Evaluation Manager

2 weeks ago

Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom Office for Students Full time £40,000 - £70,000 per year

he Office for Students (OfS) exists to ensure that English higher education offers the best experience and the best value - for students, for taxpayers, for the economy and for the public good. It is the independent regulator of higher education in England – we regulate higher education on behalf of all students. Our vision is that every student, whatever their background, has a fulfilling experience of higher education that enriches their lives and careers.

The evaluation team is small and friendly, with big ambitions and diverse expertise. We work across the OfS to ensure that the work of the OfS is supported by robust evidence.

The Evaluation Manager will help the OfS work more effectively, by leading impactful evaluation activity and evaluative thinking across the organisation. In this role you will:

  • Scope, run, and commission evaluations of OfS activity.
  • Manage commissioned suppliers to conduct evaluations.
  • Conduct data collection, with opportunities for both quantitative and qualitative analysis.
  • Manage junior team colleagues and manage projects.
  • Provide expert support, advice and quality assurance to evaluations led by other teams.
  • Support teams and senior decision-makers across the OfS to learn from and improve their regulatory interventions through their evaluations, and through facilitating learning / reflection exercises.
  • Engage stakeholders and ensure evaluation findings are translated into actions.
  • Drive organisational culture change to celebrate evaluation and embed a learning mindset (for example, delivering internal training sessions and presentations, writing blogs, building evaluation into organisational processes).
  • Develop your own knowledge of relevant research and evaluation and share this to build the knowledge of the team and wider colleagues.

We typically conduct impact and/or process evaluations, with a strong focus on theories of change and theory-based approaches and use mixed-methods designs. We are developing our expertise in quasi-experimental approaches.

This is an exciting time to join us as the team is kicking off new phases of work evaluating core areas of the OfS's regulation, as the OfS embarks on a new five year strategy. The team also continuously looks for ways to further build evaluation culture and capability in the organisation. Sitting within the Strategy, Delivery and Communications Directorate, the work of the Evaluation Team is a priority for the OfS to make sure our regulatory model is underpinned by rigorous evaluation and a commitment to learning, improvement, and ultimately impact.

Initial projects are subject to change, but it is anticipated the Evaluation Manager will lead on the impact evaluation of our approach to Access and Participation Plans (part of how we regulate equality of opportunity in English higher education). Alongside this, the role-holder may lead evaluations of our regulatory work relating to free speech, harassment and sexual misconduct, management and governance or our approach to regulating quality at universities and colleges.

The role is one of two Evaluation Managers, working closely with two Evaluation Officers, and reporting into the Head of Evaluation. The role involves collaborating with colleagues across the organisation. The Evaluation Team works in a hybrid way, coming together regularly in person in the office as a team, with a general expectation of two days in the office each week.

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