643 - Evaluation Manager

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East of England
Peterborough
Head Office – CITB, Sand Martin House, Bittern Way, Fletton Quays, Peterborough, PE2 8TY
B.
Permanent
Full Time
£46,435 - £60,689

Evaluation Manager

CITB is dedicated to ensuring the construction workforce has the right skills for now and the future based on our three strategic priorities – Careers, Standards and Qualifications, and Training and Development. 

We are committed to our mission and vision of attracting and supporting the development of people to construct a better Britain and for British construction to have a recognised, world-class, innovative approach to developing its workforce to deliver quality in the built environment.

About the role:

As Evaluation Manager, you will support the Head of Strategy in the set up and delivery of the evaluation function: putting evidence at the heart of what CITB does and also supporting the process for strategic planning at CITB.   This role will lead all evaluation activity, which includes taking responsibility for designing, commissioning, and delivering all evaluation activity at CITB: building an overall evaluation culture and delivering evaluation frameworks and strategic programme and intervention level evaluation.  

As a member of the management team, you will provide the leadership contribution necessary for the effective operation of CITB by ensuring that evidence of impact is available internally and externally and helps to drive effective CITB decision making.

Key responsibilities and accountabilities:

  • Support impact-focused strategy development and business planning.
  • Lead an effective monitoring and evaluation team that offers leadership and advice to key staff.
  • Oversee the management and delivery of all externally commissioned evaluations to enable maximum value for the organisation.
  • Ensure robust impact reporting and evaluation use.
  • Build an evaluative, learning culture across CITB.
  • Support the overall strategic planning process.

Please see attached role profile for further information.

Knowledge and Experience:

Essential:

  • Educated to degree level with relevant professional qualification
  • Significant experience of designing impact and evaluation frameworks at a strategic and intervention level with Public and or Charitable organisations, and developing or selecting appropriate data collection methods and tools
  • Experience of delivering or facilitating impact-focused planning (e.g., using theory of change approaches)
  • High-level knowledge, understanding and experience in a range of evaluation methodologies, including realist evaluation and mixed methodologies
  • Proven experience quality assuring the rigour of evaluations
  • Comprehensive understanding of how own business area integrates with other business areas to achieve the goals of CITB.
  • Up-to-date knowledge and understanding of the latest developments and best practices in evaluation.
  • Demonstrable experience of managing a team of professionals and/or a virtual cross-functional team.
  • Experience in planning, budget management and development of ways of working and delivering a function within a business.

Desirable:

  • Understanding and or previous knowledge of working in the Construction Industry
  • Experience in public or charitable sectors
  • Experience of designing and delivering training and capacity building in evaluation
  • Experience of economic assessments

Key Skills

  • Excellent evaluation and impact measurement skills based on strong strategic thinking
  • Resilient and determined, able to positively pursue long-term projects
  • A creative thinker able to think laterally to overcome problems and challenges as they arise
  • Strong interpersonal, negotiation and influencing skills with the ability to build positive relationships with a range of stakeholders across the organisation as well as external providers
  • Negotiation, influencing and diplomacy skills to be able to achieve the overall right outcome for CITB and to help build and embed an evaluation culture.
  • Excellent written skills with the ability to produce engaging evaluation outputs that promote learning and improvement
  • Excellent oral communication and presentation skills

Benefits/Allowances

  • 25 days holiday per year (+ 8 bank/public holidays)
  • Flexible benefits including buying/selling holidays, cycle to work and insurance
  • Pension scheme
  • Employee discounts
  • Long service awards
  • CITB recognition scheme
  • Employee assistance programme

To apply for this vacancy, please follow the Apply button link within the advert.

Any applications or CV’s received via email will not be accepted as a formal application to this advertised role.

For general queries regarding your application, please contact the CITB HR Recruitment Contact Centre on 0345 241 5364 or via email to: CITB-recruitment-enquiries@gov.sscl.com



Educated to degree level with relevant professional qualification
Significant experience of designing impact and evaluation frameworks at a strategic and intervention level with Public and or Charitable organisations. Experience of delivering or facilitating impact-focused planning.

22/08/2021, 23:55 hours

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