Senior Evaluation Advisors play critical roles in the work of the Evaluation Task Force. The role offers an unparalleled opportunity to drive a step change in evaluation, improving decision-making and outcomes for the public. Senior Evaluation Advisors are typically responsible for working across a number of government departments, and leading on one or more cross-government ETF initiatives. The main activities of the ETF are: Rapid scrutiny of evaluation plans attached to business cases submitted to HM Treasury spending teams. Or, if no plans exist, advising spending teams on what evaluation is feasible and proportionate. Advising and supporting departments on the design and delivery of evaluations for priority policies and programmes. This includes identifying opportunities to embed experimentation into policy design and delivery (e.g., testing multiple variations of a programme at the same time to understand which version is most cost effective). Tracking the delivery of evaluations and their emerging results in priority policy areas, and ensuring they are fed back into decisions made by departments and spending teams. Cross cutting activities to support the delivery of our strategy. Activities include working to: build evaluation capacity and capability across the civil service (e.g., the Evaluation Academy); improve access to evidence (e.g., What Works Network, Evaluation Registry); undertake work to ensure evidence and evaluation continues to improve public sector reforms across priority areas such as VAWG and local government. Main Responsibilities - Senior Evaluation Adviser (G7) Providing rapid advice to HM Treasury spending teams and departments on the most rigorous and proportionate approach to evaluating the impact of specific policies and programmes. Build and maintain good working relationship with HMT on evaluation accountability, including: establishing a strategy to monitor evaluation focused settlement conditions, Green Book compliance; and ensure evaluation evidence continues to underpin spending decisions. Direct line management and/or work management of SEOs and HEOs in the team. Reviewing and tracking evaluation arrangements of programmes in priority areas and intervening to address problems. Developing approaches to embed robust evaluation in infrastructure and major projects across government. Raising evaluation capabilities across HM Government through supporting development and delivery of the Evaluation Academy and ETF training with policy professionals. Proud member of the Disability Confident employer scheme Disability Confident About Disability Confident A Disability Confident employer will generally offer an interview to any applicant that declares they have a disability and meets the minimum criteria for the job as defined by the employer. It is important to note that in certain recruitment situations such as high-volume, seasonal and high-peak times, the employer may wish to limit the overall numbers of interviews offered to both disabled people and non-disabled people. For more details please go to Disability Confident .