that high levels of quality are achieved within deadlines and to budget.
• Experience of managing external partners, including contract management skills
• Ability to work independently and flexibly within a rapidly changing environment
• Willingness to learn and develop new skills sets as required

Desirable

• A good understanding of the education system, STEM enrichment/outreach and careers advice.
• An understanding of the evidence base for STEM inspiration activities and how to evaluate their impact

Education / level of experience

·2+ years proven experience within a similar role

Applying for this role

Please send a CV and cover letter in support of your application that is no longer than two sides explaining how you fulfill the key criteria for the role. Please also tell us where you saw the job advertised in your email as we are currently tracking our applications.

The deadline for applications is before 12:00 noon on 12th November.

Interviews

Applications will be assessed against the requirements for the post as set out in the Role Profile and  Person Specification.

EngineeringUK are working hard to be a disability confident employer. Please let us know if there are any reasonable adjustments we can make for you during this recruitment process and beyond.

We aim to notify candidates who have been shortlisted on 17th November. If you have not heard from us after this date, please assume that you have not been successful.

First interviews will be held virtually between 23rd & 25th November
 

EngineeringUK is an inclusive organisation; we welcome everyone with all skills, experiences, and backgrounds.
Each applicant will be individually assessed regardless of gender, sexual orientation, pregnancy or maternity, marital or civil partner status, gender reassignment, ethnicity, colour, or national origin, religion or belief, disability or age.

We are an equal opportunities employer and are open to flexible working, including job share.

Benefits / Perks

• 28 days paid annual leave (plus bank holidays and 3 days at Christmas)
• Competitive pension
• Access to office gym with employee discount
• Yearly flu jabs
• Annual bonus
• Flexible working
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Life Assurance
• Permanent Health Insurance

Cambridge House is looking for those willing to go the extra mile to create a more just society. Our innovative London-based charity has been tackling poverty, inequity, and social injustice since 1889. We provide a range of services that are designed to improve peoples lives as well as transform society through research and social action.

The role reports to the Chief Executive and our ideal candidate will have: 

• At least 3 years’ relevant service leadership experience at strategic, change management and operational levels.

• Awareness of the barriers facing young people and adults, particularly disabled people and young people living with complex needs.

• Knowledge and understanding safeguarding, diversity and inclusion, confidentiality and data protection policies and procedures.

• Financial and HR management experience.

• Experience of designing and implementing monitoring and evaluation tools and processes.

The salary for this role is £35,000 per annum and the contract is 12-month fixed term.

Closing date for applications: Midnight on Sunday 31 October 2021.

To apply, please visit our website and download the recruitment pack, diversity monitoring and criminal record declaration form. 

Depaul UK are currently looking for an enthusiastic and organised Education Officer to join our Prevention Team based in London. You will join us on a full-time, permanent basis, and in return, you will receive a competitive salary of £26,628 per annum plus pemsion and benefits.

Depaul UK works with some of the most disadvantaged young people in the UK. We specialise in working in communities where poverty and long-term unemployment have resulted in generations of social exclusion and high rates of homelessness.

Over the past 30 years, we have grown as an organisation and developed and enhanced our work and the impact it has across the UK.  Depaul UK has a wide range of services for young people and adults at risk of homelessness

The Education Officer role: 

This is an exciting opportunity to be involved in coordinating and delivering the new Depaul Education Programme in a range of settings, including schools, colleges and Pupil Referral Units. You will be responsible for running workshops and smaller sessions on related issues such as healthy relationships and conflict resolution, to service users, parents and teachers.

What makes the Education Officer role exciting?

•  A full induction to Depaul UK and training for the role, with ongoing opportunities for professional development
• Training in the Depaul Endeavour model
• Continuous support and supervision, including reflective practice to develop your learning and skills as a practitioner

What will ideally support your success as our Education Officer:

• Experience of designing educational resources, lesson plans and workshops for children and young people
• Working knowledge of target-driven environments, marketing and generating income
• Be highly computer literate, with knowledge of creating digital media
• Able to work autonomously and carry out efficient organisation and administration

What’s it like to work at Depaul UK?

