Join Us as an Evaluation Specialist – Drive Change for Health Equity in Ealing.
Full time, permanent contract
Are you passionate about using evaluation to create healthier, more connected communities? Do you thrive in collaborative, cross-sector environments where your work directly impacts people’s lives?
Ealing Council is seeking a dynamic Evaluation Specialist to lead and grow our evaluation capacity as part of the NIHR Health Determinants Research Collaboration (HDRC) Ealing. This is a unique opportunity to embed evaluative thinking across council services and community partnerships, ensuring our work delivers real, measurable change for residents.
Ealing Council’s vision is to improve the lives of our residents by building healthy and connected communities. The council is one of four London boroughs (and 30 across the UK) to be awarded £5 million from the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) to create the NIHR Health Determinants Research Collaboration Ealing. This will enable us to have the capacity and infrastructure to do meaningful research and evaluation on the health determinants in Ealing, learning together how to promote more healthy, thriving and equitable communities.
As a partnership with local community organisations, Golden Opportunities for Skills and Development, Ealing and Hounslow Community and Voluntary Service, and Southall Community Alliance, and research institutions London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, Imperial College London, and the Institute of Development Studies, the HDRC Ealing will bring a new approach to collecting and learning from data and insights on the building blocks of health, with stronger community involvement in research and evaluation.
We are looking for an exceptional candidate who has the expertise and passion to drive forward this exciting programme of work.
What you will do:
• Build evaluation capacity across council teams and community partners
• Develop and deliver training on Measurement, Evaluation and Learning (MEL)
• Embed a culture of learning and reflection through drop-in sessions and communities of practice
• Identify and support evaluation of council interventions or services
• Collaborate with academic and community partners on research funding and evaluation projects
• Support developmental evaluation of the HDRC programme
What we are looking for:
• Expertise in diverse evaluation approaches, including participatory and systems-informed methods
• Proven ability to deliver training and support on evaluation
• Strong understanding of local government, academic and voluntary/community sectors
• Excellent communication, collaboration, and leadership skills
• A Masters degree (or equivalent evaluation experience) in public health, evaluation, or related fields
Why join us?
• Be part of a forward-thinking team committed to health equity
• Work with leading academic institutions and vibrant community organisations
• Shape a culture of learning and impact across Ealing
• Help secure funding and drive innovative evaluation projects
For a discussion in confidence, please contact hdrc@ealing.gov.uk using ‘HDRC Evaluation Specialist’ in your email heading.
You must have the right to work in the UK. Evidence for the right to work in the UK will be requested at the interview stage.
It is an exciting time to join us, here at Ealing Council. If you would like to make a positive difference to our residents and borough, then we are looking forward to hearing from you.
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Ealing Council is committed to creating good jobs and delivering on its connected communities’ agenda. We are committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive.
We therefore welcome applications from all residents of the borough, we particularly welcome applications from candidates who are currently underrepresented in Ealing’s workforce.
Please note all applications will be determined on merit.
This post is subject to Ealing Council’s enhanced vetting process.
