Impact & Evaluation Project Manager in Southampton

• Role Terms
• Salary: Band F – £35,093.15 to £40,270.20 FTE, depending on experience
• Hours: Full or part-time - 28 to 37 hours per week, over 4 or 5 days – Happy to talk flexible working
• Role type: Initial 12-month fixed-term, with possible extension subject to organisational need and future role requirements.
• Place of work: Hybrid – Southampton Head Office, with regular remote working available
• Role Screening: DBS Basic Disclosure
• Essential Driver?: No
• Closing Date: Monday 3rd of August 2026
• Interview Date: Tuesday 11th of August 2026 (provisional)
• Our Charity

No Limits is the leading youth services charity in Southampton, supporting children and young people in the city and across Hampshire.

At No Limits, it is important our staff and volunteers reflect, represent, and have experience of the challenges faced by the children and young people we support.

We are proud of and appreciate our many staff and volunteers who use their own lived experience to support the children and young people they work with.

With this in mind, we are committed to diversity, equity and inclusion in all aspects of our work and organisational culture – and when recruiting, it’s important to us that we continue diversifying our staff and volunteer teams, with children and young people at the centre of everything we do.

You can learn more about our DEI approach here.

When we talk about talent, we value the transferrable skills and experiences you can bring to No Limits, whether through work (in the same or a different sector), volunteering, or personal experiences.

To make sure we get the best talent on our team, we are open to and actively encourage applications from all backgrounds and sections of the community, including diverse ethnic backgrounds, LGBTQIA+, disabled, and neurodiverse individuals.

Your Role

As Impact & Evaluation Project Manager, you will lead the first phase of No Limits’ wider impact, evaluation and insight programme.

This is an initial 12-month fixed-term project role focused on helping us make sure we are measuring the right things, in the right way, and using outcomes to better understand and articulate the difference we make to children and young people.

There may be scope for the role to develop or extend beyond the initial period, depending on organisational need, funding and the skills and experience of the successful candidate.

Working across service delivery, fundraising and data, and alongside our external evaluation partner CORC, you will help turn this work into a practical outcomes framework, Theory of Change and set of service logic models that can be used across No Limits.

You will help managers better understand the outcomes their services contribute to, how these link to No Limits’ wider impact, and how they should be captured through our systems and day-to-day practice.

You will also help us develop a clearer and more consistent approach to outcomes, including how new services connect to the wider No Limits picture.

This includes identifying high‑level organisational outcomes, strengthening how we collect evidence through our data recording, and helping us demonstrate the wider social and economic benefit of our work.

Key Responsibilities

• Leading and coordinating the 12‑month impact and evaluation project.
• Working alongside CORC and internal colleagues to develop No Limits’ Theory of Change and outcomes framework.
• Supporting managers and service teams to review and strengthen service logic models.
• Reviewing whether a consistent organisation‑wide outcome measure, or small suite of measures, would help us demonstrate impact across our services.
• Working with the Data team to ensure Dynamics captures the right outcome measures, evidence and reporting requirements.
• Developing practical tools, guidance and training to help managers and staff use outcomes confidently and consistently.
• Leading or supporting evaluation activity for a small number of priority projects or service areas.
• Helping establish how No Limits can better evidence social value, economic benefit and wider impact.
• Producing clear findings, recommendations, summaries and briefings to support learning, reporting and future insight work.

We are committed to making a difference in the lives of the children and young people we work with, and as such, you must show a willingness to demonstrate commitment to the values and behaviours which flow from the No Limits ethos.

Safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people is paramount.

We particularly welcome applicants from diverse backgrounds and those who have had experiences similar to the young people we aim to support.

We are committed to creating a diverse environment where people can be their authentic selves, where their experiences and opinions are valued, and we are all open to learning from each other.

As part of our team, you’ll receive a comprehensive induction and access to learning and development opportunities relevant to your role, supporting your ongoing growth.

You’ll have the essentials of

• Experience in outcomes, impact, evaluation, service improvement or organisational change work, ideally in a charity, public sector or similar setting.
• The ability to work with managers and services to understand what they do, identify meaningful outcomes, and turn this into practical tools and approaches.
• Confidence working with qualitative and quantitative information to identify learning, impact, gaps or opportunities.
• Strong project coordination and communication skills, including the ability to explain outcomes and impact clearly to non‑specialists.
• A thoughtful and ethical approach to gathering and using evidence from children, young people or communities.

You may also have

• Experience with Theory of Change, logic models, outcomes frameworks, CRM/reporting tools, social value or economic impact.

We also welcome applicants with experience or interest in trauma‑informed and participatory approaches, or lived experience of one or more areas that No Limits supports children and young people.

Please let us know if we can support you with any reasonable adjustments at any point prior to, during or after the selection process, such as access arrangements, flexible working, or a suitable place to pray.

• Our Benefits
• 36 days annual leave (including public holidays)
• Two additional wellbeing days per year – Supporting you to take additional time off for your wellbeing or development.
• Pension scheme – Supporting your future by matching your additional pension contributions up to 2%.
• Life assurance scheme – Giving you peace of mind with 2x annual salary cover for pension members.
• Hybrid and flexible working – Giving the flexibility to work in the best way for your role.
• Comprehensive induction and training offer – Including our online learning management system with hundreds of opportunities to support your development.
• Employee Assistance Programme – Providing you with counselling, financial, personal support and health and wellbeing services.

Find out more about our benefits.

Interested?

We’d be happy to have an informal discussion and answer any immediate questions you might have. If you’d like an initial discussion, please contact Ant Douglas at

To apply, please complete an application form from our website and upload using the portal before the closing date of Monday 3rd August 2026.

Being a Disability Confident Employer means we are committed to removing barriers in recruitment and employment.

If you require an application form in an alternative format or need any support or adjustments during the recruitment process, please contact our People Team at or

. As we work with vulnerable children and young people, and follow safer recruitment guidelines, we do not accept CVs.

In the ‘Your Supporting Statement’ section of the application form, please include how your knowledge, skills and experience meet the ‘About you – knowledge, skills and experience’ section of the role description.

Please note that as we follow safer recruitment guidelines, we do not accept CVs, only completed applications.

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