You'll be joining a friendly, flexible and values-led organization with Investors in People Silver Accreditation, and will receive:

• Competitive salary
• 26 days of annual leave plus bank holidays pro rata
• Contributory pension scheme
• Life assurance

So, if this sounds like the perfect opportunity for you and you’d like to become our Education Officer then please click ‘apply’ today – don’t miss out, we’d love to hear from you!

Closing Date for applications: Wednesday 27th October 2021
 

An enhanced DBS disclosure is a requirement for this role. Our recruitment checks, induction, and ongoing support and supervision reflect our commitment to safeguarding our clients. Depaul UK strives to be equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all sections of the community.

We kindly request no contact from Recruitment or Media Agencies.

The Royal Astronomical Society is a leading Society dedicated to the study of astronomy, solar-system science, geophysics and other closely related branches of science. Established in 1820, we have over 4,000 members, consisting of professional astronomers and geophysicists, students, advanced amateur astronomers, as well as historians of astronomy and geophysics. We are based in the historic Burlington House, where we host numerous scientific meetings and events, and also where our extensive library is housed.

We are looking for a part-time Publishing Manager. This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced publishing professional, well acquainted with the academic research environment, to strategically develop the successful publishing portfolio. Working with the current Publishing Manager, you will lead the development of our journals in partnership with our key stakeholders, as well as support the RAS’ mission, vision and strategic goals. You will manage a team of eight assistant editors, three editorial boards and the peer review workflow for the Society’s leading research journals, Geophysical Journal International (GJI), Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (MNRAS), and RAS Techniques & Instruments (RASTI).

The ideal candidate will be a leader and manager with excellent influencing and communicating skills, be confident with handling multiple high-priority projects simultaneously, be passionate about building positive working relationships with a range of stakeholders, as well as being organised and methodical, adaptable and open to innovation and change.

You should also have the following:

• Significant experience within academic research and peer review processes and systems.
• A collaborative work ethic and ability to engage positively with colleagues and stakeholders.
• Strong experience of influencing and communicating and you are highly detail-orientated.
• Demonstrable leadership and line management experience.

While not essential, we would welcome your application if you have a PhD in astronomy or geophysics.

Please refer to the Job Description for more information.

Benefits include:

• A competitive salary.
• Group pension scheme.
• 4 ‘privilege days’ leave, in addition to the 8 public/bank holidays and annual leave allowance (pro rata).
• Employee Assistance programme.
• Access to learning and development opportunities.

Please note that this is a UK-based position. Due to the pandemic this is currently a remote-working position, but when it is possible to resume normal working, it will involve working a few days a month in Burlington House, London.

The Immigration Act 2014 requires employers to check documents to establish a person’s eligibility to work in the UK and comply with any restrictions. Under the Act, we are required to check your eligibility before you start work. 

If you would like an informal chat about the role, please call Dr Kim Clube on 020 7 292 3968

Key dates: Application deadline 15th November 2021. Candidates shortlisted for interview (which will be held at the end of November) will be informed by email no later than 24th November. The position will be available from 1st January.

Join the Lewisham Local team to become our new Local Giving Programme Manager! It is an exciting time to work in Lewisham. We are at the forefront of place-based giving and become the London Borough of Culture for 2022. You will lead an exciting and unique local giving programme, engaging new communities of givers, lead impactful campaigns to raise awareness of the good causes and needs in Lewisham and begin to develop a legacy of local giving.

We are looking for an experienced person to strategically lead our giving programme and team. You will have an excellent understanding of financial donors and the voluntary sector and have your finger on the pulse of current developments and opportunities. You will possess ideas, ambition and leadership qualities to make the most of future opportunities for local giving in Lewisham and build collaborative approaches. Strong in communications and marketing skills, you will be able to articulate a compelling vision that inspires people to give, and engages local charity partners.

