You will be a key part of the Senior Leadership Team and will have a significant internal and external profile. You will strategically lead and enhance their approach to research and evaluation, demonstrating impact, ensuring that they can improve services, influence policy and share best practice. You will lead in ensuring that the charity is at the forefront of evidence-based practice, influencing policy and sharing knowledge. The issues facing the individuals they support are growing more acute and it is paramount that they are focused on what works.
You will act as a consultant on a range of different partnerships to help partners develop their evaluation strategy and approach e.g. delivering independent evaluations for organisations like the Careers and Enterprise Company, Nesta or multi-academy Trusts such as Lift Schools. You will have opportunities to contribute to development of team strategy and learning and development resources. As a manager you will act as a project lead, delivering high-quality research projects at scale, and support the creation of specific deliverables for projects led by others. This covers the end to end of research design and delivery, including the creation of Theories of Change and evaluation frameworks, data collection and analysis, and impact reporting to help partners learn about the effectiveness of their programmes. At manager level you will have the opportunity to take on larger-scope partnerships supported by a project sponsor at senior manager level or above.
You will work supporting students to make informed decisions about university and HE, with a particular focus on Business and Cyber courses. The role is part of the Marketing and Stakeholder Engagement Directorate responsible for a range of university-wide activities. The student recruitment function is comprised of the following teams: Student Recruitment Events, Schools Liaison and Outreach, Admissions and Applicant Experience. Together these teams work with academic schools to deliver on the university’s undergraduate and postgraduate recruitment objectives and to meet our widening participation targets. Data and evidence constantly inform decisions to ensure that an efficient and effective service is provided to customers. Working proactively with target schools and colleges, the you will join a team of on campus officers who deliver a range of activities to inform students and their influencers- teachers and advisers and parents and carers - playing a critical role in subject and general schools and college events both on and off campus.
Dr Emma Thompson, Head of Enhancement, University of Southampton
Sian Edwards, Communication and Administration Officer, the National Network for the Education of Care Leavers
Matt Griffin, Programmes and Communications Officer, Causeway Education