Impact Coordinator

Impact Coordinator

Location: Bromley by Bow
Job Type: Full time, 35 hours
Contract Type: Permanent
Salary: £31,000 per annum

The Impact Coordinator will support the Centre’s impact management and research strategy through a robust analysis of our clients current and future programmes of work, to ensure they achieve their aim of enabling their community to thrive and can communicate the difference their work is making, clearly and with confidence.

This role builds on their significant investment in the development of their evaluation principles, the development of the Outcomes Framework, the CRM development, community research and in team ability and capacity to engage with data and impact.

The role will promote a positive culture of collaboration, innovation and inclusivity across the organisation and with external stakeholders. It will also support the development of innovative, inspiring and viable service propositions.

Key responsibilities

The role includes the following duties however these may change as the post evolves:

• Work with the delivery teams to ensure they collect the right data, qualitative and quantitative, to demonstrate their impact.
• Support the delivery of a common evaluation approach across the organisation, building on commitments to current and future funders
• Regularly check data quality (both qualitative as quantitative) and raise gaps / issues / concerns to the attention of the Impact Manager and Joint Heads of Delivery and Impact
• Support the further development and implementation of the CRM (shared database) across all areas of delivery.
• Support effective data collection through various methods e.g. supporting reflective sessions, running interviews and focus groups, support at events, facilitating project reviews etc.
• Working with the delivery teams and the Impact Manager, support the development of a culture of engagement with impact data (both qualitative and quantitative) and learning across the delivery teams
• Help make and maintain in-house system adaptations to support our impact management
• Working with the Impact Manager, write CRM scoping requests
• Working with the Impact Manager, develop a regular cycle of internal impact reporting and produce relevant reports on time and at high quality and support project evaluations of internal and partner projects
• Support the delivery teams as well as the Income Generation and Marketing teams by responding to requests for information and insight with robust and persuasive data and reporting
• In general, proactively search to deepen their understanding of the impact of their work, explore improvements to their data collection and analysis and share it across the organisation through training and process improvements
• Work proactively with our clients (and where relevant GP Practice) staff to provide timely feedback on the support provided to individuals

Essential skills, experience and knowledge

• Commitment to the vision and mission of the organisation
• Knowledge and understanding of the social determinants of health and how they impact on integrated services in a community setting
• Understanding of the systemic inequalities and barriers that people in their community face and a commitment to antiracist and inclusive practice
• Previous experience of embedding and managing impact frameworks and reporting within an organisation
• Understanding of a mixed method evaluation approach, founded on a theory of change
• Experience of primary qualitative data collection and analysis
• Experience of report-writing to a high standard
• Strong analytical skills – naturally curious and inquisitive
• Experienced database user with the demonstrable ability to learn new systems quickly
• Ability to easily communicate complex information to various audiences and to support the use of data to inform decisions and tell stories
• Strong experience of building and sustaining positive relationships, and able to positively influence internal and external stakeholders
• Flexibility and a willingness to work in innovative and non-traditional ways

Desirable experience

• Experience of Microsoft Dynamics highly desirable
• Experience of creative and inclusive research methods, such as participatory appraisal tools, and of reflective practice
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills

You may also have experience in the following: Social Worker, Link Worker, Advise, Counselling, Not For Profit, Charity, Advocacy, Nursing, Advice Worker, Service Coordinator, Project Coordinator, Service Delivery, Impact Manager, impact assessment, etc.

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