If you would like more information on the role and/or even visit us to see how we function, please get in touch with Sam Hawksley, Director.

We are committed to our staff team reflecting the diversity of the communities we serve and strongly welcome applications from minority communities.

Shortlisted candidates who outline their skills and experience in the application form that matches the essential criteria will be interviewed. Two references from the previous and current employer will be taken up for the successful candidate, and where necessary employers may be contacted to gather further information.

We are committed to the safeguarding of vulnerable adults and children, where appropriate will require the successful applicant to undertake a check from the Disclosure and Barring Service.

As an independent charity affiliated to national Mind, the leading mental health charity for England and Wales, our main purpose is to promote the preservation and safeguarding of mental health and to assist in the relief and recovery of people in the London Boroughs of Lambeth and Southwark who are experiencing mental health problems or conditions of mental or emotional distress that require treatment, advice, or support.

The purpose of the Peer Support Service Manager role is to provide a coordinated approach to the management, review, and development of peer support services across the boroughs of Lambeth and Southwark. The postholder will be responsible for developing and maintaining proactive working relationships with colleagues across the organisation and between Lambeth and Southwark Mind, its stakeholders, management, peer support facilitators and service users. The Peer Support Service Manager will bring expertise and experience in peer-to-peer mental health service management and delivery.

RSPH is recruiting for a motivated, experienced and talented senior marketing professional to lead the development and growth of our marketing and communications output.  We are looking for an individual with experience across the marketing mix who is able to successfully harness insight to deliver commercial success and impact in our influence and voice. You will be equally at home leading on marketing strategy as you are focused on the delivery of the tactical detail.

In return you will have the opportunity to work for an organisation driven by purpose, values, passionate people and impact.

The Challenge

RSPH is the world’s oldest public health organisation, with 170 years of history and a Royal Charter.  We are currently developing our strategy and are at the beginning of a change process.

Our income is generated across a number of income streams including:

• Qualifications – we are an awarding body, working with over 600 Centres across the UK
• Our membership – over 6,000 members, with a quarter based outside the UK
• Our education products including journals, digital learning , conferences
• Corporate memberships
• Commissioned programmes in public health

Some of these income streams work across multiple markets, both B2B and B2C.  A number of these markets are challenging, both in the context of the pandemic and over the longer term.

You can find more details in our Annual Report

Job Purpose: To build and lead our marketing function

To do so, key activities will be:

• Develop and lead the marketing function for RSPH, working with the Commercial Director to drive growth in profitability that supports the impact we seek.
• Drive the development and implementation of the marketing communications strategy that supports the Business Plan (developed by the Commercial Director). 
• Lead the marketing communications, developing our brand messaging, manage our social media, advertising and SEO, driving our outbound campaigns.  Testing, measuring and analysing will allow you to develop insight into what works and what doesn’t for RSPH.
• Spearhead the development of our website, driven by customer and stakeholder need.  This will involve working across the organisation and, in particular, with the IT Manager and relevant suppliers.
• Support the development of our market, competitor, customer and business insight.
• Coach and develop one or two new Marketing Executives, supporting them to deliver successful collaterals and campaigns.

What you will bring:

• You will have a proven track record in marketing communications preferably, but not essentially, within the not-for-profit sector. 
• You will understand both B2B and B2C marketing and whist you may have specialised in one, you will be able to apply the marketing principles.  You will enjoy analysis and results as much as creativity.  You can balance the science and art that good marketing demands.
• Your diplomatic skills will help you succeed in a matrix environment.
• You will demonstrate an excellent understanding of the testing, reporting and analysis of marketing campaigns and be happy to be judged by your results.
• You will have designed and developed a database driven website which has multiple integrations.
• You will understand the responsibilities of a Manager, and will have developed or be developing leadership skills.
• You will relish the challenge of an underdeveloped marketing function, and have the drive, resilience, ambition to deliver strong results
• You will be able to test copywriting and creative approaches. You are able to undertake basic copywriting.  You are also likely to bring a contact book of copywriters and creatives.
• Ideally, you will have had success in qualifications, membership or education and an interest in public health.  We know you are unlikely to bring all of this – so an ability to learn quickly is a requirement.

