Head of Impact and Learning

The Role

London Sport is committed to becoming an insight and data led organization. This exciting role within our Impact and Innovation team will help us to achieve this ambition. Applying your skills, you will work with teams across the organisation to plan, measure and communicate their impact and learning. You will communicate this impact across the sector to influence and engage decision makers.

Our work ranges from place-based work, to distributing funding for community sport partners through to influencing and advocating for policy and system change. Your role requires the ability to understand this varied work and apply appropriate evaluation and impact frameworks across our work. Translating complex concepts into accessible tools for those working on the ground is part of this role. The findings will be aggregated and presented externally and internally, for the broader community sport sector to apply.

You will represent London Sport within the sector on evaluation and learning groups. This role would ideally suit someone with strong impact, evaluation and learning skills and experience looking to progress their career.

You will also be passionate and committed to helping us evidence and communicate the positive power of sport and physical activity to change Londoners lives.

What you’ll do:

Lead and manage the development of London Sport’s Impact and Learning framework and strategy, proactively inspiring and developing a positive learning and impact culture.
Support staff to share their learnings and embed London Sport’s impact and learning tools into our work within our project work, funds, place-based work and business as usual.
Manage and support staff to use London Sport’s Impact and Learning tools, including an internal Impact and Learning Dashboard and external sector databases.
Represent London Sport externally, leading on connection of place-based learning across London and overseeing implementation of measurement and learning framework.
Conduct and commission relevant research, including quantitative and qualitative approaches.
Design and deliver training on implementing impact practice and learning tools.
Budget management for impact work.
Develop reports and progress updates for a range of stakeholders, including London Sport’s Board.
Line Management and support to Managers and Officers.

Who you are:

You can present evaluation and impact findings, create strategic evaluation plans and can engage with senior decision makers and policy makers to influence and advocate for change.
You have an excellent understanding of effective evaluation and reflective practices and delivery. You will be able to evidence your experience in designing and embedding impact and learning.
You apply appropriate and proportionate approaches, tools and methods to maximise learning at multiple levels.
You enjoy working with others and helping them learn. You can build rapport and develop positive relationships with colleagues as a basis for providing support.
You have a strong understanding of, and experience of using, qualitative and quantitative research techniques.
You have strong data analysis skills.
You are actions-focused and a strategic problem solver.
You have excellent ability to present data using simple and tailored communication for maximum engagement.
You have strong project management and organisation skills.
You can demonstrate an understanding of, and commitment to, equality, diversity and inclusion in relation to London.
Lived experience of day-to-day life in London.

Key Details:

Full-time permanent contract preferably but flexible to part-time permanent contracts
Salary: £48,500 pro rata
Offering 28 days’ holiday + 8 public holidays + 5 volunteer days + Christmas Closure
Competitive Pension scheme
Life Assurance and Health Cash Plan
Flexible working: we use a model of 2 plus days in our central London office at House of Sport and working from home, with travel required throughout London
By applying for the role, you are stating that you are eligible to work in the UK. London Sport is unable to apply for a Certificate of Sponsorship for this role.

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