Head of Impact in London

In this pivotal role, you will lead the ongoing development of Now Teach’s monitoring, evaluation and learning.

Reports to: Chief Operating Officer

Location: Hybrid: mainly at home, with monthly co-working days in London and meeting with team and external clients as needed

Hours: Full time; 37.5 hours a week. We are happy to consider requests for flexible or part time working

Contract: Permanent

ABOUT THE ROLE

Now Teach is looking for our first Head of Impact as we embark on an exciting new organisational strategy to understand, articulate and maximise our impact. In this pivotal role, you will lead the ongoing development of Now Teach’s monitoring, evaluation and learning, ensuring we are able to clearly evidence our impact, evaluate and strengthen our approaches, drive continuous improvement and strengthen the case for career changers in teaching.

You will take on this role at a key point in our impact journey, embedding our strategic impact framework and strengthening our internal impact capabilities. You will refine and evolve our impact approach to drive continuous improvement across the charity and inform future programme design. Working closely with teams across the organisation, you will help embed a strong culture of learning, reflection and evidence‑led decision‑making.

This role is a key member of the Now Teach leadership team and plays an integral part in evaluating progress against our strategy, sharing insight and learning with trustees, funders and other stakeholders. This is a strategic, hands‑on role, working in partnership with Recruitment, Network, Communications, Philanthropy and wider teams. You will also work closely with the Data Manager to ensure the collection, management and use of high‑quality data that underpins credible and compelling impact evidence.

In this role you will…

• Impact strategy & measurement
• You will represent Now Teach externally on impact and evaluation, strengthening our reputation as a credible, evidence‑led organisation and building partnerships that enhance our influence and learning across the sector.
• Lead the further development, ongoing refinement and implementation of the charity’s theory of change.
• Design and develop the monitoring and evaluation approach to underpin delivery of our Network Impact Framework.
• Ensure outcomes and indicators align with the charity’s mission, strategic priorities and funder requirements.
• Work closely with the Data Manager to ensure data collection processes, systems and outputs are robust, consistent and of high quality, ensuring data collection opportunities are maximised.
• Contribute to the development of our surveys, to ensure robust data is captured to evidence and inform strategic priorities against our impact model.
• Embed impact measurement, insight and learning into organisational planning and decision making.
• Identify and action external research opportunities and priorities, leading on relationships with external research bodies and managing ongoing research projects.
• Support the development and continuous improvement of data/impact dashboards to share insight and learnings across the organisation.
• Develop and strengthen our approach to sharing learning internally, ensuring insight is used to drive continuous improvement and great decision making.
• Strengthen and further develop Now Teach’s monitoring, evaluation and impact systems, ensuring they are proportionate, effective and used in practice.
• Identify insights and trends that support continuous improvement and work collaboratively across teams to act on learning.
• Support teams to test, refine and improve approaches based on evidence and evaluation findings.
• Act as a business partner and internal consultant, supporting teams to interpret data, reflect on findings and apply learning to their work, producing key recommendations for particular teams on an agreed basis and facilitating next steps with relevant Directors.

Strategic Reporting and Strengthening our case for support

• Lead on the production of high-quality impact reporting for a range of stakeholders, including trustees and funders, and responsible for the annual impact report.
• Work closely with the Philanthropy and Communications teams to ensure impact evidence strengthens Now Teach’s narrative and case for support and that we fulfil our impact measurement obligations to donors.
• Contribute to organisational strategy, ensuring impact insight and evidence are central to strategic decisions.

PERSON SPECIFICATION

Who you are (qualities/values)

• You’re an experienced impact leader who thrives in a fast‑paced environment.
• You’re as comfortable setting the strategic direction for impact as you are getting hands‑on with data, frameworks, and tools.
• You’re comfortable working on your own, organised, and confident managing competing priorities, bringing clarity and focus in a fast‑paced setting.
• A natural collaborator and influencer, you work effectively across teams—making impact practical, accessible, and central to decision‑making.
• You’re curious, reflective, and committed to continuous improvement, always looking for better ways to understand and strengthen impact.
• Above all, you’re passionate about improving outcomes for schools and students, and motivated to ensure that the impact of Now Teach is clearly evidenced and continues to grow.

What you'll need to succeed in this role (experience/qualifications etc)

• A big picture thinker who can think strategically across the work of the organisation, and spot opportunities to maximise impact.
• Experience in impact measurement, evaluation, research or learning within the charity sector.
• Strong understanding of theories of change.
• Experience working with data and collaborating with data specialists to ensure quality, consistency and credibility of evidence.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to translate complex findings into clear, compelling messages.
• Strong stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence and work effectively across teams.

Don’t meet every requirement? Studies have shown that women and people of colour are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every qualification. At Now Teach we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your experience doesn’t align perfectly, we encourage you to apply anyway.

Working arrangements

Full time/part time role, flexible working patterns possible. Now Teach are supported to work flexibly at co‑working spaces or at home as needed with monthly working days in London. You will be required to cover your own travel expenses to London.

In return we offer you

As well as flexible working and a great culture, we offer a wide range of benefits including 25 days annual leave per year (plus bank holidays), an additional 3 days for Christmas closure (25th Dec-1st January), a pension scheme with a generous 11% employer contribution, enhanced parental leave policies, a rewards platform with employee discounts, access to an Employee Assistance Programme and an annual professional development budget for each employee.

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

Now Teach strives to be a workplace that is diverse, equitable and inclusive where we can all be ourselves. We encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, ethnicities, ages, gender identities, stages of life and those with hidden or visible disabilities.

All applicants must have an existing Right to Work in the UK.