In return we offer:

• Pension contributions
• 25 days annual leave
• Organisational commitment to supporting the health and wellbeing of our employees
• Flexible working hours and remote working opportunities
• Most importantly, the opportunity to change the world whilst working in a friendly team

RSPH values and actively strives to have a diverse and inclusive workforce in a working environment free from discrimination.

We are seeking an ambitious and goal orientated Corporate Partnerships Manager to maintain and diversify our corporate income stream to support our vital work. 

Genetic Alliance UK is the largest alliance of organisations supporting people with genetic, rare and undiagnosed conditions in the UK. Our members and the people they support are at the heart of everything we do. We advocate for fast and accurate diagnosis, good quality care and access to the best treatments. We actively support progress in research and engage with decision makers and the public about the challenges faced by our community. We run two long standing projects, Rare Disease UK and SWAN UK (syndromes without a name).

This is a crucial role working directly with the Senior Management Team to coordinate, grow and diversify one of the charity’s most important streams of income. This is an ideal role for someone with demonstrable experience in relationship management and who is excited by the challenge of developing new partnerships. With access to external mentoring and coaching, you will design our programme and approach for expanding beyond our current support which is predominantly from the biosciences sector. 

You will need strong relationship building skills, confidence, and creativity. Friendly and professional with a keen eye for detail, you will be the main contact for the organisation with our corporate partners, new and old. 

Benefits:

• External mentoring from an experienced fundraising consultant, with coaching at the beginning of the role.
• Generous employer pension contribution.
• Generous annual leave allowance of 25 days plus bank holidays and Christmas closure.
• Flexible working patterns.
• Access to free counselling via our employee support scheme.

This is a hybrid role with a negiotable working pattern.

To apply please email a CV and cover letter to Nick Meade, Joint Interim Chief Executive & Director of Policy by an email by 5pm Monday 1 November.

The full job description, person specification and how to apply is available on our website.

Family Support and Community Manager

The workforce at Loughborough Community Centre is growing.

Our current services include: Preschool, Family Support and Holiday Play with Meals Provision.

We work with all members of the community. Parents, children and young people  (0 – 18 years) are our primary beneficiaries.

We have a rapidly developing, small and dynamic team, that deliver a range of innovative early intervention, targeted services and family support provision from our centre at Max Roach in Brixton London.

We seek a self motivated and confident individual that can apply a professional approach and has a solid grounding in Family Support and Community Work. LCC’s applies a collaborative approach to service delivery, we work closely with local partners, stakeholders and local groups in order to provide the services needed in our locality.

You will be skilled at; leading a team, engaging parents, creating links between a range of stakeholders and hands on service delivery, whilst also possessing the administrative and organisational skills to ensure all work is clearly tracked, monitored and evaluated as per our standardised online software and individual funders requirements.

You will understand the wide-ranging challenges facing children, young people, families. Being flexible in adjusting your practice and the practice of colleagues to meet these needs.

Your work within our workforce will contribute to ensuring LCCs meets its aim of providing the highest quality provision and continually strives to improve and expand its services that are vitally needed by the community.

Hours will include some out of hours, evenings and weekends. 

We are seeking an ambitious and goal orientated Development and Sustainability Manager to build a sustainable fundraising pipeline to support our vital work. 

Genetic Alliance UK is the largest alliance of organisations supporting people with genetic, rare and undiagnosed conditions in the UK. Our members and the people they support are at the heart of everything we do. We advocate for fast and accurate diagnosis, good quality care and access to the best treatments. We actively support progress in research and engage with decision makers and the public about the challenges faced by our community. We run two long standing projects, Rare Disease UK and SWAN UK (syndromes without a name).

