The Centre for Transforming Access and Student Outcomes (TASO) is an affiliate What Works Centre, and part of the UK Government's What Works Movement. Our vision is to eliminate equality gaps in higher education (HE). Our mission is to improve lives through evidence-informed practice.
TASO was set up in 2019 and became an independent charity in April 2021. Our work focuses on the generation, synthesis and dissemination of high-quality evidence about effective practice in widening participation and student outcomes. We primarily focus on developing and disseminating causal evidence.
The Role The Evaluation Officer will work on TASO's Research and Evaluation (R&E) programme to develop a better understanding of what works to support widening participation and student success. Under the guidance of the Evaluation Manager, the Evaluation Officer will help develop a suite of high-quality resources and step-by-step guidance to support universities and colleges to better evaluate the activities and programmes they deliver. This will include developing evaluation guidance documents, pages for our website, webinars and training materials. The Officer will help deliver training based on these materials to a wide range of external stakeholders.
The Officer may also help commission new projects designed to develop evaluation guidance for practitioners, evaluators and researchers from multiple institutions. They will work across these projects to manage and monitor progress, collate findings, analyse data and help steer the overall programme of work. They may also undertake internal research projects themselves, including synthesis of secondary research; conducting qualitative, quantitative and/or survey research.
The role will involve substantial stakeholder management, liaison with various interested parties outside TASO, convening of stakeholder groups and supporting training sessions. The Evaluation Officer will have strong communication skills and be able to convey their findings, including complex quantitative information and advanced evaluation methods (particularly causal impact evaluation methods), clearly and will support TASO to influence broader policy discussion. They will work both independently and —on more complex tasks— under supervision.
Initial Terms and Conditions of Appointment Remuneration: £33,000 to £36,250 per annum – depending on experience
Location: Central London. This post will be hybrid with the expectation that the post holder will be in the office one or two days a week in addition to attending office-based project meetings. Candidates must have the right to work in the UK.
Term: Permanent. Full-time, 35 hours per week.
Holiday: 27 days per year, plus public/bank holidays.
Pension: Employer contribution 8%
How to apply To apply, please send a CV and supporting statement (maximum 1 A4 page) outlining clearly how you meet the above criteria to ******** , citing "Evaluation Officer" in the Subject of the email. We also ask that you fill out our online EDI monitoring form when you submit your application. The form is anonymous.
TASO welcomes applications from all under-represented communities and groups. As part of our commitment to increasing diversity within both our own workforce and the policy making sector in general, we offer pre-application discussions to candidates from black, asian and other minority ethnic backgrounds. Please contact ******** for more details.
Shortlisted applicants may be asked to complete a task before or during the interview stage.
Deadline for applications: Monday 3rd April 9.00am
Interviews are expected to be held on w/c 17th of April and candidates will be issued the task to complete in advance.
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