Data & Impact Manager

Application Closing date TBC

Start date As soon as possible

What we’re looking for

Someone who is excited to lead a data-driven approach to expand our reach and impact. You will be the evaluation lead within the organisation, performing complex statistical analysis to produce insights and ensure the organisation is making evidence-based decisions. You will refine and design new methods to evaluate our impact. Your actionable insights will evolve our programme and help every child with the head and heart for maths realise the potential of their power.

We are a small team with big ambitions, who are in a phase of substantial growth. You should be excited about working in a start-up environment where things can change quickly but where you have the opportunity to have a tremendous impact.

We exist to serve pupils from backgrounds that are under-represented in university mathematics, and believe that we do this better when our team includes people who are from these backgrounds themselves. If you consider yourself to be from a background where progressing to university mathematics is not the norm then we strongly encourage you to apply.

About Axiom Maths

Axiom Maths is a charity focusing on helping every child with the heart and head for maths realise the potential of their power. Half of the disadvantaged children who are high attainers in maths at eleven are no longer high attainers by age sixteen. That is a huge loss of human potential that affects both those children as individuals and us as a wider society. We are focused on stopping that loss.

We do this by identifying children with mathematical potential, especially those from disadvantaged backgrounds, and guiding them along a path to mathematical excellence. We take a dual-pronged approach: Providing a programme to improve their experience of maths, and tackling harmful societal views that stop children from feeling like maths is for them.

We're looking for team members who will bring the best of themselves to Axiom Maths, and the best of Axiom Maths to the wider system. We champion innovation and our employees are empowered to implement new ideas without barriers. We are a small team, and we place a big focus on open communication, collaboration and supporting one another. If you are passionate about our mission we strongly encourage you to apply, especially if you consider yourself to be from a background where progressing to university mathematics is not the norm.

About this role

The key responsibilities of this role include:

Evaluating our impact and driving user-responsive design

• Leading on evaluation and impact as an area of work within the organisation, acting as the technical expert in this area.

• Driving actionable change within the organisation by using qualitative and quantitative research methodologies to produce insights which inform and shape the programme.

• Designing and delivering evaluations of new delivery-based initiatives to ensure that we are rolling out impactful innovations to the programme.

• Responsible for refining the methods we use to measure our impact including surveys, interviews, focus groups and quasi-experiments.

• Developing and managing strategic partnerships with organisations to evaluate impact on pupils beyond the duration of the programme.

Performing data analytics and research

• Performing end-end analytics to help us achieve our mission: cleaning and transforming raw data, conducting exploratory data analysis, performing both descriptive and inferential statistics on numerical datasets, including significance testing and regression analysis visualising and reporting on insights and iterating based on feedback and new questions.

• Creating reports and communication tools to share evaluation insights with our board of trustees, partners, funders and other external stakeholders.

• Establishing a suite of live reports and dashboards to support teams to make data led decisions based on monitoring and evaluation data.

Owning our approach to data, monitoring and evaluation

• Refining our end-to-end analytics process and ensuring learning is applied rapidly.

• Leading a cross-functional team of data champions to perform data analytics to investigate questions they own and take a build, test, learn approach across the organisation.

• Owning and iterating the design and delivery of our monitoring and evaluation framework to support a deep understanding of programme impact.

• Championing data-led decision making across the organisation through coaching and training.
  
  

Championing responsible data use

• Ensuring processes for performing data analytics comply with data protection and legal responsibilities including safeguarding.

• Defining what data is strictly necessary for impact measurement and ensuring any unnecessary data is not collected or is securely deleted.

You should apply if you have:

• Belief in the value of our mission and want to align closely with our culture and values.

• Experience carrying out exploratory data analysis, using both quantitative and qualitative methodologies.

• Solid understanding and experience of conducting descriptive and inferential statistics on numerical datasets.

• Ability to translate data into clear narratives, visuals and dashboards that drive action.

• Experience negotiating with internal and external stakeholders to achieve shared goals.

• Knowledge of GDPR and safeguarding requirements, with the ability to apply them in practice.

• Ability to work methodically with keen attention to detail, producing accurate, high-quality outputs.

• Ability to ask fresh questions, draw on diverse perspectives and stay naturally curious.

• Ability to critically evaluate and pick up new technologies and tools quickly and help colleagues do the same.

It is desirable that you have:

• Experience coaching colleagues and building data capability across teams.

• Experience creating interactive dashboards that turn complex data into clear insights.

• Experience designing and running rapid tests, quasi-experiments or randomised controlled trials (RCTs).

You must have:

• The right to work in the UK

• Willingness to undergo an enhanced DBS check

• Commitment to equality of opportunity and the safeguarding and welfare of all students

• Willingness to undertake in-person and online training and development, both of knowledge and of skills

What we offer:

• Salary: £45,643.50 per annum

• Remote-first team: We all work remotely but meet once a week on Tuesdays at our London office.

• Flexible Working: We work flexibly by default, and value outcomes not hours worked. All our team are empowered to organise their work in a way that balances their work and life.

• Annual leave: 27 days (excluding bank holidays and the days between Christmas and New Year) increasing by 1 day after 2 years tenure up to 30 days

• Pension: 11% employer only contribution (plus Life Assurance)

• Work from Home: £500 working from home allowance to purchase equipment (in addition to the laptop we provide)

• Employee assistance programme: All our employees have access to a confidential employee assistance programme, which provides information and advice on a wide range of topics affecting their work or personal life.

• Books: Any employee can expense the purchase of any book that they believe will help make them better at their job.

• Company off-sites: We organise three off-sites a year, each lasting two days (with an overnight stay). This is a chance for us to come together, do essential planning and celebrate our wins.

Equal Opportunities

We don’t want potential candidates to be put off if they believe they do not meet every one of the criteria as described in the person specification. We are most interested in finding the best candidate for the job, and that candidate may be one who comes from a less traditional background. We would encourage you to apply, even if you don’t believe you meet every one of our criteria.

We are especially keen to receive applications from people whose background is under-represented in the mathematics profession.

Axiom Maths is an equal opportunities employer and will not discriminate against any candidate on the basis of any characteristic protected by the Equality Act 2010.

To apply for this role, please visit the Axiom Maths Careers site.

Selection process

Stage 1 - Written application questions to assess your eligibility for the role

Stage 2 - Telephone Screening

Stage 3 - One-hour panel interview (including a task to be completed before the interview)
Stage 4 - 90-minute panel interview (value and culture)