This is a pivotal new role working directly with the Senior Management Team to help revamp our fundraising as we review our organisational strategy, and work to embed the recommendations of our recent fundraising review and restructure. This is an ideal role for someone with demonstrable fundraising experience who has ambitions to lead their own department in the future. With access to external mentoring and coaching, you can use and and grow your existing skills with the potential to build your own team around you. 

You will need confidence, creativity and excellent research and relationship building skills. Friendly and professional with a keen eye for detail, you will develop project plans, proposals and processes to achieve sustainable long-term funding for all areas of our work. Using your strong relationship building and research skills, you will identify new opportunities for funding and successfully work with our stakeholders to develop strong cases for support and inspiring case studies. 

Benefits:

• External mentoring from an experienced fundraising consultant, with coaching at the beginning of the role.
• Generous employer pension contribution.
• Generous annual leave allowance of 25 days plus bank holidays and Christmas closure.
• Flexible working patterns.
• Access to free counselling via our employee support scheme.

This is a hybrid role with a negiotable working pattern.

To apply please email a CV and cover letter to Lauren Roberts, Joint Interim Chief Executive & Director of Engagement and Support by an email by 5pm Monday 8 November.

Are you an experienced project manager looking for your next challenge?
Are you interested in working for a progressive and constantly evolving organisation?
Do you want to help build an education system that helps all young people to flourish?

We’re looking for a Senior Programme Manager to drive the growth of the RSA’s Education Network, helping it to become a vital force for equity and inclusion in education.

Key attributes we’re looking for are:
• Ability to forge partnerships, to grow and provide leadership to a network of professionals
• Initiative, self-direction and the ability to manage multiple activities and prioritise effectively in the face of competing demands and tight deadlines
• A collaborative mindset, helping to motivate colleagues from your own and other teams as well as with education practitioners and RSA Fellows to build strong engagement
• Passionate about inclusive education and able to advocate for the RSA’s work to achieve a fair education for all children.

We offer great benefits, including 29 days holiday (plus bank holidays), additional wellbeing allowance, free fellowship throughout employment and lots more!

To find out more about this role, please visit our website.

Apply

In order to apply, please click ‘apply for this job’ on our recruitment page and submit your CV. You will also be required to answer a series of questions. You do not need to submit a cover letter.

Please submit your application through the RSA website. We cannot accept applications via email. All applications will receive an automated response.

The closing date for receipt of applications is 9am 3 November 2021. Interviews are expected to take place in the week commencing on 8 November 2021 and second-round interviews will follow, to be arranged on a 1:1 basis.

Please note that we cannot accept late, incomplete applications, and we can only consider candidates who apply through the online application process.

About Us

We are the RSA. The royal society for arts, manufactures and commerce. We’re committed to a future that works for everyone, a future where we all can participate in its creation. With over 250 years of heritage in making significant social impact, we bring together, our rigorous research, proven change process, influential ideas platforms and our global community of over 30,000 problem solvers united in a desire to deliver solutions for lasting change.

To achieve this, we ask everyone – our staff, our Fellowship, our collaborators, our partners and wider society – to commit to our values and world view, and strive to achieve genuine positive impact in our lives. This isn’t something we can achieve overnight. But we are asking you to join us all on this journey. The commitment you make now, is a commitment to be with us, to shape us, to challenge us, and to stimulate us all, to find better ways of thinking, acting and delivering change.

It represents the pact you sign when you join us. A pact that represents everything we do, every decision we make, and every action we take.

And it represents how we act. In a way that represents out values, with rigour and proven processes. A relentless spirit. Open minds, and an open door.

We bring to life our Commit to Impact brand idea through every organisational touchpoint, so we can ask everyone who interacts with us: will you?

