Job Details:
Organisation: Save the Children UK
Deadline Fri, 3 Feb 2017
Job type: Permanent
Location:
United Kingdom
£30,000 - £35,000 pro rata
21 hours per week
North East England
We are looking for a proactive and solutions focused individual to join us as Data, Evaluation & Impact Adviser, helping to establish the Wallsend Children’s Community as a centre of best practice for the sharing of data across local agencies and for the use of data to drive strategic decisions.
Working in more than 120 countries, we do whatever it takes to create breakthroughs in the way the world treats children. Our UK and Global Programmes department delivers humanitarian and development programmes, builds partnerships with institutional donors – including governments, multi-laterals and trusts – and drives lasting change. Together, we save children’s lives, fight for their rights and help them fulfil their potential.
As Data, Evaluation & Impact Adviser you will implement a data collection plan for the Children’s Community and carry out internal evaluations of individual interventions and support the Executive Lead to monitor impact. You will work closely with the external evaluation team, including supporting their national evaluation, building local evaluation capacity and maintaining a Client Monitoring System. In addition you will:
- Build and maintain networks with data leads from across our local partner organisations
- Collate and monitor very local data and explore where child and family-level data can be linked across datasets
- Draft reports for Governance Group materials and help produce other written materials
- Use data and evaluation to create a culture of challenge and support across the Children’s Community
- Work collaboratively with UK Programmes PDQ team on data collection, evaluation and impact and support other programmes in the Department.
To be successful you will be degree educated with postgraduate level training in statistics and data analysis. Resilient, flexible and proactive, you will have a good understanding of national and local child and family datasets with experience of using Excel, R Statistics and / or SPSS. In addition you will have:
- Experience of survey design and qualitative research and a commitment to helping children in disadvantaged areas to realise their potential
- Experience of working with datasets in local public service systems and of developing and implementing data sharing agreements
- Excellent interpersonal, communication and representational skills in order to work with a wide range of people both internally and externally
- A good understanding of the impact of poverty on children, families and neighbourhoods
- Experience of working with children’s services and schools.
At Save the Children we are committed to the safeguarding and protection of children in our work. We will do everything possible to ensure that only those who are suitable to work with children are recruited to work for us. This post is subject to a range of vetting checks including a criminal records disclosure.
Our mission is to inspire breakthroughs in the way the world treats children and to achieve immediate and lasting change in their lives. If you share our mission, are passionate about making it happen and strongly believe you can contribute then join us and we'll give you every opportunity to succeed. We look forward to hearing from you.
To apply please visit our website.
Closing date: 3rd February 2017 at 12pm
Data, Evaluation & Impact Adviser
Job posted by: Save the Children UK - Mon, 16 Jan 2017Job Details:
Organisation: Save the Children UK
Deadline Fri, 3 Feb 2017
Job type: Permanent
Location: United Kingdom
£30,000 - £35,000 pro rata
21 hours per week
North East England
We are looking for a proactive and solutions focused individual to join us as Data, Evaluation & Impact Adviser, helping to establish the Wallsend Children’s Community as a centre of best practice for the sharing of data across local agencies and for the use of data to drive strategic decisions.
Working in more than 120 countries, we do whatever it takes to create breakthroughs in the way the world treats children. Our UK and Global Programmes department delivers humanitarian and development programmes, builds partnerships with institutional donors – including governments, multi-laterals and trusts – and drives lasting change. Together, we save children’s lives, fight for their rights and help them fulfil their potential.
As Data, Evaluation & Impact Adviser you will implement a data collection plan for the Children’s Community and carry out internal evaluations of individual interventions and support the Executive Lead to monitor impact. You will work closely with the external evaluation team, including supporting their national evaluation, building local evaluation capacity and maintaining a Client Monitoring System. In addition you will:
To be successful you will be degree educated with postgraduate level training in statistics and data analysis. Resilient, flexible and proactive, you will have a good understanding of national and local child and family datasets with experience of using Excel, R Statistics and / or SPSS. In addition you will have:
At Save the Children we are committed to the safeguarding and protection of children in our work. We will do everything possible to ensure that only those who are suitable to work with children are recruited to work for us. This post is subject to a range of vetting checks including a criminal records disclosure.
Our mission is to inspire breakthroughs in the way the world treats children and to achieve immediate and lasting change in their lives. If you share our mission, are passionate about making it happen and strongly believe you can contribute then join us and we'll give you every opportunity to succeed. We look forward to hearing from you.
To apply please visit our website.
Closing date: 3rd February 2017 at 12pm