ABOUT US

The Diana Award is proud to be the only charity set up in memory of Diana, Princess of Wales and her belief that young people have the power to change the world. It’s a big mission but there are two things within it that we focus our charity’s efforts on – young people and change.

Throughout all of our programmes and initiatives ‘change’ for and by young people is central. We all play our part to help realise this vision and our team is diverse in its talents and roles. Day-to-day we can be found working out in the community with young people through our anti-bullying and mentoring initiatives, fundraising, managing our valued corporate partners, providing vital HR and communications support, celebrating young people in memory of Princess Diana and plenty more.

We’re not your typical organisation. From the moment that you join The Diana Award, you’re part of our family. Together, we are united by our shared belief that young people can change the world, and, by our values: passion, collaboration, integrity, ambition and unity.

THE ROLE

Over the past 20 years The Diana Award has delivered services to thousands of young people across the UK and beyond, honing our expertise and skills to produce exceptional, high quality interventions that create long lasting change.

As we embark on the next phase of our strategy, we’re looking for an experienced Impact and Evaluation Manager to head up a brand new team within our Programmes' Directorate.

This is a brand new role designed to ensure that evaluation frameworks are embedded across all our programmes, driving data driven decisions, and enabling us to best support the young people we work with. You'll also play a key role in helping us demonstrate our impact, feeding into our policy, advocacy and fundraising work to ensure sustainability and growth.

Reporting to: Director of Programmes

• Direct Reports: 2 x Impact and Evaluation Coordinators

RESPONSIBILITIES

• To lead the development of The Diana Award's monitoring and evaluation strategy, ensuring robust frameworks and tools are in place to demonstrate our impact, including clearly defined and measurable outcomes

• In collaboration with the marketing and comms team, produce reports for a range of internal and external audiences combining narrative, data and analysis

• To promote a culture of evidence-based practice and use of insights to drive improvements

• Support colleagues across the organisation as needed, providing advice and guidance on impact and evaluation

• To lead on the commissioning and management of external evaluators or research teams as required

• Lead on the development of impact case studies

• Lead on programme Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) reporting, ensuring results frameworks are updated as required, identifying areas of concern early and flagging them with management for action

PERSON SPECIFICATION

• Masters level or equivalent relevant experience in evaluation or social research techniques

• Demonstrable experience of qualitative and quantitative research methodologies

• Highly developed analytical skills, with the ability to apply creative solutions to complex problems

• Ability to think critically about monitoring, evaluation and learning

• Highly detail oriented with excellent accuracy

• Organised and self-motivated with the ability to manage a varied workload within agreed deadlines

• A proactive and flexible approach with the ability to work independently and act on initiative where appropriate

• Ability to work collaboratively, while taking a leadership role

• Excellent interpersonal skills

• Ability to analyse data and provide meaningful and credible information on short term results and long-term trends

• Strong influencing skills to ensure that insight is at the heart of business decisions

DIVERSITY

The Diana Award is committed to building and developing a workforce which reflects the diversity of the young people we support. We are proud to be an equal opportunities employer that values and respects the people who work for us. We seek to ensure all job applications are treated fairly, with respect and without bias.

We positively encourage applications from suitably experienced candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion or belief, marital status, or pregnancy and maternity.

SAFER RECRUITMENT

The Diana Award is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all. This is a responsibility that is shared by all members of staff the successful candidate will be subject to an enhanced DBS or equivalent police check. We also ask all staff to undertake safeguarding training when they join us.

About you

1. You will have extensive experience of working in the public policy sector, with a deep understanding of issues relating to modern slavery and human rights

2. You will have demonstrable leadership skills – both thought leadership and people leadership – and will be able to steer both your ideas and your staff in ways that will achieve maximum impact for the Modern Slavery PEC

3. You will be research literate and have a good understanding of the modern slavery and human rights landscape with the ability to engage with policy makers to identify opportunities for impact and new areas for original research

4. You will be experienced in managing a small but diverse team effectively, with a demonstrable ability to achieve agreed objectives

5. You will have a track record of working collaboratively with partners and demonstrate a good understanding of the need for the policy impact work of the PEC to complement and amplify, not duplicate, the similar work of such partners where there is overlap.

