Monitoring, Evaluation and Impact Manager

Job content

We are recruiting a Monitoring, Evaluation and Impact Manager to join our team at Education Development Trust working on the North East Ambition contract.

Location: Gateshead (although the role will be a mixture of home and office working)

What is North East Ambition?

The North East Ambition programme is designed to support SMEs and micro businesses across the North East link more effectively with local and national skills initiatives. The programme is a partnership between Education Development Trust and the North East Local Enterprise Partnership, building upon the successful North East Ambition pilot. The North East Ambition programme is a European Social Fund match funded programme that runs from December 2020 – December 2023.

The Monitoring, Evaluation and Impact Manager will manage the implementation of monitoring and evaluation frameworks for the North East Ambition contract and identify opportunities for wider implementation across the Careers and Employability Directorate.

The role holder will be managing and supporting the development of monitoring and evaluation systems within the Careers and Employability arm of Education Development Trust. This is a national role, and the successful candidate must have access to transport and be prepared to travel across England based on business need. It may be necessary on occasion to work outside standard office hours.

Candidate will have significant experience of developing and embedding monitoring and evaluation frameworks and tools as well as having project management experience.

Candidates should be educated to degree level or equivalent or have substantial experience in a monitoring and evaluation role.

All job objectives are illustrated in the job description, that can be found at the bottom of this advert. Due to current Covid restrictions, this role is likely to require virtual engagement and so candidates will need to be comfortable with engaging with potential and actual programme beneficiaries through virtual means.

Salary: £36,267,00 per annum

Benefits: We offer a generous holiday allowance (30 days), a 6% matched pension scheme, a range of voluntary benefits, excellent training, and family friendly policies to support flexible working.

Closing date: Thursday 15th July (Please note, we reserve the right to close our vacancies early if sufficient applications are received)

Interview dates: Interviews will take place virtually on Wednesday 21st July.

This post, as part of the North East Ambition project, is part funded by the European Structural and Investment Funds 2020 - 2024 and all activity must comply with contractual regulations.

COVID-19: We continue to follow the guidance from the UK Government and will be conducting most interviews virtually. Education Development Trust supports flexible working, with the majority of colleagues continuing to work from home throughout this pandemic.

Education Development Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and adults whom we work with and come into contact with around the world. All applicants are subject to thorough screening and for applicable roles, successful candidates are subject to relevant criminal record checks with national police authorities or the UK’s Disclosure and Barring Service