Research And Evaluation Manager

Research & Evaluation Manager
Salary: Circa £50K pa. DOE
Location: Central London office three days per week/Hybrid two days per week
Contract type: Fixed Term 3 year contract
Holiday: 25 days per annum
Hours: 37.5 hours per week (Mon-Fri) Benefits: Pension scheme, Private Medical insurance, Life Insurance, Season Ticket Loan

Role Purpose
The Royal Foundation is recruiting a Research and Evaluation Manager to make an impact for the Homewards programme. This role will ensure we generate high quality, compelling evidence about the effectiveness of interventions tested through the programme, facilitating a culture of learning and ensuring that learning is captured and used to improve delivery and maximise impact.

This role will sit within The Royal Foundation\’s in-house Research & Impact team, which provides research and evaluation expertise and delivers key insights across our programmes of work, to help us design and deliver programmes and understand our impact. This role is central to our effort to make The Royal Foundation evidence-led and cutting edge, helping maximise our impact across the range of issues we support.

Key responsibilities, but not limited to:

• Scope, commission, and manage evaluation projects to generate actionable evidence for commissioning and service delivery, ensuring effective supplier, project management, and contractor relationships.
• Monitor project progress to ensure timely, budget-compliant delivery of high-quality evaluations, meeting objectives and adhering to policies.
• Collate evaluation and programme data for organization-level impact reports.
• Analyse research data, conduct desk research, and support the Homewards programme team in scoping future activities.
• Provide day-to-day support to the Senior Research and Impact Manager overseeing research and evaluation across the Homewards programme.
• Disseminate insights effectively through various channels and support the interpretation and application of learnings.
• Provide updates for internal and external stakeholders, including the Board and Homewards partners.
• Advise programme partners on research and evaluation design and delivery for action plans.
• Identify and mitigate risks through strong project management.
• Ensure compliance with Market Research Society (MRS) standards and GDPR for data handling.
• Support the Research and Impact team in developing and delivering the research strategy.
• Perform other ad hoc duties as required.

Knowledge, experience, and personal qualities:
The Essentials:

• Minimum 5 years\’ experience managing research and evaluation projects.
• Expertise in commissioning various evaluation approaches, including process, quantitative impact, and theory-based evaluations.
• Strong understanding of evaluation techniques, including strategy development and applying a theory of change.
• Proven ability to draft research materials, analyse data, and produce high-quality outputs (quantitative and qualitative).
• Excellent analytical skills with the ability to synthesize data from diverse sources.
• Experience in briefing external suppliers, managing research commissions, and ensuring quality and compliance with financial and contractual requirements.
• Skilled in communicating research findings to both internal teams and external audiences, including non-researchers.

The Desirables:

• Relationship builder. Adaptable and has a flexible approach to plans, able to respond confidently and positively to changing scenarios, seize opportunities and solve problems.
• Optimistic and energetic outlook, keen to maximise the positive change that the Homewards programme can deliver.
• Experience of participatory evaluation and working with peer evaluators and those with lived experience.
• Experience of scoping and managing evaluations of communications and public relations campaigns.

Our Company & Culture:
The Royal Foundation is committed to equity, diversity, and inclusion and to ensuring a positive, safe, and respectful environment which promotes the wellbeing and dignity of our employees, partners, suppliers, and those whose interests we represent. We are committed to promoting a positive and inclusive working environment that has a diversity of people and views, and one that supports our culture of collaboration and curiosity. These principles underpin our professional behaviour and are embedded in our policies, procedures, day-to-day practices, and external relationships. We therefore welcome and encourage job applications from people of all backgrounds.

If you have the relevant skills and enthusiasm for the role, then we\’d love to hear from you. Please send your CV and a one-page covering letter explaining your motivation for applying and how you meet the skills and experience required for the role by clicking \’Apply\’ now.

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