6. The Modern Slavery PEC is committed to being inclusive and diverse and particularly encourages applications from women, people with disabilities, BAME applicants, LGBT+ applicants and other minorities. The Centre is committed to being a values based organisation and, in the spirit of our values, we commit to proactively challenge bias and offer a fair and equitable recruitment process for all applicants.

The Role

7. The main responsibilities of the role are to:

• help deliver the PEC’s strategic objective of making legal and policy responses to modern slavery more effective by maximising the impact of the work of the Modern Slavery PEC on law and policy
• devise and implement a policy impact strategy designed to have that effect
• leverage existing networks of key policy influencers and to proactively engage and develop working relationships with key policymakers
• identify opportunities for policy impact

These broad responsibilities include the following more specific responsibilities:

• work alongside the core team as well as the collaborating partners to ensure a fully interconnected, integrated and, where necessary, differentiated approach to policy impact
•  proactively involve people who are or were directly affected by modern slavery in the development of policy thinking and positioning
• develop and pursue influencing strategies with key stakeholders and decision makers in order to create an environment conducive to change
• identify evidence needed for effective influencing, and developing key influencing related projects, as part of a broader policy impact strategy, to ensure  maximum impact for the Modern Slavery PEC’s work
• take external advice and engage in horizon-scanning to identify potential areas in which we can develop our influence, deliver our evidence-based research and influence policy
• act as an ambassador and a spokesperson for the Modern Slavery PEC; developing networks, promoting our expertise, identifying new opportunities and supporting your team to pursue these
• create a dialogue and develop relationships with those we need to engage with the relevant evidence and research
• disseminate and explain PEC research to policy stakeholders, including by providing tailored information to relevant audiences and individuals – the right insights to the right people at the right time, in an accessible and useable way
• Identify key topics and mechanisms through which the Modern Slavery PEC can best use research and evidence to support/help policymakers
• To evaluate the effectiveness and impact of the Modern Slavery PEC’s policy-influencing activity and continuously refine and improve performance
• To build, manage and motivate a high performing team, prioritising effective inter-organisational work
• To provide strong leadership to the team, role-modelling the Modern Slavery PEC’s core values and supporting collaboration, openness and inclusiveness.
• To work alongside the Modern Slavery PEC leadership, contributing to and leading on cross-Centre activities, forming an integral part of the team

Key working relationships

Director

Director of Research

Communications Director

Operations Director

Impact Evaluation Manager

Knowledge Exchange Manager (Policy)

Partnerships Manager

Senior Management Board

AHRC

External partners

Person Specification

Relevant Experience

Research literate with a good understanding of the modern slavery and human rights landscape

Ability to engage with policy makers to identify opportunities for impact and new areas for original research

Significant experience of senior level policy development and national/international level influencing in a complex multi-stakeholder environment

Ability to analyse legislation and policy, and use this analysis to frame an organisational position

Demonstrable political awareness and the ability to gauge potential impact of policy change

Demonstrable experience of developing and delivering proactive and reactive influencing strategies, ensuring buy-in from key stakeholders

Understanding the mechanisms for national and international influencing

Highly developed relationship building skills and a proactive approach to problem solving

Experience of and commitment to involving users of research in the planning, development and delivery, as well as impact evaluation, of influencing activity

Leadership and Management

Ability to develop a clear, well defined- vision and strategy, and to inspire team members in working towards its delivery

Significant experience of managing people, demonstrating the ability to build, develop, and motivate a high performing and happy team

Ability to lead and manage complex cross-organisational projects and work effectively

Ability to evaluate and improve influencing impact of themselves and of team members

Demonstrates a high level of professional integrity and develops the same standards within their team

Teamwork and Collaboration

Proven ability to work collaboratively and sets an example to the team

Demonstrable experience of working within a complex organisation and of exercising tact and sound judgement across professional collaborations

Communication Skills

A strong and confident communicator – both orally and in writing – able to adapt style to suit medium and audience

Ability to elicit and listen carefully to the views, opinions and concerns of team members and stakeholders

Ability to discuss ideas and issues through questioning and asking for direct feedback

Are you passionate about conservation? Are you a Monitoring and Evaluation expert?

Prospectus is delighted to be partnering with a compelling marine conservation social enterprise to appoint their new Head of Monitoring & Evaluation. Based in Bristol or working remotely with occasional travel to Bristol, this is an exciting full-time opportunity for a strategic leader with a true passion for the environment and community-based conservation.

