Evaluation Coordinator: London Borough of Culture

LBOC Evaluation Coordinator
£36,426 - £46,206 per annum
Fixed Term (until end of June 2026)
Full Time (36 hours)
Wandsworth
Hybrid Working: at least 2 days Wandsworth based, remainder of the days can be home working. One of the office days will be Wednesdays due to team meetings.

We are so excited that Wandsworth has been chosen by the Mayor of London to be London Borough of Culture 2025. We are planning an inspirational year of culture where every corner of Wandsworth comes alive in an explosion of creativity.

You can expect a large choral event in the park, a dance spectacular and Liberty Festival (the Mayor of London's flagship d/Deaf, disabled and neurodiverse festival), amongst many other things.

By sharing experiences and connecting, we believe culture has the power to make us all feel better. Wandsworth is changing and culture will be at the heart of developing a people-led approach to health, happiness and equality of opportunity. Our programme for the year promises to be a trailblazer for London.

About the role

As the Evaluation Coordinator for the London Borough of Culture programme you will lead on the coordination and planning of the evaluation programme. You will be required to demonstrate how the events/projects/initiatives that are developed and delivered within the programme are underpinned by a robust evidence base, and analysis of insights from the data collected. You will effectively coordinate the evaluation of the LBOC programme working with internal and external stakeholders.

Will be required to:

1. Successfully establish the evaluation framework for the programme, including effective reporting to the GLA and other funders.
2. Support delivery partners to self-evaluate their London Borough of Culture projects including making effective use the London Borough of Culture evaluation toolkit and evaluation surveys. Provide training where necessary.
3. Oversee collation and storing of qualitative content from delivery partners.
4. Establish and attend the relevant governance meetings to engage with project leads and advise on evaluation delivery.
5. Use a range of effective methods to proactively monitor and oversee survey responses for audiences, artists and partners to track quantitative input partners on evaluation.
6. Work with commissioned evaluation partners to generate quality case studies and qualitative storytelling content. Where necessary support commissioning processes.
7. Develop methodologies and research to ensure impact of London Borough of Culture is explored fully both at organisational and programme level.
8. Ensure that information is obtained, used and stored in accordance with Data Protection and Council policies and procedures.
9. Support the production of the final programme evaluation report.

Essential Qualifications, Skills and Experience

• Significant experience of managing large-scale cultural programmes/project evaluation and/or grant programmes, preferably within a multi-stakeholder and multi-funder context.
• Significant experience of working with senior stakeholders to evaluate and report on complex cultural programmes.
• Up to date knowledge of the cultural sector.
• Experience of providing engaging and effective reports within a dynamic and changing environment.
• Experience of working in partnership with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders / bodies including suppliers and statutory and non-statutory bodies and organisations.
• Demonstratable experience in understanding and sharing impact to varied audiences.

Help us to deliver a year to remember, using the power of culture to transform lives, spark joy, connect people and improve wellbeing - let's do this together!

Closing Date: 17th November 2024
Shortlisting Date: w/c 18th November 2024
Interview Date: w/c 25th November 2024

Richmond and Wandsworth Better Service Partnership are committed to making our recruitment practices as inclusive as possible for everyone. We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and developing a culture that values differences, recognising that employees from a variety of backgrounds bring important and positive contributions to the Councils and can improve the way we deliver services. This campaign is anonymised.

We are proud to be a Disability Confident employer. If you require any reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment and selection process, please let us know.

We are also committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people/vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Some posts may be exempted under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and as such appointment to these posts will be conditional upon the receipt of a satisfactory response to a check of police records via Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).

We offer a wide range of benefits designed to attract, develop, and reward our employees such as 40 days annual leave (including Bank Holidays), flexible working and a generous pension plan.