Research and Impact Analyst

Duties

The duties of the post will include:

Technical

• Assessing, and becoming familiar with, existing data/monitoring and evaluation methods at Girlguiding
• Evolving/embedding Girlguiding inspired Theory of Change interventions
• Combining qualitative data analytics skills and embedding them in a feminist framework/toolkit
• Developing data driven insights/tools for understanding the long-term impacts that guiding activity has on girls and their careers
• Evaluating interventions through various approaches, such as counterfactual analysis
• Understanding existing pilot projects and how data/impact is being captured
• Understanding the cultural sensitivities/needs of target demographic groups
• Aligning activity with Girlguiding impact framework

Resource

• Researching other organisations and gender bias activity
• Finding creative ways to engage and ensure that knowledge embedding with staff, and relationship building with girls and volunteers takes place
• Balancing the practical needs of the KTP project and that of the academic outputs

People/change management

• Communicating and developing trust with senior staff and trustees
• Working with a range of teams across Girlguiding including the fundraising and impact teams, as well as with volunteers

Project management

Working with different stakeholder groups and balancing their needs and communication styles

Delivering key project milestones to time, to KTP requirements and effectively managing project budgets

These duties are a guide to the work that the post holder will initially be required to undertake. They may be changed from time to time to meet changing circumstances.

Benefits

As a KTP Associate, the post will offer the following benefits:

• A personal development budget of £5000 (exclusive of salary).
• Management training and mentoring by an Innovate UK KTP Adviser.
• An interesting and challenging role, with exposure to a variety of stakeholders.
• Full access to university resources to complete the project.
• World-leading Academic and Company project supervision, with project support by a dedicated, sector leading KTP Office.

The University of Essex is pleased to be working with The Guide Association (‘Girlguiding’) on this KTP. We are looking for an experienced graduate to create an evaluation framework/toolkit to support new reach, and to demonstrate the huge personal and societal impact that being involved in guide inspired activity can have on girls, as well as to diversify and increase income streams.