Reporting to the Executive Director and the Head of Training and Technical Support, the successful candidate will lead our client's M&E Team and will provide insight on the design of M&E work plans. You will mentor the team as well as overseeing M&E best practices and will spearhead the technical aspects of the job, such as guiding technical advisors in the integration of M&E frameworks and methodology. Last but not least, you will oversee delivering evidence and learning workstream targeting high-level training and contribute to policy development through the use of data.

To be successful, you will have a strong demonstrable experience in community-led M&E programmes with a specific focus on environmental conservation and/or rural development. You will have a proven track record of success in leading M&E projects and teams alongside the capability of conducting impact evaluations. Excellent strategic planning and communication with the innate attitude for a multicultural work environment is essential. Experience in working with international NGOs as well as experience conducting advanced quantitative socio-economic and econometric analysis is also desirable.

As a specialist Recruitment Practice, we are committed to building inclusive and diverse organisations, and welcome applications from all sections of the community. We invest in your journey as a candidate and are committed to supporting you in your application.

In order to apply please submit your CV in the first instance and begin to prepare your supporting statement. Should your experience be suitable, we will send you the full job description and will arrange for a call and/or meeting to brief you on the role.

Location: Bristol, or remote (home working) with travel to Bristol for meetings

Closing date for applications: 24 August 2020

Start date: As soon as possible

Contract duration: Permanent

Remuneration: Competitive salary based on experience 

We rebuild tropical fisheries with coastal communities

Blue Ventures develops locally led approaches to marine management that benefit people and nature alike. By listening and responding to basic needs, we design our models to catalyse and sustain marine conservation, unlocking the potential of coastal communities to manage their resources. We work in places where the ocean is vital to local cultures and economies, and are committed to advancing the rights of small-scale fishers throughout the coastal tropics.

Summary job description

Blue Ventures’ approach is grounded in listening and responding to the needs of coastal communities. We seek to reimagine the relationship between people and conservation, to benefit and empower communities through practical efforts to protect the ocean. The approaches we develop are grounded in our theory of change and underpinned by our learning framework. 

We are seeking a Head of Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) to provide operational and strategic leadership to our M&E team.  The role is responsible for ensuring that good monitoring and evaluation approaches, systems and tools are embedded in all aspects of Blue Ventures’ programmes.

Our M&E seeks to harness data to empower coastal communities and decision makers in marine conservation and fisheries management, while ensuring we can assess and document our impact and reach.  We also provide training and support to partner NGOs and community organisations in using participatory data systems to support community conservation.  The Head of M&E plays a key role in leading and energising an internal community of practice that promotes a supportive learning culture and seeks to ensure that Blue Ventures’ M&E is informed by global best practice.

Application Process

Applicants should apply online via Blue Ventures website.

Please note that applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis and first-round interviews may be conducted with short-listed candidates before the application deadline.

All shortlisted candidates will be contacted within two weeks of the closing date.

Monitoring, Evaluation, Impact & Learning Lead
Flexible UK Location (ideally within a commutable distance of Bristol)

About Us

Development Initiatives (DI) is an international development organisation that focuses on putting data-driven decision-making at the heart of poverty eradication.

Our vision is a world without poverty that invests in human security and where everyone shares the benefits of opportunity and growth.

We provide rigorous information to support better decisions, influence policy outcomes, increase accountability and strengthen the use of data to eradicate poverty.

We are currently seeking a Monitoring, Evaluation, Impact & Learning (MEIL) Lead to join our team and take on an engaging office and home-based role.

The Benefits

- Salary of £40,000 - £45,000 per annum, dependent on experience and location weighting
- Pension (5% of salary)
- 25 days’ holiday + option to buy/sell holiday
- Up to five days’ paid leave for charitable work volunteering to address poverty and/or help vulnerable people
- Smart casual dress code policy
- Flexitime and homeworking options
- Cycle to work scheme
- Simply Health Cash scheme with employee assistance programme
- Paid professional fees and study leave
- Enhanced maternity/paternity/adoption/sick leave policies

If you are an experienced professional with experience of monitoring the impact of research and policy change programmes and a track record within policy units, think tanks or CSOs, this is an exciting opportunity to help a ground-breaking organisation perform at their best.

