Senior Insight and Evaluation Manager - Strategy and Insight (Communications)

Senior Insight and Evaluation Manager - Strategy and Insight (Communications) Team

• Salary: London: £46,090 - £49,500 /National: £43,090 - £46,500. If the successful candidate is a current Civil Servant joining on level transfer, HM Treasury will honour their current substantive salary if higher.
• Contract Type: Permanent
• Working Pattern: This post is available on a full time, part time or job share basis, and flexible working hours can be accommodated.
• Location: London (1 Horse Guards Road) or Darlington (Feethams House)

Are you looking for an exciting opportunity to work in one of the busiest and most high-profile communications teams in Whitehall? This opportunity will involve you playing a pivotal role in shaping the Treasury's communication strategy and its effective delivery!

About the Team

The Communications Team is responsible for all communications conducted by HM Treasury and its Ministers. It works closely with Ministers, special advisors and policy teams to communicate the Treasury's work, through traditional and new media channels. The team is fast-paced, supportive and fun. We work collaboratively across the different aspects of communications (press, digital, events, stakeholders) in high-profile roles where post-holders are given ownership for their areas.

About the Job

Your primary focus will be on being the main point of contact for our external insight suppliers, ensuring the work they are carrying out is relevant and valuable for our upcoming work and ongoing 3 campaigns, as well as feeding this insight back into comms plans, decision making and strategies across the department. You will be responsible for distilling this insight into audience-appropriate reports to share with Ministers, Special Advisors and the department.

You will have the opportunity to present this to high-profile stakeholders to influence future comms planning, and to collaborate with other government departments, sharing learnings and evaluating the cross-government Growth campaign.

Key Accountabilities include:

• Lead on the development of polling and focus group materials, acting as primary point of contact with external insight supplier
• Distil and analyse data from research into tailored insight outputs to suit a range of audiences, including ministers, communications professionals, and policy colleagues, and use these to influence decision making across the department
• Use insight to inform and advise on comms strategy, campaigns and tactics, as well as wider departmental prioritisation
• Work with the Head of Strategic Comms and Insight to define outcomes, outputs and KPIs for campaigns and fiscal events, and to support audience segmentation
• Lead on ongoing and project-specific evaluation and develop actionable lessons learnt to be implemented in future strategies
• Work with the Government Communication Service (GCS) and No10 to coordinate the evaluation of mission-based communications and advise on cross-Government Growth Mission strategy

About You

We're looking for people who have experience of analysing a range of information and evaluating evidence to provide clear advice and have an understanding or experience of government or public sector communications objectives. We are looking for a strong track record of using insight and/or evaluation to influence senior stakeholders and strategic decision making as well as proven knowledge of qualitative and/or quantitative research methods from study for a degree or relevant work experience.

Some of the Benefits our people love!

• 25 days annual leave (rising to 30 after 5 years), plus 8 public holidays and the King's birthday (unless you have a legacy arrangement as an existing Civil Servant). Additionally, we operate flexitime systems, allowing employees to take up to an additional 2 days off each month
• Flexible working patterns (part-time, job-share, condensed hours)
• Generous parental and adoption leave packages
• Access to a generous Defined Benefit pension scheme with employer contributions of 28%
• Access to a cycle-to-work salary sacrifice scheme and season ticket advances
• A range of active staff networks, based around interests (e.g. analysts, music society, sports and social club) and diversity

For more information about the role and how to apply, please follow the apply link.