Impact and Insight Officer

Who we are

Speakers for Schools is the largest social mobility charity in the UK. We help to level the playing field between state and independent schools by giving all young people access to the same prestigious networks available to the top fee-paying schools.

We believe that by inspiring young people to explore their ambitions through our speaker programme, facilitating access to multi-day experiences of the world of work, and supporting young people to successfully seize opportunities available to them, then we can make a profound difference to the lives of young people, their future happiness and prosperity.

By 2028, our ambition is that every young person in the UK has access to high quality work experience. Yet today, less than half of young people leave secondary school having had any work experience whatsoever.

Role Summary

The Policy, Research and Impact Directorate ensures that the Charity is evidence-led, impact-focused, and continuously improving the quality of our programmes. Through our policy, research and investigation work we shine a light on barriers to success, to influence changes to Government policy and practice; through our impact work, we strive to deepen our understanding of the difference we have on life-chances of young people, and the combination of interventions that best enable them to successfully seize employment opportunities, post-school; through quality assurance of programmes, we ensure that the organisation and partners have a common understanding of best practice and the insights to continuously improve.

Key Duties / Responsibilities:

Strategic Purpose:

· Coordinate the collection and management of data related to our projects, programmes, and initiatives.

· Develop and maintain databases, spreadsheets, and other systems to organise and track relevant insight and information.

· Conduct basic analysis of quantitative and qualitative data to identify trends, patterns, and insights.

· Assist in the preparation of regular reports, presentations, and dashboards summarising key findings and outcomes.

· Collaborate with programme staff to ensure data is collected consistently and accurately according to established protocols.

· Stay up to date with relevant research and policy activity and provide support where necessary