Your work will enable us to grow, improve the way we work and support us to achieve our vision of ending world poverty and creating sustainable communities.

The Role

As the Monitoring, Evaluation, Impact & Learning Lead, you will play a vital role in helping Development Initiatives to measure the impact of our work. We seek to trace the cause and effect of our research and data on policymaking and poverty reduction.

Specifically, you will provide expertise and leadership to our organisation, building upon existing MEIL systems and working across all content areas to ensure we deliver on our strategic objectives and make impact through our work.

Specifically, you will:

- Guide and support us to effectively plan for, measure, report on and learn about our outcomes and impact
- Ensure that we embed the concept of impact throughout our projects and portfolios
- Form close relationships with theme leads, engagement leads and project sponsors
- Work closely with our Head of Development to ensure that clear frameworks for impact are created
- Help inform our impact narrative for marketing and branding purposes
- Ensure that the project management systems for MEIL are robust and aligned with our approach
- Identify the impact of research and data on policymaking and poverty reduction

About You

To join us as a Monitoring, Evaluation, Impact & Learning Lead, you will need:

- Previous experience of monitoring the impact of research and policy change programmes
- To have worked with policy units and/or with think tanks, CSOs or similar
- Experience of developing and delivering effective training and capacity building programmes and learning
- An understanding of development processes with experience and knowledge of policies around poverty-related issues and/or open data and development
- Knowledge of best practices and industry standards in monitoring, evaluation, impact, and learning

We would like to hear from you if you have worked as a Project Manager, Monitoring, Evaluation & Impact Manager, MEIL Manager, Monitoring & Impact Manager, Project Impact & Evaluation Manager, or Project Impact Manager.

The closing date for this role is the 21st August 2020.

Webrecruit and Development Initiatives are equal opportunities employers, value diversity and are strongly committed to providing equal employment opportunities for all employees and all applicants for employment. Equal opportunities are the only acceptable way to conduct business and we believe that the more inclusive our environments are, the better our work will be.

So, if you’re seeking an engaging role as our Monitoring, Evaluation, Impact & Learning Lead, please apply via the button shown. This vacancy is being advertised by Webrecruit. The services advertised by Webrecruit are those of an Employment Agency.

The Early Intervention Foundation (EIF) is a dynamic and ambitious charity established to champion and support the use of effective early intervention to improve the lives of children and young people at risk of experiencing poor outcomes.  As a member of the government’s What Works Network, we have a pivotal role as the go-to source for evidence and advice on effective early intervention for children and young people.

We are looking for an impact and evaluation advisor to help us ensure that EIF evidence is used to inform local investment and practice decisions.  Working with colleagues across the organisation, you will ensure that an understanding of local systems and the needs of local audiences is embedded into our work from the outset.  You will also work with local places to support the use of evidence in decision making relating to early intervention.  This might be indirectly through producing accessible advice and tools aimed at local decision makers, or directly, including through evaluation support.

Committed to the potential of evidence-informed decision-making to improve outcomes for children and young people you will be grounded in an understanding of the local delivery environment for children and family services. You will also have practical experience of conducting evaluations and carrying out qualitative research.  You will be confident in communicating complex research in a way that is accessible to local audiences. Above all, you will be passionate and committed to improving the lives of vulnerable children and families, flexible, and a strong team-player.

Our people are at the heart of everything we do at EIF.  It’s vital that our workforce reflects the diversity of our stakeholders and the wider society in the UK, so we’re proud to be an equal opportunities employer and we actively seek candidates from diverse backgrounds and communities.  We also recognise the importance of a good work life balance, so we do everything we can to accommodate flexible working, including part-time and job shares for our roles.

Closing Date: 5.00 pm Wednesday 12 August 2020
Interviews: 20/24 August 2020

The Dame Kelly Holmes Trust is UK youth sports charity which supports 11-25-year-olds who are harder to engage in both education and in the community. We use the power of world class athletes to train and mentor young people to achieve their potential through personal, social and emotional development programmes. In partnerships nationally and locally, our programmes increase young people’s self-esteem, confidence and resilience which enables them to move into employment, become leaders within their communities, achieve in education and to improve their wellbeing through sport and physical activity.

Over the last ten years we’ve helped more than 2,300 into employment as a result of our flagship Get on Track programme and in total our programmes have generated more than £23 million in social value since 2012 London Games.

