Please Note: Due to the role responsibilities, it is a Genuine Occupational Requirement that the post holder is female, permitted under Schedule 9, part 1 of the Equality Act 2010. Job Title: Partnerships & Evaluation Manager (Maternity Cover) Contract: Fixed term contract for 13 months Start date: December 2024 Reports to: Luminary Limited CEO Hours: 40 hours per week Salary: £35,000 per annum Job Purpose: To help graduates of Luminary’s training programme to move towards independence and employment; and to ensure Luminary is achieving maximum impact for women through strong monitoring, evaluation and impact measurement. Application closing date: 30th October 2024, 5pm Summary of the role This is an exciting opportunity to join Luminary Limited, an award winning charity supporting women who have experienced multiple disadvantages to achieve independence and employment. The Partnerships & Evaluation Manager plays a key role in helping graduates of our training programme to build confidence and skills and move into work. You will do this by coordinating and expanding opportunities for work experience both with external partners and within Luminary’s social enterprise, Luminary Bakery Ltd. You will lead our mentoring programme, which links volunteers with our graduates to help them for a 6 month mentoring relationship. You will also ensure that we are doing everything we can to help women succeed, through ensuring strong monitoring, evaluation and impact measurement across our activities. KEY RESPONSIBILITIES MENTORING: Coordinate the Luminary mentoring scheme – recruiting, pairing & managing volunteer mentors to ensure they offer graduates the best possible support for their first steps towards employment & independence Managing issues from graduates or mentors relating to the mentoring programme Delivering training sessions to prepare mentors for their role PARTNERSHIPS: Network & broker relationships with suitable external partners to create work placement opportunities for our training programme graduates, overseeing and coordinating these opportunities, and accompanying women to interviews or placements where necessary to help them gain confidence Design and create procedures, written agreements & employer checks to solidify partnerships & opportunities, ensuring our graduates are well looked after on placements and safeguards are in place. Support delivery of work experience, apprenticeships and paid opportunities in the Luminary Bakery social enterprise by liaising effectively with business team members, Luminary Support Workers and women on the programmes – including delivering relevant sessions and training. Coordinate progression opportunities for Luminary women including the Lifelong Learning Fund and other upskilling opportunities post-graduating Delivering training sessions and making presentations for Luminary trainees and external partners LINE MANAGEMENT & LEADERSHIP: Line Manage the Women’s Involvement Champion and the Team Assistant Play an active role in the charity’s Senior Management Team, contributing to joint decisions, strategy development and supporting other managers to deliver collective impact Managing an annual budget for your area of work MONITORING & EVALUATION: Responsible for ensuring that Luminary is tracking and reporting impact effectively, designing creative impact collection methods and ensuring team are inputting in a timely manner, working with expert partners or consultants where needed Analyse data, understanding trends & key stats to report on, anticipate and mitigate barriers to Luminary achieving its KPIs Lead on creating Luminary’s Impact Report, working with the CEO to design content and messaging, coordinating with colleagues to gather content, and coordinating with photographers and designers to create the finished product Support Fundraiser with data to inform grant reports, by pulling data from our existing impact database and coordinating with colleagues to gain supplementary information where needed Working with other managers to conduct internal evaluations and reviews of programme activities, and coordinating external evaluations where needed. PERSON SPECIFICATION Essential Excellent interpersonal skills, and the ability to coordinate effectively and diplomatically with a wide range of stakeholders A strong motivation and passion to see women succeed in their journey towards independence and employment and a willingness to go over and above to help them do this. Experience in coordinating or managing projects Strong organisational skills and the ability to multi task and manage your time independently Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to vary your communication style depending on the context Experience in building or managing corporate partnerships Understanding of monitoring, evaluation or impact measurement, ideally in the charity sector Knowledge of good practice in managing and supporting volunteers Good public speaking and experience of making presentations to groups Desirable An understanding of barriers to employment faced by women who have experienced multiple disadvantage and the importance of trauma informed approaches Qualitative and quantitative research and data analysis skills (we are open to bringing in external support where needed to assist with technical aspects of monitoring and impact measurement) Previous line management experience Experience of delivering training sessions or facilitating workshops Experience in volunteer management We recognise that this is a varied role, contributing to different aspects of Luminary’s work, and we understand that you may not have done all areas of the job before. We’d encourage you to apply if you think your experience would make you a good fit for this role, and we are open to helping the right candidate to develop in the job and learn new skills.