This is your chance to join our Biotechnology and Biological Research Council (BBSRC) Evaluation Team and give to the development of a robust evidence base of the performance, achievement and impact arising from BBSRCs investments in bioscience. You will also work with colleagues across BBSRC to embed evaluation activities, helping to build a learning culture, and ensuring that key findings from evaluations are used to shape and influence future strategy.
UKRI is a large organisation with lots of opportunities to deploy and advance your career by applying your skillset across the organisation.
Key responsibilities will include:
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Working in partnership with colleagues to design and implement monitoring and evaluation plans for our investments in research, innovation and training.
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Owning the delivery of specific evaluations of BBSRC investments including internally led and externally commissioned activities. This includes developing an understanding of specific bioscience investments and the approaches for measuring whether they have achieved their aims and delivered the anticipated outputs, outcomes and impacts.
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Leading on the associated data collection and analysis using various quantitative and qualitative research techniques, including data analytics, bibliometrics, designing surveys and conducting stakeholder interviews.
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Leading the delivery of internal evaluation work including, for example, analysing and synthesising relevant data, identifying suitable peer reviewers, managing evaluation panel meetings, and drafting evaluation reports from the meetings.
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Leading the commissioning and management of externally commissioned evaluation work, building effective working relationships with contractors.
What we offer
Our benefits include a flexible working scheme (subject to business requirements), defined benefit pension scheme, 30 days annual leave allowance plus 10.5 bank holiday/privilege days and many more benefits and wellbeing initiatives that enable our employees to have a great work life balance!
As one of Europes largest research organisations, UKRI is a place where theres always something new to learn about the world around us, about your career, but most of all, about yourself.