Reporting to the Head of Programmes & Impact, you will be responsible for the end to end process of impact measurement at the Trust. This includes leading the Trust’s Monitoring & Evaluation (M&E) framework, data collection, supported by the National Programmes Officers, analysis and reporting writing. The post holder will also have an opportunity to influence the strategic direction of the Trust through producing impact evidence.  The post would suit someone who is passionate about data; who enjoys taking the initiative and who has the skillset to help the Trust make evidence-based decisions to support the development of young people and athletes.

The post holder will be a key member of the Programmes & Impact team.

Main duties and responsibilities:

• Enhance & maintain the Trust’s overarching M&E framework which encompasses data capture for all programmes
• Design programme data capture tools which are suitable for different audiences including young people
• Undertake programme quality assurance visits
• Process raw programme data, including transferring into spreadsheets and checking for accuracy in preparation for data analysis
• Produce programme data analysis reports and recommendations as required, including for Head of Programmes & Impact, CEO and Trustees
• Present impact and insight analysis at both committee and board meetings
• Provide supporting materials for bid writing and Trust communications
• Provide advice on impact measurements and approach to data collection for new programmes

• Travel to internal and external meetings as required (when permissible) 
• Other reasonable duties as may be required by Head of Programmes & Impact

The Dame Kelly Holmes Trust recognises the value that a diverse workforce can bring to our organisation and strives to reflect this among our employees, athletes, volunteers and other stakeholders. To help us measure how well we are doing against this, please could you complete our online Monitoring and Diversity form.

Evaluation Manager

Research & Monitoring Unit

£31,058 per annum (Ref:  SUS2955)

37.5 hours per week – based in based in Edinburgh

As a charity, we want to be at the forefront of impact management, not only so we know the difference we’re making, but in order to make evidence-based decisions to improve our work. We support partners to help them understand the impact of their projects and programmes. Our insight aims to influence policy, practice and behaviour.

As a member of our senior leadership team, you will have proven experience of co-ordinating across distributed teams to lead qualitative and quantitative research, monitoring and evaluation, and communicate evidence and learning.

You will be a collaborator, who can work with analysts, researchers, evaluation specialists, engineers and behaviour change experts, alike. Your exceptional relationship building and engagement skills will help us embed a culture of insight-led practice amongst our stakeholders across the UK.

Closing date for the receipt of completed applications is 9am on Monday 17 August 2020.Interviews will take place in Edinburgh on Wednesday 2 September 2020.

Sustrans is committed to reducing inequality, valuing diversity and enabling inclusion. 

We welcome applications from people with the appropriate skills from all parts of the community.

Evaluation Manager

Research & Monitoring Unit

£31,058 per annum (Ref:  SUS2955)

37.5 hours per week – based in based in Edinburgh

As a charity, we want to be at the forefront of impact management, not only so we know the difference we’re making, but in order to make evidence-based decisions to improve our work. We support partners to help them understand the impact of their projects and programmes. Our insight aims to influence policy, practice and behaviour.

As a member of our senior leadership team, you will have proven experience of co-ordinating across distributed teams to lead qualitative and quantitative research, monitoring and evaluation, and communicate evidence and learning.

You will be a collaborator, who can work with analysts, researchers, evaluation specialists, engineers and behaviour change experts, alike. Your exceptional relationship building and engagement skills will help us embed a culture of insight-led practice amongst our stakeholders across the UK.

Closing date for the receipt of completed applications is 9am on Monday 17 August 2020.Interviews will take place in Edinburgh on Wednesday 2 September 2020.

Sustrans is committed to reducing inequality, valuing diversity and enabling inclusion. 

We welcome applications from people with the appropriate skills from all parts of the community.

Position overview

The Monitoring, Evaluation & Learning (MEL) Officer supports Malala Fund’s MEL function as a core member of the Programmes team matrixed to the Advocacy team. They will be responsible for supporting the MEL manager in conceptualizing and implementing the MEL frameworks and systems for all of Malala Fund programmes, as well as being responsible for leading the MEL for the global and national advocacy initiatives.. The MEL Officer will support the implementation of MEL processes and tools and work with team members to track, document and communicate results to internal and external stakeholders.

