We’re hiring
We’re hiring.
Post One: Project Manager Needed, Salary £37,000 FTE, 20 hours per week with potential to rise to full time in the future.
Post Two: Project Officer Needed, Salary £24,000 – £27,000 (depending on experience), Full time
The Evaluator is a fast-growing evaluation consultancy, founded in 2017, by Kirsty Rose Parker. Helping charities and not-for-profit organisations to demonstrate the impact of their work, creatively and visually, The Evaluator uses the tagline “We’ll figure it out for you”.
We are often ‘measuring the unmeasurable’ and fixing problems on a day- to- day basis. The tasks included in this work range from data capture, face to face consultations, telephone calls, research, analysis, report writing, visual data creation, presenting information and creative problem solving. We work at a range of levels including strategically and operationally.
Our culture is based on kindness and empathy for others with determination to provide exceptional service levels. The ideal candidate will be driven, ambitious and willing to go the extra mile to ‘figure it out’ for our clients.
Project Manager:
As the business is growing fast, we need a Project Manager to help manage a small freelance team and to enable the business to meet all its current commitments, while allowing our Founder and Director to explore new opportunities.
We want someone who:
Is a confident manager of people, across remote situations.
Can you motivate and inspire a team? How do you empower people and get the best out of them? How have you excelled in this area? Tell us how you effectively manage talent, identifying and developing potential as well as planning for succession.
Can interpret data and read spreadsheets, tables and graphs.
This is a really important part of the job; you need to be incredibly data literate and also graphically literate. Maybe you have carried out statistical analysis in previous roles? How do you translate numbers into a story and use that information to persuade teams to make changes? Have you the ability to translate complex statistical information into engaging verbal and written content?
Is a brilliant report writer.
Have you spent time developing your own voice in reports, developing a critical style of communicating which is engaging, authentic, grammatically correct and easy to understand? You will need to have excellent communication skills, amazing report writing skills and a strong grasp of English.
Has Project Manager skills and can plan out what needs to happen and when to achieve success across multiple projects.
We like to work positively, actively exploring what can be done, rather than what can’t. We are customer-centric and need to meet customer deadlines at all times. How do you work backwards to ensure what needs to happen today does, how do you recognise and inspire a team to take ownership of processes and deliver their best?
Has some experience of the charity/ not-for-profit/ public sector.
A strong working understanding of larger grants, aims and objectives of major funding bodies is important in the role.
We want someone who is passionate about solving problems and making the world better. We are looking for someone committed to CPD, who is motivated and driven to succeed, a confident communicator and negotiator who uses persuasive skills and is able to consistently maintain high personal and professional standards at all times.
Is honest, reliable, punctual, willing to learn and enthusiastic and able to work outside normal business hours when required.
Desirables include: A maths or economics qualification/ Evaluation experience/ Social return on investment experience/ Project Management qualification.
We are currently offering this role as 20 hours a week, but envisage a rise to full time may be possible in the future if wanted.
Project Officer:
We are looking for someone keen to learn the art of evaluation, and who has some maths and data and report writing skills. We welcome applicants who are new graduates, or seeking a career change, or who have worked as Project Officers before. We are looking for the right person to invest in, and to train in evaluation as we see it, evaluation which makes the world better and which helps our clients to figure out what works, and what they should do more of.
We want someone who:
Is a dynamic worker, who is self motivated and thrives working remotely.
You want to get on, you like to do a job properly and find it easy to motivate yourself. Maybe you like lists or always do the hardest job first? Are you always striving to improve your own work?
Can or would like to learn how to interpret data and read spreadsheets, tables and graphs.
Ideally you have some data experience, and some numerical ability. Have you carried out some research and learned from the results? Have you used polls or Google analytics? Looked at seasonal patterns? Created graphs to tell a story?
Is a brilliant report writer.
You will need to have excellent communication skills, report writing skills and a strong grasp of English. You might have written essays, or board reports, or blog posts. We don’t mind what your experience is, as long as you can tell a story in words.
Has some experience of the charity/ not-for-profit/ public sector.
Some experience of the charity and not-for-profit or public sector is desirable, even if this is as a volunteer or intern. Maybe you have raised money for a charity? Maybe you have previously worked in a role or temporary role in the public sector?
We want someone who is passionate about solving problems and making the world better. We are looking for someone committed to learning, who is motivated and driven to succeed, a confident communicator who is able to consistently maintain high personal and professional standards at all times.
Is honest, reliable, punctual, willing to learn and enthusiastic and able to work outside normal business hours when required.
Desirables include: A maths or economics qualification.
About The Evaluator
The Evaluator can offer an exciting and dynamic work opportunity; every day is different and we are often making a difference to people’s lives. This is work that means something. Current projects include conservation of places and species, heritage building work, opportunities for Deaf and disabled people in the music industry, exploring how wellbeing and nature interact, measuring the impact of long-term arts projects, national festivals and working with projects supporting long term unemployed and some offenders.
We are looking for people who are happy to work from home for the time being, able to travel to East Lancashire occasionally for meetings, and happy to travel around as part of the work undertaken. Our clients are all over the UK, although we have successfully worked remotely for the last year, we envisage more travel to work with clients in the future.
The Evaluator is a small business, and both roles will suit people who are ambitious and dynamic and want to be a part of the future of this fast-growing business.
How to apply for either role
To apply please send a two-page summary addressing the skills we are after and a succinct CV to kirsty@theevaluator.co.uk by 5pm on Thursday 20th May 2021. Please make it clear which role you are applying for. You may also attach any reports/essays you have written in the last 12 months, if you are the sole author. We don’t mind if some of that information is removed and classified if they are internal reports. We will invite those shortlisted to an interview and this will include a task to complete.
We welcome applications from disabled individuals and can make reasonable adjustments to the interview process if required, please ask. We also welcome applicants from diverse backgrounds, although applicants must be located in the UK and have a right to work in the UK.
