Insight and Evaluation Lead (CDC)
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Bentley Office
19/10/2025
Insight and Evaluation Lead (CDC)
The job requirements are detailed below. Where applicable the skills, qualifications and memberships required for this job have also been included.
Job details
Salary
Grade 10, £47,154 - £51,235
Contractual hours
37
Basis
Full time
Region
Doncaster
Job category/type
Public Health
Date posted
18/09/2025
Job reference
REQ21097
Job description
Based at: Bentley Resource Centre / Civic Office, Doncaster
Salary details: Grade 10, £47,154 - £51,235
Contract Type: 1 year fixed term
Hours: 37 hours per week
Closing date: 19th October 2025
Enhanced Level DBS Disclosure is required for appointment to this post
The City of Doncaster Council is a confident, ambitious organisation which puts improving the life of its residents at the centre of everything we do. You have a opportunity to be part of this in the role of Insight and Evaluation Lead.
The City of Doncaster Council is a confident, ambitious organisation which puts improving the life of its residents at the centre of everything we do. You have an opportunity to be part of this in the role of Public Health Officer with the Well Doncaster Team. And part of the Thrive approach as a whole systems change model.
It is an exciting time to be involved in health, wellbeing, and community support in Doncaster. The Doncaster Growing Together Borough Strategy has set out to change the way that public services deliver community support. Our ambitions are being realised through our inclusion in two national programmes which will test place-based, community-led health and well-being approaches across Doncaster.
Are you passionate about using insight, evidence, and evaluation to drive real change?
We are seeking a visionary and strategic leader to establish and lead the Thrive Insight and Evaluation function, a brand-new approach to learning, improvement, and system change across Doncaster's work and skills ecosystem.
As Insight and Evaluation Lead, you will be at the heart of the Thrive model, driving the design and delivery of a robust insight, intelligence, research, and evaluation function. Your work will ensure that evidence is not only generated but actively shared, applied, and embedded into practice, policy, and system transformation.
This is a unique opportunity to influence change at local, regional, and national levels, improving aspirations and quality of life across Doncaster's five Thrive themes.
What you'll do:
* Lead the design and delivery of embedded, innovative evaluation practices
* Drive system-wide learning and continuous improvement
* Influence local, regional, and national policy through evidence
* Build strong partnerships across sectors
* Champion knowledge mobilisation and participatory evaluation
This is your chance to shape how we learn, adapt, and deliver better outcomes for our communities.
The Team Doncaster is passionate about working with communities to improve the health and wealth of individual, families and communities. We use a range of community centred approaches to address health inequalities across Doncaster.
Working within our communities, with residents and voluntary, community and faith organisations to improve the wider determinants of health. The work is faced paces, evolves to meet the needs to communities and highly rewarding as we see positive change in the lives of real people.
Our work has been recognised nationally for our strengths-based approach for working with and for our residents. We are looking for an individual who is experienced in Community Centred Approaches, who can demonstrate a working knowledge of implementing community based public health approaches and has excellent interpersonal skills. Knowledge of Asset Based Community Development and key partners would also be beneficial.
In return for your hard work and dedication, we can offer you the chance to be part of a great team dedicated to ensuring that all people in Doncaster thrive. You will also have access to a variety of attractive employee benefits including competitive leave entitlement, a generous local government pension scheme, a wide range of well-being support and development opportunities. You will also have access to a range of staff discount and benefits schemes. More information on the benefits available to you as a City of Doncaster Council employee can be found in the attached benefits book.
Please ensure you view the job summary and job profile as you will need to demonstrate in your application form how you meet the required criteria.
Willingness and ability to travel around the borough to meet the needs of the service / role
Shortlisting: week commencing 20th October
Interviews: week commencing 27th October
For further details or an informal chat please contact: Vanessa Powell-Hoyland - email Vanessa.Powell-
If you require support with completing the application or with interview skills in general, please contact the Advance team via email or visit their website for further details.
This post involves working with children/ adults and therefore if successful you will be required to apply for a disclosure of criminal records check at an enhanced level. Further information about the Disclosure Scheme can be found at
Doncaster Council is committed to meeting the needs of our diverse community where we strive to improve the quality of life for all. We are also committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults and expect all staff to share these commitments.
City of Doncaster Council is a disability confident employer committed to a fully inclusive and accessible recruitment process. We offer interviews to disabled people who meet the minimum criteria for the job, are flexible when assessing people so disabled applicants have the best opportunity to demonstrate they can do the job and make reasonable adjustments as required.
Insight and Evaluation Lead (CDC)