Through these activities, the MEL Officer will contribute to the enhancement of organisation impact and guide internal learning. They will provide technical MEL support to help Malala Fund learn and accelerate progress towards its goal of a full course of education for all girls.

Responsibilities and tasks

Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning for Programmes:

• Support Programmes team’s monitoring and reporting activities, working with team members to use MEL tools and implement MEL frameworks.
• Assesses and articulates programme progress towards impact through regular reports and other platforms.
• Support Malala Fund staff, grantees, and other stakeholders to use relevant MEL tools and processes.
• Supports MEL Manager with implementation of external evaluations and internal assessments.
• Assumes other Programmes MEL support as needed.

Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning for Advocacy:

• Designs Malala Fund’s advocacy MEL framework with the support of the MEL Manager.
• Support Advocacy team’s monitoring and reporting activities working with team members to rollout and use MEL tools and implement advocacy MEL guidance.
• Assesses and articulates progress towards advocacy objectives through regular reports and other platforms.
• Support Malala Fund staff, grantees, and other stakeholders to use relevant advocacy MEL tools and processes.
• Designs and implements After Action Reviews with staff and grantees to capture major advocacy achievements.

MEL Data Management:

• Support the MEL Manager in identifying and implementing an appropriate and effective MEL data management system that is compatible with other organization wide systems (finance and grant management).
• Design and implement a MEL data management process that collects, collates and disseminates activity, output and some outcome data.
• Create and implement programme performance dashboards for Malala Fund management to use for decision making.
• Support Malala Fund grantees in populating and using the MEL data management system, troubleshooting and providing technical support when necessary.
• Regularly review, organize and synthesize MEL data collected through Malala Fund’s tools and processes.
• Contributes relevant data and content to Malala Fund reports to external stakeholders from Malala Fund’s grants management systems and other sources.
• Presents MEL data to Malala Fund staff in accessible and visually appealing ways.

Person specification

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field
• Significant experience in MEL within international development required, with specific experience with feminist, advocacy or education MEL desirable.
• Significant experience with programme implementation in the Global South, with a special emphasis on candidates with lived experience in one of Malala Funds programme countries.
• Experience in designing and implementing MEL data management systems for complex programmes and initiatives highly preferred.
• Skills in data collation, analysis, visualization and creation of internal and external reports.
• Experience in designing and managing programme performance dashboards would be an added advantage.
• Solid problem-solving skills with high attention to detail, accuracy and quality
• Passion for Malala Fund's mission and a proven track record of building and sustaining strong and diverse relationships

Senior Research and Impact Officer x 2

Contract type: full time, permanent x1

Contract type: full time, Fixed Term Contract (12 Months) x1

Location: London

BookTrust is the UK's largest children's reading charity. Working with every local authority and across every region in England, Northern Ireland and Wales, and supported by Arts Council funding we reach over 3 million families a year through schools, health visitors, libraries and other partners. This incredible network helps us to get children excited about reading from an early age. We know that children who read are happier, healthier, more creative and do better at school.
As an organisation we are going through a period of innovation and transformation due in part to COVID-19 but also as we are rolling out a new organisational strategy. Our new strategic objectives create exciting opportunities for us to improve our work with children and families in greatest need.
The Research and Impact team is growing and we are looking for 3 new team members: 
• Senior research and impact officer (permanent)
• Senior research and impact officer (fixed term contract – for 12 months initially with potential for extension to a permanent role)
• Data and engagement officer (permanent)
 
This is a brilliant time to join BookTrust’s innovative and collaborative research and impact team. We are working hard to improve our understanding of and engagement with beneficiaries and partners, to measure the impact of our work and to support evidence-based decision making across the organisation.

To apply please visit our website and send a copy of your CV along with a covering letter showing how you meet the person specification and your motivations for applying for the role(s). Please also answer these questions in your cover letter: BookTrust engages with its beneficiaries (children and families) through evaluation and research activities to inform its future work. Why is it important for a charity like BookTrust to engage with beneficiaries? What challenges might BookTrust encounter in engaging with beneficiaries and how would you address some of these?

Your covering letter should not be longer than two sides including your response to these questions. Please state clearly in your application if you are applying for one or both of these roles.
 

