Head of Impact

Reports to: Chief Operating Officer

Location: Flexible/Remote, with monthly co-working days in London

Salary: £47,000 - £50,000

Hours: Full time; 37.5 hours a week, We are happy to consider requests for flexible or part time working

Contract: Permanent

ABOUT THE ROLE

Role overview

Now Teach is looking for our first Head of Impact as we embark on an exciting new organisational strategy to understand, articulate and maximise our impact. In this pivotal role, you will lead the ongoing development of Now Teach s monitoring, evaluation and learning, ensuring we are able to clearly evidence our impact, evaluate and strengthen our approaches, drive continuous improvement and strengthen the case for career changers in teaching.

We have identified four key areas of impact delivered by our network of Now Teachers and are now in the process of defining overarching organisational impact metrics and building our measurement systems. You will take on this role at a key point in our impact journey, embedding our strategic impact framework and strengthening our internal impact capabilities.

You will refine and evolve our impact approach to drive continuous improvement across the charity and inform future programme design. Working closely with teams across the organisation, you will help embed a strong culture of learning, reflection and evidence led decision making.

This role is a key member of the Now Teach leadership team and plays an integral part in evaluating progress against our strategy, sharing insight and learning with trustees, funders and other stakeholders.

This is a strategic, hands on role, working in partnership with Recruitment, Network, Communications, Philanthropy and wider teams. You will also work closely with the Data Manager to ensure the collection, management and use of high quality data that underpins credible and compelling impact evidence.

In this role you will

Impact strategy & measurement

• You will represent Now Teach externally on impact and evaluation, strengthening our reputation as a credible, evidence-led organisation and building partnerships that enhance our influence and learning across the sector.
• Lead the further development, ongoing refinement and implementation of the charity s theory of change
• Design and develop the monitoring and evaluation approach to underpin delivery of our Network Impact Framework
• Ensure outcomes and indicators align with the charity s mission, strategic priorities and funder requirements.
• Work closely with the Data Manager to ensure data collection processes, systems and outputs are robust, consistent and of high quality, ensuring data collection opportunities are maximised
• Contribute to the development of our surveys, to ensure robust data is captured to evidence and inform strategic priorities against our impact model.
• Embed impact measurement, insight and learning into organisational planning and decision making.
• Identify and action external research opportunities and priorities, leading on relationships with external research bodies and managing ongoing research projects
• Support the development and continuous improvement of data/impact dashboards to share insight and learnings across organisation

Learning & Continuous Improvement

• Develop and strengthen our approach to sharing learning internally, ensuring insight is used to drive continuous improvement and great decision making.
• Strengthen and further develop Now Teach s monitoring, evaluation and impact systems, ensuring they are proportionate, effective and used in practice.
• Identify insights and trends that support continuous improvement and work collaboratively across teams to act on learning.
• Support teams to test, refine and improve approaches based on evidence and evaluation findings.
• Act as a business partner and internal consultant, supporting teams to interpret data, reflect on findings and apply learning to their work, producing key recommendations for particular teams on an agreed basis and facilitating next steps with relevant Directors.

Strategic Reporting and Strengthening our case for support

• Lead on the production of high quality impact reporting for a range of stakeholders, including trustees and funders, and responsible for the annual impact report.
• Work closely with the Philanthropy and Communications teams to ensure impact evidence strengthens Now Teach s narrative and case for support, and that we fulfil our impact measurement obligations to donors.
• Contribute to organisational strategy, ensuring impact insight and evidence are central to strategic decisions.

KEY COLLABORATORS

CEO

Director of Network

Director of Recruitment

Director of Communications, Philanthropy & Marketing

Head of Communications & Marketing

Data Manager

PERSON SPECFICIATION

Who you are

You re an experienced impact leader who thrives in a fast-paced environment. You re as comfortable setting the strategic direction for impact as you are getting hands-on with data, frameworks, and tools.

You re comfortable working on your own, organised, and confident managing competing priorities, bringing clarity and focus in a fast-paced setting.

A natural collaborator and influencer, you work effectively across teams making impact practical, accessible, and central to decision-making.

You re curious, reflective, and committed to continuous improvement, always looking for better ways to understand and strengthen impact.

Above all, you re passionate about improving outcomes for schools and students, and motivated to ensure that the impact of Now Teach is clearly evidenced and continues to grow

What you ll need to succeed in this role

• A big picture thinker who can think strategically across the work of the organisation, and spot opportunities to maximise impact
• Experience in impact measurement, evaluation, research or learning within the charity sector
• Strong understanding of theories of change
• Experience working with data and collaborating with data specialists to ensure quality, consistency and credibility of evidence.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to translate complex findings into clear, compelling messages.
• Strong stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence and work effectively across teams.

Don t meet every requirement? Studies have shown that women and people of colour are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every qualification. At Now Teach we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace, so if you re excited about this role but your experience doesn t align perfectly, we encourage you to apply anyway.

WORKING AT NOW TEACH

Our people join and stay because they value Now Teach s flexibility, close-knit team culture and social purpose. 32% of employees at all levels of the organisation work part time and everyone works flexibly, with time off in lieu part of our standard working practices. We are a small, collaborative and supportive team of nearly 20 people. We are non-hierarchical, and we set clear expectations and celebrate the successes of teams and individuals.

Our Vision

Schools and students benefit from the inspiring professional and life experience of career change teachers.

Our Values

Now Teach has four core values which encompass how we work together to delivery our vision and mission: Drive impact through expertise; Focus on who matters most; Make change happen; and Build connections that amplify.

Our culture and values are central to us encouraging and supporting people into teaching. Without our positive, honest, and flexible approach we wouldn t be able to adapt to meet the needs of Now Teachers. We have been named as one of Escape the City s Top 100 Employers in 2021 and 2022 and have been recognised as a Working Mums Top Employer and at the Working Dads Employer Awards. We have won awards for our Culture, Flexible Working and Excellence in Public Service.

In return we offer you

As well as flexible working and a great culture, we offer a wide range of benefits including 25 days annual leave per year (plus bank holidays), an additional 3 days for Christmas closure (25th Dec-1st January), a pension scheme with a generous 11% employer contribution, enhanced parental leave policies, a rewards platform with employee discounts, access to an Employee Assistance Programme and an annual professional development budget for each employee.

Working arrangements

Full time/part time role, flexible working patterns possible. Now Teach are supported to work flexibly at co-working spaces or at home as needed with monthly working days in London. You will be required to cover your own travel expenses to London.

Application Process

Please submit your CV and a cover letter (max. 2 pages for the cover letter).

Applications close on 16th June.

First stage interviews will take place on 25th or 29th June online.

Second stage interviews (if appropriate) will take place on 6th July in person at a location in London.

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

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