We invite you to be part of this change. Join our community. Together, we’ll unite people and ideas to resolve the challenges of our time.

About EngineeringUK

EngineeringUK is a not-for-profit organisation, which works in partnership with the engineering community to inform and inspire young people and grow the number and diversity of tomorrow’s engineers. We work locally, regionally and nationally with a wide range of organisations across business and industry, education, professional institutions and the third sector to understand the engineering sector and the skills it requires. We work in partnership with these organisations to develop and promote effective initiatives and programmes to inspire young people to consider a career in engineering.

We are guided by a series of values that we apply to all our activity.

We are insightful and open and honest with our insight so that everything we to inspire young people into engineering is based on clear and up-to-date evidence, gained by listening to and learning from our community.

We are courageous and dynamic in the development, piloting and promotion of ideas and activities which can help us all to inspire tomorrow’s engineers and increase the talent pipeline for engineering.

We are passionate about inspiring a new generation on engineers and a positive difference to young people’s lives.

We are inclusive, with partnership and collaboration at the heart of what we do. We are determined to reach those people who are under-represented in modern engineering.

About the role

At EngineeringUK we use evidence to make a real difference. Through research insight and robust evaluation, we work to improve  the impact of 150 organisations, as well as our own, in making a positive difference to young people’s lives and securing the diverse engineering workforce the UK needs to thrive. The research and evaluation team consists of 7 researchers and analysts who work to provide these insights.

This is an exciting opportunity to deliver and develop our evaluation projects, to help build an evidence-base for STEM outreach activities and to shape how we use this evidence to inform our own and others’ practice.

With support from the Senior Evaluation Manager, you will be the operational lead on our evaluations, with responsibility for:

• critically assessing the evidence required to assess impact of STEM outreach activities across a complex landscape with an emphasis on groups historically underrepresented in the engineering profession
• designing and managing the evaluation of our educational programmes, including the practicalities and logistics of collecting/analysing these data, and reporting findings to internal and external stakeholders
• working with colleagues to embed learning from evaluation findings into our future activities and the wider evidence base on the impact of engineering outreach activity
• developing advice and guidance on evaluation and impact measurement to support the engineering outreach community to evaluate their activity more robustly.

This job would ideally suit an experienced monitoring and evaluation professional interested in evaluating education programmes with a focus on increasing opportunities for young people from under-represented groups.

Role responsibilities

Deliver our evaluation programme through:

• Project design - developing appropriate methodological approaches, in consultation with the Senior Evaluation Manager and relevant Product Managers, to assess the impact of EngineeringUK’s outreach programmes on young people’s capability, opportunities and motivation
• Project management – coordinating research and data administration, including preparing and overseeing tender processes, specifications for external data providers and research agencies, logistics for fieldwork, and progress reports
• Data collection – designing, conducting and commissioning primary research, including the development of large-scale, complex surveys
• Data analysis – collating, cleaning and validating data in preparation for analysis; analysing and interpreting statistical and qualitative data gathered through the research process; and presenting findings clearly for non-technical audiences
• Embedding learning – working closely with EngineeringUK Product Managers to interpret and understand evaluation findings to inform product development; reflecting on and continually improving impact and process evaluation approaches
• supporting EngineeringUK’s equality, diversity and inclusion team to improve our monitoring processes so that we can better understand the demographic composition of our participants and the differential impact of our programmes
• creating and maintaining effective working relationships with external research agencies and data providers, ensuring agreed deliverables are delivered on time, to cost, and to a high standard.

