Evaluation Manager
Organisation name: Office For Students
Job title: Evaluation Manager
Salary amount: £51846 - £56662 (Plus generous Civil Service defined benefit pension)
Contract type: Full-time
Location of position: Bristol
Application deadline: 23:55 on 15 September 2024
About us
The 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. We have high ambitions and offer great opportunities to get involved in bringing that vision to life.
We’re looking for an experienced evaluator who’s excited about bringing their evaluation expertise to the OfS. Our evaluation team are enthusiastic in their mission to support the OfS to celebrate and use evaluation to make a positive difference.
If this type of role as an evaluation champion and leader sounds like you, we’d love you to apply to come and work with us!
About the role
In this role you will be scoping, running and commissioning evaluations, providing expert advice on priority evidence projects, and working to champion a strong culture of evaluative thinking in the OfS.
About you
You will have substantial evaluation experience and be passionate about using evidence to improve practices and further impact. You will also be someone who values working collaboratively, and places importance on both continuously developing your own evaluation knowledge and sharing it to the benefit of the colleagues and organisation around you.
Working for us
The OfS regulates the higher education sector on behalf of all students. We value diversity and the wealth of perspectives, experience and ideas that it brings to our work, and we strive to embed equality of opportunity in everything we do.
We recruit based on fair and open competition and welcome applications from candidates regardless of age, disability, race and ethnicity, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation and socio-economic background.
At the OfS, we recognise that flexibility can enable people to work more effectively. A set of organisation-wide principles shape our approach to flexible and hybrid working, which our teams then use as guidance on how they deliver their business goals. To attract the widest possible field of qualified applicants, flexible working and part time working apply to this role.
In addition, our Total Reward Framework offers a range of benefits to suit your way of life. These include comprehensive learning and development, annual leave starting at 25 days per year (plus public holidays), access to the highly regarded Civil Service pension scheme and a variety of health benefits.
Closing date for applications: 15 September 2024
Interviews: 8-10 October 2024
Application document:
https://ofs.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/External_Career_Site/job/Bristol/Evaluation-Manager_R0001028