Job Description

Job description
In this new role the Impact and Evaluation Manager will be critical to helping Bite Back demonstrate and strengthen the difference we make for young people, funders, partners, and wider society. You will lead the organisation's approach to measuring, evaluating and learning from our work - ensuring that youth voice is at the heart of how we design, assess and communicate our impact.


You will manage Bite Back's relationships with external evaluators, develop and track organisational KPIs, and work closely with programme and fundraising colleagues, trustees and funders to ensure we can evidence our outcomes clearly and compellingly. This role will also develop creative ways to tell the story of our impact - from robust evaluation reports through to case studies that bring young people's voices to life.

RESPONSIBILITIES

The Impact and Evaluation Manager is accountable for:


Strategy and Theory of Change


Working closely with the CEO to lead Bite Back's organisational impact strategy, including refining and maintaining our theory of change. Translating our theory of change into clear outcomes, indicators and learning questions that guide programme design, campaigns and organisational priorities. Designing and overseeing Bite Back's impact measurement framework.
Data Systems and Standards


Leading on the collection, analysis and reporting of both quantitative and qualitative data, ensuring that youth voice and lived experience shape Bite Back's evaluation approaches. Supporting the development and monitoring of KPIs across the organisation, providing clear insights and recommendations to the Leadership Team.
Donor monitoring and evaluation


Working with fundraising and programme teams to design robust monitoring, evaluation and learning plans for funding bids, including developing outcomes frameworks, indicators, and evaluation budgets that align with Bite Back's broader organisational impact framework. Working closely with the Senior Grants and Fundraising Manager to ensure Bite Back meets its impact and reporting commitments to funders. Leading on the development of Bite Back's annual impact report and supporting the production of other compelling case studies, impact reports and evaluation outputs to communicate Bite Back's effectiveness to funders, trustees, partners, the media and wider audiences
Building a Learning Culture


Managing relationships with external evaluators, ensuring projects are delivered on time, on budget and to a high standard. Building evaluation capacity across the team, providing tools, training and support to colleagues to embed a culture of learning and continuous improvement. Embedding equity, diversity and inclusion principles in Bite Back's impact and evaluation work, ensuring methods are inclusive, accessible and reflective of the communities we work with. Acting as a champion for a learning culture, communicating clearly and accessibly about impact, data and evidence, and supporting colleagues through changes to systems and ways of working. * Staying up to date with best practice in youth-led evaluation, impact measurement and social change movements, and bringing innovative approaches into Bite Back's work.