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Research and Impact Analyst (KTP Associate)

University of Essex - Department of Sociology and Criminology

Location: London, Hybrid
Salary: £42,000 per annum
Hours: Full Time
Contract Type: Fixed-Term/Contract
Placed On: 9th September 2025
Closes: 7th October 2025
Job Ref: REQ09518
 

KTP

Knowledge Transfer Partnerships (KTPs) are a unique UK-wide activity that help businesses to improve their competitiveness and productivity by making better use of the knowledge, technology and skills within universities, colleges and research organisations.

Further information is available at: https://iuk-ktp.org.uk/

THE PROJECT 

The University of Essex is pleased to be working with The Guide Association ('Girlguiding') on this KTP. We are looking for an experienced graduate to create an evaluation framework/toolkit to support new reach, and to demonstrate the huge personal and societal impact that being involved in guide inspired activity can have on girls, as well as to diversify and increase income streams.

DUTIES OF THE POST

The duties of the post will include: 

Technical:

  • Assessing, and becoming familiar with, existing data/monitoring and evaluation methods at Girlguiding
  • Evolving/embedding Girlguiding inspired Theory of Change interventions
  • Combining qualitative data analytics skills and embedding them in a feminist framework/toolkit
  • Developing data driven insights/tools for understanding the long-term impacts that guiding activity has on girls and their careers
  • Evaluating interventions through various approaches, such as counterfactual analysis
  • Understanding existing pilot projects and how data/impact is being captured
  • Understanding the cultural sensitivities/needs of target demographic groups
  • Aligning activity with Girlguiding impact framework

Resource:

  • Researching other organisations and gender bias activity
  • Finding creative ways to engage and ensure that knowledge embedding with staff, and relationship building with girls and volunteers takes place
  • Balancing the practical needs of the KTP project and that of the academic outputs

People/change management:

  • Communicating and developing trust with senior staff and trustees
  • Working with a range of teams across Girlguiding including the fundraising and impact teams, as well as with volunteers

Project management:

  • Working with different stakeholder groups and balancing their needs and communication styles
  • Delivering key project milestones to time, to KTP requirements and effectively managing project budgets

These duties are a guide to the work that the post holder will initially be required to undertake. They may be changed from time to time to meet changing circumstances.

KEY REQUIREMENTS

Qualifications:

  • A degree in sociology, psychology, or similar
  • A master’s in data science, computational data, or similar, or similar industry experience

Skills:

  • Quantitative data gathering and analysis skills
  • Computational social science skills
  • Qualitative data gathering and analysis skills
  • Experience, or an interest in, evaluating interventions through counterfactual analysis
  • The ability to communicate effectively with people of all ages
  • The ability to explain technical/theoretical concepts to non-technical stakeholders
  • Co-creating interventions and supporting the implementation of learning through evaluation

Attributes:

  • Excellent communication skills with a high standard of written and spoken English
  • An interest in youth work and/or Girlguiding
  • An interest, or experience in, producing case studies/marketing material

Experience:

  • Previous volunteering or charity sector work is desirable
  • Experience of working with young people
  • Project leadership/management experience

Please use the 'Apply' button to read further information about this role including the full job description and person specification which outlines the full duties, skills, qualifications and experience needed for this role. You will also find details of how to make your application here.

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