Support the wider STEM outreach sector to improve their evaluation through:
 

• supporting the development and implementation of an impact and evaluation framework to  support outreach providers to appraise their work and measure key performance indicators.
• developing good practice evaluation guidance for internal and external stakeholders, reviewing literature, analysing data, and sourcing case studies
• conducting desk research where required, including literature reviews of existing reports and analysis of existing datasets

Produce high quality reports on our findings, through:

• authoring internally-produced research outputs, including annual programme evaluation reports
• reviewing externally-produced research outputs, ensuring they are accurate, unbiased, methodologically sound, and written in a style that is fit-for-purpose
• collaborating with colleagues to ensure we derive maximum leverage from our research and evaluation outputs

Contribute to the wider work of the Research and Evaluation Team through:

• responding to research and data-related queries from the engineering sector and internal colleagues
• representing EngineeringUK externally, communicating research findings and identifying opportunities to forge relationships that benefit the organisation’s strategic objectives
• managing aspects of the research budget and adhere to relevant Quality Management System (QMS) processes
• co-authoring other research outputs produced by the team (outside of evaluation)
• following best practice in relation to research ethics, data storage and data management protocol, including ensuring that research is conducted in line with relevant policies, codes and applicable legislation
• keeping up-to-date with developments in education and/or STEM-related policy and available data, as  well as research methods

Other duties

This job description sets out the requirements of the role at the time it was drawn up and may change over time. The Evaluation Manager will be expected to undertake other tasks or duties as required.

Person specification

Educational requirements

• Evidence of analytical and problem-solving ability

Essential experience and attributes

• Professional experience in monitoring and evaluation of programmes, policies or interventions in the UK context
• Excellent knowledge of evaluation techniques/practices and data collection and analysis methodologies
• Experience in undertaking literature searches and reviews, identifying relevant evidence, appraising its quality, and summarising the body of existing work
• Excellent time management skills, with experience working on multiple projects at once, adapting to changing priorities, and meeting hard deadlines
• Ability to work independently and prioritise own tasks and time, but also take direction, be flexible and work collaboratively with others, contributing to team decisions and facilitating cross organisational working
• An understanding of ethical and legal aspects of social research and the ability to adhere to appropriate research ethics and data protection protocol

Desirable experiences and attributes

• Experience monitoring and evaluating the impact of educational interventions
• Experience developing impact, measurement, and evaluation frameworks
• Knowledge of the STEM skills environment
• Good knowledge of statistics, including how to employ inferential techniques to estimate the effects of an intervention (e.g. regression and multivariate analysis)
• Ability to effectively engage with stakeholders, foster collaboration with external partners on shared objectives and involve users in the development of research
• Strong interpersonal and persuasive skills, with ability to manage and diffuse challenging situations – including to deliver difficult messages and work with internal and external stakeholders to identify solutions to common problems
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with experience producing research reports and presenting findings to a range of audiences (both technical and non-technical)
• Experience analysing the return on investment (ROI) or cost-benefit of social interventions
   

Applying for this role

Please send a CV and cover letter (no longer than 2 sides) in support of your application explaining how you fulfil the key criteria for the role. Please also tell us where you saw the job advertised in your email as we are currently tracking our applications.

The deadline for applications is before 12:00 noon on 1st November.

Interviews

Applications will be assessed against the requirements for the post as set out in the Role Profile and  Person Specification.

EngineeringUK are working hard to be a disability confident employer. Please let us know if there are any reasonable adjustments we can make for you during this recruitment process and beyond.

We aim to notify candidates who have been shortlisted on Friday 5th November. If you have not heard from us  after this date, please assume that you have not been successful.

First interviews will be held virtually between 11th & 12th November
 

EngineeringUK is an inclusive organisation; we welcome everyone with all skills, experiences, and backgrounds.
Each applicant will be individually assed regardless of gender, sexual orientation, pregnancy or maternity, marital or civil partner status, gender reassignment, ethnicity, colour, or national origin, religion or belief, disability or age.

We are an equal opportunities employer and are open to flexible working, including job share.

Benefits / Perks

• 28 days paid annual leave (plus bank holidays and 3 days at Christmas)
• Competitive pension
• Access to office gym with employee discount
• Yearly flu jabs
• Annual bonus
• Flexible working
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Life Assurance
• Permanent Health Insurance