Research Director – Impact and Economic Evaluation

Research Director – Impact and Economic Evaluation

• London hybrid, ideally 1-2 days a week in office but flexibility here.
• Full time / part time options, core hours and flexible working.
• £65,000 – £80,000 FTE base salary
• Annual bonus, 28 days annual leave, 12% employer pension contribution, private healthcare.

  Evaluation Director role with an independent agency who are very stable with some brilliant people and internal initiatives. The evaluation side of the business is growing rapidly, and this role will work closely with them on delivering statistical impact analysis, theory-driven evaluation, and value-for-money assessments. It’s a full service research role with significant scope for influence.

  Opportunity to sit alongside 1 of 2 policy teams:
  – Environment, net zero, business, infrastructure policy OR
  – Health, Wellbeing, Justice, Young people, Employment

  This is a unique chance to grow and shape your own team, whilst remaining hands on, and make a tangible impact on social policy research in the UK.

  Key responsibilities:

• Be a company expert in economic and impact evaluation. Lead and develop internal evaluation expertise.
• Lead economic evaluations.
• New business development and growing existing accounts.
• Team development – grow an economic evaluation team. Shape your team and offering long term.
• Present research findings to clients, policy markers and other stakeholders. Provide strategic insight.

The ideal candidate will have a strong background in econometrics, UK based social market research and policy evaluation. This role requires a strategic thinker with excellent leadership skills and a passion for using data to drive social impact.

🔸 Please apply for next steps. We encourage applications from individuals of all backgrounds and actively seek to embrace diversity across age, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, race, religion, and sex.

For successful applicants, a recruitment consultant will be in touch via email to schedule a briefing call. We will explain the role in more detail and share the company details before creating a formal application.

Note: Due to the high volume of applications we receive, only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

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