Monitoring and Evaluation Lead

Good Growth is responsible for delivering and implementing the Mayor’s environment, transport and economic strategies and for the effective implementation of the London Plan. The Directorate is also responsible for regeneration, enterprise, growth, capital projects and design work.

About The Team

London is a city recognised as the global capital for arts and culture. Our theatres, music venues, museums and galleries are renowned across the world. Our creative industries are vital to London’s success, and the recording studios, rehearsal spaces, artists' workspaces, grassroots music, and LGBTQ+ venues all contribute to this success. The Culture, Creative Industries and 24-Hour London portfolio at the Greater London Authority focuses on supporting London’s cultural and creative economy, strengthening cultural infrastructure, and ensuring the city functions as a global, inclusive 24‑hour city. This includes overseeing major projects such as Creative Enterprise Zones, London Borough of Culture, the Fourth Plinth commission, and initiatives that support the night‑time economy.

Alongside programme delivery, the team is preparing for devolved powers of licensing to the Mayor — working with boroughs, the police, industry and communities to ensure that licensing and regulatory frameworks support vibrancy, safety and economic growth while balancing local impacts. The Culture, Creative Industries and 24‑Hour London Unit, in partnership with teams across the Greater London Authority (GLA), is leading an exciting new government‑backed pilot to establish strategic licensing powers for the Mayor of London. This high‑profile initiative is a cornerstone of the Government’s and Mayor’s shared growth agenda—unlocking opportunities for London’s hospitality, cultural and nighttime economies.

About The Role

This is an exciting opportunity to join the Culture, Creative Industries and 24 Hour London (CCI24) Unit delivering the Mayor of London’s Strategic Licensing policy. You’ll be at the heart of a fast‑paced, cross‑organisational effort to design and implement new licensing powers—with the ambition to launch by Summer 2026.

Unique Opportunity To:

• Support and shape a new policy and regulatory function within the GLA
• Drive innovation in how licensing supports London’s economic and cultural vibrancy
• Work with senior stakeholders across government, industry, and the city
• Make a visible impact on how London works, plays, and grows

Monitoring & Evaluation Lead Responsibilities:

• Oversee how the Strategic Licensing pilot is monitored and evaluated, ensuring methods, evidence and outputs meet Magenta Book and GLA standards.
• Help senior policy leads shape theories of change, KPIs and performance frameworks that translate strategic goals into measurable, testable outcomes.
• Procuring and managing consultants, quality‑assuring evaluation plans and reports, and ensuring findings are robust enough to inform strategic decisions.
• Work with policy, data and delivery teams to embed good monitoring practice, strengthen data collection, and ensure evidence is used effectively across the programme.
• Present analysis to senior audiences, represent the project externally, and produce clear, credible outputs that help shape the future of the Strategic Licensing pilot.

Essential Criteria:

• A degree or equivalent professional qualification in social sciences, economics, public policy, or a related subject, or an ability to demonstrate the equivalent level of knowledge through experience in a related field.
• Experience in evaluation, including developing theories of change, and using quantitative and qualitative methods.
• Broad knowledge of, or demonstrated capacity to acquire expertise in, policy areas relevant to licensing, night‑time economy or economic development.
• Evidence of proficiency in using project management tools, databases (such as GIS) and presentation software, and the ability or demonstrated capacity to acquire ability to use specialised statistical software packages.

Behavioural Competencies:

• Actively engages partners and encourages others to build relationships that support GLA objectives
• Understands and recognises the contributions that staff at all levels make to delivering priorities
• Proactively manages partner relationships, preventing or resolving any conflict
• Adapts style to work effectively with partners, building consensus, trust and respect
• Delivers objectives by bringing together diverse stakeholders to work effectively in partnership

• Encourages and supports teams in engaging in transparent and inclusive communication
• Influences others and gains buy‑in using compelling, well‑thought‑through arguments
• Negotiates effectively to deliver GLA priorities
• Synthesises the complex viewpoints of others, recognises where compromise is necessary and brokers agreement
• Advocates positively for the GLA both within and outside the organisation

• Monitors allocation of resources, anticipating changing requirements that may impact work delivery
• Ensures evaluation processes are in place to measure project benefits
• Gains buy‑in and commitment to project delivery from diverse stakeholders
• Implements quality measures to ensure directorate output is of a high standard
• Translates political vision into action plans and deliverables

• Expands networks to gain new information sources for research and policy development
• Identifies and implements methods to ensure intelligence is of a high quality
• Encourages others to analyse data from different angles, using multiple perspectives to identify connections and new insights
• Tailors research investment in line with likely impact for Londoners and policy priorities
• Retains a bigger picture view, ensuring research recommendations are appropriate and practical for the GLA and its stakeholders

Benefits:

GLA staff are hybrid working up to 3 days a week in our offices and remotely depending on their role. In addition to a good salary package, you will be paid every four weeks, providing frequent salary payments. We also offer an attractive range of benefits including 30 days’ annual leave, interest free season ticket loan, interest free bicycle loan and a career average pension scheme.

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion:

London’s diversity is its biggest asset, and we strive to ensure our workforce reflects London’s diversity at all levels. We welcome applications from everyone regardless of age, gender, gender identity, gender expression, ethnicity, sexual orientation, faith or disability. We particularly encourage applications from Black, Asian and Minority ethnic candidates and disabled candidates who are currently underrepresented in our workforce. We are committed to being an inclusive employer and we are happy to consider flexible working arrangements. We would welcome applications from candidates who are seeking part time work as this role is open to job share. Please note we are a Disability Confident Employer so for candidates who wish to be considered under the scheme and meet the essential criteria, they will automatically be invited to interview. If you require adjustments through the process, we will accommodate as much as possible.

Location:

This role is based at London Fire Brigade’s Head Office (Union Street SE1 0LL).