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Welcome from the CEO
At Eido Research, we are driven to use our skills to improve the impact of Christian organisations in society. We offer strategic impact consulting, MEAL, and research services to our clients, enabling them to learn and grow.
You are set to join us at an exciting time! Founded in 2018 after two years of market testing, Eido has grown rapidly, doubling its turnover ever year until the pandemic. After pivoting to fully online data collection and delivery, we continued to grow and have become a trusted impact advisor to the Church of England, Alpha International,
We currently work together face to face once a week in London, with some of our more remote workers joining less regularly.
Thank you for your interest in the role of Head of Evaluation and Learning.
You will be joining a lively and passionate team, committed to creating a working environment where each of us thrive.
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Stewardship, The Market Project, International Care Ministries, and many more.
So if you are have the skills we are looking for, and are excited by the opportunity to directly shape and guide the Christian sector, we hope you will consider applying!
With my best wishes,BenWinkleyCo-Founder and CEO
In the next 12 months, we have ambitious goals to expand our team, our sales and our capabilities in line with ever growing market needs. We are seeking to recruit an individual who is a proven expert in evaluation and learning in the non-profit sector. In particular, your methodological expertise and experience in international development is going to be essential to us in the coming months, as these are the areas of our greatest growth.
Eido specialises in helping Christian organisations to become impact, evidence, and learning focused. By this we mean Christian organisations that have an ability to:
3. Prioritise quality evidence over anecdote when raising funds, making decisions, and learning to improve their impact in the future.
1. Clearly articulate a faith-based impact strategy and Theory of Change;
Increasingly Eido is becoming a significant thought leader for Christian NGOs, Charities, and Churches in how to measure and improve social and spiritual impact.
Since being founded in 2015 Eido has developed Theories of Change for over 100 faith-based organisations, analysed qualitative and quantitative data for over 500,000
About Eido Research
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2. Research the needs of their beneficiaries, and measure their impact on their beneficiaries and society.
respondents in multiple languages, and embedded a culture of monitoring, evaluation, and learning into 11 organisations working across 5 continents.
Head of Sales Samuel
Organogram
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Lead Researcher TBC Lead Researcher Tyler Quant Researcher James Qual Researcher TBC
CEO Ben COO Esther Head of Strategy Phil Head of Delivery Anita
Head of Evaluation and Learning TBC
The Role Job Summary
Remote with some travel to London, United Kingdom
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Eido is in a period of growth and requires a new experienced Head of Evaluation and Learning, the role involves designing and implementing research and MEAL solutions to help Christian organisations become more evidence focused. With clients ranging in size from local churches to Christian NGOs, the role delivers a wide range of services from reviewing and designing of individual methodologies to the implementation of full IT-based monitoring and evaluation systems.
The Head of Evaluation and Learning is also responsible for the ongoing development and innovation of Eido’s impact evidence services. We are looking to grow our capacity to serve the international development sector and, as Eido continues to be a thought leader in spiritual impact evidence, there is a need to develop new approaches and tools to meet the needs of a rapidly expanding market.
Reporting to CEO Salary £45-£55k depending on experience and growth of the company
The Role Head of Evaluation and Learning
Location
• Design and deliver social and economic impact evaluations
• Support the Head of Sales with the identification of potential clients, specifically in the international development sector
• Lead the development of Eido products and services, and project proposals from initial client meetings to completion of the sale
Project Delivery
Responsibilities
• Represent Eido and our services with potential clients
• Manage and deliver a portfolio of 4-5 impact evidence projects with external clients
• Keep Eido up to date with trends in the impact management sector to ensure our products and services are best-practice and meet market needs
Project delivery
• Design and deliver Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning systems for Christian organisations both locally and internationally
• Support the Head of Delivery with the organisational processes that encourage the delivery of all projects to time, budget, quality, and staff well-being
• Design and deliver the full life-cycle of impact evidence projects from planning to delivery
Sales and business development
• Together with the Head of Delivery, build a growing team of 8-9 staff, capable of delivering 150 chargeable days per month
• Design and deliver bespoke commissioned research projects
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Eido Research Team leadership
• Champion and develop all staff in their knowledge and ability to deliver best practice MEAL solutions to clients
• Excellent verbal communication skills
• Strong written communication skills
Person Specification
between budget, time and quality
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• Strong motivation to impact the subculture of evidence and learning within Christian organisations
• Experience of communicating with senior leaders and CEOs of other organisations
• Confidence to represent Eido and our services with potential clients
• A high value of empathy, collaboration, and grace in the workplace
• Strong understanding of the norms, culture and language within the Christian non-profit sector
• Experience of applied social research or evaluation within real-life settings
MotivationResearch
• Willingness to work longer hours when needed to meet deadlines in exchange for a flexible working pattern
• MSc or equivalent in a social research-based subject
• Experience of creating MEAL systems within charities
• Desire to use their experience to develop a small company with a growing reputation
Project management skills and experience
• Ability to work to multiple deadlines
• Professional experience managing or delivering qualitative and/or quantitative analysis, either in Excel or more technical software (e.g. NVivo, SPSS)
• Experience of project management, leading multiple projects simultaneously
Technical knowledge, skills and experience
• Experience of delivering projects managing the tensions
• Ideally, experience of working in a consultancy or other ‘commissioned’ role in project delivery
• Strong motivation to improve the social and spiritual impact of Christian organisations
Interpersonal skills
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Timeline
All correspondence, at this stage, should be via Oxford HR. To apply for this post, click on the “Apply” button on the job advert page, complete our online application form, and submit your CV and cover letter in two different documents, which should be prepared before applying as they will be considered in the application process. The cover letter should be no more than two pages long and explain why you are interested in this post and how your skills and experience make you a good fit. The documents should be saved in MS Word in the following format: Your First Name-Your Last Name-Document Name-Date (mmyy) e.g., PatJones-CV-092022-Eido.
Interviews with Eido Research: TBC
Queries
Closing Date: October 19th, 2022
Equality Statement
How to Apply
Eido Research is committed to fostering and cultivating a culture of diversity, inclusion and belonging and is proud
to be an equal opportunity employer. We encourage applications from Indigenous peoples, racialized people, people with disabilities, people from gender and sexually diverse communities and/or people with intersectional identities.
All candidates will receive an update regarding their application after the closing date. We advise candidates to add the role email to their safe senders list and regularly check their spam folder.
Selection Process
If you have any queries on any aspect of the appointment process, need additional information, or would like to have an informal discussion, please email at evaluation-and-learning@oxfordhr.co.ukeido-research-,inthefirstinstance.
About Oxford HR
Oxford HR operates globally - mainly within the international development and charity sectors. We carry out retained executive search mandates at board and senior management levels. We also offer human resource and organisational development consultancy.
Oxford HR has many years of experience in search as well as an extensive network of international development, social sector, corporate, public sector, and academic contacts from across the world. We carry out comprehensive and often international searches designed to meet the specific needs of our client.
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