Evidence and Evaluation Manager

Job summary

Evidence and Evaluation Manager.

£46,743 per annum.

Fixed-Term (12 months Parental Leave Cover).

Full-time/ Part Time (Minimum 29.6 hours per week).

Based at Polaris House, Swindon. Hybrid working options are available.

Job description

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 BBSRC’s 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:

• Working in partnership with colleagues to design and implement monitoring and evaluation plans for our investments in research, innovation and training.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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 Europe’s largest research organisations, UKRI is a place where there’s always something new to learn – about the world around us, about your career, but most of all, about yourself.

Person specification

You will need:

• Good analytical skills with experience of gathering, synthesising and interpreting information from multiple primary and secondary evidence sources.
• Ability to apply critical thinking skills to develop and implement creative solutions to complex problems.
• Effective communication skills with the ability to produce clear and well-structured documents or presentations.
• An ability to plan and prioritise your own work and the work of others to deliver successful outcomes, as well as respond flexibly to changing requirements as required.
• Effective interpersonal skills including working well in teams with colleagues and external partners.

Join us and let’s transform tomorrow together!

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £46,743, Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council contributes £13,541 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides (opens in a new window).

• Learning and development tailored to your role
• An environment with flexible working options
• A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity
• A Civil Service pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%

Things you need to know

Artificial intelligence

Artificial intelligence can be a useful tool to support your application, however, all examples and statements provided must be truthful, factually accurate and taken directly from your own experience. Where plagiarism has been identified (presenting the ideas and experiences of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own) applications may be withdrawn and internal candidates may be subject to disciplinary action. Please see our candidate guidance (opens in a new window) for more information on appropriate and inappropriate use.

Selection process details

How to apply

Applicants are required to provide a CV and include a cover letter providing evidence of how they meet the criteria described.

To apply, and for further details on the role and BBSRC, please visit our job board, quoting reference 2522:

Evidence and Evaluation Manager job link

Closing Date for applications is Wednesday 22nd July 2026.

Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.

Security

Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check.People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.

Nationality requirements

This job is broadly open to the following groups:

• UK nationals
• nationals of the Republic of Ireland
• nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
• individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
• Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service

Further information on nationality requirements (opens in a new window)

Working for the Civil Service

Please note this Post is NOT regulated by the Civil Service Commission.The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.

Diversity and Inclusion

The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see theCivil Service People Plan (opens in a new window) and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy (opens in a new window).

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Contact point for applicants

Job contact :

• Name : UKRI Recruitment
• Email : Recruitment@ukri.org

Recruitment team

• Email : Recruitment@ukri.org

Further information

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