ROLE: Senior Outreach Officer (IMPACT) (Bristol)
SALARY: FTE circa £24,000 per annum
HOURS:  Full time and part time hours available (depending on the applicant’s requirements)
CONTRACT TYPE: Fixed term to 30th June 2022
OPERATIONAL AREA: West of England
LOCATION: Bristol
REF:  WOFE03

Role Description:

The Integrating Migrant People through Activities to Connect & Thrive (IMPACT) project aims to support 600 migrants (Third Country Nationals) by assisting them to integrate into UK society through a programme of holistic activities, coordinated and delivered through 3 key areas: Language, Preparation for Work and Cultural/Community activities. IMPACT will be delivered in two areas, West London and Bristol, and is funded by AMIF (the EU’s Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund).

This role is a job share post with another Senior Outreach Officer. We are looking for a proactive and confident Senior Outreach Officer to co-lead on the recruitment, engagement and registration of Third Country Nationals (migrant people) onto IMPACT with our other Senior Outreach Officer. The Senior Outreach Officers will also lead on the establishment and maintenance of partnerships across the migrant and wider community and also voluntary organisations. They will also work with the IMPACT team to deliver various aspects and components of the project.

The successful candidate will be highly organised, with experience in community outreach and engagement, including working with and supporting Third Country Nationals and/or migrant communities. They will be a confident communicator, with excellent interpersonal skills and a good track record of building and maintaining successful partnerships and relationships with key external stakeholders. They will also have experience in establishing and implementing robust monitoring and evaluation processes, including reporting to funders.

Individuals who have had first-hand lived experience of immigration systems are encouraged to apply. Being able to speak Levantine Arabic is desirable but not essential.

Main Duties

• Lead the recruitment, engagement and registration of 300 migrants onto the IMPACT project in Bristol.
• Build partnerships with community and voluntary sector organisations supporting migrants.

In return we offer:

• 25 days per annum plus English Bank Holidays
• A contributory pension scheme
• Scope to continuing development of your professional skills

Closing Date: 16th August 2020
Interview Date:  24th August 2020

TO APPLY AND FOR MORE INFORMATION:
If you would like to find out more about this position and to apply, please click the 'Apply' button to be directed to our site. There you can download the application pack.

Groundwork South is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable groups. In line with our Safer Recruitment & Selection Policy and Procedure, successful applicants are subject to references and an enhanced with barred lists disclosure check.

CVs will not be accepted. No agencies please. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. Please note that we reserve the right to close applications early in the event of a large response.

Groundwork South is committed to transforming people’s lives and places through social, economic and environmental action. In terms of development and delivery of these projects we work across three business themes, Parks & Open Spaces, Youth & Employment and Greener Living & Working.

We are committed to the employment and career development of disabled people. To demonstrate our commitment, we have been awarded the Disability Confident Scheme Symbol, which is awarded by the Employment Service. We guarantee an interview to anyone with a disability whose application meets the essential criteria for the post. If you consider yourself to have a disability and would like to apply under the Guaranteed Interview Scheme please complete the Guaranteed Interview Scheme form (at the top of our current vacancies page) and submit this with your application. We shall ensure fairness and equal opportunities throughout our workforce and in service delivery.

Groundwork South is an equal opportunity employer and values diversity. We welcome applications from suitably skilled candidates regardless of ethnicity, gender, disability, sexuality, religion or age. A copy of our Equality and Diversity policy may also be made available to candidates on request.

JOB TITLE: Impact and Learning Officer

About New Horizon Youth Centre

Every year thousands of young people find themselves homeless in London. We are a vital support network for 16-24 year olds with nowhere else to go. Through the holistic services we provide at our daycentre and via outreach we support thousands of young people experiencing homelessness to increase their health, improve their economic circumstances and find somewhere that they can call home.

For as long as young people are homeless and vulnerable in London, we will be on a mission to give their potential a home.

About the role

Learning is an essential part of our strategy. We have a number of ambitious plans around this and are investing in our systems so that we can more readily learn about our impact as well as from young people. We focus on partnerships within the sector and beyond so that we can use the learning to ensure that youth homelessness is understood and acted upon.

The Impact and Learning Officer is a key part of this strategy. You will play an essential role in ensuring we have the best possible services for young people to build from and use our learning to help decision makers understand the scale of the issue and invest in solutions. To this end the key job objectives are:

• Developing our monitoring, evaluation and learning systems so that we can offer improved support to young people and better articulate our impact
• Helping to leverage our learning and evidence to change practice and policy for young people experiencing homelessness and disadvantage in London and nationally

This is an exciting new position in which you will have the chance to cooperate with our amazing teams, consultants, partner organisations, and truly remarkable young people. You will be starting at a really interesting time of Covid-19 change in which we are bringing about different delivery models, new projects and added partnerships.

