Thrive Insight & Evaluation Lead in Doncaster

The City of Doncaster Council is a confident, ambitious organisation which puts improving the life of its residents at the centre of everything we do. You have an opportunity to be part of this in the role of Insight and Evaluation Lead with the Well Doncaster Team and part of the Thrive approach as a whole systems change model. It is an exciting time to be involved in health, wellbeing, and community support in Doncaster. The Doncaster Growing Together Borough Strategy has set out to change the way that public services deliver community support. Our ambitions are being realised through our inclusion in two national programmes which will test place-based, community-led health and well-being approaches across Doncaster.

Are you passionate about using insight, evidence, and evaluation to drive real change? We are seeking a visionary and strategic leader to establish and lead the Thrive Insight and Evaluation function, a brand-new approach to learning, improvement, and system change across Doncaster’s work and skills ecosystem. As Insight and Evaluation Lead, you will be at the heart of the Thrive model, driving the design and delivery of a robust insight, intelligence, research, and evaluation function. Your work will ensure that evidence is not only generated but actively shared, applied, and embedded into practice, policy, and system transformation. This is a unique opportunity to influence change at local, regional, and national levels, improving aspirations and quality of life across Doncaster’s five Thrive themes.

What you’ll do:

• Lead the design and delivery of embedded, innovative evaluation practices
• Drive system-wide learning and continuous improvement
• Influence local, regional, and national policy through evidence
• Build strong partnerships across sectors
• Champion knowledge mobilisation and participatory evaluation

This is your chance to shape how we learn, adapt, and deliver better outcomes for our communities. The Team Doncaster is passionate about working with communities to improve the health and wealth of individuals, families, and communities. We use a range of community-centred approaches to address health inequalities across Doncaster. Working within our communities, with residents and voluntary, community, and faith organisations to improve the wider determinants of health. The work is fast-paced, evolves to meet the needs of communities, and is highly rewarding as we see positive change in the lives of real people.

Our work has been recognised nationally for our strengths-based approach for working with and for our residents. We are looking for an individual who is experienced in Community Centred Approaches, who can demonstrate a working knowledge of implementing community-based public health approaches and has excellent interpersonal skills. Knowledge of Asset Based Community Development and key partners would also be beneficial. Willingness and ability to travel around the borough to meet the needs of the service/role.

In return for your hard work and dedication, we can offer you the chance to be part of a great team dedicated to ensuring that all people in Doncaster thrive. You will also have access to a variety of attractive employee benefits including competitive leave entitlement, a generous local government pension scheme, a wide range of well-being support and development opportunities. You will also have access to a range of staff discount and benefits schemes. More information on the benefits available to you as a City of Doncaster Council employee can be found in the attached benefits book.

Please ensure you view the job summary and job profile as you will need to demonstrate in your application form how you meet the required criteria. Shortlisting and interview dates to be confirmed.

For further details please contact: Vanessa Powell-Hoyland via email at vanessa.powell-hoyland@doncaster.gov.uk.