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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Data and Insights Manager - **Company:** VILLIERS PARK EDUCATIONAL TRUST - **Location:** Cambridge, UK - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Data Analysis, Data Sharing, Microsoft Office, NVivo, Power BI, Data Storage Technologies, Microsoft Power Automate, Data Management - **Published:** June 6, 2026 - **Apply:** https://find.jobs/jobs-near-me/data-and-insights-manager-tyne-and-wear/2804769952-2/ ## About the Role * Experience of, and strong interest in, high quality evaluation methodologies, including programme theory, process evaluation, mixed-methods approaches. * Strong experience of critically appraising data and evidence, and staying abreast of developments within evaluation of youth-based charities and university widening participation, using this to support proportionate, well-evidenced conclusions. * A strong track record in planning, coordinating and delivering successful evaluation activity across programmes, sites or stakeholder groups, including managing complex workloads, setting priorities and working to agreed timelines and standards. * Experience of effectively communicating evaluation findings, both written and verbal, to different audiences. * Strong analytical, problem-solving and decision-making ability, including using evidence, judgement and stakeholder input to resolve challenges in evaluation delivery. Skills and competencies (essential) * Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to build effective relationships and influence stakeholders, articulating evaluation concepts and findings clearly and concisely. * Skilled in planning, prioritising and managing multiple strands of work to deliver high quality evaluation outputs. * Analytical and methodical, with the ability to interpret evidence carefully and proportionately. * An effective manager of evaluation activity across teams, hubs and programme cycles. * Strong qualitative and mixed-methods analysis skills, including interpretation and reporting. * Ability to anticipate and identify challenges in evaluation delivery, and work with colleagues to resolve these productively. * Demonstrate a curiosity about other evaluation methodologies and research from the wider evaluation sector. * Strong IT and digital skills including Microsoft suite and data management systems. * A collaborative team member who can also take initiative, work proactively and operate independently where needed, and who has excellent interpersonal skills to facilitate learning conversations and support and advise colleagues to use evidence confidently in practice. Desirable * Familiarity with longitudinal or progression tracking and/or data-sharing partnerships. * Experience of contributing to fundraising proposals with ready evidence and an understanding of fundraising audiences. * Proficiency in qualitative analysis software, such as NVivo, to support coding, thematic analysis and synthesis. * Confidence using data management tools such as Dataverse, MS Forms and PowerAutomate, and Power BI for reporting or visualisation. * Understanding of value-for-money or ROI-related analysis in a social context. ## Description This is an exciting opportunity to lead our approach to monitoring and evaluation at a key moment, ensuring that high-quality evidence underpins our programmes and future growth. Villiers Park is a national social mobility charity with a strong track record of delivering impactful programmes that support young people from under-represented backgrounds to fulfil their potential. The ability to demonstrate impact clearly and credibly, both to inform our own learning and to evidence our effectiveness externally, will be critical to achieving our strategic ambitions. As a core part of our 2025-30 strategy, the Data and Insights Manager will work to embed consistent and robust evaluation across the organisation. This will be achieved by approaches such as Stories of Change, which combines quantitative data with rich qualitative insight to build a compelling and nuanced understanding of the difference our programmes make. Our work is possible because of a brilliant team of staff, trustees and volunteers and committed funders and partners who believe in what we do and want to make the greatest possible difference. The Data and Insights Manager will work closely with colleagues across programmes, communications, fundraising and leadership, you will ensure that data and evidence are actively used to inform decision-making, improve delivery and demonstrate impact to funders, partners and the wider sector. This is a highly collaborative role with organisation-wide impact, offering the opportunity to shape how Villiers Park learns delivers on its long-term strategic ambitions., The Data and Insights Manager will play a key role in supporting Villiers Park through the collection, analysis and reporting of robust evaluation and monitoring. Working across teams and hubs, the postholder will support consistent data collection, lead analysis and synthesis, and help ensure evidence informs learning, decision-making and external communication. The role will focus on coordinating mixed-methods evaluation, with qualitative approaches, including Stories of Change, as a key way of understanding young people s experiences of change, or clarity, and the impact of our programmes., * Working closely with the Assistant Director, develop, implement and review monitoring and evaluation approaches for all programmes, ensuring that the data outputs can be used in a range of ways. * Collaborate with the Senior Leadership Team (SLT) and wider staff team to develop, implement and review Theories of Change. * Work with the Programmes team to design and deploy monitoring and evaluation methods to capture and store relevant quantitative and qualitative data from a range of sources, including individuals and via schools/colleges and partner organisations. * Undertake data analysis and write reports for internal and external audiences on process and impact evaluations for all programmes, including annual school impact reports. * Support the Communications and Fundraising Teams by providing regularly updated data and evaluation, regional contextual demographic data and comparative national datasets. * Manage programmes and impact data storage to ensure relevant access is delivered for SLT, Programmes, Fundraising and Communications teams and compliance with GDPR. * Keep up to date with changes in regulation and best practice in data management and data protection/consent, especially when data subjects are under 18. * Ensure that all data management and evaluation practices are compliant with statutory safeguarding and GDPR regulations and Villiers Park s safeguarding, data protection and privacy policies. * Deliver evaluation training and evaluation review meetings to inform and engage the wider organisation with evaluation practices and the implementation of data and insights. * Undertake other duties as required to support the mission and work of Villiers Park. ## Related Videos - [Smart City, Smart Mobility](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/954-smart-city-smart-mobility) - [Beyond Gut Feelings: The Rise of Data-Driven HR](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1326-beyond-gut-feelings-the-rise-of-data-driven-hr) - [Beyond Dashboards: Fixing Text-to-SQL with Semantic RAG](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/2036-beyond-dashboards-fixing-text-to-sql-with-semantic-rag) - [Values-Based Hiring: Seeing People Beyond Their Skills](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1795-values-based-hiring-seeing-people-beyond-their-skills) - [Building Accountability in Agentic AI](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100046-building-accountability-in-agentic-ai) - [REST, GraphQL, gRPC, and more: A comparison of modern API styles](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100247-rest-graphql-grpc-and-more-a-comparison-of-modern-api-styles) ## Related Articles - [Data Analyst Salary in the UK](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/278-data-analyst-salary-in-the-uk) - [Data Engineer Salary UK](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/253-data-engineer-salary-uk) - [Coffee with Developers - Maria Apazoglou - Making AI understandable for all in production](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/475-coffee-with-developers-maria-apazoglou-making-ai-understandable-for-all-in-production) - [The Most Popular IT Jobs on the Market](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/376-the-most-popular-it-jobs-on-the-market) - [Software Engineer Salary London](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/252-software-engineer-salary-london) - [Frontend Developer Salary in The UK](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/233-frontend-developer-salary-in-the-uk)