About you

We are looking for someone with demonstrable experience in monitoring, evaluation and learning in the voluntary sector and with an understanding of young people. You will be a proactive self-starter who can work in a small team and support different teams across the organisation. Most of all, you have a knack for asking the right questions, have the experience and tools to find the answers, and know how to use these insights for learning and best practice.

About you

1. You will have experience of proactively and independently working at the interface of public policy and research, ideally with an understanding of issues relating to modern slavery and human rights
2. You will have excellent interpersonal skills and a proven ability to communicate with a wide range of policy stakeholders at all levels of seniority and the ability to successfully develop and maintain professional relationships
3. You will have a track record of working collaboratively with partners and demonstrate a good understanding of the need for the policy impact work of the PEC to complement and amplify, not duplicate, the similar work of such partners where there is overlap.
4. The Modern Slavery PEC is committed to being inclusive and diverse and particularly encourages applications from women, people with disabilities, BAME applicants, LGBT+ applicants and other minorities. The Centre is committed to being a values based organisation and, in the spirit of our values, we commit to proactively challenge bias and offer a fair and equitable recruitment process for all applicants.

The Role

1. The main responsibilities of the role are to:

• support the Director of Policy Impact in the implementation of the Modern Slavery PEC’s strategy for policy impact, working alongside the core team as well as the collaborating partners to ensure a fully interconnected and integrated approach
• closely monitor all relevant policy initiatives and emerging trends in the field, identifying opportunities for policy impact
• broker relationships between policy stakeholders and those conducting the Modern Slavery PEC’s research
• work alongside the Director of Policy Impact, to engage in horizon-scanning to identify potential areas in which we can develop our influence, deliver our evidence-based research and influence policy
• support the Director of Policy Impact in proactively involving people who are or were personally affected by modern slavery in the development of policy thinking and positioning
• act as an ambassador and a spokesperson for the Modern Slavery PEC; developing a network, promoting our expertise and identifying new opportunities
• provide tailored information to relevant audiences and individuals – the right insights to the right people at the right time, in an accessible and useable way – translating the PEC’s outputs into accessible form for different audiences
• work with the Communications Director to ensure external knowledge exchange communications are in line with the Modern Slavery PEC Communications Strategy
• identify key topics and mechanisms through which the Modern Slavery PEC can best use evidence to support stakeholders
• work with the Director of Policy Impact, Partnerships Manager, and the Communications Director to develop professional external relationships
• work alongside the Director of Policy Impact and the Impact Evaluation Manager to evaluate the effectiveness and impact of the Modern Slavery PEC’s policy-influencing activity

Key working relationships

Director

Director of Policy Impact

Research Director

Communications Director

Operations Director

Partnerships Manager

Impact Evaluation Manager

Finance and Administration Manager

Senior Management Board

AHRC

Person Specification

Relevant Experience

Experience in a policy-influencing role in modern slavery, human rights or a related area at a national level

Experience of policy development and national level influencing in a complex multi-stakeholder environment

Ability to analyse legislation and policy, and use this analysis to co-develop an organisational position

Demonstrable political awareness and the ability to gauge potential impact of policy change

Demonstrable experience of developing and delivering proactive and reactive influencing strategies, ensuring buy-in from key stakeholders

Demonstrated understanding of the mechanisms for national and international influencing

Highly developed relationship building skills and a proactive approach to problem solving

Experience of and commitment to involving users of services in the planning, development and delivery, as well as impact evaluation, of influencing activity

Excellent digital skills, with experience of using a wide variety of systems and a demonstrated ability for learning new tools with ease

Leadership and Management

Ability to lead and manage complex cross-organisational projects and work effectively

Ability to evaluate and improve influencing impact

Demonstrated high level of professional integrity

Teamwork and Collaboration

Proven ability to work collaboratively and set an example to the team

Demonstrable experience of working within a complex organisation and of exercising tact and sound judgement across professional collaborations

Communication Skills

Demonstrable highly developed communication skills – both orally and in writing

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