Associate Director

Associate Director, Housing and Planning Evaluation

Location : London, Westminster

Contract : Full / Part-time, Permanent

Closing Date : 3 March 2025

About Verian

Verian is one of the leading social research, evaluation and advisory agencies in the UK. We have hundreds of specialist researchers and evaluators, in an office in the heart of Westminster. Our expert teams create the evidence required for some of the biggest decisions in the country. We advise clients on public policy design, ground-breaking behaviour change programmes and provide national statistics and longitudinal data. We work on high profile projects that lead to meaningful social change.

Policy and programme evaluation is one of the fastest growing areas in social research today. The UK government wants more and better evaluation. As one of the top five providers of evaluations to the UK government, Verian already has a wide portfolio of national evaluation studies covering areas such as crime (e.g. drugs, anti-social behaviour, violence against women and girls), education (e.g. with pupils, parents and adult learners), energy and climate change (e.g. carbon reduction in homes).

We also have a wide range of housing-related projects (e.g. Affordable Housing Programme, private rented sector, social housing quality, supported housing), as a lead research and evaluation agency for the Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government (MHCLG), plus other public and non-profit clients. Housing is a critical part of social policy, rooted in the government’s missions. Good quality homes can save lives, prevent disease, increase quality of life, reduce poverty and help mitigate climate change.

About the role

We are looking for an Associate Director to work on housing- and planning-related projects and grow your career in this important space. In this role, you will be working on high quality, mixed method evaluation and research projects to deliver robust and impactful outputs, helping to shape current and future housing policy. As a key day-to-day contact with Verian, you will be responsible for building our brand and reputation with clients.

Responsibilities

• Managing and delivering multiple high-quality housing or planning projects for the evaluation practice
• Responsible for managing project budgets, to ensure delivery to time and costs, effectively managing internal and external resources
• Delivering large-scale mixed-method evaluations and research programme designs, that may combine quantitative surveys, statistical data analysis and qualitative fieldwork, plus developing and / or critically reviewing programme theories of change
• Managing evaluations that combine process, impact and value for money
• Confidently managing client relationships
• Contributing to new business generation and proposal writing
• Developing your own individual skills and supporting your team to learn and grow

Your profile

If this sounds like a match to your skills and experience, we want to hear from you!

What we offer

The diversity of our projects will give you a chance to develop professionally and personally. You will be supported to follow your interests and to continue developing your evaluation expertise through formal and informal learning , contributing to a culture of learning and excellence.

We promote an atmosphere of collaboration , where cooperation, flexibility and mobility are encouraged. As well as your experienced evaluation colleagues, you will have the chance to work with a range of other teams, including our methods specialists (covering techniques such as RCTs, quasi-experimental approaches, participatory qualitative research and deliberative approaches, and face-to-face, post-to-web and telephone surveys), our behavioural practice and data solutions experts. Beyond this, you’ll engage with a wider range of external academic and technical partners.

We believe in work-life balance, are committed to flexible working and operate a hybrid working model.

To learn more and apply, visit our careers page.

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